Metallo
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I would say anyone who did More than one bond, besides connery, had a disappointing follow up after their first movie.
And I would say that the bond movies haven't really set any trends since....thunderball. The 60's were the most relevant Bond was to pop culture. Now he's just an institution thats always around, barring a few breaks here and there.
I would agree with that. OHMSS was really the last movie where Bond seemed to be a leader instead of a follower. DAF and LALD seem to follow in the footsteps of its fellow 70's films. LALD really has a blaxploitation vibe. I swear somebody calls Bond a "honky" in that movie. I still enjoy the movie though.
QoS lacked a satisfying death for Greene.
Yeah we don't even see him get whats coming to him in the end. Builds the menace of Quantum but otherwise it was disappointing not to see him die in a fitting fashion for all the dirty stuff he had a hand in.
This is probably an unpopular opinion, but I preffer Licence to Kill (the follow up) to The Living Daylights (debut film), I like both Dalton movies thou.
I enjoy them both. On one hand LTK is one of those movies that is following trends (Miami Vince and then Die Hard, Rambo, and the Schwarzenegger films of the time had upped he anti when it came to action and violence) but on the other hand I've gotten to a point where I like to see the formula shaken up a little bit. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. I do like that the film is made to suit Dalton though.
I agree with you. I didn't care for TLD, but thought LTK was one of the better ones, just missing out on my top ten Bond films.
I like them both. Both have their strengths and weaknesses. TLD is more of a classic Bond film but I enjoy that darker edge LTK has. There's some good stunt work in both and God bless Roger Moore but by that point Dalton looked more convincing doing that stuff. It was nice that he could rely a bit less on stuntmen and doubles.
LTK was tailor made for his version of Bond.
The Living Daylights felt like he wandered in to the set of a Roger Moore movie. Makes sense, as it was written for Moore.
Goldeneye was supposedly written with Dalton in mind, explains why it is darker than the rest of Brosnan's outings.
Exactly.
You really can see touches of Moores Bond written into TLD. Thank goodness they cut that absurd "magic carpet ride" bit. it was hard to take Moore doing that seriously but Dalton would have looked foolish.
The only problem ever had with Dalton was he seemed to struggle sometimes when given the humor to do. The one liners and stuff like that. He always seemed more at home in dramatic Bond moments. It was refreshing to see that seriousness injected back into the character since he IS a spy but I did miss Moore's charm and easy charisma. All the Bond actors have had their strengths; something that specifically worked for them that I'm not sure the others could do or pull off
with Dalton it was nice to see the character take a step to being more of a human being instead of an "image" of cool, charm, and confidence. Dalton still gave the character a sort of impenetrable emotional wall like most of the other actors but since Casino Royale was a reboot Craig got to play Bond as an honest to goodness more emotionally open, flawed and learning human being. I like all the takes on Bond but it was refreshing to see Craig take that next character step from what Dalton was trying to do.