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'Timothy Dalton has Shakespearean training, but he underestimated the role. The character has to be graceful and move well and have a certain measure of charm as well as be dangerous. Pierce Brosnan’s a good actor. He’s added some new elements to it'.
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The womanizing aspect never really hit home for Dalton (or Brosnan, for that matter).
Thats really my issue I have with Dalton. He never seemed that comfortable with the sexual side of Bond. Take the Bond/Monneypenny scene for instance. The James Bond Encyclopedia sums it up best:
"Dalton's Bond doesn't even seem aware of her affections and his relationship with Monneypenny is not in the least suggestive.
Contrast that with Connery, Moore and Brosnan, each of whom I could believe had a soft spot for her.
Sounds almost biblical. Appropos methinks ( to borrow the English colloquialism)
Exactly. Wouldn´t put it any other way Luds.
If you just take DN and FRWL then Sean probably shades it again, although its important to remember that he had the benefit of working with Fleming material for his first 4. However Seans Bond of TB onward is nowhere near as good as Daltons and it would be fascinating to see Dalton in films made up of mostly Fleming material. In his moments of Fleming stuff (TLD opening act, Felixes maiming) he is very good and moments like popping the balloon surpass anything Sean did in terms of acting.
Where Dalton fails is in charisma but thats a movie Bond trait so it depends which angle you are coming at it from.
You could well be right. Lets remember Sean had the advantage of being first and using up all of the most Flemingian screenplays.
Stick Dalton in for DN and FRWL (at the same age he was in TLD obviously) and give Sean TMWTGG and DAD and I wonder who would be regarded as a Bondian legend?
Connery 63 vs Dalton 87 - Connery wins
Connery 64 vs Dalton 87 - Dalton wins
Connery 65 vs Dalton 87 - Dalton wins
Connery 67 vs Dalton 87 - Dalton wins
Connery 71 vs Dalton 87 - Dalton wins
Connery 62 vs Dalton 89 - Connery wins
Connery 63 vs Dalton 89 - Connery wins
Connery 64 vs Dalton 89 - Dalton wins
Connery 65 vs Dalton 89 - Connery wins
Connery 67 vs Dalton 89 - Dalton wins
Connery 71 vs Dalton 89 - Dalton wins
Dalton out in front..