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Yeah but his tone of delivery is killer. He sounds like a proper man. He says it as a thow away with little time to establish chemistry in the shot.
But he has a charm in the delivery. I don't think he was intimidated by the part and Cubby said so in his book. He said Dalton felt overshadowed by no one. He had a strong ego.
Very uneven was he.
Agreed. Dalton was a Fleming purest and this is reflected in the 2x excellent films he was in!
Once again, it was such a pity, with the legal disputes of the time, he was unable to do a third release, or even a fourth, and while not finally qutting the role until 1994, perhaps it was just as well as I always maintain he was not appropriate for the part after that. Just a little too old, but Brosnan came in, and did an adequate job of it
Only he and Connery only ever came close to what Fleming originally intended
I keep on hearing that Dc is the ultimate Fleming Bond. Why do you think he misses the mark?
Doesn't quite have the same qualities as the other two is at least one way of describing it. He's a good Bond for sure, but just can't be put on the same level of the relevant names that arrived before him. But with at least one or two movies to come, he will have his chance to close in a little more
That's my feeling. I desperately want to see him deliver the absolutely killer performance that I think he's capable of. My fear is that the script and story is never going to come his way. Plus, he is getting a bit long in the tooth. He looks a lot older than Dalton did in LTK, that's for sure.
Daniel Craig is to Bond what Dean Cain was to Superman. And that's not a slam btw.
Who's Dean Cain?
All we missed out on was having three banished villains from The Phantom Zone as decent adversaries, or two James Bond's fighting it out at a Junkyard to see which one prevails in the battle for good against evil..
Someone's sitting in Bond's favorite seat in a diner...
'would you care to step outside Mr Silva etc'
You are gonna get us into trouble! Watch out for the DC police!
The actor who did Superman in the "Lois & Clark/ Superman TV series:
http://www.worldofsuperheroes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Deancain.jpg
Likeable as Superman, did a great job, just didn't totally look the part IMO.
There might be a little Kryptonian in Craig's Bond at that.
All I'm saying, just seems a bit indestructable sometimes. There's a fine line in Bond between tough and far fetched when it comes to the actors capabilities. Just keep Bond (himself) realistic if you can
http://www.contactmusic.com/news/timothy-dalton-will-never-write-his-memoirs_3400198 :(
Shame he puts himself down like that. I'm sure people would be intrested if he marketed it right.
I'd definitely buy a copy!
He took on the role and had to bring it back to basics, which we all know was asking a lot
after Sir Roger long tenure. Only a very talented actor, and a couragous one at that, could accept the challenge.
Well, I liked "James Bond" before Tim accepted the role. On The Living Daylights first viewing on release date, I came from "I like James Bond films" to "I can't live without James Bond films". Timothy Dalton had that kind of an impact on me.
Well, Tim, THANK YOU, and live a long healthy life!
Thanks for that link @TheLivingRoyale Tim is way too modest. I would pay good money to hear what he has to say.
Man, but it would be fascinating to read his history as Bond and all the rubbish he had to put up with with the media negativity.
And like someone else said, TLD had a huge impact for me when I saw it at Leicester Square. Tim is a major part of why I love Bond. I got into Connery afterwards because all I knew at the time was Moore. In the UK I rarely saw a Connery Bond on tv.
In fact my first Connery Bond I saw was DAF in 1988 on ITV.
Respectfully, I disagree, Mr. Dalton. Personally, I would be very interested in reading your thoughts on what it was like to play the role. It's a role I think you did a superb job with, and an interpretation of the character I enjoy and respect very much.
No it's not. Remember, we did warn you.
Tim ranks at number 3 for me, after Sean and Rog. Perhaps had he done more I would have placed him at 2 above Rog. TLD is my favourite. LTK is not one of my favourites, although Tim is good in it. I think he probably should have taken over after OP and done 5 or 6 through to the mid 90s. A real shame things worked out the way they did.
In other arenas, the sorts of eyewash that are forwarded here about others would simply be considered slander.
Thankfully things have calmed down a lot in the last week or so. I think it's inevitable to some extent that when a new film comes out things get a bit emotional and heated. The dust is slowly settling now and frankly everyone has said pretty much everything that needs to be said about SF. It's now for posterity to pass judgement.
But in the meantime we can all at least agree how great the Dalts was/is.
True. I always thought Dalton was fantastic. And this is coming from someone who only knew and loved Moore as Bond. Had he started in '83, we would have had at least a four film run.
And back when Brozza was playing Bond, I remember the editor of GQ magazine, Dylan Jones saying he rated Dalton and that it was a shame his era was cut short.
My friend's girlfriend watched TLD for the first time over the weekend and loved Dalton as well as the movie. She only knew Craig and Brosnan's films mostly. But she spontaneously said he looked great and was great. Good to know!