Why Did People Not Accept the 'Angry Bond' in '89 ?

Same reason why the Brosnan films were so popular - for most casual fans Bond movies mean silly jokes and outrageous plots. Licence to Kill got lost in the shuffle in the late 80s-early 90s when there were dozens of hard-R rated action flicks. LTK may have actually been hampered by its PG-13 rating. Nowadays, with guys like Gibson, Stallone, Willis getting old and no "hard-ass" action heroes replacing them (it's all PG-13 rated superhero junk), all that's left is Bond so the series is now able to feed that desire for hard-hitting action.

I agree. Personally I really liked Dalton's take.

For me, the angriest I ever saw him was in The Living Daylights, when he pops the balloon after his colleague has been murdered. The look in his eyes, is fabulous contained rage.

That's the Bond I want to see. It's all good seeing him laugh and woo the woman but his dark side would be a bad place to be.


"Small moves Ellie, small moves"

I also find it strange that people accepted Craig and not Timothy Dalton.

I actually felt the jump from light to dark bond was more drastic between Pierce and Daniel Craig. Sure Roger Moore was more campy than Pierce but when Timothy Took the role he still had some of the things which Made everyone familarized with Bond like the classic score, the girls, saving the day and ending things in a very cheerful happy ending.

His battles were more realstic and more regular Villains.
Timothy Dalton still had the good looks and charming personality of his two predecesors Bonds.


So i guess im just gonna say people werent ready for a dark Bond at all becasue if we talk about contrasts definitley Craig had the disadvantge here.
He was truly the whole Oppsite from Pierce and all his 5 predecesors.

This is why i love Pierce Sean Connery and timothy Dalton since those three are the ones who are in a perfect middle grown with yes Dalton getting closer to Craig but not enough to scare the audience.

No matter how angry they made Bond, this just isn't a very good film.

Horrible story and a wretched script. It's nothing like Fleming.

Was such a dissapointment after the brilliant Living Daylights






Was it a millionaire who said "Imagine no possessions"?

http://www.avclub.com/article/not-theres-anything-wrong-case-file-67-boat-trip-240620#comment-2833050865

Dalton was a good Bond who had the misfortune of following Roger Moore because the contrast was too jarring for some people who expected their Bond to continue to drop lame puns after watching someone meet a grisly death.

There are also people who think Moore was the best Bond, because the world is full of crazy *beep* maniacs who are out of their goddamned minds.

It wasn't Dalton, so much as the uninspired story line, that killed the film. And it wasn't the contrast with more that hurt Dalton as much as the movies themselves. Look, Roger Moore could do a serious and realistic Bond movie; just check out For Your Eyes Only, possibly the most underrated Bond of all time. If Dalton had been given material like that audiences would have accepted him right off.

http://debrief.commanderbond.net/topic/63475-the-consensus-on-the-negative-response-to-licence-to-kill/page-2#entry1265936

I too do not understand the love Dalton gets. Mr. Charisma he aint. I think our own Guy Haines - a Dalton fan - said that Dalton always seemed uncomfortable onscreen. Like others on these fora, I too think Dalton had no chemistry and was too glum and angry. And he never gave the impression he was comfortable with women, like he wouldn't know what to do with one if she fell in his lap.

Until recently, I had never seen a 1980s...and thus, Timolthy Dalton James Bond film. Hence, I had always thought of Pierce Brosnan as the 'quintessential James Bond.' I now believe that Timothy Dalton is instead the 'quintessential' James Bond -exactly what James Bond should look like and talk like, etc. It's too bad he only starred in two Bond films. He probably was just starting to either find...or better yet had fully found his 'niche' as James Bond. Dalton doesn't seem nearly as 'talkative' as Brosnan or having much of a sense of humor...but he does seem to have a more true, sincere silent sincerity, more dangerous perhaps and confident...and more intelligent as well.