The scene where Dalton's Bond see Saunders killed by the sliding door. He reaches down, grabs the balloon, reads the name, and then"pops the balloon" His expression on his face of real emotion and anger, really made me fall in love with Dalton's portrayal. That's the moment in the theater when Dalton became my favorite. I never cared for Moore's portrayal. I loved Dalton's more serious, aggressive tone.
Exactly... And how he had to just push it down again because Kara was there. Dalton was my favorite Bond until Pierce Brosnan took over: Dalton's portrayal was true to what Fleming wrote, but IMHuO, Brosnan was more so, because he also showed some of Bond's softer, more vulnerable side, where Dalton really only showed Bond's anger. I think, had View to a Kill been made with Dalton (and, the actor who played Necro as Zorin) it would've been a vastly better film, than the farce which it was... 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Glad to see you enjoyed this one. Dalton is my favorite of them all, and i agree that all of them are good. The reason why Dalton did only two is because there was a long gap between Licence to Kill and Goldeneye. That was 6 odd years, the largest at that point. That happened because of some rights issue. They couldn't make another one till the legal issues were settled. From what i have heard after the issue was settled, Dalton thought he was getting old, and at most he wanted to do only one more. The producers wanted more. After this gap it made more sense to have a new actor who could do 3-4 Bond movies back to back. So Dalton and the producers decided to part ways. Do you know, Dalton was considered even as far back as On Her Majesty's Secret Service. He was only 22 then, and thought that he was too young for the role. As far as i am concerned, both of his movies are great to watch. He had no misses. The only other actor who managed that was Lazenby as he did only one.
Dalton is, in my opinion, the closest match to the book version of Bond. Also, his films aged very well and I think that anyone who watches them now will like them a lot more than they did originally.
Dalton is my favorite Bond. Living Daylights is a favorite film and I am looking forward to your review of License To Kill. As for the Short Story "The Living Daylights" the film's story is mostly invented for the movie with the short story limited to the opening to the main story in which Bond decides to spare rather than kill an enemy sniper.
The debate on who the best Bond is will go on forever but without question Timothy Dalton is my favourite Bond. His approach to Bond is more accurate to Ian Fleming's books. A more grounded serious Bond. Truly a breath of fresh air. A shame he only did two because they was legal issues between Bond producers and the studio United Artists.
Dalton most closely fits the original characterization from the books - and most importantly, his sharp gaze, obvious sparkling intelligence, and believable uncompromisingness - not even Craig had that. And he is Shakespearean actor. Moore looks like a bad joke beside him. Licence to kill is the best Bond movie imo.
I remember seeing this in the theatre back in 87. Roger Moore was the Bond I grew up with but I had also read all the Fleming novels by this time and when I saw Dalton's first appearance, that moment during the training exercise on Gibraltar I remember saying to myself, this guy IS Bond. This is the character from the novels. He even perfectly matches Fleming's physical description of James Bond. Dalton's interpretation quickly became a favourite of mine. In answer to your question about how close to the source material the film came? Well, like many of the later Bonds, it was based on a Fleming short story as all of the complete Bond novels apart from Casino Royale (which at the time they didn't have the rights to) had already been filmed. The scene at the beginning where Bond is sent to take out a KGB sniper is essentially a perfect recreation of the The Living Daylights short story. The rest of the plot is entirely original and I think they quite cleverly built the screenplay around that one incident. I loved your reactions to the explosions. Really looking forward to see what you think of Dalton's next outing.
The reason he only did two films is because there was a huge legal battle, and the third film was pushed back several years. By the time it was resolved (mid-90s) Dalton was no longer interested, and so they went with Pierce Brosnan, who Broccoli had wanted from the beginning, but was unable to get because of his Remington Steele contract.
To be more precise, he was willing to do at least one more, but the producers insisted on him signing for three movies (I think it was that many) in one go, and he refused
Actually, Timothy Dalton wanted to do more James Bond films. But by the time all the legal issues were cleared up he was not available to do James Bond for GoldenEye. It was easy to recast and tear up Dalton's contract. Pierce Brosnan was picked because he was the second choice for The living daylights to play Bond. He even got the role when Dalton could not shoot the film. Many stunt works were done with Pierce brosnan's haircut on the stunt doubles. Pierce frosting even had photoshoots announcing that he was the new James Bond. The producers of the hit series Remington Steele noticed that their show skyrocketed in ratings in syndication one week after it was announced at Pierce Brosnan was to replace Roger Moore as James Bond. MTM thinking it was strictly the interest of Remington Steele refuse to let Pierce Brosnan out of his contract and decided to make five Remington steel movies. When it was discovered that Pierce Brosnan pastor roll of James Bond the viewing of the movies plummeted down to zero after the 3rd film of Remington Steele.
@@BondFreekNBC uncanceled “Remington Steele” after the Bond announcement because of the publicity value of having James Bond in a network show. The reason the final Steele episodes had low ratings is because they sucked.
Here we _go._ Love love love _TLD._ #2 in my Bond ranking after _FRWL._ Majestic, romantic, funny, tightly written, clever, & packed with _Die Hard_ - level Action, _TLD_ is a proper, epic John le Carre-esque Cold War thriller & one of the best Action films of the 1980s. Dalton is on point, Maryam D'Abo is adorable, John Barry goes out on top with one of his most sumptuous, gorgeous scores, & the film ends on a genuine - and rare for the franchise - well earned feel good note. Some Bond films are better than others, but rarely are they this much fun & well constructed. _TLD_ is the gold standard.
SHAN - the Bridge explosion is a miniture, but the planes were REAL. the AC-130 and the Turbo Prop plane was a REAL stunt , as was the Plane crashing into the JEEP. however the AC-130 crash was a miniture. the opening Scene was a REAL AC-130 .
I always liked Dalton’s Bond. He was more serious than the others and had a good look. I remember as a kid watching the movie “Flash Gordon” starring which Dalton starred in and my Dad saying that he was supposed to be the next James Bond. I hope you enjoy License to Kill.
Dalton channeled Bond’s rage and darkness better than anyone who has ever played our favorite 00 agent, but his villains were sadly quite weak compared to his peers. He’s my favorite Bond by a wide margin.
This movie was my introduction to the James Bond universe, I still remember going to the movie theater to see it, I was immediately fascinated by the gadgets, the Aston- Martin, the locations and of course, Timothy Dalton’s performance, he still remains my favorite Bond of all. Movie trivia, the Afghanistan location was filmed in Morocco 🇲🇦.
Ian Fleming's *The Living Daylights* was a short story, not a full novel, and the part of the film based on it was quite a faithful adaptation. In the original, the defection was for real, and the cellist was a trained assassin, but the basic scenario and Bond's choosing to target the rifle rather than the sniper were as in the short story, which concluded with the same title drop we got here. IIRC, the original script had General Gogol as the one being set up for assassination, but the actor's health ruled out his playing such a prominent part, so General Pushkin was created to take his place. It's nice that they gave Gogol a cameo at the end rather than just dropping the character completely. Bernard Lee died in 1981, hence his replacement from *For Your Eyes Only* onwards.
Actually, in For Your Eyes Only they did not replace Bernard Lee. Rather they said M was "on leave". They did not make the admiral the new M until Octopussy. Everything else you got right 👍😎👍😎👍
Loved seeing my countryman Jeroen Krabbé as the defector Koskov in the first Bond film I saw. The music by A-Ha was a hit too at the time, at least in The Netherlands.
Dalton 🤩 my absolute favourite as Bond. One and only! Thanks for this video, its great. Happy to hear you liked the film. Dalton had a contract to do three at least but there came some legal issues which delayed the next one by years. Producers offered him a deal of multiple movies (because they felt that an actor cannot be away for years and then come to make just one more) but he felt that he is not willing to do that many anymore because too much time has passed and he didn't want to do these pictures forever. This is what he and producers have said.
In some ways, this movie was the end of an era even though it was not the final 80s Bond Movie and there still was another Dalton-Bond to come: It was the final real Cold War-Thriller of the Franchise, featured the last appearances of General Gogol and Defense Minister Grey and it marked the last time John Barry wrote for 007. He was supposed to come back for Licence to Kill but was seriously ill at the time. When the Franchise was continued in 1995, the ship had sailed. Fortunately, he went out with one of his finest Scores (and that was actually him doing a Cameo at the end conducting the Orchestra).
Agree with all of this. The cold war was very much coming to an end after 1987. Perestroika was in full swing, "tear down that wall" and lots of indications of change. Still, no one could imagine the tidal wave of 1989. I don't think a lot of young people now really understand just how massive the change in the world felt, even if they understand it on paper. By the time GoldenEye arrives, the 80s is ancient history. Bond is suddenly a period character who doesn't quite belong in the real world. He feels fictional, unlike the Bond of The Living Daylights.
@@davidbull7210 I dunno, to me, „Goldeneye“ feels like an Epilogue to the Cold War-era of Bond Movies, that it properly adresses the changes that have come since the fall of the Soviet Union. It’s a transitionary movie.
@@kuribayashi84 I know what you mean, but it's very much laying out at the beginning just how much the world has changed and the film is full of references to the new world of the free market and even the internet.
Timothy Dalton is so underrated because of the popularity of the others and longer runs but he is my second favorite after Connery just due to his portrayal
Have been waiting for this reaction ever since I found out you were reacting to the whole series. So glad you liked it so much! It might not be perfect, but it'll always be a personal favorite of mine.
This is where My Bond begins. I was born in the late 50s & by the time I was old enough to understand the Bond movies, the Connery era films had not aged well. At least for Me. And Connery was not yet the actor he would later become. The Moore films weren`t bad but they seemed more like action comedies. Dalton was the first Bond I thought would kill you & think nothing of it. I enjoyed the more serious tone of this film & the films after it. I`m not insulting anyone else`s taste but those are the Bond films I enjoy personally.
General Gogol was originally supposed to have the more important role in the film that Pushkin ended up having. However, since the actor was sickly at this time (he was already a pretty old man), he just appears in a cameo. And so ends the cold war, kinda.
just in case it has not been mentioned...the reason why dalton only did two movies is because: "In 1990 the situation was further complicated when MGM/UA was sold to Qintex, which wanted to then merge with Pathé Communications; the Bond back catalogue was leased to Pathé at a lower-than-market value, without consulting Danjaq - which sued MGM/UA Communications, which was itself the target of a failed takeover bid by Pathé. In August 1990 Albert Broccoli appointed his daughter Barbara Broccoli alongside Michael G. Wilson as producers at Eon, while he concentrated on matters at Danjaq.The dispute between Danjaq and MGM/UA was protracted and delayed production of Bond 17, but was finally settled in 1993" (wikipedia) this led to a 6 year gap between the release of bond movies
Easily my favourite Bond. Love Timothy Dalton. I think it's partly because Dalton plays it so well, but just as much because the writing really gives Dalton the opportunity to react to situations in a way that's very true to the reality of the movie. Scenes are constantly driven by the motivations that are built-up around his character, whereas even in the (usually very good) Daniel Craig films Bond was often just dunked into heavy situations where he could cartoonishly muscle/think his way out. Dalton's ones were definitely closest to hitting that sweet spot for me where I'm believing what's happening to the lead character and also how he reacts. I love that, because it makes it so much more 'emotionally interactive', where I can enjoy seeing if I can anticipate how his buttons are being pushed and how he might deal with it. I think that's what helps a film be engaging.
Dalton was contracted for 3 Bond films, but a law suit between Eon and MGM delayed the 3rd, and his contract lapsed. When the delays were resolved, he only wanted to do 1 more, but was offered a choice of new contracts for at least 4, and he wasn't open to such a big commitment.
I love the song, too, and View to a Kill. They are truly very 80s and it's wonderful. This one was done by aha, and they have a lovely acoustic version of it that's far more recent. Same session that also contains the slowed and stripped down version of Take On Me used in Deadpool 2.
The living daylights wasn’t a novel, but a short story. The opening where he shoots the gun out of her hands is the adaptation. Overall it’s an original story. After his 2nd film there was a lawsuit between the producers and the studio which wasn’t settled until late 93, by then Dalton’s contract expired and he got tired of waiting and moved on.
Dalton stopped making Bond movies in part because the franchise was in a shambles. It was because MGM and United Artists were put up for sale; but the deal became so messy, and included sale of distribution rights that were not transferrable between MGM and the production company behind Bond, it led to a legal fight that lasted years. It put off the making of another Bond film from 1990 to 1996.
Shan, just one note: Timothy's last name is usually pronounced a little differently than you are doing as the a is pronounced like the a in alternative...just a small correction. Love your responses and intelligent reviews as always...nothing but love and respect for you as you're one of my favorite TH-cam reactors. Looking forward to seeing further Bond reactions.
Dalton only did two films, because after LTK there was a huge legal battle between the studio and the producers, which resulted in a 6 year gap without a Bond film. When it came time to make another one, they supposedly asked him back, but wanted a contract for more than one film and he didn't want to make such a large commitment after so many years.
There was interview around the release of Goldeneye where Dalton kind of phrased it like he was willing to do the film to uphold the original contract. But they offered a new one for 4 films over 10 years and he didn't want this to consume his whole acting career.
Dalton was amazing as Bond, but his time was at the same time as a dispute over who owned the rights to the movies. By the time it was settled (I think 5 years after his 2nd film) his contract had expired and he didn't want to come back.
So, this was the final score from John Barry, and it was the last appearance of Walter Gotell as General Gogol. Originally Gogol was the one Bond was supposed to kill but Gotell was getting to old at that point to do such a big role so the new character General Pushkin was created to take his place. As a side note, while The Spy Who Loved me was his first appearance as General Gogol the actors first Bond film was in From Russia With Love as Morzeny, one of Spectres henchmen.
The thing about Timothy Dalton's portrayal of Bond is for me, the only Bond to this point, who looks as if he could have been in the SAS Commandos. He is my fav Bond as well which makes his solitary 2 appearances even more tragic.
This film is based on a Fleming short story, whose plot is similar to the beginning of the film, except it takes place at the Berlin Wall, and the girl with the cello is a real sniper, who Bond has been watching for several days and developing a crush on, without realizing she is the one he's been sent to kill.
It's about 35 years since The Dalton Era began and he was my ideal Bond. Timothy Dalton was first approached to play Bond at age 25 for On Her Majesty Secret Service. Although he was a fan of the novels, Dalton declined to the role because he knew he was too young to play the role. When Roger Moore was done being Bond, Pierce Brosnan was prepared for The Living Daylights. The Remington Steele tv series (Brosnan was the lead) on NBC was going to end. But NBC actually greenlit another season and Brosnan couldn't be in the movie. Albert Broccoli remembered Dalton from when OHMSS was being developed and got him casted for TLD after finishing 2 other films. Dalton does play Bond at 95% serious. The Aston Martin V8 was my favorite Bond car. Altogether, one of my favorite experiences with the franchise.
Easily my favourite Bond film of the 80s. Love the Dalton Bond, love the locations, love the cold war paranoia & double crossing. Despite your disappointment I also thought that the Aston Martin and the Moneypenny were both big upgrades on the originals.
This was John Barry's last Bond-Score. He did eleven of them between 1963 and 1987: - From Russia with Love - Goldfinger - Thunderball - You only live twice - On her Majesties Secret Service - Diamonds are forever - The Man with the Golden Gun - Moonraker - Octopussy - View to a KIll - The living Daylights And he wouldn't retire until 2001. His last ever Score was "Enigma" (which, by the way, was directed by Michael Apted who helmed the 007-Movie "The World is not enough" two years earlier)
Favorite Bond is another of those cultural debates that's decided by what I grew up with. My first Bond movie was probably A View To A Kill. Roger Moore way past his prime was not that hard to beat. In my formative years, License to Kill was probably the Bond I saw the most since it was on the to most. So yeah, Timothy Dalton is really my Bond. I don't think it was until I was in high school when Turner started doing Bond marathons that I was able to really sit down and watch Sean Connery's Bond. Sure, Connery is the best. But again, Dalton is my Bond.
As I recall, Dalton's Bonds were bit more closer to the source material. instead of megalomaniacs taking over the world, it's cold war, corruption, drugs, etc. I think it's also why they weren't as liked, as they were not as fantastical in their elements. Still, very good spy thrillers.
License To Kill is the darkest and violent James Bond movie, as it was slapped with an R Rating before it's graphic violence was trimmed for a PG-13 rating, the first Bond to receive this rating.
The actor who played Gogol, Walter Gotell, was in bad health when the film was shot. That's why they created Pushkin for another actor, because it was supposed to have been Gogol throughout the film. That's why Gogol only appears briefly at the end.
Fun fact. General Puskin was added later in the production. His role was in fact meant to be General Gogol, but his actor Walter Gotell was too ill to do it, so he hsd a small cameo at the end of the film. So even though we only meet him for the first time here, the bits where Bond and M talk about knowing Pushkin would have made more sense if it WAS Gogol in the role.
If you want to see a spy movie that's really dark and gritty very good movie made in the 60s with Richard Burton as a spy named limas it's called The spy who came in from the cold very very good acting direction very dark and sinister looking right up your alley bud you love it
When he took on the role, Dalton wanted to play Bond as he is portrayed in the novels. In the books, Bond is at point of almost being burned out. The killing and the shifting alliances have taken their toll, he drinks too much, he smokes too much and he basically uses women as escape. This is the literary Bond. Dalton, not wanting to be a real womanizer, partially because of the AIDS epidemic, played down the womanizing aspect of the character. Part of what Dalton did was he went to the actual places that Bond would go for his cigarettes (which have three gold bands at the point where the filter meets the tobacco) and the tailors (like Connery did with Terrence Young when he was cast) Bond would frequent. The Boom Box was a generic term for those stereos in the Q Branch scene...however, in America...they were frequently called ghetto blasters, because you could go to areas that were run down and somebody would have one blasting out old school rap and hip-hop, and they would be break dancing. With Dalton, the thing that counted against him, more than anything else, was the timing. With Moore staying a bit too long, and with the impending rights disputes partially initiated once again by a real piece of work named Kevin McClory (co-story writer of 'Thunderball', which he re-packaged as 'Never Say Never Again') wanting a bigger piece of the Bond franchise, and partially with the United Artists and MGM fracas...Dalton and the audience got seriously short changed from having an amazing Bond for a longer period of time. I loved Dalton as Bond. Prior to this my fandom for Dalton was because he played Prince Barin of Arboria in 'Flash Gordon'. After Bond, he did a really great villain in 'The Rocketeer', a Woody Allen film, and other work that has been really good. Even if it's not as big as the Bond franchise...he is still an excellent actor who does very good work. One of my personal favorite roles of his...he played Rasillon, the Lord President of Gallifrey in the two part 'Doctor Who' story 'The End of Time', which saw the end of David Tennant tenure as the 10th Doctor before Matt Smith took over.
How I remember things from the time, meaning I could be wrong. At the time this film was in pre-production, everyone wanted Pierce Brosnan for the Bond role, producers and fans. Because of this, the producers of the television series Remington Steele renewed his contract for another year pissing off Brosnan fans. The series was then canceled after only 6 episodes which really pissed Brosnan fans off. Brosnan was prevented from taking the Bond role and fans didn't even get a full season of Steele. Brosnan has has stated this happenstance was a good thing as he realized later that he wasn't ready for the Bond role. Since Brosnan was unavailable, this led to Dalton being cast as Bond. This may be why Dalton only did two before Brosnan took over.
I am actually looking forward to your viewing of Never Say Never Again - the nasty misbegotten stepchild of the series, and a huge personal favorite of mine!
1:29 Tell that to Casino Royale & Quantum of Solace ;) 6:20 That guy wanted to redo that scene couple of times to get it just right :) 9:01 "Little more serious" He is like from a different planet. 14:14 Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan 19:34 Hahaha! That explosion had an effect in your room.
The actress that played Kara, Maryam D'Abo is actually a cousin of actress Olivia D'Abo, who is most famous for playing Kevin Arnold's older sister Karen through the entire run of The Wonder Years, but also appeared in Conan The Destroyer, The Assassin (titled Point of No Return in the US) and Wayne's World 2 among other things...
Both Dalton movies are probably in my top 5 Bond movies. It's too bad he didn't make like 6 of them. I agree the villains were a bit weak though and so was Felix Leiter. License to Kill has a much better villain and henchman.
This is John Barry's last score and track for track it's his finest score. John Barry was to do License to Kill but he had to decline do to throat surgery. He was asked to do Goldeneye but declined for an unknown reason. After that it's not sure why he never did another score.
If you are going to include the unofficial Bond films, be sure to add The Rock to your list. It's the secret Bond film. Although the name Bond does not appear anywhere in the film, everything in the film points to Connery playing Bond one last time. There are several spoiler filled youtube videos about it if you are in doubt, search "The Rock Bond" to find them.
What the F are you guys talking about? ALL spy/action/same actor films are Not Bond films. That's just plain crazy talk. Original Casino Royale , You Only Live Twice, Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming... these are example of non-franchise Bond flicks.
Connery will always be the coolest, Roger Moore had the most charm, but for my money Dalton is the all-around best Bond. From what I understand he was willing to do a third Bond movie but due to production issues it took too long for the project to start, and then the Soviet Union ended making people wonder if Bond could even work in the new political climate anymore. Dalton just grew tired of waiting and moved on to other things. This film along with "From Russia with Love" and "For Your Eyes Only" can be considered as a cold-war espionage trilogy in the Bond franchise. The next film is probably the most brutal Bond film, and it has both a really great Bond girl and a great villain in it.
My second fave Bond film after OHMSS and my fave Bond. Love Daltz. Main reason he only made two was that after Licence to Kill the Bond film rights became mired in law suits. By time it was sorted five years later he had moved on and declined to return. Hence Brosnan finally got the gig with 1995's Goldeneye after he was forced to drop out of this one.
This is a top five Bond film for me and one that I revisit A LOT. Dalton was a great Bond and it's a shame he didn't appear in more than two films. GoldenEye was actually written with Dalton in mind as he was still under contract when they were writing it. That's why it is the most serious (and best, IMO) of the Brosnan Bond flicks.
The reason that Dalton didn't come back is the Thunderball Lawsuit came back to haunt the Bond Franchise for 6 years and when they got the go ahead they decided to change Bonds
That same Aston Martin of the movie, as Connery's old Aston Martin, reappears in "No Time To Die", Daniel Craig's last movie as Bond, that last movie is like a fan service, because it also pays homage to "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" on the Zimmer soundtrack.
I really like these Timothy Dalton's Bond movies. They are great, especially "Licence to Kill". Unfortunately only two were made. After Moore's films and in the 80's they were too dark for people. But luckily we have atleast the two movies. :)
I always think that it's a little ironic that one of the most common criticisms of the Dalton-era Bond films (at the time) was that they were 'too dark' or 'too gritty and realistic', while one of the most common praises of the Craig-era films is that they are 'dark, gritty and realistic' compared to the previous movies.
@Steve Dowdy Different time period. 80’s was a more easygoing time for the public so it was received as unnecessarily dark and gritty and violent, especially for a Bond movie at that point. The shock of 9/11 introduced a new darker world traumatized yet desensitized, a society filled with fear yet accustomed to the darker tone of the 21st century. Audiences welcomed darker, grittier tones because they are accustomed and can relate to that dark tone and vibe of their own world in this era.
"The Living Daylights"(1987) is almost perfect Bond movie! The first 30 minutes are awesome! The last Bond with so much right stuff: the story, the music, title song, main actor, Bond girl, allies, villains, locations, special effects... *** The next Bond, LTK(1989) is actually a very different movie... Not bad, but definitely not a classic Bond.
I don't know if they have ever mentioned it, but Joe Don Baker's "Brad Whitaker" was based on the Hollywood perception of several American "mercenaries" (-in-name-only) of the 1980's who were..."excessively colorful" is probably the most polite way to say it...specifically Mitchell Werbel, who invented the SIONICS suppressor system in the 1960's and was the main marketer behind the original MAC-series of submachine guns in the 1970's. Werbell, near the end of his life, unfortunately let himself be filmed for interviews in a room that is very similar to the Whitaker set -- not a good look. There were people like Whitaker floating around the international market in those days, making them thankfully easy to spot...but they were no less dangerous, for looking comical, because they really did have small groups of shooters that would follow them.
I'm Concept Artist in the movie biz, and the Bond girl on my yacht at the beginning was my boss on Meg (the shark movie). Her name is Belle Avery, now a very talented movie Producer. She's the coolest boss ever. In fact-- on Meg, I was working concepts on the shark. She asked me when she could expect delivery for one of my concepts in progress. I said----- "I'll have it for you in a day....(I paused)....better make that two." She laughed. I had to say it. I couldn't resist. I miss Belle. One of the best bosses ever, and a great movie Producer.
Dalton is a very underrated actor. His portrayal of Bond was more loyal to the books. He was also the template for Craigs Bond.
He better then Craig
@@earth7551 I wish Dalton had gotten Craig level numbers of Bond films.
His movies were the most realistic before Craig.
The scene where Dalton's Bond see Saunders killed by the sliding door.
He reaches down, grabs the balloon, reads the name, and then"pops the balloon"
His expression on his face of real emotion and anger, really made me fall in love with Dalton's portrayal.
That's the moment in the theater when Dalton became my favorite. I never cared for Moore's portrayal. I loved Dalton's more serious, aggressive tone.
If it was Moore then he would have raised an eyebrow.
@@dj71162 Exactly. Moore's acting was far too unemotional. It's like he just drifted from scene to scene and nothing ever bothered him.
@@athos1974 He did show emotion. I was joking because he often just raised his eyebrow. He had his serious moments.
@@dj71162 😂 it's so funny to imagine this you wrote
Exactly... And how he had to just push it down again because Kara was there.
Dalton was my favorite Bond until Pierce Brosnan took over: Dalton's portrayal was true to what Fleming wrote, but IMHuO, Brosnan was more so, because he also showed some of Bond's softer, more vulnerable side, where Dalton really only showed Bond's anger.
I think, had View to a Kill been made with Dalton (and, the actor who played Necro as Zorin) it would've been a vastly better film, than the farce which it was... 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Glad to see you enjoyed this one. Dalton is my favorite of them all, and i agree that all of them are good.
The reason why Dalton did only two is because there was a long gap between Licence to Kill and Goldeneye. That was 6 odd years, the largest at that point. That happened because of some rights issue.
They couldn't make another one till the legal issues were settled. From what i have heard after the issue was settled, Dalton thought he was getting old, and at most he wanted to do only one more.
The producers wanted more. After this gap it made more sense to have a new actor who could do 3-4 Bond movies back to back. So Dalton and the producers decided to part ways.
Do you know, Dalton was considered even as far back as On Her Majesty's Secret Service. He was only 22 then, and thought that he was too young for the role.
As far as i am concerned, both of his movies are great to watch. He had no misses. The only other actor who managed that was Lazenby as he did only one.
Dalton is, in my opinion, the closest match to the book version of Bond. Also, his films aged very well and I think that anyone who watches them now will like them a lot more than they did originally.
Timothy Dalton deserves more recognition for being a awesome Bond
If you want to see a more recent Timothy Dalton film, check out Edgar Wright's Hot Fuzz.
Both 00 agents killed in the opening scene at Gibraltar were intentionally cast to resemble the previous Bond actors George Lazenby and Roger Moore.
Dalton is my favorite Bond. Living Daylights is a favorite film and I am looking forward to your review of License To Kill.
As for the Short Story "The Living Daylights" the film's story is mostly invented for the movie with the short story limited to the opening to the main story in which Bond decides to spare rather than kill an enemy sniper.
4:14 Bernard Lee actually died in 1981. His last appearance was Moonraker. Robert Brown replaced him as M starting with Octopussy.
The debate on who the best Bond is will go on forever but without question Timothy Dalton is my favourite Bond. His approach to Bond is more accurate to Ian Fleming's books. A more grounded serious Bond. Truly a breath of fresh air. A shame he only did two because they was legal issues between Bond producers and the studio United Artists.
He’s one of those actors I really wish success and happiness for , Pierce also
He's only 4th place in my rankings, but I think he deserves a lot more credit then he gets. Certainly better then Daniel Craig.
i love him in this but he's only in 2 movies and the other one is awful lol
Dalton most closely fits the original characterization from the books - and most importantly, his sharp gaze, obvious sparkling intelligence, and believable uncompromisingness - not even Craig had that. And he is Shakespearean actor.
Moore looks like a bad joke beside him.
Licence to kill is the best Bond movie imo.
The Timothy Dalton films are the best Bond films of the 80s. No one thought this at the time but time is a healer.
What you call a "Boom Box", we 80's Kids always called a "Ghettoblaster"... 😜
I remember seeing this in the theatre back in 87. Roger Moore was the Bond I grew up with but I had also read all the Fleming novels by this time and when I saw Dalton's first appearance, that moment during the training exercise on Gibraltar I remember saying to myself, this guy IS Bond. This is the character from the novels. He even perfectly matches Fleming's physical description of James Bond. Dalton's interpretation quickly became a favourite of mine.
In answer to your question about how close to the source material the film came? Well, like many of the later Bonds, it was based on a Fleming short story as all of the complete Bond novels apart from Casino Royale (which at the time they didn't have the rights to) had already been filmed. The scene at the beginning where Bond is sent to take out a KGB sniper is essentially a perfect recreation of the The Living Daylights short story. The rest of the plot is entirely original and I think they quite cleverly built the screenplay around that one incident.
I loved your reactions to the explosions. Really looking forward to see what you think of Dalton's next outing.
The reason he only did two films is because there was a huge legal battle, and the third film was pushed back several years. By the time it was resolved (mid-90s) Dalton was no longer interested, and so they went with Pierce Brosnan, who Broccoli had wanted from the beginning, but was unable to get because of his Remington Steele contract.
To be more precise, he was willing to do at least one more, but the producers insisted on him signing for three movies (I think it was that many) in one go, and he refused
@@joonaa2751 I didn't know that. Thank you.
@Joona A I thought it was 4
Actually, Timothy Dalton wanted to do more James Bond films. But by the time all the legal issues were cleared up he was not available to do James Bond for GoldenEye. It was easy to recast and tear up Dalton's contract. Pierce Brosnan was picked because he was the second choice for The living daylights to play Bond. He even got the role when Dalton could not shoot the film. Many stunt works were done with Pierce brosnan's haircut on the stunt doubles. Pierce frosting even had photoshoots announcing that he was the new James Bond. The producers of the hit series Remington Steele noticed that their show skyrocketed in ratings in syndication one week after it was announced at Pierce Brosnan was to replace Roger Moore as James Bond. MTM thinking it was strictly the interest of Remington Steele refuse to let Pierce Brosnan out of his contract and decided to make five Remington steel movies. When it was discovered that Pierce Brosnan pastor roll of James Bond the viewing of the movies plummeted down to zero after the 3rd film of Remington Steele.
@@BondFreekNBC uncanceled “Remington Steele” after the Bond announcement because of the publicity value of having James Bond in a network show. The reason the final Steele episodes had low ratings is because they sucked.
Here we _go._ Love love love _TLD._ #2 in my Bond ranking after _FRWL._
Majestic, romantic, funny, tightly written, clever, & packed with _Die Hard_ - level Action, _TLD_ is a proper, epic John le Carre-esque Cold War thriller & one of the best Action films of the 1980s.
Dalton is on point, Maryam D'Abo is adorable, John Barry goes out on top with one of his most sumptuous, gorgeous scores, & the film ends on a genuine - and rare for the franchise - well earned feel good note.
Some Bond films are better than others, but rarely are they this much fun & well constructed. _TLD_ is the gold standard.
SHAN - the Bridge explosion is a miniture, but the planes were REAL.
the AC-130 and the Turbo Prop plane was a REAL stunt , as was the Plane crashing into the JEEP.
however the AC-130 crash was a miniture.
the opening Scene was a REAL AC-130 .
I always liked Dalton’s Bond. He was more serious than the others and had a good look. I remember as a kid watching the movie “Flash Gordon” starring which Dalton starred in and my Dad saying that he was supposed to be the next James Bond. I hope you enjoy License to Kill.
Dalton channeled Bond’s rage and darkness better than anyone who has ever played our favorite 00 agent, but his villains were sadly quite weak compared to his peers.
He’s my favorite Bond by a wide margin.
The Living Daylights is maybe my favorite non-Connery Bond movie. I thought Dalton was a superb 007, and I hated that he only did two of them.
Same; I liked the grittiness of his Bond compared to the previous 3 actors. I loved that they brought the grittiness back then for Daniel Craig's run.
The first Bond-film I saw in the movie theatre. Still holds up very well. Dalton's best. Also, the soundtrack is one of John Barry's best, I think.
This movie was my introduction to the James Bond universe, I still remember going to the movie theater to see it, I was immediately fascinated by the gadgets, the Aston- Martin, the locations and of course, Timothy Dalton’s performance, he still remains my favorite Bond of all. Movie trivia, the Afghanistan location was filmed in Morocco 🇲🇦.
Ian Fleming's *The Living Daylights* was a short story, not a full novel, and the part of the film based on it was quite a faithful adaptation. In the original, the defection was for real, and the cellist was a trained assassin, but the basic scenario and Bond's choosing to target the rifle rather than the sniper were as in the short story, which concluded with the same title drop we got here.
IIRC, the original script had General Gogol as the one being set up for assassination, but the actor's health ruled out his playing such a prominent part, so General Pushkin was created to take his place. It's nice that they gave Gogol a cameo at the end rather than just dropping the character completely.
Bernard Lee died in 1981, hence his replacement from *For Your Eyes Only* onwards.
Actually, in For Your Eyes Only they did not replace Bernard Lee. Rather they said M was "on leave". They did not make the admiral the new M until Octopussy. Everything else you got right 👍😎👍😎👍
I would love to have seen a longer Dalton era, because it would have happened if not for legal in-fighting that disrupted the series for years.
Loved seeing my countryman Jeroen Krabbé as the defector Koskov in the first Bond film I saw. The music by A-Ha was a hit too at the time, at least in The Netherlands.
My favorite of Dalton's is the next one, LICENSE TO KILL. Tough, violent, and moves along at a brisk pace.
His hair was bad though in License to Kill. His hairline was visibly receding and it could not be hidden in the movie
Been enjoying your Bond marathon Shan,I love this one.Dalton is still super underrated and the stunts on the plane fight are amazing.
Dalton 🤩 my absolute favourite as Bond. One and only! Thanks for this video, its great. Happy to hear you liked the film. Dalton had a contract to do three at least but there came some legal issues which delayed the next one by years. Producers offered him a deal of multiple movies (because they felt that an actor cannot be away for years and then come to make just one more) but he felt that he is not willing to do that many anymore because too much time has passed and he didn't want to do these pictures forever. This is what he and producers have said.
In some ways, this movie was the end of an era even though it was not the final 80s Bond Movie and there still was another Dalton-Bond to come: It was the final real Cold War-Thriller of the Franchise, featured the last appearances of General Gogol and Defense Minister Grey and it marked the last time John Barry wrote for 007. He was supposed to come back for Licence to Kill but was seriously ill at the time. When the Franchise was continued in 1995, the ship had sailed. Fortunately, he went out with one of his finest Scores (and that was actually him doing a Cameo at the end conducting the Orchestra).
Agree with all of this. The cold war was very much coming to an end after 1987. Perestroika was in full swing, "tear down that wall" and lots of indications of change. Still, no one could imagine the tidal wave of 1989. I don't think a lot of young people now really understand just how massive the change in the world felt, even if they understand it on paper. By the time GoldenEye arrives, the 80s is ancient history. Bond is suddenly a period character who doesn't quite belong in the real world. He feels fictional, unlike the Bond of The Living Daylights.
@@davidbull7210 I dunno, to me, „Goldeneye“ feels like an Epilogue to the Cold War-era of Bond Movies, that it properly adresses the changes that have come since the fall of the Soviet Union. It’s a transitionary movie.
@@kuribayashi84 I know what you mean, but it's very much laying out at the beginning just how much the world has changed and the film is full of references to the new world of the free market and even the internet.
Timothy Dalton is so underrated because of the popularity of the others and longer runs but he is my second favorite after Connery just due to his portrayal
Have been waiting for this reaction ever since I found out you were reacting to the whole series. So glad you liked it so much! It might not be perfect, but it'll always be a personal favorite of mine.
"I'll report in an hour.... make that an hour and twenty seven seconds."
As usual, Shan, so glad you're doing this whole franchise :D
About the absence of Lois Maxwell, you have to understand she was on 1987 too old for appearing on screen flirting with Timothy Dalton.
The Afghanistan setting was filmed in Morocco. I think most of the time Morocco was used for Afghanistan.
This is where My Bond begins. I was born in the late 50s & by the time I was old enough to understand the Bond movies, the Connery era films had not aged well. At least for Me. And Connery was not yet the actor he would later become. The Moore films weren`t bad but they seemed more like action comedies. Dalton was the first Bond I thought would kill you & think nothing of it.
I enjoyed the more serious tone of this film & the films after it. I`m not insulting anyone else`s taste but those are the Bond films I enjoy personally.
General Gogol was originally supposed to have the more important role in the film that Pushkin ended up having. However, since the actor was sickly at this time (he was already a pretty old man), he just appears in a cameo. And so ends the cold war, kinda.
just in case it has not been mentioned...the reason why dalton only did two movies is because: "In 1990 the situation was further complicated when MGM/UA was sold to Qintex, which wanted to then merge with Pathé Communications; the Bond back catalogue was leased to Pathé at a lower-than-market value, without consulting Danjaq - which sued MGM/UA Communications, which was itself the target of a failed takeover bid by Pathé. In August 1990 Albert Broccoli appointed his daughter Barbara Broccoli alongside Michael G. Wilson as producers at Eon, while he concentrated on matters at Danjaq.The dispute between Danjaq and MGM/UA was protracted and delayed production of Bond 17, but was finally settled in 1993" (wikipedia) this led to a 6 year gap between the release of bond movies
I always found Dalton to be an underrated Bond. He did the serious assassin version of the character long before Daniel Craig.
Easily my favourite Bond. Love Timothy Dalton. I think it's partly because Dalton plays it so well, but just as much because the writing really gives Dalton the opportunity to react to situations in a way that's very true to the reality of the movie. Scenes are constantly driven by the motivations that are built-up around his character, whereas even in the (usually very good) Daniel Craig films Bond was often just dunked into heavy situations where he could cartoonishly muscle/think his way out. Dalton's ones were definitely closest to hitting that sweet spot for me where I'm believing what's happening to the lead character and also how he reacts. I love that, because it makes it so much more 'emotionally interactive', where I can enjoy seeing if I can anticipate how his buttons are being pushed and how he might deal with it. I think that's what helps a film be engaging.
Dalton was contracted for 3 Bond films, but a law suit between Eon and MGM delayed the 3rd, and his contract lapsed. When the delays were resolved, he only wanted to do 1 more, but was offered a choice of new contracts for at least 4, and he wasn't open to such a big commitment.
I love the song, too, and View to a Kill. They are truly very 80s and it's wonderful. This one was done by aha, and they have a lovely acoustic version of it that's far more recent. Same session that also contains the slowed and stripped down version of Take On Me used in Deadpool 2.
The living daylights wasn’t a novel, but a short story. The opening where he shoots the gun out of her hands is the adaptation. Overall it’s an original story. After his 2nd film there was a lawsuit between the producers and the studio which wasn’t settled until late 93, by then Dalton’s contract expired and he got tired of waiting and moved on.
Interesting! That scene is what sold the movie for me, showing that a license to kill also implies a license not to kill.
Dalton stopped making Bond movies in part because the franchise was in a shambles. It was because MGM and United Artists were put up for sale; but the deal became so messy, and included sale of distribution rights that were not transferrable between MGM and the production company behind Bond, it led to a legal fight that lasted years. It put off the making of another Bond film from 1990 to 1996.
Shan, just one note: Timothy's last name is usually pronounced a little differently than you are doing as the a is pronounced like the a in alternative...just a small correction. Love your responses and intelligent reviews as always...nothing but love and respect for you as you're one of my favorite TH-cam reactors. Looking forward to seeing further Bond reactions.
Dalton only did two films, because after LTK there was a huge legal battle between the studio and the producers, which resulted in a 6 year gap without a Bond film. When it came time to make another one, they supposedly asked him back, but wanted a contract for more than one film and he didn't want to make such a large commitment after so many years.
There was interview around the release of Goldeneye where Dalton kind of phrased it like he was willing to do the film to uphold the original contract. But they offered a new one for 4 films over 10 years and he didn't want this to consume his whole acting career.
Been waiting for this. Dalton was absolutely superb. Think the films being really strong does help
Dalton was amazing as Bond, but his time was at the same time as a dispute over who owned the rights to the movies. By the time it was settled (I think 5 years after his 2nd film) his contract had expired and he didn't want to come back.
I'm glad you don't like Brad Whitaker lol. He's pretty bad.
So, this was the final score from John Barry, and it was the last appearance of Walter Gotell as General Gogol. Originally Gogol was the one Bond was supposed to kill but Gotell was getting to old at that point to do such a big role so the new character General Pushkin was created to take his place.
As a side note, while The Spy Who Loved me was his first appearance as General Gogol the actors first Bond film was in From Russia With Love as Morzeny, one of Spectres henchmen.
The thing about Timothy Dalton's portrayal of Bond is for me, the only Bond to this point, who looks as if he could have been in the SAS Commandos.
He is my fav Bond as well which makes his solitary 2 appearances even more tragic.
This film is based on a Fleming short story, whose plot is similar to the beginning of the film, except it takes place at the Berlin Wall, and the girl with the cello is a real sniper, who Bond has been watching for several days and developing a crush on, without realizing she is the one he's been sent to kill.
It's about 35 years since The Dalton Era began and he was my ideal Bond.
Timothy Dalton was first approached to play Bond at age 25 for On Her Majesty Secret Service.
Although he was a fan of the novels, Dalton declined to the role because he knew he was too young to play the role.
When Roger Moore was done being Bond, Pierce Brosnan was prepared for The Living Daylights.
The Remington Steele tv series (Brosnan was the lead) on NBC was going to end.
But NBC actually greenlit another season and Brosnan couldn't be in the movie.
Albert Broccoli remembered Dalton from when OHMSS was being developed and got him casted for TLD after finishing 2 other films.
Dalton does play Bond at 95% serious.
The Aston Martin V8 was my favorite Bond car.
Altogether, one of my favorite experiences with the franchise.
Easily my favourite Bond film of the 80s. Love the Dalton Bond, love the locations, love the cold war paranoia & double crossing.
Despite your disappointment I also thought that the Aston Martin and the Moneypenny were both big upgrades on the originals.
This was John Barry's last Bond-Score. He did eleven of them between 1963 and 1987:
- From Russia with Love
- Goldfinger
- Thunderball
- You only live twice
- On her Majesties Secret Service
- Diamonds are forever
- The Man with the Golden Gun
- Moonraker
- Octopussy
- View to a KIll
- The living Daylights
And he wouldn't retire until 2001. His last ever Score was "Enigma" (which, by the way, was directed by Michael Apted who helmed the 007-Movie "The World is not enough" two years earlier)
Favorite Bond is another of those cultural debates that's decided by what I grew up with. My first Bond movie was probably A View To A Kill. Roger Moore way past his prime was not that hard to beat. In my formative years, License to Kill was probably the Bond I saw the most since it was on the to most. So yeah, Timothy Dalton is really my Bond. I don't think it was until I was in high school when Turner started doing Bond marathons that I was able to really sit down and watch Sean Connery's Bond. Sure, Connery is the best. But again, Dalton is my Bond.
As I recall, Dalton's Bonds were bit more closer to the source material. instead of megalomaniacs taking over the world, it's cold war, corruption, drugs, etc. I think it's also why they weren't as liked, as they were not as fantastical in their elements. Still, very good spy thrillers.
Dalton did his own stunts
License To Kill is the darkest and violent James Bond movie, as it was slapped with an R Rating before it's graphic violence was trimmed for a PG-13 rating, the first Bond to receive this rating.
On the other hand, bullet proof bikini.. so they advert saftey as well
The actor who played Gogol, Walter Gotell, was in bad health when the film was shot. That's why they created Pushkin for another actor, because it was supposed to have been Gogol throughout the film. That's why Gogol only appears briefly at the end.
Fun fact. General Puskin was added later in the production. His role was in fact meant to be General Gogol, but his actor Walter Gotell was too ill to do it, so he hsd a small cameo at the end of the film.
So even though we only meet him for the first time here, the bits where Bond and M talk about knowing Pushkin would have made more sense if it WAS Gogol in the role.
If you want to see a spy movie that's really dark and gritty very good movie made in the 60s with Richard Burton as a spy named limas it's called The spy who came in from the cold very very good acting direction very dark and sinister looking right up your alley bud you love it
When he took on the role, Dalton wanted to play Bond as he is portrayed in the novels. In the books, Bond is at point of almost being burned out. The killing and the shifting alliances have taken their toll, he drinks too much, he smokes too much and he basically uses women as escape. This is the literary Bond. Dalton, not wanting to be a real womanizer, partially because of the AIDS epidemic, played down the womanizing aspect of the character. Part of what Dalton did was he went to the actual places that Bond would go for his cigarettes (which have three gold bands at the point where the filter meets the tobacco) and the tailors (like Connery did with Terrence Young when he was cast) Bond would frequent.
The Boom Box was a generic term for those stereos in the Q Branch scene...however, in America...they were frequently called ghetto blasters, because you could go to areas that were run down and somebody would have one blasting out old school rap and hip-hop, and they would be break dancing.
With Dalton, the thing that counted against him, more than anything else, was the timing. With Moore staying a bit too long, and with the impending rights disputes partially initiated once again by a real piece of work named Kevin McClory (co-story writer of 'Thunderball', which he re-packaged as 'Never Say Never Again') wanting a bigger piece of the Bond franchise, and partially with the United Artists and MGM fracas...Dalton and the audience got seriously short changed from having an amazing Bond for a longer period of time. I loved Dalton as Bond. Prior to this my fandom for Dalton was because he played Prince Barin of Arboria in 'Flash Gordon'. After Bond, he did a really great villain in 'The Rocketeer', a Woody Allen film, and other work that has been really good. Even if it's not as big as the Bond franchise...he is still an excellent actor who does very good work. One of my personal favorite roles of his...he played Rasillon, the Lord President of Gallifrey in the two part 'Doctor Who' story 'The End of Time', which saw the end of David Tennant tenure as the 10th Doctor before Matt Smith took over.
This is my all-time favorite Bond movie, and Dalton is my favorite Bond.
This was also John Barry’s final Bond score. He has a cameo as the conductor of the orchestra that Kara plays in.
That was the Aston Martin V8 Vantage Volante
Man, they should have spelled the name Bondov as Bondiv .
Aka Bond the 4th ... aka the 4th Bond.
The sad thing is Brad Whitaker was most likely the most realistic part of this movie
How I remember things from the time, meaning I could be wrong. At the time this film was in pre-production, everyone wanted Pierce Brosnan for the Bond role, producers and fans. Because of this, the producers of the television series Remington Steele renewed his contract for another year pissing off Brosnan fans. The series was then canceled after only 6 episodes which really pissed Brosnan fans off. Brosnan was prevented from taking the Bond role and fans didn't even get a full season of Steele. Brosnan has has stated this happenstance was a good thing as he realized later that he wasn't ready for the Bond role. Since Brosnan was unavailable, this led to Dalton being cast as Bond. This may be why Dalton only did two before Brosnan took over.
Just so you know Bernard Lee passed away in 1981 and Lois Maxwell was replaced after View to a Kill.
Jeroen Krabbe’s (Koskov) other well known role was as Dr. Charles Nichols in The Fugitive which you’ve already reviewed.
I'm surprised you didn't mention seeing the young Gimli....
I am actually looking forward to your viewing of Never Say Never Again - the nasty misbegotten stepchild of the series, and a huge personal favorite of mine!
a-ha are still famous NOW!! Biggest ever audience to a live concert in Rio 5 years ago. They are HUGE!!!!
1:29 Tell that to Casino Royale & Quantum of Solace ;)
6:20 That guy wanted to redo that scene couple of times to get it just right :)
9:01 "Little more serious" He is like from a different planet. 14:14 Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan
19:34 Hahaha! That explosion had an effect in your room.
The actress that played Kara, Maryam D'Abo is actually a cousin of actress Olivia D'Abo, who is most famous for playing Kevin Arnold's older sister Karen through the entire run of The Wonder Years, but also appeared in Conan The Destroyer, The Assassin (titled Point of No Return in the US) and Wayne's World 2 among other things...
Both Dalton movies are probably in my top 5 Bond movies. It's too bad he didn't make like 6 of them. I agree the villains were a bit weak though and so was Felix Leiter. License to Kill has a much better villain and henchman.
Timothy Dalton is a thousand times better than Roger Moore as Bond
This is John Barry's last score and track for track it's his finest score. John Barry was to do License to Kill but he had to decline do to throat surgery. He was asked to do Goldeneye but declined for an unknown reason. After that it's not sure why he never did another score.
If you are going to include the unofficial Bond films, be sure to add The Rock to your list. It's the secret Bond film. Although the name Bond does not appear anywhere in the film, everything in the film points to Connery playing Bond one last time. There are several spoiler filled youtube videos about it if you are in doubt, search "The Rock Bond" to find them.
I also consider The Matador a secret Brosnan bond movie.
He plays an ex-spy in it, been a while since watched 🎥
Yes he was JB in that film
The first James Bond film was North by Northwest" with Cary Grant
What the F are you guys talking about?
ALL spy/action/same actor films are Not Bond films. That's just plain crazy talk.
Original Casino Royale , You Only Live Twice, Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming... these are example of non-franchise Bond flicks.
@@DaniBlazinHe was a hit man.
The reason that Dalton never continued with Bond is a mixture of legal issues and his contact expiring
Connery will always be the coolest, Roger Moore had the most charm, but for my money Dalton is the all-around best Bond. From what I understand he was willing to do a third Bond movie but due to production issues it took too long for the project to start, and then the Soviet Union ended making people wonder if Bond could even work in the new political climate anymore. Dalton just grew tired of waiting and moved on to other things.
This film along with "From Russia with Love" and "For Your Eyes Only" can be considered as a cold-war espionage trilogy in the Bond franchise.
The next film is probably the most brutal Bond film, and it has both a really great Bond girl and a great villain in it.
Mehh, Cary Lowell i thought was very mediocre, and not that hot looking of a Bond girl
A-ha is probably most famous for their song "Take on Me" which you may have heard :)
The music video to which is worth a reaction just as much as any of the Bond films.
Yes folks, Bond was helping the Taliban.
And this is the last Bond film to have the Cold War with Russian story arc that started back in TSWLM.
Well, it's a bit more complicated than you make it sound. Not all Mujahedin turned into Taliban.
Meh regardless, they were all fundamentalists and extremists
Dalton is great and all, but John Rhys-Davies is my MVP in this one.
Nice movie and parts of it were filmed in my hometown vienna:)
Timothy Dalton, my favorite Bond.
Lazenby is my favorite because he fits the character of Bond from the books far better than the others IMHO.
I like him and Dalton best. 👍🏻
My second fave Bond film after OHMSS and my fave Bond. Love Daltz. Main reason he only made two was that after Licence to Kill the Bond film rights became mired in law suits. By time it was sorted five years later he had moved on and declined to return. Hence Brosnan finally got the gig with 1995's Goldeneye after he was forced to drop out of this one.
Favorite Bond ever.
license to kill was the "last" bond for such a long time. its a good bond imo
This is a top five Bond film for me and one that I revisit A LOT. Dalton was a great Bond and it's a shame he didn't appear in more than two films. GoldenEye was actually written with Dalton in mind as he was still under contract when they were writing it. That's why it is the most serious (and best, IMO) of the Brosnan Bond flicks.
The reason that Dalton didn't come back is the Thunderball Lawsuit came back to haunt the Bond Franchise for 6 years and when they got the go ahead they decided to change Bonds
General Puskin was originally supposed to be General Gogol but the actor was ill for most of filming so they changed the character.
Did you notice that all the historic characters in Whitakers' mansion had his face?
Timothy Dalton played Bond much closer to the way the character was written by Ian Fleming.
That same Aston Martin of the movie, as Connery's old Aston Martin, reappears in "No Time To Die", Daniel Craig's last movie as Bond, that last movie is like a fan service, because it also pays homage to "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" on the Zimmer soundtrack.
I really like these Timothy Dalton's Bond movies. They are great, especially "Licence to Kill". Unfortunately only two were made. After Moore's films and in the 80's they were too dark for people. But luckily we have atleast the two movies. :)
I always think that it's a little ironic that one of the most common criticisms of the Dalton-era Bond films (at the time) was that they were 'too dark' or 'too gritty and realistic', while one of the most common praises of the Craig-era films is that they are 'dark, gritty and realistic' compared to the previous movies.
@Steve Dowdy Different time period. 80’s was a more easygoing time for the public so it was received as unnecessarily dark and gritty and violent, especially for a Bond movie at that point. The shock of 9/11 introduced a new darker world traumatized yet desensitized, a society filled with fear yet accustomed to the darker tone of the 21st century. Audiences welcomed darker, grittier tones because they are accustomed and can relate to that dark tone and vibe of their own world in this era.
And don't forget "Gimli" a.k.a "General Pushkin", a.k.a LotR's John Rhys-Davies!
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I really liked Dalton's 007.
"The Living Daylights"(1987) is almost perfect Bond movie! The first 30 minutes are awesome! The last Bond with so much right stuff: the story, the music, title song, main actor, Bond girl, allies, villains, locations, special effects... *** The next Bond, LTK(1989) is actually a very different movie... Not bad, but definitely not a classic Bond.
I don't know if they have ever mentioned it, but Joe Don Baker's "Brad Whitaker" was based on the Hollywood perception of several American "mercenaries" (-in-name-only) of the 1980's who were..."excessively colorful" is probably the most polite way to say it...specifically Mitchell Werbel, who invented the SIONICS suppressor system in the 1960's and was the main marketer behind the original MAC-series of submachine guns in the 1970's. Werbell, near the end of his life, unfortunately let himself be filmed for interviews in a room that is very similar to the Whitaker set -- not a good look. There were people like Whitaker floating around the international market in those days, making them thankfully easy to spot...but they were no less dangerous, for looking comical, because they really did have small groups of shooters that would follow them.
I'm Concept Artist in the movie biz, and the Bond girl on my yacht at the beginning was my boss on Meg (the shark movie). Her name is Belle Avery, now a very talented movie Producer. She's the coolest boss ever. In fact-- on Meg, I was working concepts on the shark. She asked me when she could expect delivery for one of my concepts in progress. I said----- "I'll have it for you in a day....(I paused)....better make that two." She laughed. I had to say it. I couldn't resist. I miss Belle. One of the best bosses ever, and a great movie Producer.