The Living Daylights

Timothy Dalton was not a vert good Bond.

Director J. Glenn finally realized that Bond-Moore had become too comical, so Bond-Dalton is a true spy on a tough job. Maybe thats why he is more impressive at work and a bit goofy in love scenes. Overall a good mix of everything, except that most supporting actors (and/or their characters) lack quality and not impressive, especially bad guys.

an exellent film, one of my favourites

I was very hopeful that Timothy Dalton and the more toned down story driven Living Daylights were to harken in a less campy and formulaic period. I thought he was reminiscentof the early Connery, tough, cold and real. When he was in a tight spot, he looked like he was really trying to work himself out, instead of the mindless cockyness that Roger Moore gave to Bond. Unfortunately the films never lived up to Dalton's potential.

An average Bond film, and I really liked Dalton as Bond. The theme tune was hum-drum but the music during the action sequences was quite thrilling. It starts off strong, in the opening sequence Bond batters an adversary in an errant jeep until it veers off a cliff. Bond escapes via a parachute and lands conveniently on a luxury boat where a scantily clad woman is relating how she wishes she had a real man. From there it dips sharply. The plot is too convoluted and Bond ends up visiting lots of different locations without building up any sort of rivalry with the villains. As a result, the action scenes lose some of their bite. The leading lady was simply dull and I didn't find her attractive in the slightest (Moneypenny on the other hand, is simply adorable in this movie!). The highlight of the film is the quirky war-obsessed mercenary-general who Bond eventually battles in his high-tech War museum. He receives relatively little screen time though. Figures.

best bond film yet made, had more action than any other bond ive seen .......oh and timothy dalton WAS the best bond!

The Living Daylights introduced Timothy Dalton as the fourth actor to officially play James Bond. This time 007 is more harder-edged in general, but kinder and gentler in his love life as he is now more of a one woman man (which possibly reflected the relatively new era of safe sex). The plot, borrowing a bit from Octopussy (1983), is a bit twisted and can be hard to follow at times (ie a defection morphing into drug smuggling morphing into a black market arms network), but the complex schemes do keep Bond globetrotting to far-flung locales (eg Germany, Afghanistan and North Africa). Daylights also features one of the better opening scenes which has Bond salvaging a botched training mission in Gibralter (that also serves as a nice introduction of Dalton as 007). Bond's main squeeze is in the literal form of Maryam D'Abo who brings a classy look and aura to that role (she plays a cellist after all) which proves that not all Bond Girl's need to have that come hither look. The movie ... Read more