Dalton Bond movies vs Brosnan Bond movies

[iank]

Dalton. Bond went downhill after 1989.

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Mar 18, 2022 22:05:26 GMT iank said:

Dalton. Bond went downhill after 1989.

A bit like something else...

[Brian MK.II]

Dalton. The balance of his era is the best for Bond combining the Fleming character and roots with the escapism and humour that endeared the Connery and Moore eras. Sadly his era is let down by the production values (Licence especially with it's flat direction and TV movie aesthetic) but the scripts, performances and central ideas are great.

Brosnan's era is a fragmented mess as aside from Goldeneye (which was written with Dalton in mind), it seems to be stuck between carrying on the more multi-layered storytelling and Flemingesque character of the Dalton era or just trying to rehash the Moore era in response to the polarising reception the Dalton era received. Tomorrow Never Dies is isolated from that in that whilst it falls into the latter category, it's still consistent and knows what it wants to be but TWINE and DAD suffer from this terribly, often feeling like two seperate scripts tonally merged into one film being sellotaped by generic 90s shootouts and shit CGI. Brosnan was a great fit and could've been one of the greats and I thought he tapped well into the cold killer aspects well but he was sadly swallowed up by the prior.

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Mar 19, 2022 1:59:17 GMT Brian MK.II said:

Dalton. The balance of his era is the best for Bond combining the Fleming character and roots with the escapism and humour that endeared the Connery and Moore eras. Sadly his era is let down by the production values (Licence especially with it's flat direction and TV movie aesthetic) but the scripts, performances and central ideas are great.

Brosnan's era is a fragmented mess as aside from Goldeneye (which was written with Dalton in mind), it seems to be stuck between carrying on the more multi-layered storytelling and Flemingesque character of the Dalton era or just trying to rehash the Moore era in response to the polarising reception the Dalton era received. Tomorrow Never Dies is isolated from that in that whilst it falls into the latter category, it's still consistent and knows what it wants to be but TWINE and DAD suffer from this terribly, often feeling like two seperate scripts tonally merged into one film being sellotaped by generic 90s shootouts and shit CGI. Brosnan was a great fit and could've been one of the greats and I thought he tapped well into the cold killer aspects well but he was sadly swallowed up by the prior.

I agree with Licence having TV production values (that's why it gets compared to Miami Vice a lot), but I think Daylights looks every bit its 40 million dollar budget. The cinematography isn't as good as the previous four films, but it's still a nice looking film with some incredible set pieces.

[zarius]

Dalton. For the briefest of times, they stopped getting Bond wrong.

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I feel like Lazenby had elements of what Moore would bring to the role the humour came through to me he was a Connery Moore hybrid in personality. Dalton I think I prefer his films more to brosnsn plus I like that darker edge he brings in license to kill.

[rushy]

I adore Goldeneye, but Dalton was the superior Bond

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I'm going to vote for the era that has Maryam D'Abo 



You were so lucky if you were a fan of both Doctor Who and Bond in the late 80s. McCoy was fighting Daleks, vampires and a possessed Master  with a kickass companion while Dalton was taking down evil drug dealers across the globe while banging Maryam D'Abo and Carey Lowell.