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That's a bad thing?
And for the record, no, he's not thespy in it.
No. I am just baiting BAIN, who has a thing about Dalton being too much of an aktoor.
Saw The Rocketeer sometime ago but don't remember much about it. He does play a bad guy who's an "aktoor" though.
Saw Flash Gordon a few months back - he's alrite but again a very theatrical part.
Loved him in Hot Fuzz because of his OTT "theatrical" manner. There he was just having fun.
Loved him in Toy Story 3 but tbh when I heard he was in it I thought he'd have more than just 4 or so lines :(
:)) That was funny
Well, excuse me !! *I* am trying to stay in character !!
In many ways, Dalton is the proto-Craig. He paved the way for a harder-edged, realistic Bond. (Lazenby is the proto-Dalton, but without the acting chops.)
On the other hand, Craig made Bond culturally significant for the first time since I don't know when--1977? 1965? When had a Bond film and Bond performance (there was even Oscar talk for Craig) gotten so much positive attention from the critics? Not in Brosnan's era, nor Dalton's, nor Moore's, and certainly not in Lazenby's.
For now, I'm voting for Dalton. In time we may see that Craig was the most important change in the franchise since Connery, but it's still too soon to judge.
If I'm honest I think we're already there. Craig has already taken the title Brosnan previously held as "the best Bond since Connery".
That's what I think. They said it about Brosnan, they said it about Craig, and if he's anywhere close to half way decent they'll probably say it about the next guy.
It's only been five and a half years. And we've only seen Craig "becoming" Bond, not as a fully-formed Bond (in Skyfall?). So I think it's too soon.
I know but, given as he's been nominated for an award for his work on CR I genuinely suspect we'll be there sooner than you think (especially if Skyfall gets good write-ups).
Yes, I like Pierce a lot, too. Do not be upset when the Brosnan bashers come out of the woodwork. There are quite a few who cannot stand him and say plenty of harsh things, and some seem to take any moment on any thread to start bashing him again. Broken record indeed. I was surpsied by that. Just realize it happens. To each his own opinion ... but don't doubt yourself. Pierce was a good Bond. His last film (DAD) was mostly not good, although it had some good scenes, but that was not Pierce's fault.
Back to Dalton vs. Craig - I like them both a lot, even though they are different. What is similar that both have a more realistic take on Bond, a grittiness. I wish Dalton had done at least one more. But I am really happy with Craig as Bond.
It was just meant to be a thread where you can state which actor you personally favour and why.
True - CR was the first film for a very long time that critics seemed to take seriously. I fear though that its iconic status is at least partly due to those swimming trunks... a gender reversal of the Ursula Undress scene that says a lot about how society has changed over 50 years.
CR would have happened - Dalton or not. It was all down to the script. I don't think, DC does need to borrow from Dalton, because he succeeds in what Dalton tried to achieve and is better in the mind of most people even on this board (although its close here) - so why would he? He is his own man, as where the others probably.
My point is that after the glorious but (by the end) slightly flabby Moore era, Dalton showed where the series should be going if it was to stay relevent. We then had 20 years of wasted time before Craig began to get the show back on the road.
CR and QoS feel more like a continuation of the Dalton era than the 1995-2002 period.
In the interviews and reports you never hear any one make this connection. I think it's a shame. I recognise Dalton fans are in a tiny minority and that people like you resent him for some reason, but it just seems obvious to me that TLD and LTK were actually way ahead of their time and that it has taken a very long time to get back to the strong position we were in at the end of the 80s.
..why the DC films owe any Thank Yous to Dalton. Overall the films were a failed project and it got us back to the more campy films of the Brosnan era. The wasted years, as you put them, were due to those 2 Dalton films.
I can only talk for myself, but it might be a valid point.
Dalton followed the Moore films, which had become over the top and silly.
I saw them and felt "This is not Bond. He is way to serious." I didn't like them...
DC followed Brosnans films, which had become over the top and silly.
I saw CR and felt "This is not Bond. He is way too brutal" I liked it nevertheless, because DC made them worth watching for me - several times and I got used to the new approach.
I really think, this is the difference, when you remember how the world embraced him after th slaughter.
Does the Bond franchise owe anything to Dalton? I don't see why? Had the actor back then had more general appeal, he would have succeeded, just like DC.
TLD was a well received movie. LTK certainly had its problems, not least that in some countries it was given a higher/older than usual certificate. The reason for the break from 89-95 was a legal dispute and (as far as I'm aware) nothing to do with Tim Dalton. The producers had been trying to get Dalton to play Bond for literally years before TLD and I am not aware of anything that suggests that they would not have kept him on had they been able to make a film in 91. On the contrary, I think Cubby liked Dalton a lot.
But don't let the facts get in the way of a good story.
Don't you make it a bit easy for yourself? You didn't answer to any of what I said and what you answered doesn't change the logic of my saying.
There was a legal break - fine. Had the concept been successful, they would have returned to it, no?