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I am not trying to be rude, but is this is a laugh riot. CR was better because it sandwich between DAD and QoS. QoS was a Transporter ripoff and Skyfoolen was a ripoff of The Dark Knight. Now EON is going back to those "repugnant and distasteful days" of 'Spectre'. And they have the nerve to tell us that LTK failed because people were backwards.
People grew far more critical towards Brosnan as time went on. He didn't have the stature of Moore either.
The main bit for me that feels kind of Jason Statham-ish in QoS is the moment he flips the bike and kicks the goon unconscious.
Hmmm, errr, ok. That is pretty thin though.
Quantum is probably a few notches above Statham's films in that it consciously tries to be more serious.
Amen to that.
All jokes aside, the living daylights had a great opening weekend. But it fell off big time after that. I loved bond back then. I saw them in theaters as many times as I could. But goddamnit, we then went into the dark ages from 89-95. Not the best times.
I think there was a lot of that going on. A false perception about what Bond should be, especially regarding the Bond girls. That said, I never thought Dalton was quite convincing as a seducer.
I think Dalton would work better now. People weren't ready for him.
Also, he came off as second choice, in many people's mind. I think it affected him and his performance to a degree. He was far more assertive in say The Rocketeer.
Yes, this was also a big problem. To use a bad analogy, it's similar to when a football club hires a manager who wasn't first choice. The subsequent atmosphere that tends to permeate the club is something they can never really come back from.
Which begs the question: Why did Pierce succeed while Brosnan failed? ;))
I think the problem with Dalton, just as the problem in my mind since Moore, was creative end. When Moore just about all of Fleming titles with reasonable story lines were gone save for Casino Royale which EON did not have the rights to at the time.
Dalton expressed his frustration in an interview during filming of LTK. He was saying the movie may be the last. Not his last Bond, but the last Bond. By hindsight, I suspect he meant: "you don't like me in the role? Fine, but I'm carrying the torch here."
True.
People were ready for change.
People were ready for a serious Bond.
People were ready for a younger Bond.
But, people weren't ready for Timothy Dalton.
Say if Dalton was the same age as Craig born the same year 1968 and you had to pick the next Bond between Craig & Dalton for CR. Who would you pick an why? Knowing what we already know about both Actors and the way they played the role.
No so sure. In my opinion he is arguably the best thing about each of his four films. The creative decisions and lack of genuine direction were the real problem during his tenure.
Craig's just got something I just don't see in Dalton, Craig can be dangerous but also sardonic and witty. Dalton just looks uncomfortable or pissed off when he's trying to be humorous.
For instance, "what if I felt compelled to" and the whole scene before that, where Craig turns his being mistaken for a member of staff into an advantage to gain entrance to the security room, Dalton wouldn't of sold that scene half as well.
To be honest we'd have got quite a different film, I just don't see how Dalton would have made the wide impact Craig has, his fans can say all they like but Craig has more star appeal and yes he might well of taken influence from Tim but he brings enough of himself to the role to make it feel like a totally different Bond.