'Hot Fuzz' Review | Timothy Dalton's Best Non-Bond Role?

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  • @FromWilloWithLove
    @FromWilloWithLove Рік тому +65

    Dalton’s line and delivery of “Nonsense! I’m sure if we bashed your head in, all sorts of secrets would come tumbling out…” never fails to crack me up 😂

    • @spencerkindra8822
      @spencerkindra8822 Рік тому +5

      "Thank you, Andrews." always makes me laugh.

    • @Gamingnstuff131
      @Gamingnstuff131 Рік тому +4

      Every line he had was solid gold, delivered perfectly.

    • @MrGrimlyFeendish
      @MrGrimlyFeendish Рік тому +1

      “Arrest me: I’m a slasher..”

    • @SNARC15
      @SNARC15 11 місяців тому +1

      @@Gamingnstuff131 Even in a non-spoken line (the "Fire" scene,) he still nails it.

  • @doctorvanya
    @doctorvanya Рік тому +139

    A friend of mine was a police officer in a rural community. One of her first call-outs involved a swan. Hot Fuzz is more true to life than most people realise.

    • @Rmlohner
      @Rmlohner Рік тому +11

      The DVD has a commentary by a pair of cops, discussing just how true it is.

    • @Fluffykeith
      @Fluffykeith Рік тому +7

      I watched this movie with my sister (works Forensics) and her partner (Is a Police Officer) and they were laughing at all these points that I didn't understand. They explained that there's tons of in jokes and references that only people in the police will understand. Like the name of the village is the one used in the example village in all the training manuals, etc.

    • @jonathancampbell5231
      @jonathancampbell5231 Рік тому +4

      There was a swan picked up by a police car down in England just a few days ago- it got photographed and was in the newspapers. Obviously, Hot Fuzz was referenced.

    • @spencerkindra8822
      @spencerkindra8822 Рік тому +4

      "Mister Staker. Mister Peter Ian Staker."
      "Right P.I. Staker, piss taker, COME ON!"

    • @Rmlohner
      @Rmlohner Рік тому +2

      @@spencerkindra8822 Right, Mr. Staker…

  • @kieranwhite6647
    @kieranwhite6647 Рік тому +98

    Absolutely adore Dalton in this film. He looks fantastic, he is funny but also intimidating and he just seems to be having the time of his life!

    • @annnee6818
      @annnee6818 Рік тому +1

      Yes he was amazing

    • @rokaanalzeer7148
      @rokaanalzeer7148 Рік тому +2

      That’s why it’s all the more funnier he did a toy porcupine who’s a thespian in Toy Story. You can tell he’s having a blast.

  • @ultimategamingchannel3800
    @ultimategamingchannel3800 Рік тому +46

    Timothy Dalton’s role in Hot Fuzz reminds me of the contrast we see in Daniel Craig’s role in Knives Out where both actors are able to show their range which they weren’t able to with the same extent in the Bond films

    • @jamesatkinsonja
      @jamesatkinsonja Рік тому +5

      Craig is also clearly having a blast in his supporting role in 'Logan Lucky'.

    • @spencerkindra8822
      @spencerkindra8822 Рік тому +6

      It sucks that TLD and LTK were so self serious as a response to the goofiness of the Roger Moore era because Dalton has some great comedic chops. Though I will say both of his movies have a lot more humor than people realize.

    • @sandersson2813
      @sandersson2813 Рік тому +1

      I really think Craig is a terrible actor.

    • @spencerkindra8822
      @spencerkindra8822 Рік тому +8

      @@sandersson2813 You're crazy.

    • @jamesatkinsonja
      @jamesatkinsonja Рік тому +2

      @@spencerkindra8822 There is certainly humour in those films-mainly though Q- but the serious approach was very much Dalton's desire at the time given the 'get back to the novel's' aim of his portrayal as Bond.

  • @williamblakehall5566
    @williamblakehall5566 Рік тому +43

    I love Hot Fuzz, but my favorite non-Bond Dalton may be as a weirdly evil Errol Flynn type in The Rocketeer. If anyone can take Errol Flynn and turn him into an old-school villain, it's Dalton.

    • @JB0071051982
      @JB0071051982 Рік тому +6

      The Rocketeer was my introduction to Timothy Dalton! I could not take my eyes off him in every scene he was in. I recall watching both of his James Bond movies shortly afterwards and I really enjoyed his performances in both. Been a fan of his ever since, always excited when he is in a new project be it a movie or a tv series.

    • @andrewklang809
      @andrewklang809 Рік тому +8

      Came here to post this. Such a wonderful role, a real old-school pencil-mustache-twisting villain.

  • @combatwombat2134
    @combatwombat2134 Рік тому +30

    The scene where he smiles next to a photo of him smiling gets me giggling every single time. 😂

    • @sandersson2813
      @sandersson2813 Рік тому +1

      That is just perfect

    • @mohammedashian8094
      @mohammedashian8094 10 місяців тому

      That’s what I love about it usually it has become a trope and a bit of lazy comedy but Edgar wright somehow took it and added his spin on it and made it not only refreshing but genuinely funny

  • @ryano7220
    @ryano7220 Рік тому +85

    It's amazing how layered his performance here actually is. He has to simultaneously portray psychotic malevolence, charm and good humour while trying to stay credible as a "respectable" character. One hell of a performance!

  • @Dappatron
    @Dappatron Рік тому +24

    Hot Fuzz is a banger of a movie. Filmed just down the road to where I live.
    Bumped into Dalton when they were filming and he was such a top bloke. Licence to Kill is my favourite Bond movie, so meeting him was amazing.
    A little fun fact, the church where they have the spire fall down and kill the journalist had one of it's spires actually fall off in a storm last year.... nobody brutally killed from it this time 😂
    Also, the pub in the movie is called The Crown and they have a police vest on the wall signed by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, so worth popping in if anyone ever ends up down this way

  • @rmartins1984
    @rmartins1984 Рік тому +47

    Timothy Dalton was also really funny and menacing at the same time in season four of Chuck, where he played a Russian baddie. Hugely underrated show.

    • @09juliancarr
      @09juliancarr Рік тому +8

      Completely agree!!! And as the rest of the cast said he was a total pro and a joy to be on set and he ‘lifted’ the show

    • @itachiuchiha7728
      @itachiuchiha7728 Рік тому +3

      dont forget Flash Gordon

    • @mrcritical6751
      @mrcritical6751 Рік тому

      Alexei’s such a weirdly enjoyable villain, would’ve been a great final villain but instead we got Quinn and that stupid season finale

    • @jamesbond99
      @jamesbond99 Рік тому

      @@mrcritical6751 at first i hated the series final villain quin but the more times i watched it grew on me still hoping for that movie though

  • @jamesatkinsonja
    @jamesatkinsonja Рік тому +22

    Dalton's most recent credit is the TV show 1923 with Harrison Ford-meaning Ford has now worked with 3 Bonds! [Connery-Indy 3, Craig-Cowboy's and Aliens]. Nice to see Dalton is still busy at 76.
    He also played 'Lord Asriel' in the 2003-04 stage adaptation of 'His Dark Materials'-a role which was filled by Daniel Craig for the [Golden Compass] movie!

    • @DafyddBrooks
      @DafyddBrooks Рік тому +2

      well said. I'd infact go as far saying that Tim has had the most varied career out of all the Bond actors
      OH don't forget Charlies angels as dashing Damien Roth

    • @mrcritical6751
      @mrcritical6751 Рік тому +1

      And all of them period pieces

  • @Rmlohner
    @Rmlohner Рік тому +27

    Dalton absolutely kills it in Doom Patrol, where at first he seems to have kind of a thankless role as the straight man to all the goofy heroes, but eventually the depths of the character let him do some really complicated and heartbreaking stuff.

    • @doctorvanya
      @doctorvanya Рік тому +1

      I remember when Doom Patrol first came out I was very on the fence about whether to watch it or not. Dalton's presence is what tipped the scales and I'm so glad, it's now one of my favorite series ever.

  • @Fluffykeith
    @Fluffykeith Рік тому +12

    Dalton is having so much fun in this movie. It's glorious.

  • @ramblingRJ
    @ramblingRJ Рік тому +16

    I enjoyed seeing a very young Dalton in the excellent 1968 film " The Lion in Winter", with Peter O'Toole, Katherine Hepburn and Anthony Hopkins. It's a terrific historical drama with great dialogue. Young Dalton holds his own with some screen legends.

    • @davidjames579
      @davidjames579 Рік тому +6

      It was that role that got Harry Saltzman to offer him Bond in OHMSS.

    • @estellasalmi9409
      @estellasalmi9409 Рік тому +1

      Love that film!

    • @birdsteak9267
      @birdsteak9267 Рік тому

      ​@@davidjames579 Which Dalton should have taken.

    • @davidjames579
      @davidjames579 Рік тому

      @@birdsteak9267 No he was right. At 25 he was too young.

    • @birdsteak9267
      @birdsteak9267 Рік тому +1

      @@davidjames579 So was Brosnan when everyone wanted him. Still, he would have done a better job at HMSS and movies that came after. He didn't look that terrible young, like a brat at Age 25. He could still have pulled it off.
      Not that this conversation have much value 40 years after. But considering how long Roger Moore stayed, in hinsight a younger actor could have maintained a better consistency as a believable spy.
      Spies, they have Special Intelligence Operative training, these guys in real life are selected at age 18 and serves for about 10 years in heavy duty, due to health regulation related to their health because of the intense training at least in my country where we value health and the older generation get replaced with the new. James Bond would be 28-30 when recruited to be a OO.
      It's far more believable than Craig becoming a OO in his 40s, than seeing a young bond joining OO from a young age growing into the OO7 of flemming. If losing your wife defines who you become, why not early? We experience love and attachment a lot stronger at a younger age, at least it explains James Bond personality change into what he became in the TLD and LTK. We are all a product of our experience and environment. A serious professional are someone who are hardened by past experiences, slip-ups, mistakes and faced the consequences of it.

  • @karlmelvinpsychotherapy4700
    @karlmelvinpsychotherapy4700 Рік тому +6

    Personally I thought Daltons best performance (aside from Bond), was the 4 part mini series Framed. He plays a criminal sociopath and it's very tense. I think it's on UA-cam somewhere.

  • @freemantle85
    @freemantle85 Рік тому +15

    As a West Country lad, I particularly love for this film since it was set in Gloucestershire and filmed in Wells. I like that PC Butterfield was a Bristol Rovers fan.

    • @mrcritical6751
      @mrcritical6751 Рік тому +1

      Ironically Nick Frost was not happy about playing a character who was a fan of Bristol Rovers and hated having to wear the shirt of a club he didn’t support

  • @DafyddBrooks
    @DafyddBrooks Рік тому +6

    It was nice of Simon Pegg to admire Daltons professionalism on this film. He was the first to arrive and the last to leave and when he didnt need to be on set with Simon Pegg for a scene, he came in anyway to help out.
    Just like what Katherine Hepburn did for Dalton when they worked on 'The lion in Winter' in 1968, you can see where he gets it all from :)

  • @TrentPruitt1997
    @TrentPruitt1997 Рік тому +10

    I think it’s Dalton’s best role and I love him as Bond. “You know what they say, news travels fast”. “I’m gonna need thome eyeth cweam.”

  • @cliffbeavers6158
    @cliffbeavers6158 Рік тому +35

    I still wish Dalton could have been in a couple more Bond films. I personally really enjoy his serious take on the character and his look.

    • @jamesatkinsonja
      @jamesatkinsonja Рік тому +5

      If you've read Mark Edlitz's book, they were going to go in a more 'lighter' direction after LTK [including Bond taking on a Robot assassin!] so it would have been interesting to see how Dalton's portrayal would have adapted to that.

    • @spencerkindra8822
      @spencerkindra8822 Рік тому +7

      He should've been in A View To A Kill instead of Moore. His potential third Bond movie which has Bond going to China sounds interesting enough. But I will say I'm glad they got Brosnan for GoldenEye because you needed a new Bond for the post Cold War era. Plus it was a mini reboot of the franchise.

    • @frankb821
      @frankb821 Рік тому +2

      He's a spry 76...not too late to bring him back for one more Bond flick now...since they're still tapping 80 year old Harrison Ford for Indiana Jones (not that it's advisable...)

    • @birdsteak9267
      @birdsteak9267 Рік тому

      ​@@spencerkindra8822 Except Goldeneye start at Pre-Post Cold War, and it had all the Dalton elements, such as betrayel, going through the emotions (Dalton is a better Actor for that) and revenge.
      Brosnan got the better end of the deal with a better script, and if Dalton did Goldeneye, in that alternate Universe Brosnan wouldn't have mattered. Brosnan later movies ended up quite underwhelming (Not Brosnan fault)
      Proving that Daltons direction were the best direction in term of theme.

    • @jamesatkinsonja
      @jamesatkinsonja 11 місяців тому

      @@spencerkindra8822 Yeah, looking at it from a 1995 perspective rather than a present day one, it was a lot easier to re-launch the series with a new actor rather than bring back the lead from the then fairly poorly regarded Licence to Kill 6 years prior as it would also postpone the relaunch to the next film [as Dalton was only interested in doing one extra film] and Dalton seemed fine calling it a day when he did.

  • @sportscardprofessor
    @sportscardprofessor Рік тому +6

    When are we getting Tomb Raider, one of Craig's finest I must say. Or The Rocketeer for that matter.

    • @jamesatkinsonja
      @jamesatkinsonja Рік тому +3

      Craig was the 'Croft' boy in that film! Seriously that probably was his most mainstream role prior to Bond and it would be interesting for a review [especially given the behind the scenes troubles, evident by it's short running time].

  • @scottbuckley823
    @scottbuckley823 Рік тому +8

    I love him in this and The Rocketeer i wouldn't mind if he came back to play a bond Villain. I 'd imagine he'd be like Elliot carver.

  • @DarthLenaPlant
    @DarthLenaPlant Рік тому +2

    His behind the scenes commentary on the filming is such a blast too, I love how he really had more fun while playing a supporting role (albeit a very plot-important one) in Hot Fuzz than playing the main character in James Bond XD

  • @peterkevintaylor
    @peterkevintaylor Рік тому +3

    The great big bushy beard bit always makes me chuckle.

  • @shakennotstirred007
    @shakennotstirred007 Рік тому +4

    Loved this film when it first came out and still do, it has one of the greatest lines. "You wanna be a big cop in a small town? F*** off up the model village.
    They must have liked Bond because Brosnan appears in The Worlds End. At the time it was great to see Dalton getting a film role again and love his "it really hurts" line at the end.

  • @bensneb360
    @bensneb360 Рік тому +6

    If you looked up “sh!t eatting grin” on the dictionary, a picture of Timothy Dalton in Hot Fuzz would be there. Dalton was so much fun and enjoyable in this movie, definitely one of his best.

  • @TheT3rr0rMask
    @TheT3rr0rMask Рік тому +4

    Got a soft spot for Hawks, which I recommend you check out Calvin. Dalton plays a character you'd never expect him to and you can't really picture anyone else in his place. Equal parts comedy, buddy road trip, and dramatic film.

  • @alexgeorge501
    @alexgeorge501 Рік тому +6

    love the shootout scene in the village square from this movie!

  • @matthewperris
    @matthewperris Рік тому +7

    Beautician and the Beast isn't half as bad as it's title suggests. It bombed at the box office (and the female lead's voice is something in itself), but it's a good watch and Dalton looks great in it (particularly in the third act). Made in 1997, it gives us an idea of what he would've looked like if he stayed on for a few more Bond adventures. Go watch it!

  • @callummoore6962
    @callummoore6962 Рік тому +6

    My favourite Edgar Wright film and since Dalton is my favourite Bond....this is my favourite Dalton film period.
    This is one of those films where nearly everytime I watch it I discover new things or even new jokes about it that adds to the rich viewing experience.

  • @Zreen001
    @Zreen001 Рік тому +5

    Since I was late to watching Hot Fuzz and any pre-Brosnan Bonds, my first Dalton was his role as Rassilon in the Doctor Who two-parter "End of Time", very impressive there and glad I got to see more of what he's done

  • @Dustemikkel_Rev
    @Dustemikkel_Rev Рік тому +5

    Hot Fuzz is amazing and Dalton is utterly brilliant, but as for Daltons best non Bond role The Rocketeer puts up a decent fight. A very underrated movie.

  • @OuterGalaxyLounge
    @OuterGalaxyLounge Рік тому +9

    I've seen two televised productions of Shakespeare's Antony & Cleopatra, one with Dalton and he's sensational in it. You can tell he's having the time of his life.

  • @neiltaylor6645
    @neiltaylor6645 Рік тому +13

    This film really showed the difference between dvd and blu ray the scene on blu ray when Simon Peg rides in on the horse you can see the banner behind him so clearly than the dvd

    • @alexdas2000
      @alexdas2000 Рік тому

      The 4k is crystal clear, the hdr10+ really bumps up the colours and the dts x is a solid audio mix

  • @cyborg8009
    @cyborg8009 Рік тому +3

    What are the odds! I was just watching a clip of Dalton in Hot Fuzz just before this!

  • @pauloloughlin1949
    @pauloloughlin1949 Рік тому +2

    "That's the way the cookie crumbles..."

  • @andrewdunn5568
    @andrewdunn5568 Рік тому +4

    Watched it on a plane to Hong Kong and then bought a bootleg at a market. Showed it to my family over the years. Sure i shouldn't have bought the bootleg but it led to more people watching it. You could say it was all for the greater good.

  • @BenCol
    @BenCol Рік тому +8

    Timothy Dalton's best Non-Bond role?
    Yes, definitely.
    (Though, I can only say that of the films & TV shows of his I've actually seen. Having not seen Saltwater Moose or The King's Whore maybe I shouldn't be so definitive - who knows? Maybe Saltwater Moose is an overlooked gem of a film.)
    I'd also say Simon Skinner definitely ranks as one of the best villains played by a Bond actor, if not the best. But then that's a list that's not too hard to top considering it also includes Sean Connery in The Avengers. Off the top of my head I'd say the closest competition is Daniel Craig in Tintin.

    • @calvindyson
      @calvindyson  Рік тому +3

      I love the implication here that you have seen Beautician and the Beast! After seeing the dvd cover I’m going to have to seek out a copy

    • @BenCol
      @BenCol Рік тому +1

      @@calvindyson Well, I have technically seen it. But since I was also playing the Beautician and the Beast drinking game, my memory of it is incredibly fuzzy. From what memories survived that night, I don't recall Dalton's performance in that film topping Hot Fuzz.

    • @BenCol
      @BenCol Рік тому

      @@treesoul00 But he's not a villain in Knives Out.

    • @spencerkindra8822
      @spencerkindra8822 Рік тому +2

      @@calvindyson The only way I'd ever heard of Beautician and the beast is that Paul Rudd mentions it when he's ranting to Jane Lynch in The 40 Year Old Virgin haha.

    • @darkhall8227
      @darkhall8227 Рік тому

      @@calvindyson Hawks movie and Framed tv mini series are well worth a look with Timothy Dalton and Chuck tv series season 4. It would be nice to know your thoughts on these

  • @opiejaye
    @opiejaye Рік тому +7

    Definitely my favourite of the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy and one of my favourite comedy movies. I visited Wells a few years ago, it was great to see all the filming locations.

  • @jessicastrike5640
    @jessicastrike5640 Рік тому +5

    One of my absolute favourite films of all time! It is one of those very films I would declare as utterly perfect from opening logos to end credits. Glad you’ve covered this and hope you do future videos on the others in the trilogy

  • @robertwild9447
    @robertwild9447 Рік тому +4

    Also shout out to Paul Freeman, who played Belloq in Raiders of the Lost Arc and played the priest in this film.

    • @spencerkindra8822
      @spencerkindra8822 Рік тому +1

      "You may not be a man of God but surely you're a man of peace."
      "I may not be a man of God, reverend but I know right and I know wrong and I have the good grace to know which is which."
      "Ah fuck off, grass hopper" BAM!

  • @zambonsfilmemporium1526
    @zambonsfilmemporium1526 Рік тому +7

    Hot Fuzz is my fave of the trilogy mainly because of Timmy.

  • @twrampage
    @twrampage Рік тому +4

    This is my personal favourite comedy. So well directed and edited with pretty well every line having a payoff later on in the film.

  • @sergiosrrubio
    @sergiosrrubio Рік тому +3

    My toughts exatcly. Dalton nails every character that he plays in every movie/show that he's on. Jut the past week i started Penny Dreadfull, and seeing Dalton STEALING every scene with the company of the best Bond girl of all the time (Eva Green) brings nothing obout joy to this Bond fan!
    Great review as always!

  • @BricklyDragon
    @BricklyDragon Рік тому +2

    Timothy Dalton’s best non bond role voice for me is Mr Prickle Pants from Toy Story 3.

  • @evgenkhersonets880
    @evgenkhersonets880 Рік тому +3

    Literally my best movie ever. I'm a sucker for plot twists and foreshadowing.

  • @residentsteve
    @residentsteve Рік тому +7

    Brilliant movie would love a sequel, mr Peter Ian Staker 😂 so many great lines and Dalton as the manager of somerfield it’s so good. If you have watched it many times like me the bit where nick frost finishes a cornetto twice 🤣.

  • @Dohsoda
    @Dohsoda Рік тому +3

    My favorite Timothy Dalton performance, outside of James Bond, is in "The Rocketeer" (1991). He was a fantastic and charming villian.

  • @LeonWick526
    @LeonWick526 Рік тому +2

    "You're not going to listen to this man are you?! HE ISN'T EVEN FROM ROUND HERE!"

  • @dannycalifornia1300
    @dannycalifornia1300 Рік тому +4

    For anyone that is unfamiliar (all two of you) the TV series ‘Spaced’ with Simon Pegg and directed by Edgar Wright is magnificent (2 series, approx 6 episodes per series), the commentaries are even better, and the series’ are a prelude of sorts to the cornetto movies.

  • @christianbrown7438
    @christianbrown7438 Рік тому +3

    I crack up every time when the scene with Skinner's photo comes up. Such a stupid gag, but it's funny everytime

  • @jk2389
    @jk2389 Рік тому +2

    Loved Timothy in the film especially in the car chase when he yells "Swan !!!"

  • @sgtfrozty
    @sgtfrozty Рік тому +1

    "Hello Nicholas. How's the hand?"
    "...still a bit stiff."
    default line that pops up whenever I hear about Hot Fuzz

  • @ldwp6395
    @ldwp6395 Рік тому +3

    I saw Hot Fuzz before either of Dalton's Bond films, so this is what made me a fan of him.

  • @jamesturner9651
    @jamesturner9651 Рік тому +4

    I really liked this movie and you can just tell that Dalton is having a ball the whole time.

  • @richardgrant517
    @richardgrant517 Рік тому +2

    This film really feels like the point where Dalton's career shifted and he started getting cast in genre works based in part on his legacy as a former James Bond. Mostly it's been tv work like Doctor Who, Chuck, Penny Dreadful and Doom Patrol, but it's been nice to see Dalton get some love as a genre actor over the last decade and a bit.

  • @damienfenton3880
    @damienfenton3880 Рік тому +4

    Totally random comment but I was watching The Banshees of Inisherin and it occurred to me that Brendan Gleeson would make a great M in the same vein as Bernard Lee in the early Connery movies.

    • @rmartins1984
      @rmartins1984 Рік тому +3

      Not a bad idea. He reminds me more of Jon Don Baker though.

    • @Betta66
      @Betta66 Рік тому +1

      I’d be down for that

  • @maxmustermann6612
    @maxmustermann6612 Рік тому +4

    I absolutely adore this film

  • @LittenMandrake
    @LittenMandrake Рік тому +2

    Highly recommend The Rocketeer for anyone looking for a good traditional superhero movie. Kind of a lost "family adventure" genre movie with Dalton playing an excellent villain just shortly after License to Kill

  • @stephenkoranteng6260
    @stephenkoranteng6260 Рік тому +3

    One of my favourite movies and very quotable too!!!

  • @HamanKarn567
    @HamanKarn567 Рік тому +2

    He wasn't the main character but he was pretty good in Cromwell also.

  • @SwordmasterKane
    @SwordmasterKane Рік тому +1

    I love this movie. This is one of my all-time favourites, and it cemented its status when I went to undergo an internship for six months in a small English town not unlike Sandford. I saw the similarities depicted by this movie around every corner - the CCTV signs everywhere, telling me that the neighborhood watch has an eye on everything, and also the convenience stores that would not allow more than two schoolchildren at a time inside.
    This was actually the first Edgar Wright movie I watched. I had heard of "Shaun of the Dead", of course, but I'm not into zombie movies that much, so I let that pass. But "Hot Fuzz" blew me away. The gory murders, the mystery around it, and then the total escalation at the end were huge surprises. I also loved Timothy Dalton in this role. Every time afterwards I went into an English supermarket of the same brand, I imagined him sitting behind a one-view mirror watching everything with this sinister smile.

  • @JagoHazzard
    @JagoHazzard Рік тому +1

    Dalton has the charisma to make a brilliant villain. I like him as Bond, but I love him in villain roles. Like, I'd honestly love to see him cast as a Bond villain, but I doubt they'd ever be so bold.

    • @jamesatkinsonja
      @jamesatkinsonja Рік тому +1

      Can't say personally I'm a fan of bringing Bond Alumni back even for a cameo-it feels too much like a gimick and a distraction [hence why I think it was probably for the best the idea of having Sean Connery play Kincade in Skyfall didn't materialise]. Still, plenty of villian roles elsewhere to go around!

  • @sashaking1115
    @sashaking1115 Рік тому +3

    This film is amazing! Full of great lines and scenes. And also, Nick Frost came up with the name ‘Danny Butterman’.

  • @JDT-Loadsamoney
    @JDT-Loadsamoney Рік тому +1

    I get into bond in this year after making it my New Year’s resolution to actually watch them.
    Then, I get into this channel literally two days ago.
    And now, today, two days after I find it, you review my favourite movie of all time.
    Life is good.

  • @DeanJones_92
    @DeanJones_92 Рік тому +2

    One of my very favourite comedies, plenty of great gags and a terrific cast all round. I managed to meet Paul Freeman at a Comic Con in Cardiff a few years, which was a great experience. 🙂

  • @Atashi2
    @Atashi2 Рік тому +1

    Dalton's best non-Bond role is Edward ROCHESTER (1983 BBC series: JANE EYRE).
    After that, Volkoff (Chuck), Heathcliff (Wuthering Heights), Sir Malcolm Murray (Penny Dreadful), Jack Carver (Red Eagle), Skinner (Hot Fuzz), Rhett Butler (Scarlett, many people don't like him but he does a great job here), Juan de Dios (The Man Who Knew Love) and King Vittorio (The King's Wh*re).
    He is also great in Mary, Queen of Scots, Flash Gordon, Hawks, The Doctor and the Devils, Framed, The Rocketeer, Made Men, Doctor Who, The IRA informant, Toy Story of Terror, and now in 1923.
    Good review. Thanks!

  • @JRS06
    @JRS06 Рік тому +3

    How much longer will it be before you review Sir Billi? It was technically Connery's final film performance and it's... surely something.

    • @spencerkindra8822
      @spencerkindra8822 Рік тому +2

      Sir Billi is....a movie that's for sure haha. It's honestly tragic that that was Connery's final role. Had he called it quits after doing the voice work for the From Russia With Love video game, that would've been a very respectable way to end his career especially since that was arguably his best movie. It's too bad he turned down the role of Kincaid in Skyfall because that would've been the perfect final role for him: it's a James Bond film the character he pioneered on screen, his role is to help Bond and M, not only is it set in his native Scotland but Daniel Craig's Bond being Scottish is because Connery was Scottish, and it came out in 2012, the fiftieth anniversary of his first Bond film Dr. No. Instead he's in this awful animated movie that looks something you'd see on a bowling alley screen when you get a strike. At least he's trying in The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen a movie that for all of it's faults was successful at the box office. Ah well. Albert Finney did a great job in Skyfall so I have no complaints about his performance.

  • @samuelbarber6177
    @samuelbarber6177 Рік тому +2

    Check out The World’s End, Pierce Brosnan does pretty much the exact same thing.

  • @andrewgee241
    @andrewgee241 Рік тому +2

    The Rocketeer is worth a review. Dalton isn't the star but the main villain.

  • @robertwild9447
    @robertwild9447 Рік тому +4

    I love the whole cornetto trilogy, and Timothy Dalton is so great in this one.

  • @stephenbain389
    @stephenbain389 Рік тому +2

    Dalton himself said it was the most fun he had on any film - and it certainly shows. I don't know if this is true or not but I heard that Dalton did this in response to claims that he couldn't do humour.
    I do agree with you that he's better suited as a leading man on television rather than film.
    I saw what I thought was a pretty awful film with him a few months back called "Possessed" - basically a low rent version of The Exorcist. Would be interested to hear a review of that.

  • @bennparrish8556
    @bennparrish8556 Рік тому +2

    Dalton is amazing here, but I love his role in The Rocketeer at least as much.

  • @jamesatkinsonja
    @jamesatkinsonja Рік тому +1

    David Arnold also worked on the Frost-Pegg film 'Paul' [without Edgar Wright]. For whatever reason, that was the last film he worked on until last years 'Confess, Fletch'.

  • @Goldeneye1997
    @Goldeneye1997 Рік тому +2

    Dalton is at his best when he’s enjoying himself. Hot Fuzz is definitely a film where he’s clearly having fun, or at least doing a really good job acting.
    Hands down the best casting choice for that character. He has the perfect balance of menace, wry sense of humor and ruggedness that he brings to anything he’s in.

  • @cameraman502
    @cameraman502 Рік тому +1

    I would recommend Dalton's role as Phillip II in "The Lion in Winter" opposite Peter O'Toole, Katherine Hepburn, and Anthony Hopkins as a great early role of his. Also his role as Prince Rupert in "Cromwell" and as Sinclair in "The Rocketeer" where he is clearly having a ball like he is in this film.

  • @spaceodds1985
    @spaceodds1985 Рік тому +3

    Do feel free to spool through 😉

  • @nesan2421
    @nesan2421 Рік тому +1

    "Stay back or the ginger nut gets it!" is one of those lines you can't forget.

  • @michaelsinger4638
    @michaelsinger4638 Рік тому +2

    Dalton is an amazing character actor..

  • @LicencetoWho
    @LicencetoWho Рік тому +1

    My favourite Dalton stuff outside of Bond would probably be this, Hawks and Framed, he was amazing in Framed.

  • @FransJan28
    @FransJan28 Рік тому +2

    Have you seen Chuck. Love him in that show!

  • @Mr.Aficionado87
    @Mr.Aficionado87 3 місяці тому

    I'll never forget when this came out - I too was in film school at the time. My fav of the Cornetto Trilogy. Timothy Dalton stole the show in this film! Every time I shared this movie with my friends I always happily informed them " Hey, this guy was Bond! Check him out!"

  • @andrewb5429
    @andrewb5429 Рік тому

    Great review, Calvin!

  • @andrewhopkins1010
    @andrewhopkins1010 Рік тому +1

    Timothy Dalton was great in one of my all time favorite shows, Chuck, playing a villain.

  • @MrGrimlyFeendish
    @MrGrimlyFeendish Рік тому +1

    I think Timothy Dalton would be excellent as a Bond villain. Like Sean Bean & Javier Bardem he could portray an embittered ex-secret agent and it could be left to the fandom to debate whether he was portraying the same character..

  • @louisdellalucca8969
    @louisdellalucca8969 Рік тому +1

    Fun fact: the Santa that stabbed Simon Pegg in the beginning was played by Peter Jackson

  • @Beatleboylevi
    @Beatleboylevi Рік тому

    This is a go to for me every month. Love it and always makes me laugh.

  • @AndrewJamesGordon
    @AndrewJamesGordon Рік тому +1

    Being one of the presumably few people who have seen "The Beautician & the Beast", I should warn you it would be 107 minutes of your life you would never get back. It tries to be Beauty & the Beast, The King & I, Evita, and The Sound of Music all in one and fails miserably at the task.
    I would recommend however Dalton's performance as Philip II in "The Lion in Winter" (1968) his film debut. Also, fun fact: Dalton was offered the role of Bond 3 times and only accepted on the third. He was first asked to replace Connery in OHMSS and again in 1972 for LALD, but turned the role down both times because he felt he was too young for the role.

  • @MarvellousLookingBeggar
    @MarvellousLookingBeggar Рік тому +1

    Calvin, the ultimate Bond actor in a non-Bond role is Pierce Brosnan in The Tailor of Panama, a not well remembered or fondly remembered film but Brosnan is easily the best thing about it, especially for Bond fans.

  • @lynnebitkhead8918
    @lynnebitkhead8918 Рік тому +2

    His portrayal of Heathcliffe in Wuthering Heights in the 80's was amazing.

    • @mohammedashian8094
      @mohammedashian8094 10 місяців тому

      I think you mean mr Rochester in Jane eyre he played Heathcliffe in 1970

    • @lynnebitkhead8918
      @lynnebitkhead8918 10 місяців тому

      @@mohammedashian8094 I just googled it and you are right it was 1970, I didn't realise it was so long ago. He must have been very young.

  • @zacharyantle7940
    @zacharyantle7940 Рік тому +1

    Still think one of the strangest things I ever saw was the made for TV Gone With the Wind sequel with him as Rhett Butler of all things lmao

  • @andrewchapman4267
    @andrewchapman4267 Рік тому +3

    My my, here come the Fuzz

  • @andreasedwards5991
    @andreasedwards5991 Рік тому +2

    How is he in Penny Dreadful anyone? He's one of my pulls to watch the show, first would be Eva Green of course

  • @tobylerone8416
    @tobylerone8416 Рік тому

    Another great vid Calvin. My thoughts are that you should branch out into reviewing other movies new and old after seeing your appraisal of Hot Fuzz. I love all your Bond content as well of course, great stuff.

  • @ntcnetwork9934
    @ntcnetwork9934 Рік тому +2

    I would love to see you cover Black Adam. It’s not great, but I just think that’d be a funny review, especially your reaction to Brosnan playing a superhero. 😂

    • @jamesatkinsonja
      @jamesatkinsonja Рік тому +1

      I'll be interested to see if that gets Brosnan more 'character actor' parts coming into his 70's going forward. Given it could have taken the DC universe in a very different direction to the James Gunn future if it had succeeded [as the Rock clearly fancied taking it over] it would be fun to get a review of it.

    • @ntcnetwork9934
      @ntcnetwork9934 Рік тому +2

      @@jamesatkinsonja I’m hoping that Pierce is one of the actors they keep!

    • @spencerkindra8822
      @spencerkindra8822 Рік тому +1

      He's without a doubt the ONLY good thing about that movie. I watched it this week and wow was it bad.

    • @ntcnetwork9934
      @ntcnetwork9934 Рік тому +1

      @@spencerkindra8822 idk if I could go that far, but definitely the best.

    • @spencerkindra8822
      @spencerkindra8822 Рік тому

      @@ntcnetwork9934 I’m probably being too harsh but either way that movie wasn’t good.

  • @TheBeird
    @TheBeird Рік тому +2

    In an alternate universe, Hot Fuzz is a Comic Strip Presents movie starring Rik Mayal, Ade Edminson, French and Saunders, Nigel Planer et all. It's got that vibe to me

    • @davidjames579
      @davidjames579 Рік тому +2

      The Bullshitters Meets Five Go Mad In Dorset.

  • @CodytheVictorian
    @CodytheVictorian Рік тому +1

    Now that you’ve talked about Dalton in Hot Fuzz, ya gotta talk about Brosnan in The World’s End

  • @exeterjedi6730
    @exeterjedi6730 Рік тому +1

    Police captured a swan in Plymouth this week, just up from my house.

  • @JaredGriffiths2000
    @JaredGriffiths2000 Рік тому +2

    Awesome movie! My favourite of the Cornetto trilogy.

  • @Blokewood3
    @Blokewood3 Рік тому +1

    Timothy Dalton is amazing as Volkoff in Season 4 of "Chuck."

  • @gabrielledebourg2487
    @gabrielledebourg2487 Рік тому +1

    I use to describe watching Hot Fuzz as "You almost have as fun as Timothy Dalton has."

  • @celondelon351
    @celondelon351 Рік тому +3

    He was pretty good in Jane Eyre