Pick out your five favorite moments for Timothy Dalton's James Bond tenure

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  • Posts: 1,092
    1) Killing Sanchez

    2) Pushkin hotel room scene

    3) The fair with Saunders and the ballons

    4) That scene with M when he takes Dalt's license to kill

    5) TLD on the plane with the bomb, whole sequence was great

    It's hard to do only five b/c there are so many great moments. He only did two films but man, he made it count!
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    My five favourite Dalton moments are whatever five moments I'm watching with him in the scene(s).
  • edited April 2013 Posts: 3,494
    I've been thinking about this topic for 24 hours or so and I'm with my fellow Daltonites in stating that there are so many moments that it's hard to settle on 5 of them.

    1. The pseudo assassination of Pushkin, TLD. Dalton and Rhys-Davies are both amazing here. The look in Dalton eyes radiates extreme danger and for me, at that moment during that glorious opening weekend in 1987, he became the personification of the professional side of literary Bond as I understood Fleming's version to be. Up until that point I wasn't 100% convinced he was any better than Moore during his best moments in the series, at that moment he elevated his status to the best Bond actor short of Connery in the glory years 1962-1965.

    2. Confrontation with M at the Hemingway House, LTK- Probably my favorite Robert Brown moment as well. Dalton Bond is ready to explode with rage and M is having none of the personal stuff as you'd expect from the boss, Bernard Lee would have handled him the same way. All this is going on amidst a lush, quiet spot in the bustling Key West, bystanders oblivious to the drama going on within. So well done.

    3. Killing Sanchez, LTK- Not so much the entire sequence, which was still great, but when Dalton puts his tanker on cruise control reaching perilously towards getting on Sanchez' tanker, the action goes up another notch. A "holy shit" moment when they go off the road and you wonder how anyone could have survived that fall, only bettered when Felix and Della's gift becomes the final instrument of Sanchez' destruction. It's even more awesome when you see the uncut version of Sanchez going up in flames and fall to his knees still screaming before he and everything else short of Bond goes up in a huge fireball, finally panning towards a physically spent and bleeding Bond letting out a sigh as he realizes it's over.

    4. Killing of Sharkey/Escape from Krest, LTK- From "compliments of Sharkey" to the highly original escape from Krest's men by harpooning the landing gear and water skiing his way onto the plane. Great let down moment as well at the end of the sequence when Dalton looks at all the cash he's scored and laughs.

    5. Showdown with Whitaker, TLD- Tough choice between this, the cargo net fight with Necros, and the hilarious crashing of Kara's post concert celebration by Shah and his men, but I always loved this scene. Starting out with Felix helping Bond get Whitaker's man in the gardens, to machine guns and flying glass everywhere with Barry's music driving the tension even higher until a Q gadget saves Bond yet again, another well written and conceived scene.

    Special mention to all of Dalton's scenes with D'Abo. Dalton wasn't much the womanizing ideal of Bond for sure, yet in our rush to praise the tough girls who are savvy to Bond's world, we often overlook the innocent civilian citizens and think them bumbling idiots based on a few. Kara has a few awkward moments, but she figures it out and manages to be tough enough to survive it all. I love how she unexpectedly and innocently falls head over heels for Bond and maintains that no matter what it going on short of Koskov deceiving her for a brief moment. TLD wouldn't be a top 5 film for me without her, we hadn't gotten such a wonderfully written romantic character since OHMSS.

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  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    Wow @SirHenryLeeChaChing, really thought out & well written! And props for your positive review of Kara; she is among my favourite Bond girls!
  • edited April 2013 Posts: 3,494
    What can I say, you were expecting anything different from ME? I love Dalton and D'Abo both, unashamedly and happily. When you get the occasional romantic gem played so well on both ends like we have seen in FRWL and CR, I can only do one thing-

    =D>
  • 1.Watch the birdie you bastard!
    2.TLDL PTS sequence
    3.Don't you want to know why …then the flames over Sanchez.
    4.LTK underwater fight and catching the sea plane.
    5.Interrogating Pam in Bed and pulling her gun.

    Glen didn't know hot to get the best out of TD. sad.
  • Posts: 2,341
    Dalton was such a strong actor and has a wide range, more so than some of the other Bonds. He paved the way for Craig and his 'gritty" approach. My favorite moments:
    1. standing by while Killifer is killed by the shark LTK
    2. the hotel suite with Pushkin in TLD
    3. Holding the knife to Lupe's throat in LTK
    4. Throwing Pam on the bed and sticking the gun in her face in LTK
    All these are great moments and lots of the one's on this post are great. You always knew that Dalton meant buisness and he was not one to mess around.
  • samainsysamainsy Suspended
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    What about the bit with Q in LTK !!

  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    samainsy wrote:
    What about the bit with Q in LTK !!
    "I hope you don't snore, Q!"

    One of my favorite moments. Desmond was even more on his game in LTK. :))
  • Posts: 5,634
    When Dalton (bond), takes out his knife and discovers the raw opium in Afghanistan, this guard appears with a very suspicious look on his face, almost like "What the thump are you up to". It's a very good moment, if you remember it

    When Bond and Milovy are in the holding cells at the air base and he whistles 'Rule Brittania' and the guards faint (albeit briefly) from the stun gas, one of them comes to, and lunges for Dalton, and (Maryam) d'Abo has this fantastic expression on her face that I couldn't even describe. Almost like a giraffe. "James........."

    The 'drowned rat' appearance at the Isthmus casinos

    Someone at the Bimini Bar brawl has a great swordfish decoration in his hands and lunges at Bond (if I remember, been a while since a last viewing) and Dalton gives a shocked look

    When he looks back at the Sanchez distribution center being engulfed in flames, before he gets into the 'plane with Pam Bouvier
  • samainsysamainsy Suspended
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    When Dalton (bond), takes out his knife and discovers the raw opium in Afghanistan, this guard appears with a very suspicious look on his face, almost like "What the thump are you up to". It's a very good moment, if you remember it

    When Bond and Milovy are in the holding cells at the air base and he whistles 'Rule Brittania' and the guards faint (albeit briefly) from the stun gas, one of them comes to, and lunges for Dalton, and (Maryam) d'Abo has this fantastic expression on her face that I couldn't even describe. Almost like a giraffe. "James........."

    The 'drowned rat' appearance at the Isthmus casinos

    Someone at the Bimini Bar brawl has a great swordfish decoration in his hands and lunges at Bond (if I remember, been a while since a last viewing) and Dalton gives a shocked look

    When he looks back at the Sanchez distribution center being engulfed in flames, before he gets into the 'plane with Pam Bouvier

    Never seen the end of TLD my DVDs scratched at the very end tell me what happens
  • Posts: 825
    Well I was glad he took over as James Bond from Roger Moore in 1987. My fav was:
    The Landrover Chase with Roof fighting.
    The Monypenny relation
    The Car Chase in Aston Martin
    The Romance with Maryam in the Push Cart
    The fight with Henchman & The Villian
    The Romance in the end with Kara
    LTK: The tying The plane Pre title
    The Fight in Aquaria
    The burning Sanchez alive
    The pool romance with Pam
  • Posts: 908
    1) Killing Sanchez

    2) Pushkin hotel room scene

    3) The bit where Saunders dies at the fair with the balloons

    4) The entire PTS of The Living Daylights

    5) When he catches up to the plane and steals the money in Licence To Kill

    Honorable mention to the office scene with Sanchez ("problem eliminator"), the bit in LTK where he's been caught by the MI6 agent ("piss off"), and the entire sniper bit in TLD (stuff my orders, etc).

    Very much agreed,except Point 4 that is!
    Save the Bikini Girl at the end scene. This is simply an embarrassing Bit! There have been two 00's killed (acording to Fleming two thirds of the 00 Section) and he doesn't even mention it,when he calls HQ! Instead he decides to spend a little Time with the Girl. Hell, why bother hunting down the Back up of the Killer (after all he must have have an exit strategy to get away from Gibraltar probably involving some third Party ). Does that sound professional to you? To me it ain't! It's the first of so many "wrong turns" in the Storyline of TLD, all of which keep me from really seeing it as a "realistic" or seriousTake on Bond (together with Daltons complete lack of Charisma and his almost smeery Approach to Karla in Vienna).
  • Posts: 101
    Can't believe nobody's mentioned Dalton's laughter on the rollercoaster in TLD.
    So innocent, full of life.
    Bond returns to the innocence of childhood.
    If only for a moment before the bloodshed begins.
    A storm is coming.
    I wonder.
    Did Bond laugh like this in his childhood days at Skyfall estate?
  • 5) his introduction in the TLD PTS
    4) compliments from Sharkey
    3) escaping with the plane in LTK
    2) the sniper scene in Bratislava
    1) cargo net fight with Necros in TLD
  • 007InVT007InVT Classified
    edited May 2013 Posts: 893
    Sorry old man, section 26, paragraph 5. Need to know. Sure you understand.
  • 007InVT007InVT Classified
    edited May 2013 Posts: 893
    Also when M has his license revoked in LTK.

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  • 007InVT007InVT Classified
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    Classic lines from Dalton's films:

  • ChevronChevron Northern Ireland
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    Good idea for a thread. Let's see... Can't just pick five.

    From TND:

    The knowing look he gives Saunders as they watch the Harrier take off in the distance.

    "Stuff my orders! I only kill professionals. That girl don't know one end of a rifle from the other. Go ahead. Tell M what you want. If he fires me I'll thank him for it." Probably my favourite Dalton moment. Straight out of Fleming.

    "Heard from Georgi? Yes, I got the message."

    From LTK:

    "You earned it. You keep it."

    To Lupe: "You better find yourself another lover." Followed by "Complements of Sharky."

    To Sanchez: "You were just in time. Things were about to get nasty." Love his accent there!

    Trying to buy time on the conveyer belt. "Who's got the stingers!" Great Fleming style scene.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    Matt_Helm wrote:
    Very much agreed,except Point 4 that is!
    Save the Bikini Girl at the end scene. This is simply an embarrassing Bit! There have been two 00's killed and he doesn't even mention it when he calls HQ! Instead he decides to spend a little Time with the Girl.
    He can't bring them back by crying about it, and LIFE (in the form of a willing & lovely woman) is in front of him.
    Bond.

  • pachazopachazo Make Your Choice
    edited May 2013 Posts: 7,314
    chrisisall wrote:
    Matt_Helm wrote:
    Very much agreed,except Point 4 that is!
    Save the Bikini Girl at the end scene. This is simply an embarrassing Bit! There have been two 00's killed and he doesn't even mention it when he calls HQ! Instead he decides to spend a little Time with the Girl.
    He can't bring them back by crying about it, and LIFE (in the form of a willing & lovely woman) is in front of him.
    Bond.

    Very much agreed. First of all, Dalton did an excellent job displaying his grief and frustration with the situation when he found the body and the cut rope. Furthermore, he was hell bent on avenging him when he showed his determination to catch the killer. So it's not like the death didn't affect him at all. Lastly, as a 00 agent, Bond is all too aware of how his life could end at any moment. So he lives life to the fullest and takes great pleasure in beauty. This is the essence of what James Bond is.
  • Posts: 5,634
    That's a valid point about the Gibraltar opening, in that Bond seems almost flippant about the death of two other agents in the training exercise, and just appears on the boat in an almost phlegmatic demeanor, ready to share a few drinks with the girl (we don't know her name, so we shall call her, Margo's friend) and all that happened directly before, it seems, never occured. Yes you're right - not even a mention to acknowledge the killings, only to inform his superiors that he'll be a little late. Saying that, it's the first time it's ever been raised, so it only goes to show that audiences simply didn't care too much, or it wasn't a factor in the overall enjoyment of the pre credits sequence. No-one was going to mourn too much, but once again, it was a decent point made

    That's one thing about Dalton I never could understand. One moment he's all business, then next instance, a kind of Moore-type impassive approach, so soon after the event. But take nothing away, still probably the best James Bond I ever saw, and closest to Flemings original character
  • Posts: 4,762
    (In no particular order)

    1. Eliminating Sanchez with the "Leiter"
    2. Faking Pushkin's death at the convention center
    3. Dissing the CIA agent at the hospital ("looks like Sanchez's law operates north of the border too")
    4. Giving Necros "the boot"!
    5. Watching with grim satisfaction and horror as Sanchez eliminates Milton Krest in the pressure chamber
  • Posts: 5,634
    @Beast If you watch, Dalton doesn't really take satisfaction from it, just appeared totally indifferent to it from a last viewing, or showing no visible emotion. Feel a little sorry for Krest, going out like that, as he wasn't a particularly bad or nefarious character, and there were much more deserving adversaries for a demise like that in License to Kill

    If it hasn't been mentioned and just as an update,

    - 'You earned it, you keep it - old buddy'

    - 'I guess it's a farewell to arms' - and the way he leaps over the balcony and runs off into the trees - almost cat-like

    - 'Whoever it was, it must of scared the living daylights out of them' - hence the films title

    - 'He met his Waterloo'

    - 'I've had a few optional extras installed'

    - 'You should of brought lillies'

    - 'I'm more of a problem eliminator'

  • Posts: 1,143
    I've not commented on this thread before and have read through other members choices. You have certainly hit gold with some classic choices. I am struggling to make five as there would be endless quality moments I would have to leave out. The older I get the more enjoyable I find his two movies. He was an incredible Bond and had he done more would have only strengthened his case as being one of the best, if not the best. He was a class act.
  • Posts: 57
    LOL i remmeber laughing so hard at the part where tim slides down the mountain on the woman's chilling cello haha
  • Posts: 38
    He did have many in 2 films, but 3 standout out to me
    1. Exercise at Gibraltar - TLD- great opening to introduce a new bond all the way through the jet taking off from the building
    2. When he stuffs the cello into the Aston Martin and makes the comment about learning to play the violin -TLD
    3. Tanker chase scene and fight LTK- many have mentioned this one and it is worthy, but Gilbraltar was still better
  • edited June 2013 Posts: 418
    1. Hanging on by his fingertips on that cocaine grinder in 'Licence to Kill'

    2. The bomb on the plane in 'The Living Daylights'

    3. Setting fire to Sanchez - 'Licence to Kill'

    4. Bond and Kara's romantic moment - 'Are you calling me a Horse's arse?'

    5. Bond and Pam's romantic 'Then why dont you ask me' moments..
  • Posts: 2,402
    Everyone's mentioned pretty much all of my favourites already. Dalton discovering Della and Felix is the one I don't think I've seen on here yet, what a fantastic bit of acting on Dalton's part. That tracking shot as he enters the house is one of the finest bits of cinematography ever put in a Bond film. Actually, LTK as a whole has probably my favourite cinematography/editing of all the Bond flicks.

    I will mention my LEAST favourite Dalton moment, and that's when the credits started rolling for Licence To Kill on my most recent viewing. I knew I was on to GoldenEye next, and I think part of the reason I felt so upset at this point was probably because we were going onto my least favourite of the six Bonds (and the only one I really dislike), but I think most of it was because I knew Dalton was never going to be Bond again. Watching Licence To Kill in the past, I'd never really been bothered too much by it because I was a kid. But this was my first time watching it in at least seven or eight years, and it's always been one of my favourite Bond films, so to see that last shot of Tim and Carey Lowell in the pool, knowing that we were never going to see him in the tux again, was a bit hard-hitting on me this time around.
  • Good to see some talk of Timothy Dalton this night and if I may, worth another update for some 'favorite moments'

    # Stealing the sunglasses when Leiter's girls pick him up. Doesn't pay, just jumps in the back seat and doesn't give it another thought. Watch it again - pure Dalton

    # The fight at the Bimini Bar in License to Kill when someone takes a swordfish and lunges at him, and just misses, and Dalton has a great expression as in 'I can't believe what just occured'

    # The interrogation of Bouvier in the same movie release when he thinks she's working for Sanchez. "I want the truth". Unshaven, on edge, and frantic

    # Smoking a cigarette at Q branch in The Living Daylights when Q runs through a list of suspects. The epitome of cool

    # When he explains to Milovy how she got the scratch on her arm before the Chloral hydrate takes over. "Because.... I was the man sent to kill you..."
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