Really, one woman?!

 The Living Daylights was actually a pretty good film. I mean Bond has one woman, who almost plays the role of his girlfriend! Even though we all know Bond doesn't have girlfriends, it was very shocking that he only sleeps with one female. I actually had to re-think the whole movie to make sure Bond only slept with Kara. He sticks with her the whole film, and seems to genuinely care about her. I wasn't really sure about Timothy Dalton though. I mean he was young and in shape, but his face wasn't Bond-like to me. I'm not really sure what I mean by this, but he just didn't look like a Bond character. Basically, if he was in a line-up of different men to play Bond, I wouldn't pick him =). The film also had a pretty good story line, even though at times it was a little hard to figure out exactly what Bond was fighting for (but that is nothing new). The one difference I noticed was the enimies weren't as bad looking as they are usually portrayed. The blonde guy that is always strangling people and pretended to be the milk man (I think his name is Necros?), wasn't terrible looking, at least not as bad as what they usually do in Bond films. Even the other men Bond is against who are by the pool look pretty good. I think with the new Bond character we get, we also get some change in what the Bond films are actually doing. Since we've had Dr. Sols come in, I've been thinking about how he said once they lost Connery and Moore came in, they were trying to tone down on the masculinity a little, and you definitely see it in this movie. Dalton is a love sap for Kara AND SHE IS THE ONLY WOMEN HE SLEEPS WITH!
Going back to Octopussy, I thought that Moore film was actually pretty good too. I mean, anything is better than Man with the Golden Gun. I think after I realized Moore's strategy vs. his physical aspects, he was a pretty good Bond. Who doesn't prefer a lover over a fighter? I also was a very big fan of Octopussy herself and the strong female role she played. I loved how she had say over the men like Kamal, even though she ended up getting turned on and getting captured. I liked the idea of the female only island and that Octopussy had a giant group of women working for her. They kicked some serious man ass! I ended up watching this film twice because I am doing my article synopsis on it, and I noticed they had 009 and 007 in the clown suit. 009 obviously ends up dying in the beginning, but does both of them being in the same clown suit represent anything?
I don't know at this point if I like Moore or Dalton better as Bond, they both have their pros and cons with me right now. I would say right now I think Moore has the better mysterious looks, but Dalton has the darker features that help him out a little. I liked Dalton's acting moves better in terms of fighting, and his character as a whole seemed less corny to me.