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There... I've fixed it for American forum members such as yours truly. ;)
In that case, I think you should win the Dalton award. =D>
Watched Everything or Nothing the other day. They made a lot out of Brosnan missing out on the role in 87 but never mentioned that EON had been thinking of Dalton as a replacement since the 60s. I thought Dalton was a bit short changed in the documentary. Mind you, it might have helped his case if he'd got a haircut and didn't look like a lunatic in the interviews.
He went a bit over-the-top in that interview I thought:
"Here was a hero who MURDERED in COLD BLOOD...bam, bam, bam, bam, bam"
Would have been nice to have seen a more straight forward interview in which he wasn't acting.
Yes - he was very OTT. I did think he had interesting stuff to say though. It's just that he hammed it up.
As usual I liked how Brozza came across, especially when he cracked up about the kite surfing! Hilarious. Still, doesn't change the fact that he was rubbish!
Brosnan was very funny in that interview even if he didn't really say a lot of new stuff:
"This is top secret, you can't tell anyone"
"I won't tell anyone (mouths "I'm James Bond")
His laughing at the windsurfing sequence makes that scene itself more enjoyable as it always reminds me of the interview. At least he knows its crap too.
They must have all been wondering what the hell was going on. Although as he is CGI'd as well, may be he didn't even see the scene until the premier (assuming he stayed to watch it).
Love his evil pantomime laugh at 0.23
(Spoilers)
And there is an episode of Parks and Recreation when he plays a rich playboy running for political office. He's asked (you assume) who his favourite Bond is, and first he says Daniel Craig. The he says, 'scrub that, Timothy Dalton'. Very amusing.
It's very funny and possibly quite right: BlogalongaBond / Licence To Kill:
The Best James Bond Film Ever Made
http://theincrediblesuit.blogspot.com/2012/04/blogalongabond-licence-to-kill-best.html
A more academic study here too: http://n007.thegoldeneye.com/ltk-review.html
Either way, I'm only more convinced than ever of how much better Dalton was than Brosnan. My gut instinct on watching GE in '95 and thinking 'who is this pitiful dweeb hanging from a toilet ceiling?' has only become more entrenched as time goes by.
Sean Connery still rules supreme, and Rog perhaps has the edge in terms of sheer entertainment value, but Dalton was damn good.
"DELLAHHH"
Overall a solid film, just a little overrated by the hardcore fans.
It's a great film and a very brave move by EON to tinker so heavily with the formula. It might not be a 'Bond film' in the traditional sense but it's still a great movie.
Hey! Watch your mouth, dude! :) :P
But seriously though: "Generic first half"? On the contrary I'd say it has the most unique first half in the series. Both in terms of plot, tone and action...
I agree regarding the inconsistency of the supporting cast and production value though.
So, staying on the positive about Dalton (which is easy for me), I want to rave about The Living Daylights. What a fun, splendid, wonderfully held together film with a genuine romance at its heart that is given time to build (unusual for a Bond film). And one of the best intros as Bond. And a memorable cargo plane fight, too.
And I'll also say that I'm happy he is in Penny Dreadful because it does seem to be a hit. He is fine in it (and Eva is amazing) but overall the series is not very good, full of badly written scripts (ah, Logan!), stupid at times, and not my cup of tea. But Timothy brings class to it, every time.
He is a fine actor, and one who has gone his own way during his career. I will always be a Timothy Dalton fan. ;;)
-evil drug dealer shown in prison cell being interrogated by DEA agents in a cheesy way (good-cop/bad cop)
-Exposition dialogue explaining how bad Sanchez is that sounds like it came out of an 80s cop show.
-dialogue about "how we have laws in this country too"
-dialogue about how the hero must "let it go" (when obviously he won't)
-the bar fight
There are some good moments in the first half (Dalton's reaction is great when Della throws him that whats-it-called) but the second half overall is the stronger IMO.
...and I say these points as someone who used to have it in their top 5. It oddly doesn't really have enough of that Bond "feel"...at least when you put it up against other entries.
Dalton is an actor who I respect but I know he's gone on record and voiced his own concerns about LTK.
See you say you don't like Brosnan but then you constantly bring him up. You were talking about Dalton and you couldn't resist having a go at Brosnan and GE.
I think you're a Brosnan fan in denial. You've tried to repress it, to hide it, tried to convince yourself and us that you hate him but you're not fooling anyone :P