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View Poll Results: What is the worst title of a James Bond movie
Dr. No 2 2.67%
From Russia With Love 0 0%
Goldfinger 0 0%
Thunderball 0 0%
You Only Live Twice 0 0%
On Her Majesty's Secret Service 2 2.67%
Diamonds Are Forever 0 0%
Live And Let Die 0 0%
The Man With The Golden Gun 0 0%
The Spy Who Loved Me 1 1.33%
Moonraker 3 4.00%
For Your Eyes Only 1 1.33%
Octopussy 12 16.00%
Never Say Never Again 7 9.33%
A View To A Kill 2 2.67%
The Living Daylights 1 1.33%
Licence To Kill 2 2.67%
Goldeneye 0 0%
Tomorrow Never Dies 3 4.00%
The World Is Not Enough 1 1.33%
Die Another Day 4 5.33%
Casino Royale (either version) 0 0%
Quantum of Solace 19 25.33%
Skyfall 6 8.00%
Spectre 3 4.00%
No Time To Die 6 8.00%
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Old 08-28-2021, 09:06 PM   #1
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Default Worst Bond Title

Yes, this is another of the many James Bond related threads.

What do you think is (or are) the worst Bond titles? By that, I don't mean the films themselves, but the actual titles. Do you think they're all great, are some kind of stupid, too derivative, not descriptive enough?

Note that the first 11 films in the series from Dr. No to Moonraker, as well as Casino Royale, derive their titles from Ian Fleming novels, although the film titles don't always reference the same thing that films do.

The first four films of the 80s (For Your Eyes Only through The Living Daylights) plus Quantum of Solace derive their titles from Fleming short stories.

The rest are ostensibly original titles though some have a bit of a connection to Fleming (Goldeneye, The World Is Not Enough, Spectre).

Personally, although I'm not a fan of the titles that attempt to sound Fleming-esque (Die Another Day, Tomorrow Never Dies) I think the dumbest title is Skyfall. It's not actually derived from any known saying and the attempt to apply some significance to it by making it the name of Bond's ancestral home is a bit of a stretch.
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