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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 438993" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>NSNA should have opened with James Bond in the shower.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The Living Daylights (1987)</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]58846[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The third revamp in the series, plus a new James Bond <em>and</em> a new Miss Moneypenny.</p><p>I've said it before, I consider sixties Bond the best era because it seemed like the perfect Cold War escapism, and combined with the casting of the incredibly charismatic Sean Connery it was a match made in heaven.</p><p>On the other hand, it doesn't make much sense to make sixties movies in the 1970s, and although the Roger Moore movies were a mixed bag it was probably the only way to continue the series.</p><p>A lot of that 1980s soapy-glossy glamour is toned down in <em>Daylights</em>, and instead of the larger-than-life super villain it shows a slightly more realisitc political climate as the backdrop for "ordinary" weapon dealers and fraudulent KGB agents.</p><p></p><p>There's still a lot of fantastical stuff going on and the stunts look wild and amazing, but overall it looks like the John le Carré-esque template for future Bond films especially the Daniel Craig era.</p><p>All these significant differences make it very difficult to rank the Bond films, and then there are several other things to consider (e.g. the villains, the Bond girls, the locations etc).</p><p>James Bond himself also has a new attitude, not quite as strong as in the next film but he's definitely become less jolly. Since Dalton never really wanted to play Bond I could almost interpret it as a passive-aggressive performance. Ha!</p><p>Physically he certainly looks the part (I think he also was the best <em>Heathcliff</em>) and I wish we had seen his younger version in previous Bond instalments.</p><p>Jeroen Krabbé plays the KGB agent Georgi Koskov who needs to be aided to defect to the West. Naturally, they would never-ever cast a Continental European actor to play a <em>good </em> guy, which spoils the twist a little.</p><p></p><p>The formula is very simple, actually.</p><p>American films > British villains</p><p>British films > Continental villains</p><p>Continental films > Burt Lancaster (villain or not)</p><p></p><p>Krabbé is funny and probably the only male villain who has kissed a James Bond, but the character never becomes a force of nature.</p><p>The most hateable villain is sexy henchman Necros (love that name) who is basically a remake of <em><em>For Your Eyes Only</em></em>'s Kriegler who was a remake of <em>From Russia With Love</em>'s Grant played by Robert Shaw.</p><p></p><p>In some ways an upgrade but it also sacrifices a bit of charm and epicness that worked so well in previous 007 chapters.</p><p>The theme song, eh....not so great.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 438993, member: 8"] NSNA should have opened with James Bond in the shower. The Living Daylights (1987) [ATTACH type="full"]58846[/ATTACH] The third revamp in the series, plus a new James Bond [I]and[/I] a new Miss Moneypenny. I've said it before, I consider sixties Bond the best era because it seemed like the perfect Cold War escapism, and combined with the casting of the incredibly charismatic Sean Connery it was a match made in heaven. On the other hand, it doesn't make much sense to make sixties movies in the 1970s, and although the Roger Moore movies were a mixed bag it was probably the only way to continue the series. A lot of that 1980s soapy-glossy glamour is toned down in [I]Daylights[/I], and instead of the larger-than-life super villain it shows a slightly more realisitc political climate as the backdrop for "ordinary" weapon dealers and fraudulent KGB agents. There's still a lot of fantastical stuff going on and the stunts look wild and amazing, but overall it looks like the John le Carré-esque template for future Bond films especially the Daniel Craig era. All these significant differences make it very difficult to rank the Bond films, and then there are several other things to consider (e.g. the villains, the Bond girls, the locations etc). James Bond himself also has a new attitude, not quite as strong as in the next film but he's definitely become less jolly. Since Dalton never really wanted to play Bond I could almost interpret it as a passive-aggressive performance. Ha! Physically he certainly looks the part (I think he also was the best [I]Heathcliff[/I]) and I wish we had seen his younger version in previous Bond instalments. Jeroen Krabbé plays the KGB agent Georgi Koskov who needs to be aided to defect to the West. Naturally, they would never-ever cast a Continental European actor to play a [I]good [/I] guy, which spoils the twist a little. The formula is very simple, actually. American films > British villains British films > Continental villains Continental films > Burt Lancaster (villain or not) Krabbé is funny and probably the only male villain who has kissed a James Bond, but the character never becomes a force of nature. The most hateable villain is sexy henchman Necros (love that name) who is basically a remake of [I][I]For Your Eyes Only[/I][/I]'s Kriegler who was a remake of [I]From Russia With Love[/I]'s Grant played by Robert Shaw. In some ways an upgrade but it also sacrifices a bit of charm and epicness that worked so well in previous 007 chapters. The theme song, eh....not so great. [/QUOTE]
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