James Bond In Skyfall - Part 9

[Gold Samurai]

Bestbuy had no clue what I was talking about with the individual blu ray releases today.

Target had "license to kill" in addition to three blu rays announced

Target Exclusives 10/2

A View to a Kill
The Living Daylights
Tomorrow Never Dies

Going to try another best buy tomorrow. I only want OHMSS

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

That was one of my problems with Dalton too. He was too serious in the role. I know Dalton has much charm and wit to him, but he didn't show it much as Bond. People make the comparison to Daniel Craig, but Craig's Bond had much more wit and charm to him (though it is mostly dry humor) than Dalton did in the role, especially in License to Kill.

Definitely. Craig is far better than Dalton was. No arguments there.

 

[ThePhantasm]

Dalton is my favorite Bond out of all of them. I still wish he'd been in more than 2 movies. I see people consider his Bond "lifeless" but to me it was always Brosnan that felt like an empty suit (except maybe in Goldeneye).

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

I don't think any of them were lifeless. I think that's the wrong word. They all brought something different to the role and their interpretations all had their strengths weaknesses, like Connery's Bond being virtually superhuman and lacking emotion (which is why I wish he did OHMSS), Lazenby not understand double entendres, Moore's cheesiness, etc.

 

[Ajendo]

Problem with Dalton was that he was overly dramatic and didn't have that Bond swagger.

 

[OddBob]

Bestbuy had no clue what I was talking about with the individual blu ray releases today.

Target had "license to kill" in addition to three blu rays announced

Going to try another best buy tomorrow. I only want OHMSS

I had the same problem at the Best Buy I went to, and have yet to see anybody online say they were able to get the BB exclusives today. There's a rumor that Best Buy isn't putting them out until 10/23.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

As I mentioned before, the Carmichael reference to his looks is coming from Vesper. It's who he looked like to her. He could look exactly like him, or merely resemble him, but that's what Vesper thought. Obviously with the drawing it's a more exact approximation of what he looks like.

As for Dalton's acting. I found him most like Bond as written of them all. Bond was never a particularly likable and charming guy.

Yeah, from what I got from the novels, he seems to be closest to Dalton's interpretation, which why when I read a Bond novel, I imagine Dalton's Bond.

But for the movies, my perfect vision of the interpretation of cinematic Bond is combination of the novels and some elements of the movies, which why I really love Brosnan's interpretation of Bond. On the surface, he was like Connery and Moore, but under the surface, he was like Bond from the novels though I wish he had shown that more.

 

[Frosty81]

Picking up the BR box set today...so looking forward to starting this tonight but I'm torn on where to begin...from the Beginning with Dr. No, or from the first one one I saw in theaters (Goldeneye)?

First world problems.

 

[ChickenScratch]

Picking up the BR box set today...so looking forward to starting this tonight but I'm torn on where to begin...from the Beginning with Dr. No, or from the first one one I saw in theaters (Goldeneye)?

First world problems.

Wow you must be young.

 

[Gold Samurai]

For me I was too small for James Bond when it was still in theaters

A View to A Kill- 1 year old

The Living Daylights- 3 years old

License to kill- 5 years old


Then we hit the dark ages with no Bond movie in theaters. What I did see of James Bond movies was VCR recordings and random TV airings.


Finally in 1995 Bond returns to the silver screen. I was 11. I remember one girl saying "no way" when Bond jumped off the bike to catch the plane.

 

[Marvolo]

Casino Royale was the first Bond I saw in theaters. Up until then i didnt care about Bond. Ive watched all but one of Connery's films. Bits of Moore's. Both of Daltons. Have not seen Lazenby's. All of Brosnans.

 

[Octoberist]

The first Bond film I saw in theaters was Tommorow Never Dies.

 

[ChickenScratch]

First one I saw in theaters was LTK. Yeah, my father didn't care about the rating.

 

[The Englishman]

For me I was too small for James Bond when it was still in theaters

A View to A Kill- 1 year old

The Living Daylights- 3 years old

License to kill- 5 years old


Then we hit the dark ages with no Bond movie in theaters. What I did see of James Bond movies was VCR recordings and random TV airings.


Finally in 1995 Bond returns to the silver screen. I was 11. I remember one girl saying "no way" when Bond jumped off the bike to catch the plane.

That's how it went for me as well

 

[The Englishman]

I've just been thinking but is Adele the first British artist to perform the theme song since Duran Duran did way back in 1985?

 

[Dark Raven]

You know Dalton is actually a damn good pick but like some have said he was ahead of the times in terms of his performance.

In terms of looks he's dead on too. I wish we would have seen him in present time with shorter hair that was actually gelled and combed back along with a Daniel Craig CR physique and we probably would have had one of the best Bonds.

Unfortunate to say the least.

I often wish Dalton was in Casino Royale. It almost seems made for him. He would have also physically embodied the character as well, which I still don't always find with Craig. Dalton just has a much more classic Bond appearance. Goldeneye and Casino Royale are the two Bond movies I would assign to him.

 

[Ultimatehero]

That theme song is AWESOME! It sounds like a classic Bond theme especially when the title kicks in.

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

I would have been interested to see what Dalton would have done with a third film. Both Connery and Moore had their best films with their third. Unfortunately the lawsuit prevented that.

At the same time, I also think history would remember Pierce Brosnan better had Remington Steele not been renewed and he was able to start with The Living Daylights. The Living Daylights in particular seemed to be a bit of a mix-match of styles because of the turmoil and the uncertainty facing the franchise at the time. I think that film fit Brosnan better than Dalton. Also, if Brosnan only went on to do four films TLD, LTK, GE, and TND is a lot stronger quartet than GE, TND, TWINE, and DAD.

 

[Dark Raven]

I would have been interested to see what Dalton would have done with a third film. Both Connery and Moore had their best films with their third. Unfortunately the lawsuit prevented that.

At the same time, I also think history would remember Pierce Brosnan better had Remington Steele not been renewed and he was able to start with The Living Daylights. The Living Daylights in particular seemed to be a bit of a mix-match of styles because of the turmoil and the uncertainty facing the franchise at the time. I think that film fit Brosnan better than Dalton. Also, if Brosnan only went on to do four films TLD, LTK, GE, and TND is a lot stronger quartet than GE, TND, TWINE, and DAD.

But LTK wouldn't have suited Brosnan. I don't really see him in a revenge movie like that. TLD does suit him more, because it still has elements of Roger Moore's tenure. Goldeneye seems quite like a Dalton film in places.

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

Brosnan handled the revenge aspects of Goldeneye just fine. Two of the best acted scenes in the entire series are the conversation between Bond and Trevelyan in the park with all the statues and the final confrontation when Bond drops him from the satellite dish.

 

[The Englishman]

Didn't EoN want to cast Dalton in A View To A Kill or have I just dreamed that?

 

[ChickenScratch]

EON wanted Dalton before they got Moore. He refused the role because he said he was too young at the time. Like Brosnan, Dalton was approached on several occasions.

 

[Homer J. Fong]

Yes, I don't know if they approached him for A View to a Kill, but the first time was for On Her Majesty's Secret Service. And good on him for passing, because he was right, he was too young for it then.

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

I thought Connery doing Never Say Never Again was the reason they stuck with Moore for View to a Kill.

 

[Homer J. Fong]

That would be Octopussy - that's the one that came out the same year as Never Say Never Again.