tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post8198678454456131835..comments2023-11-17T11:08:31.857-06:00Comments on Michael May: The Living Daylights (1987) | BondMichael Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-87345158433777464252015-07-24T09:04:20.216-05:002015-07-24T09:04:20.216-05:00I may be getting ahead of things here, but this lo...I may be getting ahead of things here, but this looks like the place for that. After Roger Moore turned the franchise into a slapstick innuendo-fest, I longed for the "dangerous" agent Fleming had written, or at least I <i>thought</i> I did. Timothy Dalton won my heart when he stomped the druglord into the rock crusher (<i>License to Kill,</i> if memory serves). He was gone too soon. I liked Brosnan, and don't know exactly why. Maybe his looks went with the scripts he was given, or was it just that he looked young enough to do the things they were asking him to do? I came late to Daniel Craig, watching <i>Casino</i> and <i>Quantum</i> on the home theater just recently. Here's my problem with his Bond: He acts like the main enforcer for a brutal drug gang in any hard-R rated cop movie, but we're supposed to root for him because his government says it's okay. I'm sorry. A turd has a distinctive aroma, no matter how it's packaged.<br /><br />Great, great series, my friend. Can't wait for more! If you never do another thing, this will comprise a wonderful legacy. Please, continue!Jack Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14030471723776022615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-29863825032137544632015-07-24T07:50:32.638-05:002015-07-24T07:50:32.638-05:00I'm very glad the the script didn't just l...I'm very glad the the script didn't just leave Saunders as the "bureaucratic jerk who reflexively opposes Bond" for the entire film. He doesn't hold a grudge after Bond humiliates him--he actually starts to thaw towards 007, recognizing his strengths. Of course, just all just a set-up to make him a better sacrificial lamb, but a lot of movies wouldn't have bothered to give "the jerk" that one moment of grace...snellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06181997862745538999noreply@blogger.com