Best/Worst Pre Title Sequence

MilleniumForceMilleniumForce LondonPosts: 1,214MI6 Agent
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So....what is the best pre title sequence? And what's the worst?

Best:

The world is not enough. It has one of my favourite scenes of Brosnan's films - the escape from the banker's office - and then has my favourite boat chase in the thames. For some reason, I just love bond films that take place a lot in London.
Honourable mentions: FYEO, OP, TLD, LTK, GE, TND and SF.

Worst:

TMWTGG. Quite underwhelming, and lacks any action/intensity. I don't think much of the GF or OHMSS opening, and the LALD opening is ok, but nothing special.
1.LTK 2.AVTAK 3.OP 4.FYEO 5.TND 6.LALD 7.GE 8.GF 9.TSWLM 10.SPECTRE 11.SF 12.MR 13.YOLT 14.TLD 15.CR (06) 16.TMWTGG 17.TB 18.FRWL 19.TWINE 20.OHMSS 21.DAF 22.DAD 23.QoS 24.NSNA 25.DN 26.CR (67)
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  • James SuzukiJames Suzuki New ZealandPosts: 2,406MI6 Agent
    Best:
    Skyfall. Sums up what the pre-titles should be like. Not too long. Not too short. Excellent action and cliff hanger.

    Worst:
    Diamonds are Forvever.
    Just a stupid follow on from OHMSS. Not even remotely funny just silly and kinda creepy as well
    “The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning. "
    -Casino Royale, Ian Fleming
  • Gassy ManGassy Man USAPosts: 2,972MI6 Agent
    Best: Goldfinger

    Worst: A View to a Kill

    Goldfinger is not the most exciting or the longest, but it produces first all of the elements that are required. A View to a Kill's is stultifying in its camp, and Moore looks far too tired to be believed, especially when he more or less leers at the girl.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Best : TLD

    Worst : LALD
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  • James SuzukiJames Suzuki New ZealandPosts: 2,406MI6 Agent
    What don't you like about LALD pre-titles TP?
    I thought they still worked even though there was no Bond
    “The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning. "
    -Casino Royale, Ian Fleming
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I just found it a bit lack lustre, three killings with no suspense ;)
    Only my opinion of course.
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  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Best: GF - The wit, the action, the Connery Cool - just perfect!
    Worst: TMWTGG - Not only dull, but a little silly if you ask me.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    :)) TMWTGG, would be a close second choice for worst, with me too.
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  • The Living DaylightsThe Living Daylights Solving a murder mystery.Posts: 37MI6 Agent
    edited January 2015
    Best: Quantum of Solace and Skyfall
    Just bloody brilliant. Both of them.

    Worst: Die Another Day
    I just found it a little... boring, draggy and lacking in certain areas.
    Favourite Bonds: TIMOTHY DALTON and DANIEL CRAIG
    Favourite Bond films: QUANTUM OF SOLACE, SKYFALL and THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
  • JarvioJarvio EnglandPosts: 4,241MI6 Agent
    Best - TSWLM - Moore at his finest, with a memorable ski jump at the end
    Worst - QOS - Dodgy camera work
    1 - LALD, 2 - AVTAK, 3 - LTK, 4 - OP, 5 - NTTD, 6 - FYEO, 7 - SF, 8 - DN, 9 - DAF, 10 - TSWLM, 11 - OHMSS, 12 - TMWTGG, 13 - GE, 14 - MR, 15 - TLD, 16 - YOLT, 17 - GF, 18 - DAD, 19 - TWINE, 20 - SP, 21 - TND, 22 - FRWL, 23 - TB, 24 - CR, 25 - QOS

    1 - Moore, 2 - Dalton, 3 - Craig, 4 - Connery, 5 - Brosnan, 6 - Lazenby
  • Moore ThanMoore Than EnglandPosts: 3,173MI6 Agent
    The Spy Who Loved Me is my favourite. Thrilling ski chase, Bond 77, Union Jack, iconic. Enough said. -{

    Diamonds Are Forever. Tracy's death is treated with little/no respect, brushed off very quickly and then completely forgotten about. Oh well, how sad, never mind. :#
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  • raptors_887raptors_887 CanadaPosts: 215MI6 Agent
    Are people just pretending the FYEO pts didn't happen? All the great moments with Blofeld and Bond just drops him into a smoke stack? It doesn't get any worse then that.
    1: Casino Royale 2: Goldeneye 3: Skyfall 4: Octopussy 5: Goldfinger 6: Tomorrow Never Dies 7: The World Is Not Enough 8: The Living Daylights 9: From Russia With Love 10: The Spy Who Loved Me
  • James SuzukiJames Suzuki New ZealandPosts: 2,406MI6 Agent
    raptors_887 wrote:
    Are people just pretending the FYEO pts didn't happen? All the great moments with Blofeld and Bond just drops him into a smoke stack? It doesn't get any worse then that.
    I foudn that scene pretty funny actually.
    “The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning. "
    -Casino Royale, Ian Fleming
  • Sir Hillary BraySir Hillary Bray College of ArmsPosts: 2,174MI6 Agent
    BEST: Well, I can't put it any better than this:
    Moore Than wrote:
    The Spy Who Loved Me is my favourite. Thrilling ski chase, Bond 77, Union Jack, iconic. Enough said. -{
    WORST: LALD. I like that it's not so obvious, but the absence of Bond kills it for me.
    Hilly...you old devil!
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    I've always found Moore's Introduction rather dull. Connery, Lazenby, Dalton, Brosnan and Craig all got cracking first Scenes though -{
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  • Virgil37Virgil37 Posts: 1,212MI6 Agent
    Best: GF, MR, TLD

    Worst: GE (no contest there; LALD is different, but makes a point of being different. GE tries to be a "classic" PTS and fails miserably).
  • MilleniumForceMilleniumForce LondonPosts: 1,214MI6 Agent
    Moore Than wrote:
    The Spy Who Loved Me is my favourite. Thrilling ski chase, Bond 77, Union Jack, iconic. Enough said. -{

    Diamonds Are Forever. Tracy's death is treated with little/no respect, brushed off very quickly and then completely forgotten about. Oh well, how sad, never mind. :#

    Wow. When I put my post in, I completely forgot about TSWLM!
    1.LTK 2.AVTAK 3.OP 4.FYEO 5.TND 6.LALD 7.GE 8.GF 9.TSWLM 10.SPECTRE 11.SF 12.MR 13.YOLT 14.TLD 15.CR (06) 16.TMWTGG 17.TB 18.FRWL 19.TWINE 20.OHMSS 21.DAF 22.DAD 23.QoS 24.NSNA 25.DN 26.CR (67)
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    It may be a classic to some ! ;)
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  • DevilMayCare007DevilMayCare007 Posts: 196MI6 Agent
    Best: TB and OP

    Worst: TMWTGG and AVTAK
    Top 10 Bond Films
    1. Thunderball 2. FRWL 3. Casino Royale 4. TLD 5. OHMSS 6. SkyFall 7. GF 8. TSWLM 9. GE 10. FYEO
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    I'll post the incontestable choices here;
    Best: GF & TLD.
    Worst: LALD (love the movie but- no BOND) & AVTAK.
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
    #1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
  • broadshoulderbroadshoulder Acton, London, UKPosts: 1,363MI6 Agent
    Best: The Spy Who Loved Me
    Worst: to be honest they are all good even DAF and TMWTGG
    1. For Your Eyes Only 2. The Living Daylights 3 From Russia with Love 4. Casino Royale 5. OHMSS 6. Skyfall
  • broadshoulderbroadshoulder Acton, London, UKPosts: 1,363MI6 Agent
    broadshoulder wrote:
    Best: The Spy Who Loved Me
    Worst: to be honest they are all good even DAF and TMWTGG

    Actually to be honest TWINE

    The bit in the bank in Bilbao and then the boat chase down the Thames which goes on for too long. It goes on for seven minutes so when the titles come on its a shock.
    1. For Your Eyes Only 2. The Living Daylights 3 From Russia with Love 4. Casino Royale 5. OHMSS 6. Skyfall
  • LexiLexi LondonPosts: 3,000MI6 Agent
    Best: GE & QoS - Great car chase!

    Worst: LALD - my least favourite Bond movie...
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  • AirJordanFan93AirJordanFan93 Posts: 92MI6 Agent
    Best: Goldeneye
    Worst: AVTAK
  • AwesomeshizzAwesomeshizz Posts: 26MI6 Agent
    Best- Twine
    Worst- LALD
    1) connery 2) dalton 3) craig 4) brosnan 5) moore 6) lazenby
  • Absolutely_CartAbsolutely_Cart NJ/NYC, United StatesPosts: 1,740MI6 Agent
    edited February 2015
    Imma do a quick run-down.

    DN - N/A
    FRWL - Great. Totally fooled me.
    GF - Good. Standard 007 stuff.
    TB - Meh. Campy, not in a good way.
    YOLT - Good. Cool concept of faking his death.
    OHMSS - Good. Good guy Bond.
    DAF - Meh. Interesting but bad Connery acting.

    PTS Rankings: FRWL > YOLT > OHMSS > GF > TB > DAF > DN

    LALD - Meh. Kinda boring. but gets spooky quite quick.
    MWGG - Very good. Scaramanga's maze is fascinating.
    TSWLM - Very good. Skiing. Action. Humor. British Flag. All good.
    MR - Okay. Skydiving is cool. Jaws is cool. Ordinary though.
    FYEO - Great. Continuity all the way!!
    OP - Good. Is very bizarre in a compelling way.
    AVTAK - Okay. TSWLM spoof. Nothing profound but kinda funny.

    PTS Rankings: FYEO > TSWLM > MWGG > OP > LALD > AVTAK > MR

    TLD - Meh. Weak intro for Dalton and action did nothing for me.
    LTK - Very Good. Gets the dark tone established and paces the movie well.
    GE - Great. First minute is okay, but it gets better and better and better.
    TND - Okay. Decent generic action.
    TWINE - Okay. Has a lot of things going on but Too long.
    DAD - Very Good. Too corny? Too maudlin? Whatever, it's cool.
    CR - Great. Excellent intro for Craig. Sets up his character well.
    QOS - Very good. Jerky camera but really fast, ballsy and intense
    SF - Great. A big action bonanza. Has depth but gets to the point.

    PTS Rankings: CR > GE > SF > DAD > LTK > QOS > TND > TWINE > TLD
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  • Absolutely_CartAbsolutely_Cart NJ/NYC, United StatesPosts: 1,740MI6 Agent
    Okay, I'm gonna rank them in order of Pre-Title Sequence preference.

    1 - Casino Royale
    2 - Goldeneye
    3 - Skyfall
    4 - From Russia With Love
    5 - For Your Eyes Only
    6 - The Spy Who Loved Me
    7 - You Only Live Twice
    8 - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    9 - Man with the Golden Gun
    10 - Die Another Day
    11 - Octopussy
    12 - License to Kill
    13 - Goldfinger
    14 - Quantum of Solace
    15 - Tomorrow Never Dies
    16 - The World Is Not Enough
    17 - Live and Let Die
    18 - Thunderball
    19 - Diamonds Are Forever
    20 - A View to a Kill
    21 - Moonraker
    22 - The Living Daylights
    23 - Dr. No
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  • jonnybond78jonnybond78 Posts: 35MI6 Agent
    I think Moonraker had the makings of being arguably the best, until the ludicrous appearance of Jaws. For me, TSWLM is tops. Worst, TMWTGG.
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    AVTAK. As much as I hold the Film in high Regard, the PTS was ruined by the unneeded inclusion of the Beach Boys Song :#
    1.On Her Majesties Secret Service 2.The Living Daylights 3.license To Kill 4.The Spy Who Loved Me 5.Goldfinger
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I wish they'd put the words to " Californian Girls" up on screen, so we could all sing
    Along ! :D
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  • The Red KindThe Red Kind EnglandPosts: 3,336MI6 Agent
    Best: TSWLM
    Worst: DAF and TMWTGG
    "Any of the opposition around..?"
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