Re: Big Chief Studios Acquires James Bond License
I hate it. It doesn't feel like a Bond film it feels like a bad British version of Miami Vice.
I hate it. It doesn't feel like a Bond film it feels like a bad British version of Miami Vice.
I hate it. It doesn't feel like a Bond film it feels like a bad British version of Miami Vice.
Stepping in to stop this blasphemy streak. Licence to Kill rocks. That scene of Bond blending in among the casino's waiter staff more naturally than any previous Bond, Sanchez, the story structure, Q, Pam, the whole truck chase, Del Toro (Honeymoooon!), shark scene, best underwater scene, etc.
Who could forget this scene from LTK
Dalton could have been a fantastic Bond and I loved the edge he brought to it, but his movies were just way too grim and serious and lacking in any kind of fun.
I never understand why people say this. 7 films of Moore, 4 of Brosnan and most of the Connery era, and that still isn't enough. Not every Bond has to be a campy slice of escapism. I prefer The Living Daylights for being a spy thriller, but Licence To Kill follows closely behind as my 2nd favourite Bond film.
I never understand why people say this.
I prefer The Living Daylights for being a spy thriller...
Agreed! Dalton's two films tops any of the Moore films by a mile for me (although I do throughly enjoy TSWLM & FYEO).
From a pure filmmaking standpoint, TLD is very poorly made. Terrible TV lighting on interiors. Sluggish pace. Horribly slow score just drags any sense of urgency down to a crawl. Bad dialogue in many places, or perhaps acting, hard to tell. In fact, I just started to watch it last night because of this thread and couldn't get through it.
The Pretenders song (Where has everybody gone) is the best part and a great motif. But then they chose the insipid A-ha song over it.
Other than the slow pace (it is a classy complex cold war thriller first, and action film second), I don't think it suffers with those problems. It is my favourite Bond film, and i'll defend it to the hilt.
. It is my favourite Bond film, and i'll defend it to the hilt.
From a pure filmmaking standpoint, TLD is very poorly made. Terrible TV lighting on interiors. Sluggish pace. Horribly slow score just drags any sense of urgency down to a crawl. Bad dialogue in many places, or perhaps acting, hard to tell. In fact, I just started to watch it last night because of this thread and couldn't get through it.
The Pretenders song (Where has everybody gone) is the best part and a great motif. But then they chose the insipid A-ha song over it.
Paid off Bond today on Sean Connery's birthday!
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