I have been reviewing films all my life, semi-professionally in the past and for the past 10 or 12 years on imdb and more recently in letterboxd and facebook. The idea of this blog is to get as many of those reviews gathered together in one place. I have had a great deal of support and encouragement from a lot of people throughout the world and I hope that continues. Now for the ratings. **** = not to be missed. *** = highly recommended. ** = recommended. * = of interest and no stars = avoid..
Tuesday, 31 July 2018
THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS *
After the somewhat frivolous Bond of Roger Moore, a rather more po-faced
Timothy Dalton stepped into 007's shoes in "The Living Daylights". If
Moore was something of a comedown on Connery, Dalton, in attempting to
restore some of Connery's gravitas, was even more of a let-down. THE
LIVING DAYLIGHTS isn't really that bad and there are some great
set-pieces but neither its villains, (Jeroen Krabbe, Joe Don Baker), nor
its Bond girl, (a lack-lustre Maryam D'Abo), stay in the memory. Luckily Mr Dalton was soon be replaced by the altogether superior Pierce Brosnan before Daniel Craig claimed the role for his own.
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