tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14575780.post8500039700939948737..comments2024-01-31T18:37:07.424+00:00Comments on The Agitation of the Mind: BOND-A-THON: The Living DaylightsNeil Fulwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14686296295535235988noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14575780.post-16404809467995480412012-08-17T14:24:55.044+01:002012-08-17T14:24:55.044+01:00It just occurred to me that this film was a milest...It just occurred to me that this film was a milestone of sorts in that it was the last Bond film to feature a score by John Barry.Michael Groverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11415848614028804767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14575780.post-35997387601615924342012-08-16T21:16:49.449+01:002012-08-16T21:16:49.449+01:00I remember seeing this one as a kid and not knowin...I remember seeing this one as a kid and not knowing what the hell was going on in it! But I knew I liked it. I loved that first opening action sequences with the car jumping off the cliff, and the scene where he's hanging from the plane full of opium. <br /><br />Agree with you, this one plays it straight, and I too like Bond better that way. Franco Macabrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14575780.post-58873175735412541502012-08-16T21:08:29.907+01:002012-08-16T21:08:29.907+01:00David, you're absolutely correct - the moment ...David, you're absolutely correct - the moment the 'AVtaK' credits kicked in, the DVD was off and I was down the pub! Addendum published to this effect.<br /><br />(Two mistakes in one article! I'm slipping!)Neil Fulwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14686296295535235988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14575780.post-11125824580788580282012-08-16T20:22:44.568+01:002012-08-16T20:22:44.568+01:00Sorry to bung in another correction but, A View to...Sorry to bung in another correction but, A View to A Kill was the first Bond movie not to trailer its successor's title. I bet you turned off in relief once the credits started and missed it ;0)<br /><br />This was the better of Dalton's two movies by a long way. Mainly because I cared for and rooted for Bond in this movie, in a way that I didn't do in Licence to Kill. In that movie, he was virtually indistinguishable from the bad guys and it didn't sit well with me.<br /><br />Crucially Dalton looked like a secret agent, in a way which Roger Moore hadn't done for ages.David Pascoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00365564459616597233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14575780.post-81917991752908424422012-08-16T18:45:58.574+01:002012-08-16T18:45:58.574+01:00Well spotted, Michael. Correction hastily made!
I...Well spotted, Michael. Correction hastily made!<br /><br />I love Dalton's turn in 'Hot Fuzz' - you can tell he was having a lot of fun with the role.Neil Fulwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14686296295535235988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14575780.post-30427328606251643602012-08-16T16:41:55.610+01:002012-08-16T16:41:55.610+01:00I always liked Timothy Dalton as well. The guy'...I always liked Timothy Dalton as well. The guy's a serious actor (although one who can also be incredibly funny - see <i>Hot Fuzz</i>), and he definitely brought a gravitas to the role that had been missing. By the way, it was actually <i>Rambo III</i> that featured Rambo teaming up with the Mujahedin in Afghanistan.Michael Groverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11415848614028804767noreply@blogger.com