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I'll give my nod to Robert Davi. Dalton, Desmond and Del Toro are all worthy of recognition though.
Licence to Kill • Michael G. Wilson
And the Del boy - he should have had a bigger part.
they did something drastic with Bond - and that was have him go rouge... and where other Bond films teased you with a rouge 007, like in DAD (which he was only on his own for about 1/3 of the film) - this one was legit, license revoked, and wanted man by his own government - this was a man out for revenge for the brutal attack on his friend Felix, and the murder of Felix's wife..... you could make the excuse that this fell into the trap of every stereotypical revenge cliche' - but it's still Bond!.. heck, even Q goes far out of his way to help out Bond..
once again, I love all the performances, but a special nod to Wayne Newton as the hilarious Professor Joe Butcher - I was ROLFing at very first sight of him, not to mention his scene at the end "..I had the walls sound proofed, so nothing can disturb our meditation.".. what a sleazy fun character that the writers came up with.
This was a Bond film released unlike any other Bond film previously - not only was it the first PG-13 Bond, but the Cold War was over, the Berlin Wall had fallen - there was no more distinct threat for Bond to face anymore - no Soviet threat of global take over to fall back on.. who was going to be left for Bond to face?... I think it took a lot of guts on the writer's part to go in the direction they did with LTK - they certainly tried to push the envelope, and while at the time, this film certainly didn't have mass appeal - it's one that has found it's place, and has grown in popularity over time.
Dalton has a few moments that are too actor-y for me in this film.
Sanchez doesn't really warrant an 11, I'd personally award Davi an 8 or 9 for his character, but I'm going to include him nonetheless, he did radiate menace at times on the screen, and was a big presence
Benicio Del Toro has to go in here, we didn't see much of him, but what a scary young man he was when often we saw him, no wonder he turned into such a fine actor after this early appearance
I'm going to include Gladys Knight, not the best tune of them all, but a very noteworthy effort
Timothy Dalton, while not as strong as Daylights, was immense at times, you could really feel his anger, intensity and frustrations at times as events unfolded. Only two movies for Tim but what a lasting impression the man supplied
Joe Don Baker as said many many times before gets tons of flack but I enjoy his role but still would have wished for a better script. His villain role in Charly Varrick is one of his best.
People have said a different actor would have been an idea but then again the scenes would be the same as JDB's or not?
John Barry has to get a big hug for his last fab score and also the locations are stunning in this pic even the Afghan scenes.
Also for LTK I really do think Anthony Zerbe should get a mention as Krest. Often overlooked Zerbe has been a brilliant actor over the years and despite his awfull death scene he chould have been given a more chunky role.
Glad he was in the film but hated the way he had to be offed. Thats just me.
1. Terence Young
2. Sean Connery
3. John Barry
4. Peter Hunt
5. Ken Adam
6. John Barry
7. John Barry
8. Jane Seymour
9. Christopher Lee
10. Ken Adam
11. John Barry
12. Maurice Binder
13. Martin Grace
14. John Barry
15. John Barry
16. Timothy Dalton
17. Martin Campbell
I also include the pre credits sequence if I may, this was something else when I first saw it on original release, although in retrospect the plane dive bit does seem a bit far fetched now :-<
I'm going to include Brosnan in this, his second best of the four, there were at times he seemed ideal in the role here and really was impressive
Not sure what else from this 1995 release warrants such a high recognition to be honest
FRWL : Sean Connery
GF : Desmond Llewelyn
TB : Sean Connery
YOLT : Ken Adam
OHMSS : John Barry
DAF : John Barry
LALD : Paul McCartney
TMWTGG : Roger Moore (close : Clifton James, John Barry, Guy Hamilton)
TSWLM : Lewis Gilbert
MR : Roger Moore
FYEO : Topol
OP : Roger Moore
AVTAK : John Barry
TLD : Timothy Dalton
LTK : Robert Brown
GE : Martin Cambell (honorable mentions : Dench, Karyo, Gottfried John, Cummings, Llewelyn, Bean... in other words the entire cast except pathetic Brosnan)
FRWL: Robert Shaw
GF: Sean Connery
TB: Luciana Paluzzi
YOLT: Ken Adam(honorable mention to Freddie Young)
OHMSS: John Barry
DAF: Jill St. John
LALD: Jane Seymour
TMWTGG: Christopher Lee
TSWLM: Caroline Munro
MR: Sir Roger Moore
FYEO: Topol
OP: Steven Berkoff
AVTAK: John Barry
TLD: Timothy Dalton
LTK: Robert Davi
GE: Sean Bean
Bean easily steals the show from Brosnan. Another reason I wish his 006 was battling Dalton's 007 instead as GE's script originally intended.
Michael/Barbs for pulling Bond back on.
Brosnan for an amazing impression of Bond
Bruce Feirstein, Michael France, and other scriptwriters for an amazing story.
Daniel Kleinman for an incredible title sequence
Famke Janssen and Isabella Scorupco for giving me first "urges" :X
Sean Bean for an incredible villain.
But above all else,
Martin Campbell for bringing all of this together for my favorite Bond film.
DN - Maurice Binder
FRWL - Daniela BIanchi
GF - Richard Malibum
TB - Luciana Paluzzi
YOLT - Ken Adam
OHMSS - John Barry/George Lazenby
DAF - None
LALD - George Martin
TMWTGG - Christopher Lee
TSWLM - Albert R. Broccoli
MR - Shirley Bassey
FYEO - Roger Moore
OP - Rita Coolidge/John Barry
AVTAK - Christopher Walken
TLD - Richard Maibaum/Michael G. Wilson
LTK - Benicio Del Toro
GE - Martin Campbell (Along with almost everyone else)
2. Pedro Armendariz - From Russia With Love
3. Gert Frobe - Goldfinger
4. Sean Connery - Thunderball
5. Ken Adam - You Only Live Twice
6. Peter Hunt - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
7. Shirley Bassey - Diamonds Are Forever
8. Yaphet Kotto - Live And Let Die
9. Christopher Lee - The Man With The Golden Gun
10. Roger Moore - The Spy Who Loved Me
11. Michael Lonsdale - Moonraker
12. Bill Conti - For Your Eyes Only
13. John Barry - Octopussy
14. Christopher Walken - A View To A Kill
15. Timothy Dalton - The Living Daylights
16. Richard Maibaum & Michael G. Wilson - Licence To Kill
17. Martin Campbell - Goldeneye
Martin Campbell - in Hollywood world, a very average director... but in the world of James Bond, is he a demigod?... lol.. no, not quite, but he is a man who understands how the franchise and the character works... Martin Campbell turned out to be the right man, to lead a new Bond out of a 6 year abyss, that many thought had killed off the unkillable super secret agent.. more than Pierce Brosnan, who more or less was acting with material written for Dalton, it was Campbell who helped reinvigorate the franchise, with his smart directing, and spectacular action sequences.
Need I say more??