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No love for _The Spy Who Loved Me_? Maybe Dalton isn't your favorite Bond, but his entries are at least par for the course rather than a serious plunge. I'd ag
by cjpearson 2y ago
No love for _The Spy Who Loved Me_? Maybe Dalton isn't your favorite Bond, but his entries are at least par for the course rather than a serious plunge.
I'd agree that the last 25 years has given us a lot of duds and _Casino Royale_ is the main exception. However, I think it's more likely that Purvis and Wade are the issue here, as the 1977-1997 era showed that Eon could make a decent original Bond.
- ubermonkey 2y agoNot really, no. It was pretty weak sauce aside from the skiing intro. I found both Dalton outings pretty silly, though one of us gave us an early appearance by Benicio Del Toro. Dalton deserved better, as did Brosnan modulo _Goldeneye_, which is for me a top-5 entry. I disagree on your conclusion re: "decent original Bond" between '77 and '97, but I'd argue that the success of _Skyfall_ and _No Time To Die_ does show they got around to it.