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Watching clips like these in which a director openly voices his negative opinion about Dalton:
make me wonder whether other directors who were approached thought the same thing
That's weird, because when I was growing up and TLD had just come out, most people I knew seemed pleased with him as Bond.
This would have been a few years later, I would have been only 5 and 7 when Dalts 2 entries came out, but I remember in the years before Bond came back in GE that people used to slag him off but he was probably well received initially?
Roger Moore had the whole 'darling' thing going with MP in TMWTGG.
Yes, I know, but he said that only Moore has ever said darling on screen in a Bond film. I gave him an example of Connery doing it. Brosnan has also done it.
Exactly, I don't know where that has come from. If it were the definitve proof, then I could go outside, call some random bird 'darling', and suddenly be eligible for the tag of Fleming-esque.
Yeah, I think he was well recieved at first but I think maybe the public opinion startd to change after LTK, which was more dark and violent than TLD.
Yeah, I was young and I loved it. Bond just seemed more normal in this, but he still had his gadgets, his one liners, it was the perfect balance. It's my favourite film of all time.
Don't get me wrong, I like Renny Harlin, Die Hard 2 was awesome, but I disagree with everything he said about Dalton.
It's definitely up in the top five.
Craig is so much better.
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If Sean Connery was 32 in this day and age, he'd make Craig look like a cuddly kitten. Sean was/is brutal yet can do suave, sophistication and excessive charm in his sleep.
Now, to address the topic at hand, Craig gets my vote.
Your point about Sir Roger is well taken and very, very true. I was about 11 when they announced Moore would be taking the role and I already knew who he was from watching those TV shows. A lot of people knew him. Dalton was a virtual unknown in the U.S when he took the role. The U.S audiences were so used to Sir Roger's interpretation and I remember people who really only knew Moore as Bond being disappointed that the lighter hearted tone was gone. The people who knew Sir Sean and preferred the original films were a lot more impressed with Dalton and that we had realism again. My father was a supporter for Brosnan and didn't know Dalton at all but when we left the theater after TLD, being a huge Connery fan himself, he said the series was in good hands and thought Dalton did a great job to the point that he was over Brosnan not getting the role. If Brosnan had taken the role then, he would have been in a very similar situation to Moore as far as being a better known and safer choice. Craig was more or less in the same situation as Moore and Brosnan, a known commodity to film goers but not so much a TV personality.
Personally, I think the overall feel of GE was more suited for Dalton's skills and interpretation so I can't agree it would have done as well on an artistic level. Box office wise, edge to Brosnan.
TD is second on my list with Craig almost tied but after Skyfall it might change.
Connery first? You the man.