Why they cut that hotel room scene I have no idea, Dalton looks so damn cool, it really hammers home Sanchez's status as a public figure and adds production value to the film. Also reminds us of Bond's lighter and how big the flame is and I love him removing his gun from the hip flask.
I’m a big proponent of Bond wearing a hat again. It may not be fashionable anymore, but imagine how quickly it would be if Bond started doing it (I realize that’s not gonna happen because Bond is pretty conformist - he follows fashion; he doesn’t make it).
John Glen definately went out on a high. The film is so good even most of the deleted scenes are pretty great. Yeah, this is one of if not my favourote Bond films.
Totally agree about the hotel scene, it’s phenomenal - peak Dalton malevolently eying up his prey, cigarette in mouth. The lighter too hinting at what’s to come. I also like the snappy dialogue from Sanchez directed to the moral complexities surrounding the Latin American drug industry. Which leads to the next point - I also think the airport scene should have been kept. I think we would benefit from that information about Heller and Truman Lodge. One thing I really like about this film is that doesn’t just demonise Latin America, but also exposes US corruption - Killifer, Professor Joe, Krest, Dario’s background in the contras. Bond on his one-man-slaughterhouse indiscriminately dispatches all the key elements to America’s ‘drug problem’ of the 80s.
The scene with Bond in the room lighting up whilst the news report of Sanchez is brilliant, it reminds us on the gift from Felix and on the while gives Sanchez some more development on his presence in the city of isthmus. The scene with bond buying the boat I think did give Dalton a bit of humour “Does that include a full tank of petrol” works within the context of the scene. I also like the line “You can walk an awfully long way with a quarter of a million dollars”. It’s very much in tone of bond’s attitude in the film. I think they did add some more suitable lines for Dalton in this film, they are wry and morbidly humorous, as they should be. “I’m more a problem eliminator” “Looks like he came to a dead end” “I’ll do anything for a woman with a knife”
All of these scenes felt familiar and I just realized why. John Gardner did an adaptation of License to Kill that contained all of these moments. A lot of them work in the novel and helped with the story's flow. Can't wait for you to give that book a read, Calvin!
Interesting! I'll definitely be getting to it eventually but I still need to get back into Role of Honour... My reading has gone out the window now I'm no longer commuting, shamefully!
By Gardner’s own admission: “There are huge jumps in the screenplay, which you can do on screen; but with a book you need to explain things. So I had to add a lot to explain how Bond got from here to there, that sort of thing.” I do recall Gardner explains how Bond gets rid of the seaplane he steals, as opposed to the film that just cuts to the next scene.
Bond in the hotel room, and Bond passing Sanchez are two scenes I wish had been kept in. The former is soo Bondian, and in the latter, I love the look on Bonds face when he sees Sanchez.
I wouldn’t have minded that scene at the airport - it wouldn’t have hurt to give Truman-Lodge and Heller more of a presence in the film, especially considering how important Heller becomes later on when it’s revealed he’s in cahoots with Pam. But it is a rather inorganic bit of exposition, and I suppose the problem is they’re rather bland henchmen - not sure if that’s down to the writing, direction, or acting (probably a little of each). However, one thing’s for sure: Truman-Lodge certainly looks like the Lidl own-brand version of Michael J. Fox.
You're right and I had similar mixed feelings... Nicer to have a moment to actually introduce the characters but as they're not too important in the long run I guess they're just two too many names to keep track of. I like Truman-Lodge as a background character and he has a couple of funny moments but they definitely give him a little too much emphasis later on in the film to say he doesn't do much for the plot.
I agree with both this comment and Calvin's reply. Another good reason for leaving this would have been that it establishes Christopher Neame's character and shows Bond is being followed sooner. Incidentally, I'd also have liked a bit more of the initial scene where Kwang and his people take Bond to their Safehouse to have stayed in. Part of the dialogue in that deleted scene was straight from John Gardner's novelisation. There was probably more filmed, but in the book, Kwang asks Bond if he knows who they are, Bond says he assumes they're with the Chinese Dealers, which is when Kwang shouts "We're Hong Kong Narcotics you bastard". In the finished film there's a bit of a sudden cut before he says this. There's also a bit of additional dialogue from Kwang and Fall on, where Fallon says that killing Sanchez alone would change nothing, as Krest or Heller would take over. This leads into the finished film where Kwang says "Sanchez is taking me to the heart of his operations...", shortly before Heller and co attack. I fully understand that the above was cut out for timing reasons, but Gardner wrote a good novel here I thought.
@@davegiles2610 Yeah, I'd definitely say of Gardner's two novelisations, LTK was the superior one - I think the tone of LTK gelled better with the way Gardner wrote Bond stories than GoldenEye did. In his interview with Raymond Benson, Gardner made an interesting point that: "There are huge jumps in the screenplay, which you can do on screen; but with a book you need to explain things. So I had to add a lot to explain how Bond got from here to there, that sort of thing." I remember he added in a scene which shows how Bond got rid of the seaplane full of money he stole whereas in the film it's never explained.
@@BenCol funnily enough I thought of that today as I watched it. If I remember right, he gets rid of it at or near a friend's house, after phoning him to let him know he's breaking into his house, to which the friend responds somewhat humourlessly. I quite enjoyed the three original Gardner novels I've read, as you can visualise his Bond as Dalton. Some of them could have made good film adaptations I think.
@@calvindyson In the music video there's a clip of Bond and Pam exiting the rolls on the night he tries to kill Sanchez. Where's that deleted scene ? In the film there's a jarring cut from the one night ('I hope you don't snore Q') to the NEXT night !
Fun fact: part of SPECTRE's opening sequence was filmed right in front of that beautiful post office in Mexico City, the hotel where cast and crew stayed is only a few steps away and was used also as a location for the hotel where Bond enters with Estrella. I am mexican and was an extra in the film. (I even made it into a still photograph of Daniel Craig! My head is in the background)
I like the scene with Bond walking by Sanchez, that stare Bond gives him amazing. The hotel one was pretty Bondy too. I found the quip at the boat was pretty good too. I'd say I'd keep all 3 of them
I have a rather interesting story about this film. Licence to Kill was the first Bond film I had ever seen. My mother is a big fan of the films and for her birthday, my father got her three DVDs. Licence to Kill, Dr. No and Live and Let Die. Then while my father took my mother out for a birthday meal, my grandparents came over to look after me and I told them that my mother had three James Bond films and they told me that they used to watch the Bond films and told me to put one of them on. I picked Licence to Kill and as soon as Timothy Dalton's Bond came on screen, my grandfather ordered me to switch it off. I asked him why and my grandmother said and I quote "This is George Lazenby, we don't like him, switch it off."
@@EditedAF987 Well here's the bizarre thing. They believed that Lazenby was the first actor to play Bond in the films and Connery came after him. Now to be fair, Connery did come after Lazenby, but he'd already made five films before Lazenby took over. But trying to explain this to my grandparents was futile. They were adamant that Lazenby was the first Bond and no matter how many times I told them that Connery was first and even showed them proof that Connery came first, they remained headstrong and claimed Lazenby came first and Connery took over the role with all of his films.
One of my all time fave Bond films. Again, agreed, I love the deleted scene of Dalton in the hotel room. Great Bondian moment which really shows Dalton for how good an actor he is. Wish he got his third film.
Same here, with the right changes to the script and holding off for a better budget Dalton's third movie would be really good. That said, whenever I read any of the James Bond comic books(both the Dark Horse stuff and the newer Dynamite comics series) It is Dalton's voice I heard in my head when Bond is speaking.
@@WolfPlisken idk, to me he just seems like an ordinary, violent, maybe even, if you ask me, boring, late 80s action hero, I just don't like him, sorry
@@WolfPlisken I also don't care how he looks (I care about the acting), but I have never (in my opinion, I havent read the books) imagined him that...... ugly (matter of taste though)
if they cleaned up these scenes i would love an extended cut with them back in the film, this is my favorite bond film, a lot of these scenes don't drag down the pacing in anyway i would love to see them back in the main film
Reactions: 1. Sharkey should have kept in, it gives extra weight to his "Chainsaw, my ass" line. 2. Yeah, nice to see Bond doing some secret agent stuff, but for the hat to work it needed some explanation, such as Sharkey laughing at it previously. 3. Absolutely should have remained in the film. Bond being Bond 24/7. Also, helping to explain how he gets his PPK past airport security all the time. And the repetition of the lighter is actually important. 4. Could have stayed. A nice light moment before the bar fight and a segue from stealing the plane, instead of simply appearing at the bar with the boat. We see him spend the money he was laughing at. 5. Definitely could have stayed in. Naming the bad guys always helps and foreshadowing the local British consul's involvement is a classic '60s spy drama trick. Also, it gives a little extra kick to Bond witnessing Pam meet with Heller through the scope. She knows who all these guys are and now she's meeting with them? What game is she playing? A wordy scene, but I'm happy with it, it also helps set the scene in Isthmus, we're south of the border now. 6. The missed moment in the bank is actually pretty cool and it brings the Chinese in a little earlier. Don't know if it would slow the overall bank scene down, but I can imagine a little John Barry-sque sting as Bond turns and eyeballs Sanchez that really would have sold it. 7. Didn't need it. We already have the close-up on Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa and Diana Lee-Hsu to tell us something was up with them. 8. Didn't need it. 9. Didn't need it, but it's usually doesn't hurt to keep selling the tropical location you're in.
It's worth noting that Licence to Kill is one of the longer films in the franchise, especially at the time it came out. They must have been looking for any little bits they could cut.
Nice video. The Sharkey scene and Hotel scene were awesome. A shortened cut of the boat with Lupe scene could have worked. The less said about the hat scene and ninja-slap scene, the better.
Licence To Kill is reminiscent of Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom for me, in that I think they're both criticized more than they should be because of how violent they are. On an entirely different note, I think all of these deleted scenes are fine for me. Even though I agree that the airport scene is dull, I remember being super confused about who Truman-Lodge and Heller were when I first saw the film, so it might help if they were introduced earlier. Love the content, by the way!
Nice series of videos with your take on deleted scenes. I'd love to see a video from you on the workprints of the movies. If anything, it's a huge source of deletes scenes, alternate cuts and such. Not that it's widely available to say the least but I'm sure there is enough information and content for at least one video. I suddenly get reminded of a photograph which shows a scene that I don't recall seeing in License to Kill. I don't know if it's in the workprint but the photograph suggests that Sanchez held a party of some sort at his villa for I think the Asian business people. It was a very pretty picture actually although I can imagine that scene was cut for pacing reasons. There are already several scenes of Sanchez bonding with them anyway.
I loved Licence to kill the moment I watched it. Never disliked it. Loved the dark tone and dalton is one of my favourite bonds. He was a great bond i think and captured fleming very well. both his films were great. So glad they exist in the bond catalogue.
I recently watched the 90 minute Nintendo commercial masquerading as a film _The Wizard_ for cheesy movie night. Frank McRae pops up as a tertiary character near the end - I can’t remember if I actually said “[gasp] it’s Sharkey!” out loud or just thought it. Alas, his character (whose name was something like Spankey, which is oddly similar) did not get to use the power glove. Any sensible filmmaker would’ve made the film about him, but I guess Fred Savage was more popular at the time. Also he pops up in _Rocky II_ - as I recall his role is simply to fire Rocky from a meat factory.
I love it when that happens. Bond movies are full of supporting actors I only know for their 007 role and then they randomly pop up in something else and it's wild... Seeing Robert Brown in Ben Hur certainly had me double-taking!
Calvin Dyson Of course, _Licence to Kill_ has the other good example of Everett McGill. I think my biggest turnaround with LTK is going from “That Killifer is a slimy bastard, I hate him!” to “That’s OK Big Ed, I still love ya!”
Frank McRae is a very popular character actor. He was in both 48 Hours movies opposite Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte and he also worked with Sylvester Stallone on his movie Lock Up as one of the inmates at the prison Stallone's character is sent to. Always fun to see him in anything, even if the movie is not very good. As a lifelong Nintendo fan, I honestly did not mind The Wizard at all.
The scene of Bond smoking looking at the TV, taking out the gun from his hip flask and cocking it is effing brilliant. Tough, cynical, and hard edged, Dalton IMO is the best Bond to date. In regards to the scene when Bond buys the boat, sadly deleted. In the novelisation of the film, Bond actually borrows the boat from a friend of his, and it mentions how Bond has doubts about lying to him, but he didn’t want to put a civilian in harms way.
The Bond, Leiter, Sharkey relationship seems like one that has developed over the years. Imagine Quarrel, Leiter and Bond becoming and remaining friends, had Quarrel survived.
Thanks for this video. I have never seen these deleted scenes as I never bought the Bond 50th Anniversary DVDs as I got all the Bond films on DVD in 1999 when The World is not enough was released. I didn't expect them to update those DVDs even further with more deleted scenes! Love all of these deleted scenes especially the one with Bond in the hotel room. Licence to Kill is one of my favourite Bond films. I was 17 and saw it five times in the cinema. I also loved the fact that it was a 15 rating which I think affected its box office taking. There was very stiff competition for summer blockbusters at the time with the first Batman movie and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade which both did much better than Bond at the box office. The 12 rating was created because of the Batman movie which is a rating that could have helped Licence to Kill pull in more punters. From memory Bond was released in June and Batman in August. Timothy Dalton, in my opinion, is the closest any actor has been to portraying the Bond of the books on screen. Craig is good but he is not the Bond in the books like Dalton was. Very sad that he only did two movies. All the Bond actors hit their stride in the third movie and I'm positive Dalton would have been even better if he did a third movie. Dalton looked a lot more sophisticated in this movie than the mess that Craig was, especially in his tuxedo, in Quantum of Solace.
Can see possibly the inspiration for Brosnan's hotel scene in TMD, of course Dalton looks a tad more edgy than Brosnan's interpretation of the character. Still the best interpretation of the character from the books. LTK is a fantastic Bond film, such a shame we never got a third from Dalton.
Most of the scenes are pretty good. Even if they don't advance the story a lot, it tells us a lot about the world, especially the one where Bond watches the TV, it tells us a lot about Isthmus City. The scene at the airport and the one where he buys the boat is also pretty good.
A quibble I’ve always had about Licence to Kill is that it feels a bit cheap and lackluster in its production. The crowd outside the casino when Sanchez arrives would have definitely given the film some much needed added production value. And with it coupled with the great bit of Bond in his hotel room, I really can’t imagine why they’d leave this out. Someone should start a petition! 😂
James Atkinson And it shows! The set for the bar fight scene alone looks like a late 70’s early 80’s The Incredible Hulk TV show set Lol, even the hole from the pump action shotgun looked like the wall was cardboard or thin plywood 😣 I actually like some of those deleted scenes
@@simond7225 would love to see it if that's possible! I'm literally going to edit the scene in myself when I get the chance. I'll try to include all the deleted scenes if I can make it work and maybe recut some scenes. I also really really want to fix the shitty back projections from the old films, I don't know how much can actually be done, I'll probably just fix the colour and go from there
I just watched your deleted scenes for license to kill and I tell you they’re all good, especially that hotel seen. Oh my god that shows who bond is and I cannot believe that they took that from the original film. What were they thinking but I like them all it’s just a shame that they couldn’t put all of it in the movie
Especially that scene where Sanchez walks right past bond that would’ve been great and the way he turned around and he looked at Sanchez. Oh my God swoon city.
Such a shame they dropped that hotel room scene. The one time he actually looked cool, bloody typical! Actually I can think of one other cool moment...when he gets into the lift with Pam and says the line - Let’s make this a Proper Family Reunion!
Great video 👍 The hotel scene should have absolutely been kept. It played to Dalton's strength. I too would have kept the but when Sharkey tries to get into Leiter's house. I also would have kept the scene where Bond buys the boat. As you said, it offers a moment of humor for Dalton. I would have liked the scene at the airport where Pam provides some background on Truman Lodge and Heller. Just from a character perspective, it's nice to know something about them. I liked the exchange between Bond and Lupe at the end of the boat scene, but not worth keeping. And the rest of them added nothing.
Thanks, Robert! Looks like we have similar views on these. I'm surprised how many actually have something of interest in them, compared with the other deleted scenes I've made videos about recently (particularly TWINE where most of them were very silly and redundant) I'm surprised at how well these ones held up!
I think you make a great point about Dalton’s appearance in his tux. I completely think the hairstyle throws off the look. If you notice at the end of the film he has his normal hairstyle while wearing the tux and he looks much better. I know the brushed back hair was the style in the late 80s but it doesn’t work for everyone and don’t think it suits Dalton.
and others who don't like TD's hair in the casino scene. I think there is a point to it: it's near enough the same as Sanchez's own. Bond is intending to infiltrate S's lair, and using imitation is a well-known ploy to gain the confidence of the person you are trying to impress/ convince, so it's a good psychological tactic here. (British readers may remember an instance some years ago of a TV investigative journalist who used this method to infiltrate a criminal gang.) Later, when it's no longer needed, he can revert to his own, much better, style. I love the hotel scene, for all the reasons mentioned elsewhere; plus, Bond gets a good look at Sanchez, and perhaps even gets the idea about the hairstyle then. Just a thought. Definitely this scene should have been kept in.
@@pmgodfrey5203 I've never considered it from this viewpoint before! This really gives me a new perspective to consider when I watch Licence to Kill again... I've been watching one film a week leading up to the release of No Time to Die, so Licence to Kill happens to be my film to watch this coming week!
Definitely think they should have kept in the scene introducing the various bad guys. The film is character-heavy so it would have been nice to know who’s who. Exposition can be a good thing.
I am very pleased you have warmed more to Dalton over the years, and this film especially. Your original review many years ago was pretty scathing and I remember commenting at the time how disapointment I was with your review. Having grown up with Roger as my bond, I also disliked Dalton. Over the passage of time I have really warmed to him, and consider him on of the best bonds. His films aren't perfect, no bond film is, but both his films are undoubtably amongst the best in the whole series. Dalton was terrific, and way ahead of his time. We just weren't ready for a hard realistic bond. Craig's bond has been embraced by many over the years, and because of that, we have gotten used to the more serious take on the character. I think many look at Dalton now with fresh eyes, and finally appreciate what he did 30+ years ago.
My experience is similar. Grew up with Sir Roger (TSWLM, in the theater, was my first Bond film). I saw The Living Daylights, and it was all over. That was literally the last Bond film I saw in the theater until Skyfall, believe it or not. I finally gave the Dalton films another chance and am now a huge fan of both.
i dont like the films because of the batmanish portrayal but dalton is veally good in them! hes not a problem and in the late 80s was BORN to play Bond! the films are just too tonally inconstant and too dark and batmanish for the time and for their own. Theyre well made but just not the right dark tone to go by after Moore. Goldeneye is the right step.
What strikes me is that keeping all of these scenes in the film, most of which are welcome additions, would still have made the running time less than 2h 15m. Considerably shorter than recent outings., where editing seems a lot less disciplined than it used to be...
I feel pretty similar to you. When I was a kid I hated Daltons movies and loved the Brosnan ones. Whilst the latter still very much rings true I came to love Daltons movies too. I'd go so far as to rank The Living Daylights in my top 5.
I think that last deleted scene could have stayed in a much shorter form. Jump from Lupe waving to the last 2 seconds of the boat pulling up, and keep the exchange between Bond and Lupe, which I really like. End at Bond looking at her driving off and cut Bond running off. Otherwise, I’m mostly in agreement with your thoughts Calvin! Even if LtK is considered to be Miami Vice-esque... I’m also a huge Vice fan so I think this was precisely the time to do such a film if it was ever gonna happen. Shame Timothy didn’t get that third crack at it...
Funnily enough there was a time when I thought LTK was actually an unofficial film because of how dark it is. Of course now I know it isn't but I still wonder why I thought it was unofficial
2:03 It is a shame they never included this scene in the finished film. Indeed, it defiantly would have strengthened the story and characters. Small moments like this can really sell a narrative. If the next era of Bond decides to go the same (or similar) route of lintier storytelling and characters (outside of the 'main Bond cast' of course) carrying over from previous instalments like the Craig era, I would love it if they would introduce something similar to what we got with Bond, Felix and Sharky. My idea: Introduce a group (or duo) of friends that are a part of Bond's leisure periods outside of MI6 or maybe even make them 00 agents. They could just make them 008 (the frequently mentioned agent throughout the Bond films) and 0026 (off the top of my head, this would just serve as a cheeky way to acknowledge that said film would be the 26th installment in the series). The first film with the next Bond could show him meeting up with them, sharing a drink and talking about the current goings on within the world, maybe even talk about past missions. - they could throw in a homage here or there about one of the friends bosting about a past mission they endured 'on a space station', but both Bond and the other friend would just calk this up to their pal being too drunk. XD If we go along with the 00 agent route, they could even make one of them a retired 00 agent that managed to 'leave that life' at the right time. Bond could look to him as a sort of mentor figure - and a reflection of the life he 'could have', if he so desired. So, down the line, maybe in the next Bond's second film outing (or third), they could do a similar revenge storyline where one of these friends is murdered, or even kidnapped. Pushing Bond to go rogue and attempt to rescue them. Its just an idea, but who knows. :)
Hey Calvin! I just binge watched your James Bond JR reviews. I know at the time you said not all the episodes were on UA-cam but there are 2 channels called Michael May and Philip Tucker that have all 65 episodes uploaded! Maybe you could review a couple for old times sake 😛
I lived in the Florida Keys a few years back. Found out I lived about a mile from the airport where the opening sequence was filmed; where Sanchez takes off in the single engine plane. Sugarloaf Airport on Sugarloaf Key. They do skydiving flights there now. If you pause it at the right moment, you'll see the Perkey Bat Tower, which is no longer there after Hurricane Irma - just one of many quirky spots in the Keys! Working in Key West and actually seeing the filming locations every day made me appreciate this Bond film even more! I met Robert Davi while he was there on business. Very nice guy. I was a photographer for the Key West Citizen and we interviewed him and I took a bunch of great photos of him in the hotel lobby. He set it up like a director like I was a paparazzi sneaking a photo of him, and told me to "get the fuck outta here!" Nice fun guy, but he was very vain about his hair and a bit of a tubby tummy, though!
Big fan of a lot of these scenes. Especially Bond in his hotel room and seeing Sanchez at the bank. Lupe dropping Bond off on the beach is unnecessary but the scenery is nice.
I almost feel like the hotel scene wasn’t cut for pacing, it was cut because Dalton is smoking in it. The film has the surgeon general’s warning in the credits. Complete shame. It’s so much a glimpse of Fleming’s Bond it can give you chills. And Dalton just nails it. He doesn’t have a single word to say and yet you can see every emotion.
I find the post-assassination attempt fight and interrogation scene so random. It's like an insert from another film, particularly the inclusion of another British agent. I wouldn't have minded seeing some additional footage relating to this.
This is in my top 3 Bond movies. Had most of these scenes made the final cut, it would be on par with Goldeneye. Just give Bond a different hat and we're good
The marina owner was a huge tv and movie star in the 1970s and 80s the Sicario too , as well as the PA of the baddie , oh and the perv Preacher guy , and of course the Bad Guy was a fbi in Die Hard starring guy from Moonlighting
Good video. I agree with many of the comments here, but perhaps for different reasons. The hotel scene is the one I'd most like to keep: brilliant TD/Bond characterisation, the hunter watching and stalking his prey, also perhaps studying his appearance which, I believe, is important as per my reply to weatherman15's post about TD's hairstyle in the casino. (Please read and comment.) As for the Leiter lighter (pun intended imo) when you first see him with it he is also holding Della's garter, so is a reminder of the wedding and therefore his own marriage, as well as an emphasis of the revenge motive (helpful given that the film is/was criticised for its violence). IF it detracts slightly from the use of the lighter at the end (and I don't think so) it's worth it. Of the others, I'd keep the introduction of Starkey showing him to be one of the friendship circle; also Bond acquiring the boat, which is short, funny and shows Bond's resourcefulness. I like the bank scene for the look Bond gives Sanchez and the brief physical contact with its hint of what's to come. The airport scene has its good points as noted elsewhere but I suppose is expendable if time is a factor. I like the exchange between Bond and Lupe at the end of their boat scene; perhaps trim it? The rest are expendable. (Perhaps it was Tim who asked for the hat scene to be cut?)
For me is the Best 007 movie after "From Russia Whit Love". Bond escape from his confort zone and he only uses his inteligence and habilities to Survive. He's special for be James Bond, no for his gatgets and fancy Cars. Dalton also is for me the Best Bond.
The hotel room scene should have been kept in. It shows a bit of field craft in how bond gets his weapon through airport security. It builds on his drive for revenge when he uses the lighter and is visibly pumped ready for blood. The untouchable status of sanchez is also reinforced, adding weight to bonds motivation to deal his own brand of justice. I don't get why this was cut, I really don't.
These two Timothy Dalton's 007 movies & Never say never again & last two Daniel Craig's 007 are my most favourite bond movies ! T.Dalton is my personal favourite as he brought more human like emotions in 007 ,also warmth of Welsh in 007 ,compared to a machine like killer ! 💜💜💜💜🥁🎵🐉🎤🎶💕
Most of them where key to the plot, subconsciously, regardless if good or not. 1.The "hat" scene showed how Crest insisted on Lupe being indoors when onboard, which she used later when he was confronted by Sanchez 2. The casino scene right after meeting Sanchez, shows Pam was jealous of him leaving with Lupe earlier (which was not her first reaction) and justifies her later leaving him out of her room, to share with Q. 3.The airport scene was important to understand that Truman Lodge was a Wall Street white collar, not a hench and Fallon's presence (eventually) showed that MI6 kept their eye on Sanchez's activity. In addition justifies how Heller knew that 007 flew in privately. 4.And finally, when 007 is alone in the room, yes it brings up how well connected Sanchez was (as many said already), it reinforces the lighter flame point, but most of all shows 007 was hiding his gun although he flew in privately, which means getting a gun in Isthmus was a challenge, justifying his reaction when later Sanchez tool it (that reaction had me sooo puzzled - like what? You can't get another one?) For the scene where 007 walks into Sanchez, I guess the point was to show that he wouldn't recognize him since the Bahamas (?)
There was rumoured to be a scene where Sanchez's men cut out the heart of Lupe's lover but it was cut for being to gory. The description I read suggested it had been filmed and I have a vague memory of watching the clip online with the act in question taking place outside the house, in the background whilst Sanchez is talking to someone. Can anyone expand upon this?
It's basically like that in the movie isn't it? Sanchez orders his men to "give her his heart", they take him out of sight, and then there is a muffled scream from outside at the end of the scene.
Does anyone notice that they never play the Timothy Dal films on TV. They showed the man with the golden gun and Die another day recently. On his majesties secret service was on TV not that long ago. Probably why I can't remember those two films as much as the others
I know what you mean by Timothy's haggard look. Don't know if anyone else in the comments has brought it up, but I think a large part of it is his hair line. Seems like it's reseeding, especially when it's brushed back in the casino scene. It's pretty noticable since his hair line looked perfectly fine in The Living Daylights.
Bond smoking a cigarette, silently grimacing at the bad guy on TV is the best.
Agreed. Lovely moment.
It's a wonderfully atmospheric character scene, Sanchez basking in the limelight, unaware that this lone assassin is coming for him.
@@calvindyson Could you cover The Living Daylights Deleted Scenes if it has any for the blu ray release? thanks love that film
I agree it's very Fleming.
I agree it's very Fleming.
Why they cut that hotel room scene I have no idea, Dalton looks so damn cool, it really hammers home Sanchez's status as a public figure and adds production value to the film. Also reminds us of Bond's lighter and how big the flame is and I love him removing his gun from the hip flask.
6:12 Anyone else notice how the hotel room light is perfectly positioned above Dalton's head like a halo for a few precious seconds? What a scene!
Poor Hat - there it was, sitting on Timothy Dalton’s head, thinking its big break into the film industry had finally come.
I mean, Oddjob did wonders for the hat industry, so I'm sure Dalton's hat was disappointed to be cut
Even more tragic, it was the first work it had gotten since Gilligan's Island was canceled.
I’m a big proponent of Bond wearing a hat again. It may not be fashionable anymore, but imagine how quickly it would be if Bond started doing it (I realize that’s not gonna happen because Bond is pretty conformist - he follows fashion; he doesn’t make it).
@@jeffmelchior8573 yes that would be cool 😎
John Glen definately went out on a high. The film is so good even most of the deleted scenes are pretty great. Yeah, this is one of if not my favourote Bond films.
John glen himself has said that he personally thinks licence to kill is the best bond film he ever directed.
@@naughtydog1617 can't blame him 👍👌
Amazing to think his last bond was probably his finest....
Mine too!! Licence to Kill is a brilliant bit of entertainment
The big Flame at 6:31 is quite a foreshadowing of what is going to happen to at the end.
Totally agree about the hotel scene, it’s phenomenal - peak Dalton malevolently eying up his prey, cigarette in mouth. The lighter too hinting at what’s to come. I also like the snappy dialogue from Sanchez directed to the moral complexities surrounding the Latin American drug industry.
Which leads to the next point - I also think the airport scene should have been kept. I think we would benefit from that information about Heller and Truman Lodge. One thing I really like about this film is that doesn’t just demonise Latin America, but also exposes US corruption - Killifer, Professor Joe, Krest, Dario’s background in the contras. Bond on his one-man-slaughterhouse indiscriminately dispatches all the key elements to America’s ‘drug problem’ of the 80s.
The scene with Bond in the room lighting up whilst the news report of Sanchez is brilliant, it reminds us on the gift from Felix and on the while gives Sanchez some more development on his presence in the city of isthmus.
The scene with bond buying the boat I think did give Dalton a bit of humour “Does that include a full tank of petrol” works within the context of the scene. I also like the line “You can walk an awfully long way with a quarter of a million dollars”. It’s very much in tone of bond’s attitude in the film. I think they did add some more suitable lines for Dalton in this film, they are wry and morbidly humorous, as they should be.
“I’m more a problem eliminator”
“Looks like he came to a dead end”
“I’ll do anything for a woman with a knife”
All of these scenes felt familiar and I just realized why. John Gardner did an adaptation of License to Kill that contained all of these moments. A lot of them work in the novel and helped with the story's flow. Can't wait for you to give that book a read, Calvin!
Interesting! I'll definitely be getting to it eventually but I still need to get back into Role of Honour... My reading has gone out the window now I'm no longer commuting, shamefully!
By Gardner’s own admission:
“There are huge jumps in the screenplay, which you can do on screen; but with a book you need to explain things. So I had to add a lot to explain how Bond got from here to there, that sort of thing.”
I do recall Gardner explains how Bond gets rid of the seaplane he steals, as opposed to the film that just cuts to the next scene.
6:30 they should have kept this scene. Dalton just looks like the literal interpretation of Fleming's blunt instrument right there.
Did I see that right? Bond had a hidden PPK in the bottom of his whiskey flask that he had just poured a glass from. I actually love that scene.
Bond in the hotel room, and Bond passing Sanchez are two scenes I wish had been kept in. The former is soo Bondian, and in the latter, I love the look on Bonds face when he sees Sanchez.
I wouldn’t have minded that scene at the airport - it wouldn’t have hurt to give Truman-Lodge and Heller more of a presence in the film, especially considering how important Heller becomes later on when it’s revealed he’s in cahoots with Pam. But it is a rather inorganic bit of exposition, and I suppose the problem is they’re rather bland henchmen - not sure if that’s down to the writing, direction, or acting (probably a little of each). However, one thing’s for sure: Truman-Lodge certainly looks like the Lidl own-brand version of Michael J. Fox.
You're right and I had similar mixed feelings... Nicer to have a moment to actually introduce the characters but as they're not too important in the long run I guess they're just two too many names to keep track of. I like Truman-Lodge as a background character and he has a couple of funny moments but they definitely give him a little too much emphasis later on in the film to say he doesn't do much for the plot.
I agree with both this comment and Calvin's reply. Another good reason for leaving this would have been that it establishes Christopher Neame's character and shows Bond is being followed sooner.
Incidentally, I'd also have liked a bit more of the initial scene where Kwang and his people take Bond to their Safehouse to have stayed in. Part of the dialogue in that deleted scene was straight from John Gardner's novelisation.
There was probably more filmed, but in the book, Kwang asks Bond if he knows who they are, Bond says he assumes they're with the Chinese Dealers, which is when Kwang shouts "We're Hong Kong Narcotics you bastard". In the finished film there's a bit of a sudden cut before he says this.
There's also a bit of additional dialogue from Kwang and Fall on, where Fallon says that killing Sanchez alone would change nothing, as Krest or Heller would take over. This leads into the finished film where Kwang says "Sanchez is taking me to the heart of his operations...", shortly before Heller and co attack.
I fully understand that the above was cut out for timing reasons, but Gardner wrote a good novel here I thought.
@@davegiles2610 Yeah, I'd definitely say of Gardner's two novelisations, LTK was the superior one - I think the tone of LTK gelled better with the way Gardner wrote Bond stories than GoldenEye did. In his interview with Raymond Benson, Gardner made an interesting point that: "There are huge jumps in the screenplay, which you can do on screen; but with a book you need to explain things. So I had to add a lot to explain how Bond got from here to there, that sort of thing." I remember he added in a scene which shows how Bond got rid of the seaplane full of money he stole whereas in the film it's never explained.
@@BenCol funnily enough I thought of that today as I watched it.
If I remember right, he gets rid of it at or near a friend's house, after phoning him to let him know he's breaking into his house, to which the friend responds somewhat humourlessly.
I quite enjoyed the three original Gardner novels I've read, as you can visualise his Bond as Dalton. Some of them could have made good film adaptations I think.
@@calvindyson In the music video there's a clip of Bond and Pam exiting the rolls on the night he tries to kill Sanchez. Where's that deleted scene ? In the film there's a jarring cut from the one night ('I hope you don't snore Q') to the NEXT night !
Fun fact: part of SPECTRE's opening sequence was filmed right in front of that beautiful post office in Mexico City, the hotel where cast and crew stayed is only a few steps away and was used also as a location for the hotel where Bond enters with Estrella.
I am mexican and was an extra in the film. (I even made it into a still photograph of Daniel Craig! My head is in the background)
I like the scene with Bond walking by Sanchez, that stare Bond gives him amazing. The hotel one was pretty Bondy too. I found the quip at the boat was pretty good too. I'd say I'd keep all 3 of them
That scene with Dalton in the hotel room I adore, that is Fleming's Bond, even if it's pointless padding it's a shame it's not in the final film.
I have a rather interesting story about this film. Licence to Kill was the first Bond film I had ever seen. My mother is a big fan of the films and for her birthday, my father got her three DVDs. Licence to Kill, Dr. No and Live and Let Die. Then while my father took my mother out for a birthday meal, my grandparents came over to look after me and I told them that my mother had three James Bond films and they told me that they used to watch the Bond films and told me to put one of them on. I picked Licence to Kill and as soon as Timothy Dalton's Bond came on screen, my grandfather ordered me to switch it off. I asked him why and my grandmother said and I quote "This is George Lazenby, we don't like him, switch it off."
poor dalton
When did they realise they’re mistake?
@@EditedAF987 Well here's the bizarre thing. They believed that Lazenby was the first actor to play Bond in the films and Connery came after him. Now to be fair, Connery did come after Lazenby, but he'd already made five films before Lazenby took over. But trying to explain this to my grandparents was futile. They were adamant that Lazenby was the first Bond and no matter how many times I told them that Connery was first and even showed them proof that Connery came first, they remained headstrong and claimed Lazenby came first and Connery took over the role with all of his films.
Menko Monty wow
@@menkomonty wich makes no sense that lazenby came first. since he has honey riders knife from dr no in his drawer as well as red grants watch....
One of my all time fave Bond films. Again, agreed, I love the deleted scene of Dalton in the hotel room. Great Bondian moment which really shows Dalton for how good an actor he is. Wish he got his third film.
Same here, with the right changes to the script and holding off for a better budget Dalton's third movie would be really good. That said, whenever I read any of the James Bond comic books(both the Dark Horse stuff and the newer Dynamite comics series) It is Dalton's voice I heard in my head when Bond is speaking.
JB0071051982 For some reason I always picture Dalton’s Bond when reading John Gardener’s novels Lol
The scene of Bond in the hotel room is one of the many reasons Dalton's the best Bond.
I didn't like him at all
St. Petrus_2012 I wouldn’t read the books then, cause dalton is super close to the source material in terms of how he portrays him and looks
@@WolfPlisken idk, to me he just seems like an ordinary, violent, maybe even, if you ask me, boring, late 80s action hero, I just don't like him, sorry
@@WolfPlisken I also don't care how he looks (I care about the acting), but I have never (in my opinion, I havent read the books) imagined him that...... ugly (matter of taste though)
that scene would have been awesome if he was wearing that hat again
if they cleaned up these scenes i would love an extended cut with them back in the film, this is my favorite bond film, a lot of these scenes don't drag down the pacing in anyway i would love to see them back in the main film
My absolute favourite Bond. The soundtrack is brilliant! License Revoked is one of the best variations of the Bond Theme.
You are making the wait for No Time to Die bearable!
If I can ease the pain of the wait in any way then I'm pleased! Thanks very much, Roger!
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1. Sharkey should have kept in, it gives extra weight to his "Chainsaw, my ass" line.
2. Yeah, nice to see Bond doing some secret agent stuff, but for the hat to work it needed some explanation, such as Sharkey laughing at it previously.
3. Absolutely should have remained in the film. Bond being Bond 24/7. Also, helping to explain how he gets his PPK past airport security all the time. And the repetition of the lighter is actually important.
4. Could have stayed. A nice light moment before the bar fight and a segue from stealing the plane, instead of simply appearing at the bar with the boat. We see him spend the money he was laughing at.
5. Definitely could have stayed in. Naming the bad guys always helps and foreshadowing the local British consul's involvement is a classic '60s spy drama trick. Also, it gives a little extra kick to Bond witnessing Pam meet with Heller through the scope. She knows who all these guys are and now she's meeting with them? What game is she playing? A wordy scene, but I'm happy with it, it also helps set the scene in Isthmus, we're south of the border now.
6. The missed moment in the bank is actually pretty cool and it brings the Chinese in a little earlier. Don't know if it would slow the overall bank scene down, but I can imagine a little John Barry-sque sting as Bond turns and eyeballs Sanchez that really would have sold it.
7. Didn't need it. We already have the close-up on Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa and Diana Lee-Hsu to tell us something was up with them.
8. Didn't need it.
9. Didn't need it, but it's usually doesn't hurt to keep selling the tropical location you're in.
It's worth noting that Licence to Kill is one of the longer films in the franchise, especially at the time it came out. They must have been looking for any little bits they could cut.
4:35 Tim looks and sounds like a Manc going to a Stone Roses gig by boat.
Nice video. The Sharkey scene and Hotel scene were awesome. A shortened cut of the boat with Lupe scene could have worked. The less said about the hat scene and ninja-slap scene, the better.
Licence To Kill is reminiscent of Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom for me, in that I think they're both criticized more than they should be because of how violent they are. On an entirely different note, I think all of these deleted scenes are fine for me. Even though I agree that the airport scene is dull, I remember being super confused about who Truman-Lodge and Heller were when I first saw the film, so it might help if they were introduced earlier. Love the content, by the way!
That they are too many bad guys is a valid criticism of the film-Heller just appears for the brief 'is Pam a traitor' plot then again when he's dead.
I just realized that I think one of the first full shots of Heller we get is when he has a forklift gone through his chest!
Nice series of videos with your take on deleted scenes. I'd love to see a video from you on the workprints of the movies. If anything, it's a huge source of deletes scenes, alternate cuts and such.
Not that it's widely available to say the least but I'm sure there is enough information and content for at least one video.
I suddenly get reminded of a photograph which shows a scene that I don't recall seeing in License to Kill. I don't know if it's in the workprint but the photograph suggests that Sanchez held a party of some sort at his villa for I think the Asian business people. It was a very pretty picture actually although I can imagine that scene was cut for pacing reasons. There are already several scenes of Sanchez bonding with them anyway.
I loved Licence to kill the moment I watched it. Never disliked it. Loved the dark tone and dalton is one of my favourite bonds. He was a great bond i think and captured fleming very well. both his films were great. So glad they exist in the bond catalogue.
I recently watched the 90 minute Nintendo commercial masquerading as a film _The Wizard_ for cheesy movie night. Frank McRae pops up as a tertiary character near the end - I can’t remember if I actually said “[gasp] it’s Sharkey!” out loud or just thought it. Alas, his character (whose name was something like Spankey, which is oddly similar) did not get to use the power glove. Any sensible filmmaker would’ve made the film about him, but I guess Fred Savage was more popular at the time.
Also he pops up in _Rocky II_ - as I recall his role is simply to fire Rocky from a meat factory.
I love it when that happens. Bond movies are full of supporting actors I only know for their 007 role and then they randomly pop up in something else and it's wild... Seeing Robert Brown in Ben Hur certainly had me double-taking!
Calvin Dyson Of course, _Licence to Kill_ has the other good example of Everett McGill. I think my biggest turnaround with LTK is going from “That Killifer is a slimy bastard, I hate him!” to “That’s OK Big Ed, I still love ya!”
Frank McRae is a very popular character actor. He was in both 48 Hours movies opposite Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte and he also worked with Sylvester Stallone on his movie Lock Up as one of the inmates at the prison Stallone's character is sent to. Always fun to see him in anything, even if the movie is not very good. As a lifelong Nintendo fan, I honestly did not mind The Wizard at all.
He’s also at the very beginning of Red Dawn, the John Milius film. He plays the teacher who is shot dead by the Soviet paratroopers.
I wish they had kept the lighter scene, it's really epic.
The scene of Bond smoking looking at the TV, taking out the gun from his hip flask and cocking it is effing brilliant. Tough, cynical, and hard edged, Dalton IMO is the best Bond to date.
In regards to the scene when Bond buys the boat, sadly deleted. In the novelisation of the film, Bond actually borrows the boat from a friend of his, and it mentions how Bond has doubts about lying to him, but he didn’t want to put a civilian in harms way.
Dalton goes pretty Welsh in the hat scene.
Almost 30K subscribers?! Very cool, Calvin, and highly deserved. Keep up the great work and keep being awesome!
This is really lovely! Thank you, Joe! Very kind of you 😁 hope you enjoy the upcoming videos!!
Some say LTK is like an episode of Miami Vice, but sometimes I'm like, "when do I get a Bond film that's like an episode of Magnum P.I."?
Yes please!
LTK is in my top 5 Bonds. Hell of a film.
Oh man, your work is soooo goooddd! Love it all, from beginning to end. Always will be a fan
The Bond, Leiter, Sharkey relationship seems like one that has developed over the years. Imagine Quarrel, Leiter and Bond becoming and remaining friends, had Quarrel survived.
Thanks for this video. I have never seen these deleted scenes as I never bought the Bond 50th Anniversary DVDs as I got all the Bond films on DVD in 1999 when The World is not enough was released. I didn't expect them to update those DVDs even further with more deleted scenes! Love all of these deleted scenes especially the one with Bond in the hotel room. Licence to Kill is one of my favourite Bond films. I was 17 and saw it five times in the cinema. I also loved the fact that it was a 15 rating which I think affected its box office taking. There was very stiff competition for summer blockbusters at the time with the first Batman movie and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade which both did much better than Bond at the box office. The 12 rating was created because of the Batman movie which is a rating that could have helped Licence to Kill pull in more punters. From memory Bond was released in June and Batman in August. Timothy Dalton, in my opinion, is the closest any actor has been to portraying the Bond of the books on screen. Craig is good but he is not the Bond in the books like Dalton was. Very sad that he only did two movies. All the Bond actors hit their stride in the third movie and I'm positive Dalton would have been even better if he did a third movie. Dalton looked a lot more sophisticated in this movie than the mess that Craig was, especially in his tuxedo, in Quantum of Solace.
Agree about the hotel scene, really would have liked that back in the film.
Love this series your doing with the deleted scenes. Great timing, just watched Licence to Kill the other night.
OK Calvin, I've just subscribed. I'm not even particularly a Bond fan, but I enjoy your presentation.
Well I appreciate it all the same! Very much so. If I can ignite even a slight spark of Bond-fandom in someone else i'll consider it job done :D
I love hearing John Glen's narrations in these deleted scenes
Definitely would’ve kept the scene in Bond’s hotel room
Loving all the Licence to Kill love 💕😎 It's been a favourite since I picked up my VHS during a holiday in Munich.
Can see possibly the inspiration for Brosnan's hotel scene in TMD, of course Dalton looks a tad more edgy than Brosnan's interpretation of the character.
Still the best interpretation of the character from the books. LTK is a fantastic Bond film, such a shame we never got a third from Dalton.
Most of the scenes are pretty good. Even if they don't advance the story a lot, it tells us a lot about the world, especially the one where Bond watches the TV, it tells us a lot about Isthmus City. The scene at the airport and the one where he buys the boat is also pretty good.
A quibble I’ve always had about Licence to Kill is that it feels a bit cheap and lackluster in its production. The crowd outside the casino when Sanchez arrives would have definitely given the film some much needed added production value. And with it coupled with the great bit of Bond in his hotel room, I really can’t imagine why they’d leave this out. Someone should start a petition! 😂
They had kept around the same budget for all of John Glen's movies, which meant they had less to work with due to inflation.
James Atkinson And it shows! The set for the bar fight scene alone looks like a late 70’s early 80’s The Incredible Hulk TV show set Lol, even the hole from the pump action shotgun looked like the wall was cardboard or thin plywood 😣 I actually like some of those deleted scenes
@@simond7225 would love to see it if that's possible! I'm literally going to edit the scene in myself when I get the chance. I'll try to include all the deleted scenes if I can make it work and maybe recut some scenes. I also really really want to fix the shitty back projections from the old films, I don't know how much can actually be done, I'll probably just fix the colour and go from there
I just watched your deleted scenes for license to kill and I tell you they’re all good, especially that hotel seen. Oh my god that shows who bond is and I cannot believe that they took that from the original film. What were they thinking but I like them all it’s just a shame that they couldn’t put all of it in the movie
Especially that scene where Sanchez walks right past bond that would’ve been great and the way he turned around and he looked at Sanchez. Oh my God swoon city.
Another great video Calvin.
Can't wait to see you do the Casino Royale scenes with the cricket stuff and Bond being in hospital.
Thanks, Paul! I think CR will likely be the next one :D
Such a shame they dropped that hotel room scene. The one time he actually looked cool, bloody typical! Actually I can think of one other cool moment...when he gets into the lift with Pam and says the line - Let’s make this a Proper Family Reunion!
Great video 👍 The hotel scene should have absolutely been kept. It played to Dalton's strength. I too would have kept the but when Sharkey tries to get into Leiter's house. I also would have kept the scene where Bond buys the boat. As you said, it offers a moment of humor for Dalton. I would have liked the scene at the airport where Pam provides some background on Truman Lodge and Heller. Just from a character perspective, it's nice to know something about them. I liked the exchange between Bond and Lupe at the end of the boat scene, but not worth keeping. And the rest of them added nothing.
Thanks, Robert! Looks like we have similar views on these. I'm surprised how many actually have something of interest in them, compared with the other deleted scenes I've made videos about recently (particularly TWINE where most of them were very silly and redundant) I'm surprised at how well these ones held up!
I think you make a great point about Dalton’s appearance in his tux. I completely think the hairstyle throws off the look. If you notice at the end of the film he has his normal hairstyle while wearing the tux and he looks much better. I know the brushed back hair was the style in the late 80s but it doesn’t work for everyone and don’t think it suits Dalton.
Honestly, I prefer Dalton's haircut from the living daylights more than the back brushed hair as well
and others who don't like TD's hair in the casino scene. I think there is a point to it: it's near enough the same as Sanchez's own. Bond is intending to infiltrate S's lair, and using imitation is a well-known ploy to gain the confidence of the person you are trying to impress/ convince, so it's a good psychological tactic here. (British readers may remember an instance some years ago of a TV investigative journalist who used this method to infiltrate a criminal gang.) Later, when it's no longer needed, he can revert to his own, much better, style.
I love the hotel scene, for all the reasons mentioned elsewhere; plus, Bond gets a good look at Sanchez, and perhaps even gets the idea about the hairstyle then. Just a thought. Definitely this scene should have been kept in.
@@pmgodfrey5203 I've never considered it from this viewpoint before! This really gives me a new perspective to consider when I watch Licence to Kill again... I've been watching one film a week leading up to the release of No Time to Die, so Licence to Kill happens to be my film to watch this coming week!
Definitely think they should have kept in the scene introducing the various bad guys. The film is character-heavy so it would have been nice to know who’s who. Exposition can be a good thing.
John Glen is one of my favorites Bond directors!
*cut to Calvin a few years from now*
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I am very pleased you have warmed more to Dalton over the years, and this film especially. Your original review many years ago was pretty scathing and I remember commenting at the time how disapointment I was with your review. Having grown up with Roger as my bond, I also disliked Dalton. Over the passage of time I have really warmed to him, and consider him on of the best bonds. His films aren't perfect, no bond film is, but both his films are undoubtably amongst the best in the whole series. Dalton was terrific, and way ahead of his time. We just weren't ready for a hard realistic bond. Craig's bond has been embraced by many over the years, and because of that, we have gotten used to the more serious take on the character. I think many look at Dalton now with fresh eyes, and finally appreciate what he did 30+ years ago.
My experience is similar. Grew up with Sir Roger (TSWLM, in the theater, was my first Bond film). I saw The Living Daylights, and it was all over. That was literally the last Bond film I saw in the theater until Skyfall, believe it or not. I finally gave the Dalton films another chance and am now a huge fan of both.
i dont like the films because of the batmanish portrayal but dalton is veally good in them! hes not a problem and in the late 80s was BORN to play Bond! the films are just too tonally inconstant and too dark and batmanish for the time and for their own. Theyre well made but just not the right dark tone to go by after Moore. Goldeneye is the right step.
3:30 Honestly as a kid I though Sharkey was meant to be Quarrel Jr. of Live and Let Die.
I love Anthony Zerbe. He has a sort of sleazy charisma that you can't help but love. I wish he had more screentime as Krest !
I bloody love the nightfire music in the background
Me too! It’s pretty much my default background music at this point 😂
Calvin Dyson Brosnan’s era had the best Bond video games, I consider the game Everything or Nothing as his fifth film, to me anyway 😀.
Like the sound of a BIG CHUNKY Moonraker Review.
Nice Video as always Calvin
Thanks, Matthew! Glad you enjoyed it :) Moonraker may well end up being my longest single video outside of game playthroughs yet... We'll see!
Dalton is easily my second-favorite Bond (behind Sean of course). I wish he made many more than two.
I had to remember that Christopher Neame was that guy that resurrected Dracula(Christopher Lee) in Dracula AD 1972.
I love him in Licence To Kill.
I actually like these. Wouldn’t mind if they were kept in the film, besides the hat of course
Dalton smoking and Frank McRae would have been very good
What strikes me is that keeping all of these scenes in the film, most of which are welcome additions, would still have made the running time less than 2h 15m. Considerably shorter than recent outings., where editing seems a lot less disciplined than it used to be...
dalton and connery were the best bonds!
Simply more time and better fitting clothes would have made Dalton’s Bond top-tier for every Bond fan!
I feel pretty similar to you. When I was a kid I hated Daltons movies and loved the Brosnan ones. Whilst the latter still very much rings true I came to love Daltons movies too. I'd go so far as to rank The Living Daylights in my top 5.
@@unlimitedayoproduction2452 That's your opinion. I respect that, still I grew up with them. They'll always be my favorites.
I think that last deleted scene could have stayed in a much shorter form. Jump from Lupe waving to the last 2 seconds of the boat pulling up, and keep the exchange between Bond and Lupe, which I really like. End at Bond looking at her driving off and cut Bond running off. Otherwise, I’m mostly in agreement with your thoughts Calvin! Even if LtK is considered to be Miami Vice-esque... I’m also a huge Vice fan so I think this was precisely the time to do such a film if it was ever gonna happen. Shame Timothy didn’t get that third crack at it...
Funnily enough there was a time when I thought LTK was actually an unofficial film because of how dark it is. Of course now I know it isn't but I still wonder why I thought it was unofficial
I like the fact that Bond is scruffy and haggard in this one. It makes more sense from a story perspective.
2:03 It is a shame they never included this scene in the finished film. Indeed, it defiantly would have strengthened the story and characters. Small moments like this can really sell a narrative.
If the next era of Bond decides to go the same (or similar) route of lintier storytelling and characters (outside of the 'main Bond cast' of course) carrying over from previous instalments like the Craig era, I would love it if they would introduce something similar to what we got with Bond, Felix and Sharky.
My idea:
Introduce a group (or duo) of friends that are a part of Bond's leisure periods outside of MI6 or maybe even make them 00 agents.
They could just make them 008 (the frequently mentioned agent throughout the Bond films) and 0026 (off the top of my head, this would just serve as a cheeky way to acknowledge that said film would be the 26th installment in the series).
The first film with the next Bond could show him meeting up with them, sharing a drink and talking about the current goings on within the world, maybe even talk about past missions. - they could throw in a homage here or there about one of the friends bosting about a past mission they endured 'on a space station', but both Bond and the other friend would just calk this up to their pal being too drunk. XD
If we go along with the 00 agent route, they could even make one of them a retired 00 agent that managed to 'leave that life' at the right time. Bond could look to him as a sort of mentor figure - and a reflection of the life he 'could have', if he so desired.
So, down the line, maybe in the next Bond's second film outing (or third), they could do a similar revenge storyline where one of these friends is murdered, or even kidnapped. Pushing Bond to go rogue and attempt to rescue them.
Its just an idea, but who knows. :)
Nice gold Aston, man.
Thanks! I love that thing! Sadly it doesn’t do a proper ejector seat pop but it’s still a beauty :)
That would be where Lego has the advantage
Loved the deleted hotel scene
4:15 - For a Secret Agent, Mr. Gilligan certainly doesn't know how to maintain cover and concealment or discretion.
Hey Calvin! I just binge watched your James Bond JR reviews. I know at the time you said not all the episodes were on UA-cam but there are 2 channels called Michael May and Philip Tucker that have all 65 episodes uploaded!
Maybe you could review a couple for old times sake 😛
Would you consider doing a fixing series - where you take every bond film and try and fix them. Taking out specific scenes or adding other things?
My first thought seeing the "hat" was "Gilligan"
I lived in the Florida Keys a few years back. Found out I lived about a mile from the airport where the opening sequence was filmed; where Sanchez takes off in the single engine plane. Sugarloaf Airport on Sugarloaf Key. They do skydiving flights there now. If you pause it at the right moment, you'll see the Perkey Bat Tower, which is no longer there after Hurricane Irma - just one of many quirky spots in the Keys! Working in Key West and actually seeing the filming locations every day made me appreciate this Bond film even more! I met Robert Davi while he was there on business. Very nice guy. I was a photographer for the Key West Citizen and we interviewed him and I took a bunch of great photos of him in the hotel lobby. He set it up like a director like I was a paparazzi sneaking a photo of him, and told me to "get the fuck outta here!" Nice fun guy, but he was very vain about his hair and a bit of a tubby tummy, though!
Big fan of a lot of these scenes. Especially Bond in his hotel room and seeing Sanchez at the bank.
Lupe dropping Bond off on the beach is unnecessary but the scenery is nice.
the last deleted scene reminds me of the beach scene after killing dent in dr.no
I almost feel like the hotel scene wasn’t cut for pacing, it was cut because Dalton is smoking in it. The film has the surgeon general’s warning in the credits. Complete shame. It’s so much a glimpse of Fleming’s Bond it can give you chills. And Dalton just nails it. He doesn’t have a single word to say and yet you can see every emotion.
I find the post-assassination attempt fight and interrogation scene so random. It's like an insert from another film, particularly the inclusion of another British agent. I wouldn't have minded seeing some additional footage relating to this.
Do you still have your framed picture of Sharky?
Dude. Instant watch the moment I get on UA-cam. License To Kill is one of my all time favorite Bond films, my number 3 in fact.
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This is in my top 3 Bond movies. Had most of these scenes made the final cut, it would be on par with Goldeneye. Just give Bond a different hat and we're good
This is my favorite bond movie
The marina owner was a huge tv and movie star in the 1970s and 80s the Sicario too , as well as the PA of the baddie , oh and the perv Preacher guy , and of course the Bad Guy was a fbi in Die Hard starring guy from Moonlighting
You should review License To Kill again!
Good video. I agree with many of the comments here, but perhaps for different reasons. The hotel scene is the one I'd most like to keep: brilliant TD/Bond characterisation, the hunter watching and stalking his prey, also perhaps studying his appearance which, I believe, is important as per my reply to weatherman15's post about TD's hairstyle in the casino. (Please read and comment.) As for the Leiter lighter (pun intended imo) when you first see him with it he is also holding Della's garter, so is a reminder of the wedding and therefore his own marriage, as well as an emphasis of the revenge motive (helpful given that the film is/was criticised for its violence). IF it detracts slightly from the use of the lighter at the end (and I don't think so) it's worth it.
Of the others, I'd keep the introduction of Starkey showing him to be one of the friendship circle; also Bond acquiring the boat, which is short, funny and shows Bond's resourcefulness. I like the bank scene for the look Bond gives Sanchez and the brief physical contact with its hint of what's to come. The airport scene has its good points as noted elsewhere but I suppose is expendable if time is a factor. I like the exchange between Bond and Lupe at the end of their boat scene; perhaps trim it? The rest are expendable. (Perhaps it was Tim who asked for the hat scene to be cut?)
For me is the Best 007 movie after "From Russia Whit Love". Bond escape from his confort zone and he only uses his inteligence and habilities to Survive. He's special for be James Bond, no for his gatgets and fancy Cars. Dalton also is for me the Best Bond.
The hotel room scene should have been kept in. It shows a bit of field craft in how bond gets his weapon through airport security. It builds on his drive for revenge when he uses the lighter and is visibly pumped ready for blood. The untouchable status of sanchez is also reinforced, adding weight to bonds motivation to deal his own brand of justice. I don't get why this was cut, I really don't.
These two Timothy Dalton's 007 movies & Never say never again & last two Daniel Craig's 007 are my most favourite bond movies ! T.Dalton is my personal favourite as he brought more human like emotions in 007 ,also warmth of Welsh in 007 ,compared to a machine like killer ! 💜💜💜💜🥁🎵🐉🎤🎶💕
They should've kept the TV scene for sure
Most of them where key to the plot, subconsciously, regardless if good or not.
1.The "hat" scene showed how Crest insisted on Lupe being indoors when onboard, which she used later when he was confronted by Sanchez
2. The casino scene right after meeting Sanchez, shows Pam was jealous of him leaving with Lupe earlier (which was not her first reaction) and justifies her later leaving him out of her room, to share with Q.
3.The airport scene was important to understand that Truman Lodge was a Wall Street white collar, not a hench and Fallon's presence (eventually) showed that MI6 kept their eye on Sanchez's activity. In addition justifies how Heller knew that 007 flew in privately.
4.And finally, when 007 is alone in the room, yes it brings up how well connected Sanchez was (as many said already), it reinforces the lighter flame point, but most of all shows 007 was hiding his gun although he flew in privately, which means getting a gun in Isthmus was a challenge, justifying his reaction when later Sanchez tool it (that reaction had me sooo puzzled - like what? You can't get another one?)
For the scene where 007 walks into Sanchez, I guess the point was to show that he wouldn't recognize him since the Bahamas (?)
Frank McRae is a great actor and is in quite a few Sylvester Stallone films [Rocky 2, Paradise Alley, Lock Up] as well as Last Action Hero
There was rumoured to be a scene where Sanchez's men cut out the heart of Lupe's lover but it was cut for being to gory. The description I read suggested it had been filmed and I have a vague memory of watching the clip online with the act in question taking place outside the house, in the background whilst Sanchez is talking to someone. Can anyone expand upon this?
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@@Thatguy55595 I may be misremembering the clip but the scene is described in a book.
It's basically like that in the movie isn't it? Sanchez orders his men to "give her his heart", they take him out of sight, and then there is a muffled scream from outside at the end of the scene.
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Does anyone notice that they never play the Timothy Dal films on TV. They showed the man with the golden gun and Die another day recently. On his majesties secret service was on TV not that long ago. Probably why I can't remember those two films as much as the others
I have to disagree...I love the hat...I mean who doesn't like a good Gilligan bucket hat! :)
I know what you mean by Timothy's haggard look. Don't know if anyone else in the comments has brought it up, but I think a large part of it is his hair line. Seems like it's reseeding, especially when it's brushed back in the casino scene. It's pretty noticable since his hair line looked perfectly fine in The Living Daylights.