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[Geof]

While I hardly consider either movie great, I'd have to say I think The Living Daylights is the better of the two. Licence To Kill had some good elements, but they were all in the 007 character & not the movie itself. I mean, come on, Bond goes after a druglord? Yay. I just think Leiter wasn't "avenge-worthy" (for lack of a better term) enough. At least Living Daylights had a broader landscape and wasn't bogged down by Tailsa Soto's awful acting (although Gen Koskov was pretty damned annoying.)

[Hitokiri]

Tailisa Soto was pretty bad; and yes, I can barely tolerate Koskov as well.


It's a hard choice, but I personally like LTK better than TLD. Darker atmosphere, realistic villain, and of course superior acting from Dalton. Right now, I think of the look on his face when he's sitting playing cards at the Casino, like he's about to fly off the hook.

[Miss Miranda Frost]

I love both Dalton film's also, it is a pretty hard desicion. I guess Licence to Kill because it was darker and ahead of its time.

[fisherman's friend]

While I hardly consider either movie great, I'd have to say I think The Living Daylights is the better of the two. Licence To Kill had some good elements, but they were all in the 007 character & not the movie itself. I mean, come on, Bond goes after a druglord? Yay. I just think Leiter wasn't "avenge-worthy" (for lack of a better term) enough. At least Living Daylights had a broader landscape and wasn't bogged down by Tailsa Soto's awful acting (although Gen Koskov was pretty damned annoying.)

Carey Lowell was bad too.
Benicio was terrific !

[Qwerty]

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[fisherman's friend]

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[Dalton_Craig]

So many choices, so little time...

Licence To Kill by whisker. A great film: dark, gritty, and it stars a Bond who actually bleeds like an ordinary man. I love both of Dalton's Bond films, and he is my favourite Bond, tied in first place with Daniel Craig.

Oh, and by the way, the name's Craig... Dalton_Craig. I'm new here. Mind if I join you?

[PrinceKamalKhan]

So many choices, so little time...

Licence To Kill by whisker. A great film: dark, gritty, and it stars a Bond who actually bleeds like an ordinary man. I love both of Dalton's Bond films, and he is my favourite Bond, tied in first place with Daniel Craig.

Oh, and by the way, the name's Craig... Dalton_Craig. I'm new here. Mind if I join you?

Welcome aboard Dalton_Craig. I like how you give Dalton top billing over Craig in your screen name(see my sig).

[Skudor]

So many choices, so little time...

Licence To Kill by whisker. A great film: dark, gritty, and it stars a Bond who actually bleeds like an ordinary man. I love both of Dalton's Bond films, and he is my favourite Bond, tied in first place with Daniel Craig.

Oh, and by the way, the name's Craig... Dalton_Craig. I'm new here. Mind if I join you?

I like your top five choices

I'm never sure which one of Dalton's I prefer - LTK or TLD, but I tend to pick TLD by a whisker as it seems more Bond like to me.

[Qwerty]

So many choices, so little time...

Licence To Kill by whisker. A great film: dark, gritty, and it stars a Bond who actually bleeds like an ordinary man. I love both of Dalton's Bond films, and he is my favourite Bond, tied in first place with Daniel Craig.

Oh, and by the way, the name's Craig... Dalton_Craig. I'm new here. Mind if I join you?

Welcome to the CBn Forums.

[SeanDalton77]

I like LTK better bonds is at his dangerous playing to Daltons strenth and the main villian was better

[sharpshooter]

Agree. Sanchez is one of the best villains of the series. Dalton's portrayal was let loose in Licence To Kill.

[mrsbonds_ppk]

I voted for LTK. Bond is a Complete Bad . Like the trailer said...When You Get On His Bad Side Your Number Is Up. I like TLD too though.

[LadySylvia]

I like THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS better. It seemed more like a spy thriller.

[chris-o]

Because it takes place in Austria!

[RogueSpy007]

I really loved both of Dalton's 007 flicks. My favorite though was The Living Daylights. If I have any complaint, I think it has weak villains. The movie overall though was awesome. I did love the different settings in the movie. Austria was a pretty nice one. This is actually one of my favorite Bond movies, with one of my favorite Bond theme songs as well. I did like Licence to Kill, but there was something missing though. I guess I didn't think the whole revenge element was as ironed out as it could have been.

[SeanDalton77]

you cant go wrong with either one

[Robinson]

IMO "Daylights" just eeks out a win over Licence, simply because I felt TLD had a more romantic feel.

I enjoyed the plot of LTK as well as the casting of Davi as Sanchez. Casting Hedison as Leiter was inspired. I really enjoyed the thought of Dalton as 007, going off-mission and doing the "Yojimbo" bit.

That being said, I enjoyed the cold war aspect of TLD, the globetrotting aspect of the film (LTK only showcases Key West and Mexico) and quite frankly one of the most effective revelations of a new Bond. As I said before when you see first see Dalton's Bond at the moment of that 00's death, you knew things were going to be different!

[Qwerty]

you cant go wrong with either one

But if you had to pick one...

[Milovy]

If I had to pick one? TLD, only because it's more enjoyable to watch. LTK is more enjoyable to think about, but not necessarily more enjoyable to watch, IMHO.

[Sbott]

Both films were great introductions to Bond and closer to the literary character than many of the other films. Dalton's acting was superb however the films drop short of being great Bond films due to the lack of support he was given. LTK is the better film, if you can buy into the plot that Bond would go after Sanchez then its a great story, darker than almost any other Bond film. TLD is a good film but it is all over the place, by trying to make the plot sophisticated they lost direction and power of the film.

[Dutch007fan]

My vote goes to LTK.
TLD is also one off my alltime favourites but LTK for me has the edge cause it dares
to push the Bond character further, giving him a personal vendetta and showing the darker side of 007.
The truck chase in the end is also one of the best staged stunt work (at that time at least).
Furthermore, although noone beats John Barry, Michael Kamen's score gives the Bond music a much needed freshness and originality.
And finally, I'm not sure who my favourite villain is but Sanchez always comes to mind as on of Bond's most realistic and threatening opponents.

[Garth007]

Mine would have to be TLD. LTK had were felix got his legs bit off by a shark! Thats not right! Felix is cool! He didn't deserve that or Having his wife killed!

[Iron Man Of Russia]

License To Kill was a superb flick and Timothy Dalton truly showed a different side to Bond that worked for me. The Plot's a little different than to what we're used to from the Bond series, a little more realistic and I guess that didn't play off well in the end -- nice try though I thought it was fun. Plus Robert Davi was a brilliant villain as Franz Sanchez, a belivable and truly more vicious villain.

[McThing]

Id have to say TLD. I never really liked LTK for some reason.

[Pete]

LTK for me just. It's the closest to the Fleming Bond. Certainly the best film since FRWL. I think TD was for the purist and was what the fans of the books had been waiting for.

TLD was a great film as well but I just didn't like the cello case chase, it out of character for Dalton's Bond. I'm not too sure if I liked the gadget laden Aston Martin either. I hope we've seen the last of those cars.

[BLOFELDSKAT]

Hello all!
just registered and this is my first post.
I used to think The Living Daylights was a far superior film to Licence To Kill but over time, the latter has grown on me so that now I think the reverse! Daylights is stilla great film but I think the grittier feel to LTK gives it the edge.

[Qwerty]

Welcome to the CommanderBond.net Forums, BLOFELDSKAT.

[BLOFELDSKAT]

Thanks for the welcome!
I also gotta say LTK has the best gunbarrel music; a darkly sinister variation on what we usually expect and so perfect for the film.

[Qwerty]

I also gotta say LTK has the best gunbarrel music; a darkly sinister variation on what we usually expect and so perfect for the film.

It is one of the nice variations of the more common theme.