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Sean Connery will go head to head with Timothy Dalton as we choose between the former's fourth and the latter's first. Ladies and gentlemen, here's the match-up:
Thunderball vs. The Living Daylights
It does drag a lot, I can see your point clearly there! Certainly one of the longer Bond movies, with a horribly slow pace in several areas, and the 2 hour 10 minute run-time feels much longer.
In any Dalton vs Connery match-up, Dalton will always win it for me.
Off-topic I'm sorry, but congratulations for this being your 5000th post Samuel! That's quite an accomplishment!
A vote for Thunderball.
Connery(TB already won)+sexy villainess and main Bond girls+underwater action+a plot that makes you feel how big the risk is+seeing all the 00 agents meeting on an epic set+Tom freaking Jones+SPECTRE= A winner over TLD. The 2nd best Connery for me.
Yes, once again, Dalton best Bond in his best Bond adventure, one of the best of the entire series even
But Thunderball is such a good outing and I'm quite torn between these, they are both very good Bond material
I'll go with my initial thoughts and declare Daylights the winner this time
Timothy Dalton is superb in his first outing, the music is incredible, the pacing is great, the action is very entertaining, the locations are very good, and even the villains to some extent are enjoyable, such as Necros and Brad Whitaker.
This one wasn't terribly difficult, but let it be said that Thunderball has most of the same qualities I listed for TLD except pacing, which might be the defining reason that it doesn't beat TLD. Also, I prefer Dalton over Connery.
You didn't like Kristatos? I can see the dislike for semi-campy Whitaker and the dull Stromberg, but I like Kristatos. He's an excellent "plain-faced" villain, one of those who you would have never suspected type of guys. Between him and one of his counterparts, Dominic Greene, the "ordinary" villain approach certainly worked better for Kristatos.
5. Thunderball (1965) - 8.5/10
6. The Living Daylights (1987) - 8.5/10
11. Thunderball
12. Live And Let Die
13. The Living Daylights
The Living Daylights.
It's got great Cold War theme, nice Czeco (can't write in English) Čekoslovakijos escaping, a little stupid girl. And the plot is darker.
TB is also good, but dull (boring),.
Say what you like about the under water scenes but at the time is revolutionary film making and even today it's still impressively epic. Thunder all all the way.
I really enjoy TLD, it's one of the best Bonds ever! And being the fierce Daltonite that I am, it feels like blasphemy to pick TB over TLD. Yet, despite all of my good intentions as a loyal Dalton fan, I must admit that the classic epic, TB, being incidentally one of the very first Bonds I ever saw, ranks higher on my list.
Beautifully shot - and I mean BEAUTIFULLY. Connery at the top of his game, Fiona Volpe, Tom Jones and lines like "mind if my friend sits this one out, she's just dead".
Its by no means a perfect Bond move but TB is cracking entertainment..
TLD all the way.
Great action, great plot, stars the best Bond ever, and the PTS is probably the best in the series. The only thing that can beat TLD is LTK.
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