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Scenes in 007 Films that Shouldn't make it to the final cut
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License To Kill 1989
Timothy Dalton's Last Film
License to Kill is among one of the most underrated bond film and one of the best film by bond fans, this film was 1st to be rated PG-13 in the whole series, this film tries to be hard to be greety and brutal, but somehow fails, some scenes where somehow out of place for Timothy Dalton and the Movie, it do has an interesting plot but some scenes were really out of place, what are the scenes that shouldn't make it?
License To Kill 1989
Timothy Dalton's Last Film
License to Kill is among one of the most underrated bond film and one of the best film by bond fans, this film was 1st to be rated PG-13 in the whole series, this film tries to be hard to be greety and brutal, but somehow fails, some scenes where somehow out of place for Timothy Dalton and the Movie, it do has an interesting plot but some scenes were really out of place, what are the scenes that shouldn't make it?
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Oh and that irritating 'winking fish'
Never mind that, Felix wants to go fishing......
LOL! Exactly. I nearly burst out laughing in the cinema when he said that! YOU HAVEN'T BURIED YOUR MURDERED WIFE YET!!!!
No, I love that and I think it's Flemingesque!
I remember that year so well, it was a scorching hot Summer, ( if I recall there was an election too here in Ireland! One candidate said he needed to take his mind off the count, so he was going to see the new Bond movie! No better way to take your mind off things than to see Bond! Cant remember if he got elected. Am sure he enjoyed LTK though! ) and the divisive critics, the late great Terry Wogan did a special show on it, with Gladys Knight singing the under-rated theme! Was so looking forward to Daltons third 007 film! Gutted when it was eventually announced he wouldn't be back! (Even more gutted when I found out who was replacing him!!!)
Gone off topic here, but I make no excuse! A great Bond movie!
Agreed! I was in the grips of Bond fervour from 87 until about 90-91. That period of quiet especially from 91-94. When there was no sound of anything happening really made a dent in my Bondmania. Tied with the influence of my age - growing from child into adult means other things become more interesting. But I was a real Fleming aficionado. The books, especially when I read them from 87-89, were immersive experiences and I felt that Dalton was the embodiment of that Bond. And LTK was the natural conclusion for the actor's approach. I loved the incorporating of elements of Live and Let Die and MWTGG and of course Milton Krest.
I really love it. As much as I appreciate Brosnan for resurrecting the franchise in Goldeneye and I love Craig for making one of the series crowning achievements in Casino Royale, Dalton will always be my starter Bond. And LTK the only glimpse of what might have been. I always say he did Property of a Lady in 1991 and Risico in 1993. That's what i choose to believe!
1. Cut down/ rewrite the messy PTS
2. Cut the bar fight
3. Cut at least one of the truck stunts, two is excessive
considering the commercial response to LTK, I suspect they may have gone back to the classic fleming/eon blend of The Living Daylights. Probably in style it would have gone the way Goldeneye ended up so naturally I would love to have seen Martin Campbell direct Dalton in his third adventure.
Six out of ten. I think Kamen nails the gun barrel and there are some nice South American sounds but I find it is also quite an invasive, overbearing score at times. It uses the Bond theme very well - but it also all sounds very die hard 2 so slots in to the 80s action genre a little too much for my liking. The stabs I'm not a fan of - like in the track 'Ninja' or 'Licence Revoked' having said that - there are some nice bondian moments in Licence Revoked. I think it's heightened dramatic energy probably suits the more brutal aspects of the film. But also oversells them a little. So I'm quite torn on the soundtrack.
Haha! Good catch. I got my 'scores' confused! I scored the score!
Overall all out of 10 I'd give Licence to Kill an 8. It would be in my top half of bond films easily - perhaps in my top ten. Dalton is quality - although sometimes he goes a little big in this film. I think Sanchez is my favourite bond villain of the 80s - fighting out with Zorin at least. But I really like Davi's performance - he plays it very real and cool. But he also has that blind spot of loyalty which is his downfall. Without question this is my favourite Bond going rogue storyline because it is understandable and sustained narratively. I don't mind Q popping up. I like Desmond Llewelyn in a Bond film and despite this being gritty and brutal it needs its lighter moments. I would have excised the Joe Butcher storyline - bless his heart - because it adds an unnecessary layer to the villain's plot. The Bond girls are both a little bland - in large part due to the actors they chose. But I think the Pam Bouvier character played by a quality actor could have been great. She really has a chance to shine and establish her unique character in the bar fight scene and she doesn't execute it as well as possible. As stated earlier I would have liked to have seen Lupe involved in the third act - especially as they set up the insane jealousy of Sanchez and don't use it as well as they could. Kamen's soundtrack is decent as I stated above. He grabs the Bondian moments well - and that does enough to endear him to me - similar to Arnold's work and the lack of nailing those moments is an issue of mine with Newman's latest work. I think Licence to Kill is generally tonally solid and the villains - Davi, del toro and zerbe especially are well cast. Plenty of fleming and a sense of vendetta for bond - in 1989 - was unique (seeing as they passed on the opportunity to do it in diamonds are forever for obvious reasons).
I like LTK more than it really deserves to be liked, probably because it IS so Flemingesque...and because Dalton deserved a few more entries as Bond. But we take what we can get, so I pretty much ignore the winking fish... ;)
Agreed that the Q scene is clunky and probably at least needed re-writing. Its always bugged me how Q would "pop round to see how Bond was getting on".
This isn't the Q of TB that's for certain.
...and the whole scene with Pam, Q and Lupe in the hotel room. Terrible scene, not just because of Soto.
yes, the bond girls are terrible, also Sanchez really steal's the movie