{"id":13311,"date":"2014-09-27T13:25:09","date_gmt":"2014-09-27T13:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemacocoa.com\/?p=435"},"modified":"2014-09-27T13:25:09","modified_gmt":"2014-09-27T13:25:09","slug":"saga-review-james-bond-no-15-no-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemacocoa.com\/?p=13311","title":{"rendered":"Saga Review: James Bond (No.15 – No.16)"},"content":{"rendered":"

That’s right, with\u00a0Skyfall\u00a0<\/em>releasing later this year I am opting to give you my thoughts on all of the Bond films! There’s twenty-two films, and when I started this challenge there were twenty-two weeks before\u00a0Skyfall<\/em>, sounds good to me!
\nI grew up in the six year drought of Bond films, between the Dalton and Brosnen Eras, so my definition of Bond is Timothy Dalton in\u00a0The Living Daylights<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0License to Kill<\/em>, while\u00a0Goldeneye\u00a0<\/em>is one of my top favourites. It took me a little while to watch all of the other James Bond films, but they were regularly shown on television, and while the Brosnen films quickly worsened I would never grow to like the Roger Moore era. At least not yet.<\/p>\n

Because there are twenty-two films I am breaking my reviews down into eras as best I can.<\/p>\n

It is bitter-sweet, today’s post, because after nearly two months<\/em> of Roger Moore torture I only get two weeks of awesomeness that is the Timothy Dalton films. I grew up with these films, so naturally I am already biased, but believe me when I say this, these films are massively underrated. <\/em>Massively. Underrated.<\/p>\n

So let’s see how much awesome action and spy work we can fit into just four hours! There will be great 1980s music, tanker trucks exploding, capable Bond Girls (for once), sharks, exploding toothpaste, angry eyes and steely stares! It is the Dalton duo.<\/p>\n

The Living Daylights<\/strong> (1987)<\/p>\n

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\nThank you, thank you; effort, honest to god effort<\/em>!<\/p>\n

The Living Daylights comes just two years after Roger Moore\u2019s era, and boldly starts a brand new chapter with Timothy Dalton as an all new Bond.
\nWhile secret agents are being killed off, Bond is asked to protect a defector and informant from the KGB who was targeted by a female sniper. However, not all is as it seems, and a string of betrayal and death leads Bond to a war profiteering general and his diamond smuggling operation.<\/p>\n

The tone has changed dramatically from the last seven Bond films; finally we get a film that feels like a thriller, a spy<\/em> film. Not only this, but the film has integrity and the sense it has been written not for cheap laughs and silly stunt sequences, but to tell a story of espionage and double-crosses.<\/p>\n

Not to say there aren\u2019t any Bond staples, there\u2019s plenty! We even get… skiing?? Actually, this is skiing with an awesome return of the Aston Martin, I always remember this early sequence; a car with pop-out skis, windshield projected targeting computers, rocket launchers, even the booster from the Batmobile! All of this without some stupid sheriff mugging at the camera, bliss.<\/p>\n

Bond is far darker now, his mood is vengeful and often uncompromising, prepared to do whatever it takes to get what he wants \u2013 and get the job done. This may put off those who… for some reason… like Roger Moore\u2019s take, for example. But Daylights<\/em> isn\u2019t without comedic relief, only it is done subtly, giving a wry chuckle and a knowing grin.<\/p>\n

If you enjoy the recent Daniel Craig movies, yet haven\u2019t seen Dalton\u2019s, I implore you to do so! They are massively underrated spy action movies. Daylights<\/em> has its teething problems, but it packs a punch and is consistently dynamic and eye-catching.<\/p>\n

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