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The Living Daylights
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| posted on 20/10/2002 at 17:54 |
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Definitely one of the best Bonds. Too bad that a lot of people give it a bad wrap for being a Dalton. I still enjoy the teaser as much as the first
time I saw it  And, I love the passive delivery of the "Bond" line.
Even though it challenged the formula, it showe that Dalton was there to be a secret agent and nothing else. A more or less down to earth plot helped
it too.
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Daylights is the last great Bond film until perhaps Die Another Day. I hate the way the Dalton movies get kicked around by critics. TLD has a great
atmosphere, what with the Eastern European locations, Barry's score is exquisite, and of course, Dalton is superb as Bond.
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| posted on 27/10/2002 at 17:29 |
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TLD is the last Barry Score
TLD is the last Bond film with a John Barry score ... that should say it all. It's definetly my fav Bond film.
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| posted on 1/11/2002 at 10:15 |
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After Octopussy and A View To A Kill, this movie was refreshingly down to earth. It was more Fleming than the huge action escapades of Moore's final
2 movies. However, the viewing audience had become used to Moore and his huge movies and to throw Dalton into the role and have it be a return to
classic Fleming basically ensured that most people would not accept him as Bond...which is too bad 'cuz he was very good.
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| posted on 1/11/2002 at 11:26 |
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Pity he couldn't really handle a one-liner as well as Connery or Moore.
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| posted on 5/12/2002 at 22:17 |
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I dunno, when I saw this movie five years ago I thought it was the greatest thing since sliced toast, but i just rented the DVD this weekend and I
must say, I was unimpressed. I'm not sure why--there's plenty to like about it, but the middle seemed to drag, and Dalton seemed way too serious.
All in all, it's a very cool Bond flick, but not one of the best.
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 posted on 6/12/2002 at 19:09 |
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The Living Daylights
Without a doubt one of the better films in the series which I believe was written with Roger Moore in mind to play Bond one last time.The film has a
first class pre title sequence and a good fast pace from there onwards.I liked Dalton when the film came out, he had a had edge to the character which
was quite a contrast to Roger Moore, and up to then I was a confirmed Moore fan! I found Dalton believable as evidenced by his reaction to the death
of Saunders -Head of Section V, Vienna.
Personally I much prefer TLD to LTK.Had there not been the legal wranglings we might well have seen Dalton in another Bond film. But I suspect it
wouldn't have been the rather apologetic Goldeneye!
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| posted on 6/12/2002 at 21:47 |
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Mr Bond
I agree with your view of TLD almost exactly, Mr Bond. Dalton was a Bond Actor who could have been alot better than what he was given to work with.
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I have to agree that "The Living Daylights" is a very good film. It has a very interesting and realistic (though still imaginative) plot and I
really did enjoy Timothy Dalton in this film - his acting was down to Earth; but not too dark like "Licence To Kill."
Maryam D'Abo is very beautiful and a very good actress, and she is a great bond girl - one that you could fall in love with, not just want to have a
physical relationship with.
My one major criticism with the movie is the villain: Brad Whitaker. Joe Don Baker is excellent playing him, and I don't have a complaint about
that, rather he doesn't get enough screen time and is a character who could've very easily been written out.
All in all, in my opinion, it is not the best James Bond film, but it is still a very good one and is a tribute to Timothy Dalton's
very short tenure as James Bond.
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| posted on 13/12/2002 at 08:38 |
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The Living Daylights is unique in that it is about the only film where a major villain is not killed. Koskov survives the film (he is captured
though...wonder what the Soviets did with him). I wonder why they didnt kill him off?
Only Irma Bunt in OHMSS gets away totally and to my mind is the only one who has done this, ironic considering her crime against Bond..
She really should have been brought back in DAF and killed brutally perhaps in the pre credit seqence.
This of course does not include repeat offenders such as Blofeld and Jaws, the latter who turned good in the end anyway.
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| posted on 13/12/2002 at 10:22 |
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Koskov wasn't killed because he was too much of a wuss. That would be like James Bond killing a defenseless woman. He stunk. Worst, whiniest,
most unthreatening villain ever.
And they want you to think that MAYBE he is killed later, execution syle. Bond refers to this by saying "put him in a diplomatic pouch."
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Yes I agree, KosKov was a wuss.
Actually I believe it is Pushkin who says...."in the diplomatic Bag"
Either Koskov would be imprisoned and the key thrown away or more likely tried and executed...or maybe sent to Siberia...
[Edited on 12-13-2002 by Greg007]
This is the Price of Failure, Mr Bond
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yes, it was pushkin who said it.
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That was just a test to see if anyone would notice that I misquoted Pushkin. Yeah. Thats the ticket. A test. Yeah!
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yuh huh, sure, and tomorrow never dies was the best bond movie ever 
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MMM HMM! In all seriousness, LTD is Dalton's best and a very good
show.
"My acting range? Left eyebrow raised, right eyebrow raised."
- Roger Moore
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| posted on 17/12/2002 at 22:07 |
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 I hit 50! Whoopee!
"My acting range? Left eyebrow raised, right eyebrow raised."
- Roger Moore
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| posted on 18/12/2002 at 10:39 |
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Is it just me or did you put "I hit 50, Whoppee!" in two different topics?
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| posted on 21/12/2002 at 06:49 |
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personaly the best bond movie of them all.
with the car scene!!!
the way how a new bond saved the girl and did everything to save her.
Koskov plot was very good
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I'm not sure, if I did I didn't mean to.
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The Living Daylights
It's ironic that the critics and the general public hated both TLD and OHMSS..most of which was down to the actors
not being what they thought Bond should be. However these two films are in the top 5 with most Bond fans! Admittedly they both brought their own
slant to Bond, but for very different reason the pictures worked and left an impression with Bond fans the world over.
Sorry about that... that last hand almost killed me!
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| posted on 2/1/2003 at 07:46 |
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One of my favourites, spoiled only by the ineffective villains and bad acting from Maryam D'Abo
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| posted on 2/1/2003 at 08:40 |
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Yeah it seem to go from good to bad... the ending sucked... almost like they didnt have any ideas on how to finish it
Had one of the best fights scenes between another MI5/6 agent and a villian... the old guy in the kitchen, he put up a good fight lol
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Reidy
spoiled only by the ineffective villains and bad acting from Maryam D'Abo |
The irony of Maryam D'Abo's awful acting in the film is that she is actually a very talented actress. It's just like she got nervous
doing a Bond film and decided to not act.
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