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Every time I watch that scene I burst out laughing. The absurdity of Lupe coming off as that madly in love with Bond after two brief 10 second encounters and pretty much a one night stand, her level of emotion for Bond is just so jarring.
Anyway, both Lupe and Pam were Hhhhhott, a considerable improvement over the yawn casting of D'abo.
Every time I watch that scene I burst out laughing. The absurdity of Lupe coming off as that madly in love with Bond after two brief 10 second encounters and pretty much a one night stand, her level of emotion for Bond is just so jarring.
Anyway, both Lupe and Pam were Hhhhhott, a considerable improvement over the yawn casting of D'abo.
Just going back, said it before maybe that when I went to see Daltons second outing way back in '89, it was surprising to see the difference in the Bonds that had gone before it, from a usual quiet, phlegmatic tone we were introduced to a much darker edge and instances unheard of in the franchise up to then, Bond had suddenly jumped from a Parental Guidance to a '15' certificate and I was eager to see what they had put together at the time.
Dalton, 42 at the time of release, still looked the part more than Moore ever did especially in his later releases and his hard edged reality was a welcome relief from the campiness of what had gone before, still think the ending at the Sanchez house was lame, the tanker truck chase gets a bit dull the 50th time you see it but it's always worth the wait to see Robert Davi go up in flames near the end.
Real shame that the franchise was delayed for so long thereafter and Dalton never was able to play the part again, in hindsight even if he had chosen to get involved with Goldeneye I think he would of looked slightly out of place and Brosnan was more tailored for the role.
But yes, the "I love him so much" line was a spine chiller.
Anyway, back to The Living Daylights and Licence To Kill.
LTK - top Bond film and should be seen as the blueprint for what DC and his band of merry men have copied so far. DC has aped TD's Bond since he took on the mantle.
Bring on a DC original in Bond 23 please.
I was under the impression from last we looked that License To Kill was ahead in this, and now lo and behold Daylights got the vote, I would of voted in favor of Daylights, let's face it, both are Daltons work but his debut film for me will always be his best, it's admittedy a bit dull along the way especially when he's in central Europe, but livens up when Bond gets to Afghanistan and it has real Fleming character to it, LTK goes a bit haywire with sharks, exploding heads, fork lift murders and Bond sniffing around a cocaine factory without getting any ill effects, and there's only Mexico and Florida in the way of locations, Caroline Bliss gets about eight seconds in her second Moneypenny appearance although Q has a wider scope than usual to get involved in the actions bits, Robert Davi was menacing enough and believable as the nasty Sanchez, but all told it's hardly a classic Bond and was a relative failure at the box office in Summer 1989, and it's a pity Dalton left on this note and wasn't involved again thereafter due to legal disputes and all that went on until Goldeneye came about etc
I've actually watched both of these films over the last couple of weeks and am reminded how superb they are.
In my eyes Bond films historically have always worked better when they have a European focus.
TLD is as people have mentioned probably the last of the real traditional Bonds and John Barry's score magnificent.
LTK I've always had a soft spot for. Dramatically different from what went before and all pulled together by a exceptional performances from both Dalton and Davi.
LTK is my choice (even considering my European comment abve).
Dalton is the best bond, and LTK is the best film (although brosnan and TWINE come close), nuff said.
You had me believing everything right up until the quote about TWINE :)
TWINE is great but nothing can beat dalton and LTK.
Urgh ;)