Bored of Dalton

I could not help but to be upset with the way the Bond men seem to be decreasing in their “sex appeal”, for me Moore and Dalton are just making the mark for me. After our discussion last class with Dr. S I would have to say that I am certainly more open to seeing the different roles both of these men are bringing to their concept of “Bond”, and displaying their own depiction of what it entails to be “Bond”. However I believe that while Connery sets the overall “Bond” standard, both Moore and Dalton seem to run the opposite way when it comes to furthering their plots. Within The Living Daylights, Timothy Dalton’s character I believe shocked all of us girls watching for he only has a relationship with one female, I believe that this single relationship opens the viewer’s thinking and perception of Bond for he is showing that he can maintain a “connection” with one female throughout the duration of the film. I believe that this notion of only being with one woman opened up the movie to a different lens to be viewed from, for example I was able to follow this movie more as a love story than that of a normal Bond action thriller. The plot and location choices within this Bond were the most over the top of any of the films we watched thus far this semester. The fact that the directors want to cram such vivid demographics to address and make a connection with all of its viewers took away from the narrative and argument of the movie. Basically this was certainly the most “confusing” Bond film that I have watched and I hope that with seeing now three Bond’s that the next Bond will be able to further my interpretation of what makes Bond “Bond”.