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Timothy Dalton's James Bond


Was I the only person who found Dalton's Bond extremely one-dimensional. I mean, the only emotion he displays in his Bond films is that he's pissed, he's pissed, he's pissed, and this is unexpected but this time he's pissed! I'm not saying the other Bonds were super complex, three-dimensional characters that you could write a thesis on but at least we got to see different sides of their emotions.

Sean Connery: he's normally smooth, dashing, and witty but he does get pissed when things aren't going well for him

George Lazenby: he's pretty much like Connery in his usual personality traits but he has an emotional vulnerability to Tracy

Roger Moore: he's usually suave, debonair, and delivers cheesy one-liners but he also gets serious such as when Anya finds out he's the man who murdered her lover

Pierce Brosnan: he's probably the smoothest and most confident of them all but he does have an emotional vulnerability to people he cares about such as Alec or Elektra

Daniel Craig: he's charming in a bad boy sort of way to women but he does get affected by those he loves such as Vesper

I didn't get much out of Dalton's performances other than that he's pissed. Anyone else feel the same way?

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Why on earth would he be witty and pulling jokes when he's looking for revenge on a guy who crippled his friend and murdered his friends wife that'd be stupid.

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