The Single Greatest Thing In Each James Bond Movie

Timothy Dalton's James Bond was actually great, and the fact that he only did the part for two films is possibly the worst missed opportunity in a franchise whose history is filled with those.

With a superbly-judged mixture of charm, rage, darkness, charisma and wit, Dalton established a very different kind of Bond; he still felt like the hero viewers had come to know and love, but added new layers to him. Furthermore, fans of the books will especially appreciate this portrayal since he's actually the most similar on-screen Bond to the literary character.

The Living Daylights, with its overly convoluted plot, terrible villains, total lack of charm and tiresome Bond Girl, is definitely a film many fans go far, far too easy on, but Dalton carries the entire thing just as well as Connery did on his first outing all those years earlier, and he's definitely the best thing in it by a country mile.