tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13336104.post116274038708454578..comments2024-01-07T13:24:03.640+00:00Comments on Nothing Tra La La?: Bond Watch: Timothy Dalton0tralalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06818587472660040921noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13336104.post-1162839217338349402006-11-06T18:53:00.000+00:002006-11-06T18:53:00.000+00:00Both the Dalton movies are over-rated; TLD because...Both the Dalton movies are over-rated; TLD because it's a good Bond movie that feels like a great Bond movie, until you pay attention; LTK because there are still two or three deluded people in the world who remain unconvinced that this is the worst Bond movie of all by a clear distance.<BR/><BR/>TLD is smart, fun, and exciting, and it's only when the diamonds sub-plot kicks in that you realise that none of it has actually been about anything. That's okay, though, because Tim is cool, Maryam is gorgeous, the music is back on-message, and there's an Aston Martin...<BR/><BR/>LTK simply <I>cowers</I> in the shadow of the <B>Lethal Weapon</B> franchise. Bond must be "brought up to date" (yawn!) which in this case means sadism, buddy humour, dated-by-next-Wednesday rock music and winking fucking fish. Okay, so we get "Live & Let Die" and "The Hildebrandt Rarity" in there somewhere, but it's all lost in the mire. And then "gritty, realistic" Bond pulls a "gritty, realistic" wheelie in a "gritty, realistic" artic cabin, while the bad guy fires "gritty, realistic" anti-aircraft missiles at him. He misses of course, so it's back home for tea and medals, and jokey phonecalls with the crippled friend whose wife got raped, and then the damaged, vengeful Bond jumps into a pool with a gay fish. <BR/><BR/>An interesting period piece, perhaps - but as a Bond movie, it's an unparalleled disaster.Rob Stradlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02622504337859973159noreply@blogger.com