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TLD.
I watched GF more recently and it just didn't get me into the Bond mood that much. Granted, I was sleepy that day after hardly any rest, and watching the scenes where Bond does literally nothing were hard to watch. It reminds me of The Great Gatsby, where the protagonist goes to different locations doing little to nothing in between. Bond has such a monotonous film, being jailed and paraded around in Kentucky in the latter half bending to Goldfinger's plots. He only succeeds when almost all else goes wrong, and Goldfinger almost gets the last laugh. In DN and FRWL, there are those great moments where Bond checks his hotel room, and snuffs out traitors with spy instinct. That is largely absent in GF. He gets beat out by Oddjob, gets knocked out at least 5 or 6 times, to the point where you could get drunk playing "take a shot" every time Bond goes lights out. He gets captured soooo many times it becomes dull and uninteresting, and at the end of the film you see Bond hardly succeeded at all. His victory was Pyritic, where he won the battle, but at a large cost to himself and his peers. I respect the trends it started, with the DB5, the car gadgets, the verbal Bond themes, but that isn't enough. It has Sean, Bond's best suit, Pussy (both the woman and the anatomy ;) ), and some cool Bond moments and quotes, but it still doesn't succeed like Connery other Bond films circa 1962-63, and 65. When compared the masterpieces of DN, FRWL, TB, and in this instance, TLD, GF just can't stand stand up, no matter how classic people want to tell themselves it is.
But in the end it has to be <b>Goldfinger</b>. It, along with the other first 4 Connery films set the benchmark so high for what a Bond film could be.
Goldfinger, along with all the Connery films tower above any <b>John Glen</b> directed production any day.
But up against Dalton, nothing compares. His two films are in a league of their own. Daylights was one of the first films I ever saw, my first Bond film, my first trip to the cinema, it was my favourite up until I saw LTK. It also holds alot of emotional value for me. Top it of with some great gadgets and action, a great cold war plot, a great memorable henchman, a crazed military villian, hot girls and an amazing performance from my favourite James Bond, and you have a masterpiece.
TLD.
Here's why... Dalton, John Barry and Miriam d'Abo.
The Living Daylights.
As for the match at hand, I will vote for The Living Daylights because Afghani opium tastes better on Wheaties than banana flavored heroin.
Or so I've heard.
@Kerim, these are the moments where I am proudest to know you here on MI6.
Goldfinger
And getting psyched to see it on the big screen Sunday. Probably 40 years since I last saw it like that.
While it wasn't very extravagant, I used to host weekly movie nights at my college, and I did a GF and CR double feature in a smaller theatre. It was pretty enjoyable; small crowd, fortunately, so there was no talking. They hosted 'Insidious' there one night, and it was honestly one of the worst movie goings I've ever experienced because of the talking.
(GF is a little boring, and Honor Blackman is too old)
List of ratings.
GF - 4.
TLD - 5.
I go with Daylights.
GF is class, top notch etc..
But Daylights has the 'murder at the Prater' scene which is one of my favourites.
God, I miss Patrick Allen doing the trailer voiceovers for the British version.
I'm a Daltonite. Sue me.
Frankly, despite TLD being excellent, there isn't really any competition here.
The Living Daylights is just about better on every level, but does share some similarities, i.e a dull, bland and uninteresting Bond girl, a most supreme and convincing James Bond and an arch nemesis who's a bit of a heavyweight lard ass threat, and also the music by Bassey and A-HA respectively is sort of not too bad a listen, but nothing special. Also, Bond goes up in the skies for both and has to make an emergency escape, but all said, The Living Daylights is a clear winner
You were doing quite well up until that remark.