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I've always thought the scene of Bond on the tram, staring at Kara - his mission - but also sort of through her, as if just disenfranchised with everything, to be the pinnacle of adapting the character of Bond from the books.
YES!!!!! Dalton was obsessed with getting Bond right!
@Murdock, what's the verdict?
And thanks! :D
He's just so good. More than any of the others I really buy him as a spy. I think he conveys so much experience and world weariness in just how he delivers certain lines. Connery, Moore and Craig and Brosnan might have looked older by the end of their runs, but none of them really managed to get across that they'd been at this for years in the same way Dalton did imo. I think this is partly because of how brisk, to the point and badass he is, but also because you can see how all those missions have taken their toll on him. He was just perfect. I love them all but when I think James Bond I still think Dalton.
I need to watch his two again actually. It's been a while.
Cool!
I don't have a problem with Dalton's hair in LTK (other than in the casino scene), but his hair in TLD looks as Bonds hair should, even with the comma. His TLD hairstyle suits his classically handsome, byronic looks.
@MajorDSmythe is quite mad, you know? Quite mad. ;)
I'll have you know that I am not quite mad, I am incurably mad.
It would have been great to see him age in the role as well. Such a shame there wasn't the appetite back then for exploring that more beaten up and world weary dimension of Bond.
Dalton's third was going to be more light hearted and that's understandable but it would also have been great to see them taking him one step further than in LTK towards the dark side.
There's still something off about his hair. I tried to fix it.
It's crap we didn't get more of him but at least we got LTK. TLD is brilliant as well (my two favourites), but there are still some Moore hangovers there. LTK is 100% Dalton. It's a shame we didn't get more films with him but at least he got the chance to make 'his' Bond film, one that was tailored to him. Dark, violent, bits of Fleming in there. It all lined up really well with how he thought the character should be, so I reckon he was pretty happy.
And in a way we did see him evolve, just over a really short concise period. In TLD he's world weary and burnt out, then in LTK he actually snaps and goes on a rampage. Considering he only had two films, he got the chance to explore his version of Bond pretty well imo. His era is short but sweet and I'd have loved more, but as it stands I don't think it actually feels like it was cut too short. He got to finish what he started in a way, so I'm pretty content with what we got. A perfect duo of films.
True. I think GE was exactly what the series needed and I love how fresh and modern it felt but it was basically a reboot, it wasn't the same as Connery - Dalton. Not saying that was a bad thing, I think it was necessary, but LTK really was the end of an era. So I think it's nice they finished off the original run on such a high.
yes, LTK is really the last of the original series: the last film actually produced by Cubby, the last to feature Maibaum and Binder and others from the old crew.
After the series rebooted Desmond Llewellyn was the only one with a link to the very first Bond films.
I guess you still have Desmond but that just felt like a bit of an awkward hangover more than anything. Glad they bought him back though. I love his exit in TWINE and I love how visibly happy and excited Brosnan is sharing scenes with him.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
I love that too. Totally convincing.
He's even better in Sicario. (SPOILERS)
After the 90s, Del Toro has really become a menacing force. Thing is, I'd love him to be a villain opposite Craig. Imagine those going toe to toe with one another.
...Because Dalton would've made a great Count Dracula.