The Living Daylights, GoldenEye, and Casino Royale all did fantastic jobs with introducing a new Bond actor in the PTS. The PTS for Bond 26 has big shoes to fill.

With The Spy who Loved Me, when he skis off the cliff and opens the parachute you will notice that it is all filmed in one shot, no cuts. They had several cameras filming but only one captured it and to the delight of the director captured it so perfectly there was no need for any other footage

I'm old enough to remember seeing On Her Majesty's Secret Service shortly after it premiered in theaters. And I was livid that they wrapped up the "Blofeld murdered Bond's wife" plotline in such an anticlimatic fashion in Diamonds are Forever. And yes, very young me was furious that Irma Bunt never appeared in the pre-title sequence, let alone the movie. So that will always be my lowest ranked one.

The Living Daylights has my favorite. Dalton looked so badass, the truck flying off the cliff and exploding, the Death to Spies Easter egg, it was just perfect.

The Living Daylights is the perfect pre-title. Cool location, great action, humour, introduces a new Bond as a total badarse, and it's also not half an hour long.

Dalton is my absolute favourite and I agree, his introduction is spectacular and powerful. That shot of his face is amazing. Watching it over and over again.

The Goldeneye pre title sequence is definitely one of my favorites. I will say that it probably gets bumped up a few spots because of how much I’ve played through the N64 game lol.

The World is Not Enough has totally hit home for my mom, and me secretly. Since that was particularly our favorite home movie, and still is today, I really fell in love with it so much, and I couldn't be more happier.

Here’s my ranking. For a bit of fun, I decided, instead of using the film titles, to list the sequences by their most memorable line: 24: -Whose funeral is it? -Yours! 23: _Well East Coast girls are hip…_ 22: Cai… Cai… Cairo! 21: Nick Nack, Tobasco! 20: Exactly 1 minute 52 seconds, that’s excellent 19: Darling, I give you very best duck 18: Time to Get Out 17: Saved by the Bell 16: This Never Happened to the Other Fella 15: My dear Colonel Bouvar, I don’t think you should have opened that car door by yourself! 14: I’ll buy you a delicatessen… in stainless steel! 13: The dead… are alive 12: Filthy habit 11: -Hey Felix! Haven’t you forgotten something? -Oh! 10: Yes, considerably. 9: Let the sheep out, otherwise I’ll kill you. 8: Positively shocking (honourable mention: At least he won’t be using heroin-flavoured bananas to finance revolutions) 7: Just changing carriages 6: Fill her up please! 5: ‘old on you’re dead! 4: He’s on his last leg, sir 3: STAAAAAHHHP! 2: He starts skiing and he’s being chased by these Russian sh*ts in black jumpsuits with lemon piping. They start shooting at him, and he goes “Right, I’ve had enough of that, just stop it!” Then he does a backwards somersault off this ramp and he lands on his feet. I’m not sure why but he’s not showing off! Then he goes over a cliff, and he’s falling, and you think “Oh God, James Bond’s going to die, *He’s Going To Die!* 1: theincrediblesuit.blogspot.com/2011/06/photo-from-yesterdays-post-vertically.html?m=1

It's quite interesting that even in the Craig era where the 'rule book' was ripped up and even things previously considered fixed [like the gun barrel] were mixed up, the pre-credit sequence was maintained and the titles weren't moved to the end or anything [like many films these days].

No Time to Die definitely has my favorite pre-title sequence.

I love how comprehensive these lists have become and how far you've come from your old Top 10 lists. They were good but this is even better.

My number 1 is The Living Daylights, brilliant soundtrack, great introduction for Dalton as Bond, establishes elements of the main film, has moments of action and humour. I do also really like the Tomorrow Never Dies pre title sequence!

I saw The Spy Who Loved Me in the theater first run. The audience actually cheered when that 'cute opened, it was so perfect. I had never been at a movie where the audience cheered the action like that before or since. It actually makes me a bit misty thinking about it.

'What the hell is he doing?' 'His job.' is probably one of my favourite quotes of the series Completely agree TSWLM is a top sequence but I do love TND's

One of the first James Bond films I ever saw was Casino Royale. I was surprised the opening sequence was shot in black and white, assuming the rest of the movie would be. The way the scene ends with the gun barrel homage, the bright red blood dripping down the screen, and the theme kicking in was just fantastic. I'll never forget the stupid grin I had on my face watching that scene play out, and I became a pretty big Bond fan after that. That one will always be in my top five for sure, along with The Living Daylights, Goldeneye, Skyfall, and No Time to Die (in no particular order). But it's really hard to pick just five!

As someone who reviews Bond films, I'm glad to see The World is Not Enough high up there. That action sequence is really something else.

License to Kill's opener is powerful enough that Christopher Nolan felt the urge to top it in The Dark Knight Rises

I totally agree with your #1. The Spy Who Loved Me beginning fires me up and the transition to the title song is perfect

1. The Spy Who Loved Me: Brilliant stunts, good plot development, and it leads into a wonderful theme song. It's such a good intro that I'd recommend people watch this as their first Moore film rather than LALD, or maybe even as their first Bond film. The goofy music during the ski chase almost brings it down to #2 for me though... 2. Casino Royale: Short, simple, and brutal. Gives you a taste of Craig's charisma and physicality, and leaves you wanting a whole lot more. And the gunbarrel at the end transitioning into the opening credits is one of my favorite moments of the whole franchise, it always gives me chills and gets my hyped for what's to come 3. OHMSS: While not as bombastic or thrilling as its counterparts, it's a great introduction to Lazenby and a fantastic opening to my favorite film in this series. And I have to admit that I can't help but smile at that fourth wall break every time. 4. The Living Daylights: there's not much I can add because it's plainly obvious why this works so well: it checks all the boxes for a good prologue and a good intro to a new Bond. 5. No Time To Die: Part of me wants to criticize this opening for being too bloated, but nearly every piece of it works. It's got horror, action, romance, a little bit of something for almost everyone.

I remember sitting in the cinema watching the opening of Die Another Day and, as Bond is swinging from the bell, just thinking 'don't say it, don't say it...ohh'. It's hard to disagree with your ranking, Calvin, and it's reminded me of how many of them are so brilliant, so thanks!

My theory about the guy in the Bond mask in FRWL is that he's been given a death sentence but if he survives Red Grant he gets a reprieve. Because he's literally fighting for his life it makes the exercise more real

My Tops Connery: Thunderball Moore: Octopussy Dalton: The Living Daylights Brosnan: The World Is Not Enough Craig : Skyfall

Alan Patridge does a fantastic reanactment of the opening credits of the Spy Who Loves me , well worth a look

I love that this video essentially has its own pre title sequence!

The Living daylights is easily the best ,,, Such a thrilling opening ,, Great music too in the segment

There are three title sequences that I will always love Tomorrow never dies, moonraker, and on her majesty’s secret service. Just reminds me of childhood nothing but good memories.

Glad to see TND rank highly. Whole bundle of fun, great quips (I love the “His Job!” Line) and Arnold’s score is f’ing phenomenal. Also the little detail of the codenames being chess pieces. Love it love it love it.

I really appreciate the amount of work that must go into these videos, always really interesting to watch, thank you

Love that you did a pre-title sequence before saying good evening. Really nice touch.

I can imagine Casino Royale you might have felt differently had the extended cut of the pre-title sequence with them establishing Bond actually being at a cricket match, and that's where the lavatory takes place. Pacing would have certainly felt different. There's just something so wholesome about seeing cricket in the cinema because it isn't often depicted as we always typically see.

Excellent video. One of your best. And you ranking was spot on. Well done.

I think George Lazenby's 4th wall break was great and fun for an intro

The World Is Not Enough's PTS is perfection in my eyes, the bank scene alone would have placed it very highly but the boat chase is just the icing on the cake

Really good video! I agree with Number 1. Keep up the great work!! 😀👏

Great video idea to rank bond pre-title sequences! :) My Ranking of Bond pre-title sequences: 10/10: 1. Octopussy 2. Goldeneye 3. Casino Royale 4. The Spy Who Loved Me 5. The World Is Not Enough 6. Die Another Day 7. The Living Daylights 8. Tomorrow Never Dies 9. Moonraker Great: 10. You Only Live Twice 11. Goldfinger 12. From Russia With Love 13. For Your Eyes Only Good: 14. Skyfall 15. Licence To Kill 16. A View To A Kill 17. Spectre Okay: 18. On Her Majesty's Secret Service 19. Thunderball 20. Live And Let Die 21. No Time To Die Boring: 22. Quantum Of Solace 23. The Man With The Golden Gun Bad: 24. Diamonds Are Forever

For me, it has to be The World is Not Enough. The Q Boat sequence is my favorite action scene in the entire series.

I love everything about "The World is not Enough" it has by far the best opening... Nr 2 - The spy Who Loved me

Bond in Octopussy: "I'll see you in Miami." But he never goes to Miami! I agree, Octopussy's pre-title sequence is the most disconnected from the rest of the film. Which is just fine! A great mini-adventure that inspires us to turn off our brains and go for the ride. Part of my defense for Octopussy is that it gets away with so much, because it sets the expectation and maintains it throughout that this is all about fun, fun, fun, and more fun. If we opt to just not think about it too much, we are rewarded by this movie over and over.

Surprised it’s taken so long for you to do this countdown, but I’m glad you waited! I also really love the _TND_ intro. I actually think you nailed the selection. Cheers!

Valid list Calvin! Thanks!👍

On the contrary, I'm thrilled tomorrow never dies made the top 5. It was the most excited audience I've been a part of at a theater!

To me No Time to Die is flawless, while also setting a bar for itself very high. Honeslty... it may be higher for me even that A Spy Who Loved Me.

Moore as the lookalike South American general, taking his plane to a gas station, "filler up!" in Octopussy, or his Beach Boys homage in View To A Kill. Can't beat them.

The little acting bit Calvin does in the beginning of him talking to the other him asking what was missed in thr pre titles and the one here a Calvin gets annoyed at the gun barrel sequence, i can imagine this is really the conversation he has with his boyfriend in the cinema and the poor guy has to suffer Calvin's emotional roll coaster through the Bonds!

Agreed on Spectre’s weird-feeling action. The whole movie has action that seems to be at an arms length away. It’s hard to describe, and odd-feeling. The whole movie (for me at least) is filled with this stagnant action. Agreed on Octopussy being the most disconnected! I don’t think there are any connections at all to the main story.

Interesting. I actually love the FRWL PTS. Watching that for the first time as a kid was utterly shocking and amazing. I love how it builds suspense and atmosphere. It's brilliant in its simple execution and one of my favs by far. I'm not as hot on the Goldfinger one tbh.

My favorite pretitle is The Living Daylights's sniper sequence---clearly the plan for the original pretitle and even ends with the movie title being spoken.

Interesting that your number 1 changed from your previous version of this video! I mostly agree with the top choices, but I do really like Spectre's pre-title sequence too! Thanks for making such enjoyable videos.

I thought for sure #2 was going to be #1 lol. Great video!!!!

my all time favorite would be A View To A Kill, yeah it does get a bit silly with california girls but the rest of the music is amazing the stunts are cool. Spy who loved me, Octopussy And Moonraker are great too. Sir Roger had some great opening sequences. All of Peirce Brosnans are top shelf as well.

Such a lovely fella Calvin. Always a pleasure to watch.

Great vid! My top five in no particular order would be: The Living Daylights - fantastic, atmospheric action sequence, especially given that Dalton really was hanging on to that Land Rover with no assistance. Casino Royale - love the dual scenes playing out and the gun barrel occurring in context as the power chords of the title song kick in. GoldenEye - hard to pick between Brosnan's first three openers, but the atmospheric music and Sean Bean push this one to the top. Octopussy - was it the first to do the 'using your enemy's munitions against them' trope, as in Hunt for Red October, Hot Shots, GalaxyQuest, et al? The Spy Who Loved Me - if I could go back in time and visit a cinema for a first showing to soak up the audience wonder, this is very high on the list. Dishonourable mention: Die Another Day - if you ever want a vehicle to drive over landmines without setting them off, a hovercraft is the absolute WORST option. A truck touches the ground at four points.; a hovercraft sits on a very long and wide pressurised cushion of air that has enough downward force to hold up a large multi-tonne vehicle. The Laws of Physics had left the cinema in tears way before the invisible car showed up. :p

Brilliant video and you just made my day with the red wine and fish cut away 🤣

“On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” had the best opening. The drop to the knee in the gun barrel sequence, an air of mystery about the new Bond, splendid location work in Portugal, a thrilling fight, and a line - well-done - that had every Bond fan laughing at the time. (“This never happened to the other fellow.”) Seeing George Lazenby fit confidently into the role, especially during the fight, made me forget Sean Connery. (And I’m a fan of “From Russia With Love.”) Thrills me to this day! The best Bond, the best film.

I'm not as in love with the Goldeneye opener as some people are, even though it was the first modern Bond film I saw when I became aware of the franchise. When I saw From Russia With Love and The Living Daylights, I was hooked. FRWL has a classic pretitle sequence, but my favourite is definitely from TLD, followed by Casino Royale, because both of them set the very Flemingesque tone for those films. We weren't going to get comic book male model in a tuxedo doing ridiculous things and talking like a horny teenager. We were getting a grounded, somewhat realistic story. That's what I love about all 3 films. All 3 stories suspend my disbelief in the way I want them to. I don't mind some levity in the films, but if it's just quip after quip, I'm watching an 80s Schwarzenegger film at that point. Bond is cool, but in the end, he's a government assassin. He doesn't have time to be joking around right before he kills someone. He's dealing with life and death stuff.

I haven't watched this video yet, but THE LIVING DAYLIGHT better be #1 for Pre-Title Sequences.

Hi Calvin. As always great video. I find From Russia With Love far too low. The sequence is exciting, surprising, dark and sets the tone for the coming movie perfectly. Far better than those sequences from the bubble gum Brosnan era. Keep up the good work. Love your videos.

Your background is amazing!

The franchise has never topped the pretitles for Spy ever. What a way to start your film!

Casino Royale is special to as I went in _not knowing_ it was a Bond Film (was on TV and was channel surfing) so that Pre-Title sequence really stood out to me as I thought it was a completely different film with the Grey Scale and the Grittyness. Until the Gun Barrel where I exclaimed *_"This is a Bond Film?!_* the fact it drew me in, in that amount of time and simpleness. *_Ah its so good!_*

Top 3 Bond opening scenes: 3. The Living Daylights 2. Tomorrow Never Dies (though not my favourite Bond film). 1. The World is Not Enough.

Not a fan of the pre title of “live and let die” but, it makes sense that bond did show up. Since Moore was introduced in this movie, I think they wanted to build up his introduction

Don't forget the way music was used with your #1. That bridge of silence before the parachute opens! Perfect!

"Ohhh boy..." - LOL!! I do love your little comedic interludes Calvin because they are actually, you know, comedic. Too many KZfaqrs try and be funny, not realising that being funny is a very hard thing to do - but CD, for the most part, actually manages to pull it off (snigger snigger....). And I don't ever watch comedies cause usually they don't make me laugh, so there's that too.....! Anyway, onwards with the show..... 😆❤

For me, the intro of "Tomorrow Never Dies" was the best. Total chaos and mayhem at an arms dealership bazaar was quite the picnic 😅

I’ve said this before in many of your criticisms of The opening sequence beach boys song for a view to a kill… The Beach boys were having a Renaissance in the mid 80s… I was in the theater when that scene happened… There was laughter followed by thunderous applause… It was a gag for the time…

The opening of Spectre is AMAZING. I love that opening shot with the guy in the Skull Mask. And the helicopter cork screw. AMAZING

I have a soft spot for the unofficial Never Say Never Again sequence. I've always loved the title song, and it was fun to see Sean Connery in action again. It showed that 007 was still a capable agent as he matured and that women still remain a weakness for him.

Agree totally The opening of The spy who loved me is the best Bond opening

Where OHMSS is concerned, Bond's "This Never Happened to the Other Fellow" line was supposed to be taken two ways. Obviously, it's a reference to Sean Connery, but he is holding Tracy's shoe and I believe the other reference was that of Prince Charming in Cinderella with the glass slipper. I'm pretty sure I read that in an article about 40 years ago. So it kinda-sorta breaks the 4th wall as there is another reference it is making. Great video as always Calvin!

I believe in the audio commentary for Die Another Day, Pierce Brosnan said he did his own surfing

I love your previous pre title sequence ranking, so it's great to see a reranking with the full series. Maybe a title sequence ranking next?

Casino Royale is still my favourite bond movie in ALMOST every aspect

Tomorrow never dies I think that one is one of the best opening sequences

So Roger Moore is rumoured to have doubled as the gun slinger in the opening of TMwtGG? This could be the subject of a Myths of James Bond episode.

Thanks for the video Calvin, was waiting for this for a while! You should do a retrospective of the life of the late, great Monty Norman next 👀

I saw "Spy Who Loved Me" opening week, and (with the pre-title sequence) first there was dead, stunned silence when he skied off the cliff, then roaring cheers when the union jack parachute opened.

I regularly attend meetings in the building where the opening scene of "The World Is Not Enough" was filmed. Thank you so much for the video, that's a very good list although I have always had a soft spot for the pre-title sequence in "Live and Let Die" so of course I cannot agree on that one 🙂

The Living Daylights is my favorite "new Bond" reveal. Moonraker is my favorite stunt. The World Is Not Enough is my favorite Brosnan performance. So those would be my top three. I did think Craig's costume at the start of SPECTRE was memorable.

My fave will always be Tomorrow Never Dies. My first Bond movie, and holding off his entrance was a brilliant way to get me hooked.

24: Live and Let Die 23: Quantum of Solace 22: Diamonds Are Forever 21: A View to a Kill 20: Tomorrow Never Dies 19: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service 18: The Man With the Golden Gun 17: You Only Live Twice 16: Die Another Day 15: Spectre 14: Licence to Kill 13: Thunderball 12: From Russia With Love 11: Goldfinger 10: No Time to Die 9: The Living Daylights 8: For Your Eyes Only 7: Octopussy 6: The World Is Not Enough 5: Moonraker 4: The Spy Who Loved Me 3: GoldenEye 2: Skyfall 1: Casino Royale

I think for me, the best pre title sequence will always be casino royale, purely because of the gun barrel: the gun shot, the music, even craigs spin, the one liner and did I mention the music? - ITS JUST SO. DAMN. COOL

You recreated one of my biggest pet peeves: when a friend goes to the bathroom or comes in late and asks “what’d I miss?” I’m not going to talk during a movie especially not to explain what you chose to miss.

Part of the reason the Spy Who Loved Me's sequence works so well is that it understands what sets Bond apart from other films. Yes, there's great action, but lots of movies have great action. Adding in the panache that you get with the Union Jack parachute is the key ingredient.

Well done! Perfect!

I remember about the Quantum of Solance intro that it was so thrilling and fast cutted, a local radio show host confessed that he fell asleep in cinema because of it and missed the whole movie.

FYI: Laird Hamilton, world class water skier, stood in for Pierce during the Die Another Day opening surf sequence//I met Laird and he was a cool dude!

Tomorrow Never Dies features what remains my favorite pre-title sequence. Delighted to see it so high on your list.

Proves one thing, there isn't a bad pre title sequence amongst them! In a couple of cases they could be the highlight of the film.

The intro to Moonraker is pretty awesome. It was my first experience with James Bond. Saw it in the theatre in 1979 at age 11.

"Saved by the bell!" is one of my favorite one-liners.

I'll be honest, I can't watch the opening of TSWLM without hearing Alan Partridge's voice in my head. And I love it 😁

Licence to Kill may not have been one of the top Bond films...but the Opening sequence, along with Gladys Knight's vocals put the Opening towards the top, for me.

"This didn't happen to the other fella" was one of the qoutes of the century imo.

I live for these pre title mini missions. Loved running around with cap guns with my cousins at the holidays and recreating the scenes

Nightfire soundtrack playing in the background. Nice touch :)

Totally agree Calvin. Great list.

Great job Calvin, agree with your order

I always like to make my list first, then see how the rankings compare. One, The Living Daylights, Two, The Spy Who Loved Me, Three, Casino Royale. I don't know why the opening of The Living Daylights isn't higher on lists, because it is extremely tense and the editing is bang on. My only quibble is that when Bond lands on the yacht, the sea, the yacht's displacement and the woman's nerves are unaffected by the commotion caused by the land rover as it crashed into the sea