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Good to hear that, timothy is my favorite bond.
Ha! I once used Quantum of Solace as a related text on an essay regarding the subject of belonging.
Any news on what he's been up to?
Great actor. I love his intensity. Never seen this clip before. Thanks for sharing!
Many happy returns to Mr. Timothy Dalton.
Happy Birthday Tim!
Fleming would’ve approved of Dalton, pretty enthusiastically, I think. We may never know, of course. Just what I surmise. For me, when I read Fleming’ Bond, I don’t really picture any the actors exactly, a different guy all together from them instead. But out of the six actors, the Bond I picture when I read those novels looks the most like Dalton.
Absolutely. I always picture Dalton when I read a Fleming novel!
Me too, occasionally the Laz but mostly Tim.
Oh yeah. Fleming would’ve approved. Dalton set out to bring Bond back to Fleming’s spy in the books and I believe he definitely succeeded.
I had that poster above in my bedroom up until when we sold my parents' house 5 years ago. I look back at that period building up to TLD and there was such an anticipation and excitement that we were getting something different and fresh after 12 years of Bond action comedies with Moore (that is not intended as a bash on him or the era).
Dalton was exactly what I wanted in James Bond although reaction to him seemed very mixed at the time. A friend of mine was a big Brosnan fan and I have no doubt that influenced his reaction to Dalton. He recently said he likes Dalton as an actor but not as Bond.
I still have not gotten over the premature end to Dalton's Bond era and admittedly it has influenced some of my reaction to Brosnan and his era. There was an unfinished business feel. I always find it interesting when some fans say Brosnan deserved a fifth film and never got his chance to really explore the character. To that, I say he got two more chances than Dalton got. It's nice to see people rediscover his Bond off of what Craig has done during his reign.
The scene certainly doesn't aim for nearly the same level of dramatic intensity as in TLD, but Hurt has a similar vibe to Dalton. A quiet intensity and a sober, elegant presence. He could've played Bond.
Not to go too off-topic, but there are other scenes in the film in which Hurt shares the screen with Lee Marvin (who delivers a brilliant performance), and they have these conversations laced with double meanings and veiled threats. A Bondian thing in and of itself (think, for example, Bond with Goldfinger).
Primarily of interest to Bronte fans and English teachers.
Dalton, with his Byronic look and intensity, is pretty much the definitive Bronte leading man in WUTHERING HEIGHTS and the excellent BBC production of JANE EYRE. Both are well worth seeing.
In the Bond Dossier Kingsley Amis argues that Fleming's Bond functions as "a latter-day Byron." He notes that "the Byronic hero is lonely, melancholy, of fine natural physique, which has become in some way ravaged, of similarly fine but ravaged countenance, dark and brooding in expression, of a cold and cynical veneer, above all enigmatic."
Dalton certainly looked more like a Byronic hero than any other Bond actor, but oddly Amis never noticed this--commenting on Licence to Kill he just said Dalton was unmemorable next to Connery and Moore. He didn't even notice that the film adapted part of Fleming's LALD. Oh well!
'Genre: Romantic Comedy'? I have not read Wuthering Heights but this is not my understanding of it!
I watched Brenda Starr for the first time last weekend and it was exactly the fun antidote to These Times I needed (I love goofy comic book movies). Also, this:
One wonders if Amis even saw the movie.