People said he played it too seriously but the set up was his fellow agents being murdered in cold blood. It seems at least reasonable he might have acted this way. As outlandish as it seems.
Christopher Nolan has made no secret that he’s a big fan of the Bond movies. You can definitely see the influence in his movies. Nolan has also said Timothy Dalton was his favorite Bond actor. Bond’s escape here is similar to Batman’s escape from the train in Batman Begins. The opening scene in The Dark Knight Rises is similar to the opening from License to Kill.
Having recently binge-watched all the Bond films (3 a day if anyone is asking), I think Dalton was criminally underrated and should’ve done at least two more Bond films if it weren’t for all the legal issues that occurred in the early 90’s. After the camp excess of the Roger Moore era, Dalton was a breath of fresh air and had that right blend of ruthlessness and grittiness that Daniel Craig would revive 2 decades later. Had it not been for said legal issues, Dalton would have done Property of a Lady/Whisper of Terror and then signed off with GoldenEye. What could of been, eh?
what about if Dalton was 007 on For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy and A View to a Kill? I think those films would been more seriously especially the last two with a grain of raw action
Best opening scene of all the James bond movies - The Living Daylights with Timothy Dalton - my number one James bond movie - pure perfection in every way possible ! Subscribed right away.
The thing I like the most about Dalton's bond is how he did some of the stunts, and you could tell he was comfortable manoeuvring around quickly and quietly, which gives credence to his Bond portrayal. 3:04 was something the audiences hadn't seen a Bond do so casually before.
Brilliant start to a great film. It’s just wall to wall awesomeness! This fast, inventive and thrilling chase to kick things off with, then the assassin at the concert hall and the Harrier escape in Berlin, then the KGB mansion attack with an amazing fight in the kitchen, the Aston Martin evading the Russians in the snow, the mujahideen pitched battle in Afghanistan and the UNBELIEVABLE stunts and fight in the Hercules... it’s just cracking, cracking Bond from start to end!
+1. I re-watched this movie a few months ago after about 20 years and was utterly stunned at how damn _good_ it is. I remember thinking it to be a solid, if unremarkable, Bond film at the time it came out but my opinion has since changed drastically. The story is grounded in the reality of U.S. - Soviet Cold War brinkmanship, not some ridiculous scheme for world domination. The Bond girl is gorgeous but sweetly vulnerable, which makes the attraction between her and Bond more believable and intimate. The enemy enforcer is a baddass and the kitchen fight scene is outstanding (even if it doesn't even involve Bond at all). The villain music cue in the film's soundtrack is memorable and ominous. And the final fight with Bond hanging out the back of the Hercules is simply spectacular. I'd put this film in the top five of all Bond movies.
To me, Timothy Dalton's Bond was a precursor to Daniel Craig's Bond; right out of the Fleming ORIGINAL novels. Too bad Dalton wasn't given more Bond roles.
I remember not being a huge fan of Dalton as Bond back when his two films were released... But both this and License To Kill are the Bond-films I have rewatched the most out of all the films in the series.
Never realized before: at 1:51 a bloke in white tennis gear jumps over the side of the cliff to avoid the car. Kinda defeats the point of saving yourself if you jump over a cliff.
Ha, good catch! Quite a barrel roll! I was too busy connection fake dots, thinking those two girls in the car were the same karate masters from TMWTGG and distracted by 7UP placement & “fruitcart” crashes like Moonraker.
After watching TLD for the third time this week, I can honestly say this may be my favorite Bond film. I always enjoyed Dalton as Bond, I wish they were still able to get on with his third movie as originally planned. Updated: Fourth time this week.
I think the reason a lot of people said Timothy Dalton's Bond was too uptight was because they were a little too used to Roger Moore's campy style. Dalton's Bond had a more believable personality.
Calm and reasoned, I always it was an excellent decision to make him a sniper, and then make him refuse to make the shot. To hell with orders I only kill professionals. Class.
Jonathan Nagel Dalton admitted he wanted to wait for the right moment. In my humble opinion, he should of been Bond in For Your Eyes Only. It’s stripped back and realistic approach would of suited him.
The best part is the stunts. No editing, no shaky cam with lots of cuts. It‘s actually a dude sitting on the roof of a burning car thats doing dangerous swerves whilst driving on a tiny road right next to a steep and very high cliff. Very few movies do that nowadays due to the progress in editing software. Respect where respect is due.
Massively underrated, kept the public school educated charm of the books, martinis and tuxedos while opening the door for the ruthless streak of Daniel Craig. His first scene in living daylights when he transformed from opera lover in tuxedo to camouflaged sniper was excellent.
@@stephenle-surf9893 or in license to kill, when Sanchez killed Krest he felt sorry for MK. As the book said. "He hates to kill, but when he has in duty he makes his job like a surgeon in front of the death"
Crazy as hell scene from the movie The living daylights for 1987 in this scene in the movie Timothy Dalton actually did some of his own stunts believe it or not.. he talked about it in an interview
Such an 80s film. Love it. Dalton brought back the physical Bond of the novels and moved away from the Moore playboy image to a more darker version. Craig's Bond could not exist had Dalton not set the tone for him. Pierce Brosnan was a great Bond in his own right. Cooler than them all but not as intimidating as Dalton, Craig and Connery. Still, as an old-timer who grew up on Connery and Moore, I have to say the Danial Craig version restored life to the series by synthesizing the best of all of them while still being entirely unique.
I’ve seen the dalton films as I was older, and I really appreciated his intensity and humanity. never overplayed, very realistic and grounded. I had already seen the Connery ones when younger - that’s… legend -, some of the Moore ones around the same time and 20ish years go the only lazenby film which is one of my favorite - very very underrated, I consider it the topmost point of bond after Connery, after that it really went downhill, though I appreciate they went another direction with Moore, which is my least favorite but I still appreciate it. Craig is Craig, despite they did something you just don’t do with bond: bond never dies, you just don’t do it. Brosnan was the first one I saw in cinemas and I liked him, he was spot on in his own way. Interestingly I later found out he was supposed to take the role instead of dalton but had to pass bacause of other commitments. So we got dalton instead. I agree it’s unfortunate he only got to do 2 films.
I love how fast the real guard at the gate was able to assess the sitution. The assassin runs over a soldier and drives through the gate. Next thing the guard is out with a submachine gun and scores direct hits.
He was damn good Dalton. The best and most believable actor to play Bond while losing none of the humour. Shame he didn’t do Goldeneye. He’d have been excellent.
@@missyadams When i was younger I wasn't too keen on Dalton now i'm older and wiser I think he's better than Daniel Craig in fact both his films I think are top tier
Dalton on the back of the vehicle, the headbutt delivered to the assassin (this would have been a judo chop under Moore/Brosnan) and the way he flips down from the roof of the boat adds to the believability of Daltons bond being tough and ruthless.
2:51 BORING ???? Didn't you Just Saw that man Parachute out of a flaming Land Rover that Was driven off a cliff and exploded on impact? Good god How exciting must the 80s have been that an event like that was considered boring .
Dallas Dan Digital Productions No, that’s not what they tried to do at all. The Raiders chase is a far bigger piece of that film and much more is going on with the plot as a result of it. This is just an appetiser to what follows, it just sets the scene for “smert spionem” and you could still have everything that comes after without this scene, it’s just that it’s a great introduction to the new bond which I think they did really, really well.
I absolutely love this movie from start to finish, the great thing about this film is that it's got plenty of action scenes in it & the music fits in remarkably well too & to my personal opinion Dalton played a really good bond character with razor sharp instincts, The Living Daylights has been & always will be the best bond movie I've ever seen, An Excellent Bond Movie 😁😁😆😆😊😊😎🍸🍷🍹🍾🔫👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
This movie was a favorite of mine growing up--my friends and I used to hang out and watch a half dozen of these movies back to back. This remains the only Bond movie I've ever bought the soundtrack for!
Too (two) few with Timothy Dalton as James Bond. As the end credits roll Chrissie Hynde sings us out with "If There Was a Man" and that subtle touch puts The Living Daylights right at the top of the Bond pantheon.for me. This film made me appreciate Timothy Dalton even more over the past thirty-three years.
It took me so many watches before I realized he kicked the windshield at 2:22 to provide an updraft so his parachute could get air. I love the little details.
Always and forever my favourite Bond. He's up there with Sir Sean Connery because they both understood the character; Bond is a cold-blooded reptile with a sense of honour.
Timothy Dalton. Portrayed James Bond Perfectly. The first 20 minutes of the film involving the Kosscoff Defection & "Sniper 2 floors up, Center Window". "Whoever she was.... must of scared the Living Daylights out of her!." Was the Best scene to depict Bond and I Loved his performance. Both Very Understated & Underrated Yet when watching Both Bond Films of Dalton's time It's undesputable that he as an actor set a Tone and a new image that would be attempted again and emulated with Daniel Craig. Also Single-handedly the absolute best line to deliver to your boss when a Lady offers you a Glass of the Bubbly. 🍾
I liked both but they were different bonds I couldn't see Dalton do the campy witty bond like Moore does and no way Moore could do brutal harsh bond like Dalton does
@@SeizureGman Moore was a bit brutal in LALD, MWTGG & FYEO, more so in the last one even though he didn’t enjoy doing it( kicks car and falls off the cliff).
@@SeizureGman I agree. The first two movies, they tried to make Roger like Sean. It wasn’t until TSWLM that they got the formula right for Roger. Roger does say in his biography he wasn’t happy about the scene in FYEO as that wasn’t the sort of thing his Bond would have done.
Loved this film as a kid. I remember going to watch it at Blackpool Odeon with my dad...I would have been six/seven. It was thrilling! We had fish and chips after and were raving about the film. Such a nice memory 😊
This scene is excellent with so many interesting things going on. It's like Raiders of the Lost Ark quality. 1. Good guys firing paintballs while the bad guy is killing them. No fair! 2. Scenic view/drops at every turn. 3. Bond hanging onto a canvas top clawing his way in. Bad guy shooting through top back at him. 4. Winding road of oncoming traffic and barriers. 5. Ticking time bomb of explosives on fire. 6. Monkeys 7. Bond escaping out the back in parachute. 8. Bad guy screaming in terror then blowing up in mid-air. 9. Bond of course landing on a boat with an attractive woman and immediately seducing her.
I seriously wish timothy dalton had made more james bond films. at least two more. it's sad that he wasn't able to. He makes a very realistic bond grounded in the real world.
Typical hot bimbo . no one would just hand a stranger that jumped their boat a glass of Dom Perignon after that. And where did the dam truck go? The editing made it look like truck landed on the boat below him.Just poorly done
A hard and brave Bond was Timothy making violent scenes ! That was one of my favourites and flying at the air charter cutting the soes to the brown villian too ! Thank you. Daniel.
We just saw Bond take on a killer who was driving recklessly down a mountain in a vehicle with a burning cargo of explosives. Not only did Bond take care of it but got a date with a hot girl in the end.
@@stevearmstrong5324 In the David Lodge novel 'Nice Work', published around this time, the main female character has a similar haircut, and the main male character's daughter wonders if she is a 'lesbian'. In the TV version Haydn Gwynne had a longer hairdo.
The "girl" is one of his older conquests - she is easily over 30. A teenager, even a wealthy one, probably would not be hanging out alone on a small pleasure boat like that.
It was Criminal that Timothy Dalton did not get at least another two or 3 James Bond appearances after licence to kill. i think Dalton was brilliant as 007.
Almost as good as the start for OHMSS. Gotta give that one the top spot for a Bond debut because of the outstanding Breaking the Fourth Wall line, "This never happened to the other fellow." But still, love this opening, this movie and this Bond.
One of the best sequences of dialogue in any 007 movie. Especially to introduce the new Bond. "Exercise control 007 here. I'll report in an hour". "Won't you join me?" "Better make that two"
First James Bond movie I saw when I was 5 or 6, and still one of my favourite pre-titles sequences. Too young at the time to understand what paintballs were, so for years I thought people could get shot in the chest, leg, etc. and just keep going.
There are certain scenes that perfectly define James Bond as a character. This is one of those scenes. I think Dalton is criminally underrated as a Bond actor -- Living Daylights was a perfect film for its time and place.
Perfect intro to Dalton’s Bond. Folks just weren’t ready for it- they had over a decade of Moore’s campy playboy version. Here we got Bond the commando, a cold blooded killer who professionally executes the mission no matter the cost.
He says "Bond, James Bond" fast, like he doesn't care. Just like any other day. So cool, gritty, perfect.
thats what you do when you just gotta get something done i guess lol
For him, it was Tuesday.
His voice is a whole other world man
Hell of a opening too.
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Great to see dalton finally getting the love he deserves.
Bond straight out of the books ahead of his time
Having read some of the novels, he was the Bond described in them. 100%!
Dalton best Bond actor.
People said he played it too seriously but the set up was his fellow agents being murdered in cold blood. It seems at least reasonable he might have acted this way. As outlandish as it seems.
He was born in Towyn in North Wales. Done well.
He has that dangerous gaze and stoic demeanor, Bond, James Bond.
Totally underrated Bond. He brought a darker side to the character and was brilliant. My all time favourite Bond movie.
Dalton also did most of his own stunts. He insisted on it, as he felt it would add to the realism.
Dalton was my favorite Bond.
Every Bond had their part to play, I never slate any of them.
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@@davyboy232 What's so funny?
Christopher Nolan has made no secret that he’s a big fan of the Bond movies. You can definitely see the influence in his movies. Nolan has also said Timothy Dalton was his favorite Bond actor. Bond’s escape here is similar to Batman’s escape from the train in Batman Begins. The opening scene in The Dark Knight Rises is similar to the opening from License to Kill.
I was also thinking of the “I won’t kill you…but I don’t have to save you” scene from BB.
I saw tenet a few weeks ago. Nolan had a great influence on Dalton's first bond film.
@@Chagaanvideos40 very good lol
@@Chagaanvideos40 which scene by the way?
@@wibisanasalam the last one when they are going to the war in the past I think so
Having recently binge-watched all the Bond films (3 a day if anyone is asking), I think Dalton was criminally underrated and should’ve done at least two more Bond films if it weren’t for all the legal issues that occurred in the early 90’s. After the camp excess of the Roger Moore era, Dalton was a breath of fresh air and had that right blend of ruthlessness and grittiness that Daniel Craig would revive 2 decades later.
Had it not been for said legal issues, Dalton would have done Property of a Lady/Whisper of Terror and then signed off with GoldenEye. What could of been, eh?
Glad I'm not the only who feels he was underrated
what about if Dalton was 007 on For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy and A View to a Kill? I think those films would been more seriously especially the last two with a grain of raw action
***have, not of. Would've, could've, should've.... Here endeth today's lesson.
@@AndrewAMartin Okay, grammar sheriff. Edited for accuracy, since your comment made you sound like a colossal dick.
@@AndrewAMartin 🍷😆
Best opening scene of all the James bond movies - The Living Daylights with Timothy Dalton - my number one James bond movie - pure perfection in every way possible ! Subscribed right away.
The thing I like the most about Dalton's bond is how he did some of the stunts, and you could tell he was comfortable manoeuvring around quickly and quietly, which gives credence to his Bond portrayal.
3:04 was something the audiences hadn't seen a Bond do so casually before.
The score here is amazing, amongst the best in the entire series.
This was John Barry's FINAL James Bond film. I'm not surprised he went all in.
Also one of the best theme songs in Bond movies.
Barry was a genius.
The music in this scene is pretty bad... no drive, completely pedestrian. About as exciting as tapioca.
One of the best vrrsion of the James Bond theme, IMO.
Brilliant start to a great film. It’s just wall to wall awesomeness! This fast, inventive and thrilling chase to kick things off with, then the assassin at the concert hall and the Harrier escape in Berlin, then the KGB mansion attack with an amazing fight in the kitchen, the Aston Martin evading the Russians in the snow, the mujahideen pitched battle in Afghanistan and the UNBELIEVABLE stunts and fight in the Hercules... it’s just cracking, cracking Bond from start to end!
The fight in the kitchen doesn't get enough love! Great scene.
+1. I re-watched this movie a few months ago after about 20 years and was utterly stunned at how damn _good_ it is. I remember thinking it to be a solid, if unremarkable, Bond film at the time it came out but my opinion has since changed drastically.
The story is grounded in the reality of U.S. - Soviet Cold War brinkmanship, not some ridiculous scheme for world domination. The Bond girl is gorgeous but sweetly vulnerable, which makes the attraction between her and Bond more believable and intimate. The enemy enforcer is a baddass and the kitchen fight scene is outstanding (even if it doesn't even involve Bond at all). The villain music cue in the film's soundtrack is memorable and ominous. And the final fight with Bond hanging out the back of the Hercules is simply spectacular.
I'd put this film in the top five of all Bond movies.
@@VenlyssPnorr yes and I love it wasnt bond fighting
Top theme tune too :)
Totally agree Sir!
He is my favourite Bond. Classy, handsome, cold-blooded.
1:45 hilarious how James saves the family by grabbing the steering wheel, this was a good demonstration of how in control he was of the situation lol
And showed to me that he does not want to hurt others that are just innocence, and that shows me that under all of that is a true man that cares
To me, Timothy Dalton's Bond was a precursor to Daniel Craig's Bond; right out of the Fleming ORIGINAL novels. Too bad Dalton wasn't given more Bond roles.
It was definitely on track to happen but legal issues got the studio tied up for 5 years and Dalton moved on.
I get that to. Like he could be perfectly charming but could throw the switch to kill in an instant.
He was supposed to be in a third Bond film, but given the length it took to make another Bond film, he opted out of his contract.
@@EchoBoomer1987 Yeah.He wasn't´t getting any younger.
He was given more Bond roles. He didn't take them.
I remember not being a huge fan of Dalton as Bond back when his two films were released... But both this and License To Kill are the Bond-films I have rewatched the most out of all the films in the series.
Sir John Barry score is a masterpiece. RIP
His last Bond film
Dalton is very like the 007 from the books. Rereading 'A View To A Kill' (short story), especially brought Tim Dalton's Bond to mind.
Imagine Dalton in A View to a Kill instead of Roger Moore.
@Randy White Indeed.
@@miltontavares9506 Roger Moore himself tried to get away from it, saying that he's too old.
Bronson and dalton were two of my favorite bonds. Both were perfect for the role.
Never realized before: at 1:51 a bloke in white tennis gear jumps over the side of the cliff to avoid the car.
Kinda defeats the point of saving yourself if you jump over a cliff.
The way he almost f*cking takes off into outer space I don't think he jumped.... lol
Rip
Don’t worry, the ground broke his fall...
Ha, good catch! Quite a barrel roll! I was too busy connection fake dots, thinking those two girls in the car were the same karate masters from TMWTGG and distracted by 7UP placement & “fruitcart” crashes like Moonraker.
Looked kinda like he got hit, and thrown off to me... I'm gonna have another few looks.
Dalton was ahead of his time and heavily underrated. Great films.
Loved how he was fast enough to chase after and catch the speeding car
Obviously that's impossible but he was running downhill.
God how i loved this Bond. Timothy Dalton finally more getting credit 30 years later
After watching TLD for the third time this week, I can honestly say this may be my favorite Bond film. I always enjoyed Dalton as Bond, I wish they were still able to get on with his third movie as originally planned.
Updated: Fourth time this week.
I like this one as well. Except he aids Al Qaeda.
speedwack the mujahideen later became the taliban.
It’s one of my favourites.
Sorry Taliban is what I meant
@@speedwack Best Bond then
“Bond, James Bond.” So effortless. 👌🏽
I think the reason a lot of people said Timothy Dalton's Bond was too uptight was because they were a little too used to Roger Moore's campy style. Dalton's Bond had a more believable personality.
@Prashant Hinge furthermore, I would even venture as far as to say that Timothy Dalton's Bond was Daniel Craig's Bond before Daniel Craig.
B'coz most of the people that time cannot afford to read book
Bingo! You are right
@@SimonFerocius Uh, I was alive then. Books were everywhere! It's more like people are lazy and can't be bothered to turn off the tv.
Dalton was a brilliant bond
Calm and reasoned, I always it was an excellent decision to make him a sniper, and then make him refuse to make the shot. To hell with orders I only kill professionals. Class.
And true to the part since he turned down the role when he was younger, admitting he didn’t think he was mature enough to play Bond
Jonathan Nagel Dalton admitted he wanted to wait for the right moment. In my humble opinion, he should of been Bond in For Your Eyes Only. It’s stripped back and realistic approach would of suited him.
He's always been my favorite.
Wish he could have been in more but grateful for what he delivered in his two outings. Excellent portrayal of Mr Bond.
The best part is the stunts. No editing, no shaky cam with lots of cuts. It‘s actually a dude sitting on the roof of a burning car thats doing dangerous swerves whilst driving on a tiny road right next to a steep and very high cliff. Very few movies do that nowadays due to the progress in editing software. Respect where respect is due.
Dalton is simply the real Bond from Fleming's books
Yep. Right. No question.
In this one he was excellent
Pity he didn't make more. He was my favourite Bond.
Massively underrated, kept the public school educated charm of the books, martinis and tuxedos while opening the door for the ruthless streak of Daniel Craig. His first scene in living daylights when he transformed from opera lover in tuxedo to camouflaged sniper was excellent.
@@stephenle-surf9893 or in license to kill, when Sanchez killed Krest he felt sorry for MK. As the book said. "He hates to kill, but when he has in duty he makes his job like a surgeon in front of the death"
3:17 "I'll report in an hour."
3:23 "I'll report tomorrow."
You mean I’ll report in 3 minutes kaka😜
If that's what I meant, that's what I would've written.
"I'll be paying child support for the next 18 years."
Crazy as hell scene from the movie The living daylights for 1987 in this scene in the movie Timothy Dalton actually did some of his own stunts believe it or not.. he talked about it in an interview
Without a doubt the best opening title sequence in the entire series.
Absolutely! It is incredible!
Such an 80s film. Love it. Dalton brought back the physical Bond of the novels and moved away from the Moore playboy image to a more darker version. Craig's Bond could not exist had Dalton not set the tone for him. Pierce Brosnan was a great Bond in his own right. Cooler than them all but not as intimidating as Dalton, Craig and Connery. Still, as an old-timer who grew up on Connery and Moore, I have to say the Danial Craig version restored life to the series by synthesizing the best of all of them while still being entirely unique.
I’ve seen the dalton films as I was older, and I really appreciated his intensity and humanity. never overplayed, very realistic and grounded.
I had already seen the Connery ones when younger - that’s… legend -, some of the Moore ones around the same time and 20ish years go the only lazenby film which is one of my favorite - very very underrated, I consider it the topmost point of bond after Connery, after that it really went downhill, though I appreciate they went another direction with Moore, which is my least favorite but I still appreciate it. Craig is Craig, despite they did something you just don’t do with bond: bond never dies, you just don’t do it. Brosnan was the first one I saw in cinemas and I liked him, he was spot on in his own way. Interestingly I later found out he was supposed to take the role instead of dalton but had to pass bacause of other commitments. So we got dalton instead. I agree it’s unfortunate he only got to do 2 films.
Timothy Dalton is so underrated. His charisma!!!
Charisma? Complete lack thereof.
@@JeffreyOConnell-g4x He has his own charisma.
Slick move by Bond to kick out the windshield of the jeep to create that draft of air before opening his chute. Gotta love little touches like that.
Hahaha it's the way he just lays down on the bed / sofa and makes that call ... love it
Tim Dalton was excellent as 007 and this is one of best 007 films ever done
I love how fast the real guard at the gate was able to assess the sitution. The assassin runs over a soldier and drives through the gate. Next thing the guard is out with a submachine gun and scores direct hits.
No real person would stand in front of a moving truck and allow it to smash them
@@dallasdandigitalproduction393 But this wasn't a normal circumstance. The soldier was in the middle of a combat simulation.
Dallas Dan Digital Productions do you have anything positive to say?
We get it. You don’t like the movie.
Oh, yeah. By the way - IT’S ONLY A MOVIE!
He should get a medal
He was damn good Dalton. The best and most believable actor to play Bond while losing none of the humour. Shame he didn’t do Goldeneye. He’d have been excellent.
He was asked to but said no when told he would also do the 3 additional Bond films
@@missyadams That was a smokescreen. MGM wanted him out and that was the cover story to avoid a negative story about a firing in the press.
@@missyadams When i was younger I wasn't too keen on Dalton now i'm older and wiser I think he's better than Daniel Craig in fact both his films I think are top tier
Why is it a shame? Brosnan did Goldeneye and he's even better
Are you drunk?
Loved Dalton as bond. Dalton brought edge and violence back to the role.
Dalton always prepares for his role. You should see him as Rochester in Jane Eyre and Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights
Timothy Dalton my favourite Bond, bout time we got The Living Daylights and Licence to Kill on 4K.
3:16 The "Good manners are for suckers" attitude always pays for Double O Seven!
He is more masterful than ill-mannered, I would have thought. Bad manners would have been more like "Give me the phone, bitch."
Dalton on the back of the vehicle, the headbutt delivered to the assassin (this would have been a judo chop under Moore/Brosnan) and the way he flips down from the roof of the boat adds to the believability of Daltons bond being tough and ruthless.
2:51 BORING ????
Didn't you Just Saw that man Parachute out of a flaming Land Rover that Was driven off a cliff and exploded on impact?
Good god How exciting must the 80s have been that an event like that was considered boring .
She didn’t see any of that. She’s taking totally by surprise when he lands on the roof.
Have you seen 80's shoulder pads? Turning could take someones eye out
They tried to do a Raiders Of The Lost Ark style truck chase but fkd it.The "fight scene" between him and the driver was amature and not believable
they had it too good lol.
Dallas Dan Digital Productions No, that’s not what they tried to do at all. The Raiders chase is a far bigger piece of that film and much more is going on with the plot as a result of it. This is just an appetiser to what follows, it just sets the scene for “smert spionem” and you could still have everything that comes after without this scene, it’s just that it’s a great introduction to the new bond which I think they did really, really well.
" Better Make That 2 "
God Almighty, I miss the 80s Forever 😢
@@merarigomez6835 I wish Time ⏲️ Travel was possible to avert things from happening in the first place 😢
2:52 this is Ian Flemings Bond... !
Damn right!
Zefanja codee: Yeah. I think you're absolutely right.
Actually that's a random gal...
I absolutely love this movie from start to finish, the great thing about this film is that it's got plenty of action scenes in it & the music fits in remarkably well too & to my personal opinion Dalton played a really good bond character with razor sharp instincts, The Living Daylights has been & always will be the best bond movie I've ever seen, An Excellent Bond Movie 😁😁😆😆😊😊😎🍸🍷🍹🍾🔫👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I agree
Agreed
This movie was a favorite of mine growing up--my friends and I used to hang out and watch a half dozen of these movies back to back. This remains the only Bond movie I've ever bought the soundtrack for!
Dalton was a great 007.
Dalton looked the role. My best Actor for Bond
Wish Timothy Dalton era of bond started with a view to a kill.
I wish it started with For Your Eyes Only
Think he would've been good in a view to a kill. Zorin was sadistic, would've been a good fit to push the boundaries with a more serious Bond.
1qwertay Ditto - For Your Eyes Only would of been a good start for Dalton.
That wouldn't have worked. A View To a Kill is darker than most Moore flicks but it was still tailor made for him.
It likely would've needed a massive rewrite beforehand.
3:13 “Bond, James Bond”.
DALTON WAS THE BEST BOND !!!!!!!
Too (two) few with Timothy Dalton as James Bond. As the end credits roll Chrissie Hynde sings us out with "If There Was a Man" and that subtle touch puts The Living Daylights right at the top of the Bond pantheon.for me. This film made me appreciate Timothy Dalton even more over the past thirty-three years.
Even though Timothy Dalton did two Bond movies he was great he finally got the recognition that he deserved
It took me so many watches before I realized he kicked the windshield at 2:22 to provide an updraft so his parachute could get air. I love the little details.
Timothy Dalton was so cool
Always and forever my favourite Bond. He's up there with Sir Sean Connery because they both understood the character; Bond is a cold-blooded reptile with a sense of honour.
Timothy Dalton.
Portrayed James Bond Perfectly.
The first 20 minutes of the film involving the Kosscoff Defection
&
"Sniper 2 floors up, Center Window".
"Whoever she was.... must of scared the Living Daylights out of her!."
Was the Best scene to depict Bond and
I Loved his performance.
Both Very Understated & Underrated
Yet when watching
Both Bond Films of Dalton's time
It's undesputable that he as an actor set a Tone and a new image that would be attempted again and emulated with Daniel Craig.
Also
Single-handedly the absolute best line to deliver to your boss when a Lady offers you a Glass of the Bubbly. 🍾
Timothy Dalton was more of a James Bond then Daniel Craig was!
Dalton is what Bond (or agent similar to him) would look in real life.
Hah-Hah-Hah, shut-up Langley...
Ian Fleming described Bond as looking similar to Hoagy Carmichael.
Desmond Llewelyn aka Q said Dalton was the best and nearest to Flemings Bond but unfortunately his two films weren't great 😕
One of the very best opening sequences to a James Bond film.
Timothy Dalton WAS Ian Flemings James Bond.
Best pre-titles sequence in the whole series.
@eating sugar no papa what do you think are the better ones?
It’s definitely top 3.
@@DrB81 I can't think better myself. Spectre had also a good pre-title sequense. And FRWL. I can't remember all of the pre-title sequenses.
I think Goldeneye has the best one
HunterXSimple Goldeneye was pretty awesome also.
Timothy has presented Bond with flesh n blood.... I love his performance! C.Y. from Hong Kong
Always been one of my favourite films. Dalton was excellent as Bond and was a much better representation of the character than Moore.
I liked both but they were different bonds I couldn't see Dalton do the campy witty bond like Moore does and no way Moore could do brutal harsh bond like Dalton does
@@SeizureGman Moore was a bit brutal in LALD, MWTGG & FYEO, more so in the last one even though he didn’t enjoy doing it( kicks car and falls off the cliff).
@@johnchurch4705 True you are correct but besides LALD the others felt inconsistent with his character.
@@SeizureGman I agree. The first two movies, they tried to make Roger like Sean. It wasn’t until TSWLM that they got the formula right for Roger. Roger does say in his biography he wasn’t happy about the scene in FYEO as that wasn’t the sort of thing his Bond would have done.
Remember Daniel Craig incarnation of dark, gritty and serious of James Bond today? It was influenced from Timothy Dalton incarnation.
Dalton's Bond is more about life and death rather than fun and games.
Loved this film as a kid. I remember going to watch it at Blackpool Odeon with my dad...I would have been six/seven. It was thrilling! We had fish and chips after and were raving about the film. Such a nice memory 😊
This scene is excellent with so many interesting things going on. It's like Raiders of the Lost Ark quality.
1. Good guys firing paintballs while the bad guy is killing them. No fair!
2. Scenic view/drops at every turn.
3. Bond hanging onto a canvas top clawing his way in. Bad guy shooting through top back at him.
4. Winding road of oncoming traffic and barriers.
5. Ticking time bomb of explosives on fire.
6. Monkeys
7. Bond escaping out the back in parachute.
8. Bad guy screaming in terror then blowing up in mid-air.
9. Bond of course landing on a boat with an attractive woman and immediately seducing her.
I seriously wish timothy dalton had made more james bond films. at least two more. it's sad that he wasn't able to. He makes a very realistic bond grounded in the real world.
He was the blue print to Craig to follow. Great Bond.
Jason Bourne was the blueprint for Craig. Craig didn’t match up though.
BEST BOND ACTOR EVER!!!
He was just like Ian Fleming described him
Big facts!
Craig
@@ThomasMacdonald933 Dalton is James Bond, Craig is Jason Bourne.
Matt K Hear! Hear! You can see the class in Dalton’s Bond. There is none in Craig’s.
3:16 I'd be like "Better make that an hour and five minutes"
A whole hour 😄
80s celphones were damn huge. Even during the early 90s phones were still as big as these.
My first one, bought in 1996, was only a little bit smaller.
That isn't a cell phone, it's the handset portion of a cordless phone, normal landline (well, ship to shore phone system, in this case)
Girl on the boat sounded like she was straight out of an 80s Porn..
Hell yeah and now she has TWO hours with Bond. JAMES bond.
Typical hot bimbo . no one would just hand a stranger that jumped their boat a glass of Dom Perignon after that. And where did the dam truck go? The editing made it look like truck landed on the boat below him.Just poorly done
A hard and brave Bond was Timothy making violent scenes ! That was one of my favourites and flying at the air charter cutting the soes to the brown villian too ! Thank you. Daniel.
0:06 The background song in this part is like a welcome message from John Barry. Welcome to the new era of James Bond
We just saw Bond take on a killer who was driving recklessly down a mountain in a vehicle with a burning cargo of explosives. Not only did Bond take care of it but got a date with a hot girl in the end.
Not that hot, hair looks like a man cut.
@@stevearmstrong5324 I remember it as being rather fashionable in the mid-1980s.
Or the burning wreckage of a truck could have landed on the horny lady and her yacht.
@@stevearmstrong5324 In the David Lodge novel 'Nice Work', published around this time, the main female character has a similar haircut, and the main male character's daughter wonders if she is a 'lesbian'. In the TV version Haydn Gwynne had a longer hairdo.
The "girl" is one of his older conquests - she is easily over 30. A teenager, even a wealthy one, probably would not be hanging out alone on a small pleasure boat like that.
Timothy Dalton is The Greatest James Bond Ever Known To Man, he played James Bond the way he is. James Bond is a BAD ASS‼️
It was Criminal that Timothy Dalton did not get at least another two or 3 James Bond appearances after licence to kill. i think Dalton was brilliant as 007.
Continuity error at 02:53:
The woman said "It´s all so boring here."
15 seconds earlier a car had exploded over her head. She must have noticed.
"Hold on, YOU'RE DEHD!
Under appreciated Bond he set the trend for the hard edge approach
Loved him as Bond. Wish he was able to do more movies
Love how that drum machine sequence is the same sequence used in the 'Necros Theme'. Good use of keeping the music consistent in this film.
The best bond of all time
3:12 " _Who are you?_ "
" _Bond, James Bond._ "
Way to go, super spy.
The intro song for this film was amazing. Especially on the Blu-ray with my 5.1 set up. Sounds so good.
Almost as good as the start for OHMSS. Gotta give that one the top spot for a Bond debut because of the outstanding Breaking the Fourth Wall line, "This never happened to the other fellow." But still, love this opening, this movie and this Bond.
One of the best sequences of dialogue in any 007 movie. Especially to introduce the new Bond.
"Exercise control 007 here. I'll report in an hour".
"Won't you join me?"
"Better make that two"
First James Bond movie I saw when I was 5 or 6, and still one of my favourite pre-titles sequences. Too young at the time to understand what paintballs were, so for years I thought people could get shot in the chest, leg, etc. and just keep going.
3:03 Can you imagine how difficult is to do that turn he did with his hands inverted? (No stunts here)
The man did all his own stunts it's crazy. He was a physical machine. Makes him even more perfect to play James Bond.
Over the years I had also found it so convenient to spot a superyacht right below my feet whenever I realize my chute is on fire.
Watching this in Lock down here in the UK . Better make that Two.
Stay safe everyone
There are certain scenes that perfectly define James Bond as a character. This is one of those scenes. I think Dalton is criminally underrated as a Bond actor -- Living Daylights was a perfect film for its time and place.
The greatest James bond 007 ever. No one can match his performance!!!
Perfect intro to Dalton’s Bond. Folks just weren’t ready for it- they had over a decade of Moore’s campy playboy version. Here we got Bond the commando, a cold blooded killer who professionally executes the mission no matter the cost.
Timothy Dalton was very underrated as Bond
Credit to stunt double for the driving skills.
Dalton was an incredible Bond
My fave bond actor, Timothy Dalton
Love me some Dalton. He’s so great.
"Better make that two." Classic!
Dalton's Bond sticks the head on you. That's great!