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However, as you say, it's consistent and realistic. Tonally I find it more balanced than TLD, which tries to marry Dalton's approach with Sir Rog's previous style, and not so successfully imho.
I too thought he was very good in the part.
No,you arnt alone good Dr.
I thought he was excellent in the role,a real slimeball...perfect for LTK.
Count me in on that, too, a definite slimeball, fits the role wonderfully.
I thought he was fine. "Get a hold of yourselves".
Personally I wouldn't call it one of the best in the series, nor do I believe that it will be seen that way over time. There's nothing particularly unique in it that hasn't been executed better elsewhere in the series, unlike the obvious qualities of OHMSS.
It does what it does well, in part, but in its effort to be relentlessly hard edged it loses all sense of levity. Fleming largely struck a great balance of danger and verve - something, more recently, I feel CR captured expertly. I'd plump for its predecessor striking a better balance overall and I think Dalton realised this too.
It's a film with some excellent moments that I certainly wouldn't change, but with its made for TV feel, its disjointed tone and its inability to capture the otherworldly qualities that bless the best of Bond pictures (it forgets the flashes of fantasy and the bizarre in favour of straight realism) I can't see it ever sitting up there with the classics.
I agree wholeheartedly!
I never had the feeling that any title song should be from Bonds perspective, they should be decent to good. The only movie that failed to deliver was QoB that was utter tripe.
That's a fair comment. I guess it's Smith's style that may out some off.
A wicked and funny comment, I can really enjoy.
My feelings exactly.
The song would have been immensely better had it been sung by a whining young woman. Or just a young woman. I've heard female covers of the song on YouTube that are really quite excellent. It's definitely written for a certain vocal range, and whenever Smith pushes himself into that terrible falsetto the song collapses entirely. The music behind the vocals isn't bad though. Not particularly Bondian apart from the intro, but not bad either.
I agree with this aswell. Especially with the first paragraph. OHMSS, FYEO, CR and SF all did the reckless and/or human-Bond approach better and had more convincing performances from key supporting players. Even GF managed it with the scene between Bond and M ("this isn't a personal vendetta 007...") - one of the best scenes in the series.
Put it this way, he does what he does throughout the film and then it's all resolved with one line "M called...he tried to reach you...I think he may have a job for you".
WOTD is growing on me, but definitely not a classic! YNMN still a cracking theme, works for me every time!
Well it was made in the '80s ?
I think All Time High is nice but kind of bland. Not much more than a pleasant but forgettable 80s ballad.
I agree that CR is far superior. But for me LTK is the best Bond film of the 80's and up until CR. Licence To Kill is classic Fleming Bond. Purists may not like the more American touch to the narrative (you just know that any theatrical trailer is crying out for voice over man to go "this time it's personal"), but the more darker narrative suits the film and it shows that Dalton was a good Bond no matter what his critics say. With some of the most spectacular action sequences at the time, this is a genuine Bond classic.
Dalton's performance is stunning, reflecting Ian Fleming's original Bond figure with a suffering and passionate character instead of a playboy just repeating funny dialogues. The rest of the cast is also superb, with Robert Davi as villain, Talisa Sato and Carey Lovell as Bond girls and a young Benicio Del Toro ("Traffic") as psychopathic killer. Desmond Llewelyn has his best and longest Q performance by supporting Bond on is mission with some of the funniest gadgets.
The settings are restricted to Miami and Mexico just like in previous Bond movies like GF and DAF (and Fleming's books) and influenced by successful TV series like "Miami Vice" and "Magnum, P.I.". The big disadvantage of this movie is the lack of the typical British settings, humor and "Bond tradition" - in fact, "Licence To Kill" is the most "American" Bond movie ever done. But IMO it represents Fleming's character on screen.
I actually think Davi, Zerebe and Del Toro all deliver more engaging performances.
He's good in the scene outside Felix's house but the next part when he finds Della has me feeling absolutely nothing when I'm meant to be in shock.
I do like "make a sound...and you're dead".
A brilliant delivery, only ruined by the response from the useless actress (??) in the scene with him.