The opening sequence for The Living Daylights (1987) is pretty underrated and has it all: a thrilling MI6 training exercise gone wrong and a daring 007 parachute escape from a falling/exploding munitions vehicle. It ends in true James Bond fashion, on a luxury yacht with a damsel (not in distress, mind you) yearning for a “real man.” Lucky for her Bond drops in (literally) and Timothy Dalton’s James Bond delivers his coolest moment, easily a contender for coolest James Bond moment of all time as well.
It’s a shame Dalton only had a chance to portray 007 twice on-screen. Surely one or two more films and he would be more widely considered the best James Bond actor (he is in the upper echelon for me!). That look alongside the champagne glass where you can literally see him decide between work or play and choosing at least a little more play is a perfect intro to a new James Bond and cemented Dalton’s portrayal from the start!
The opening sequence of The Living Daylights (1987) closely resembled some of your current favorite Battle Royale video games, including PUBG and Fortnite
PUBG fans, see the same meme but with your game after the fold. 🙂
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Kara Milovy’s contact information from her cello case in The Living Daylights (1987)
Kara Milovy (Maryam D’Abo) would be happy to meet you!
James Bond (Timothy Dalton) clears a path on the highway with stinger missiles in The Living Daylights (1987)
Kara Milovy (Maryam D’Abo) is impressed by James Bond’s (Timothy Dalton) sound system in The Living Daylights (1987) … (not really)
002, played by Glyn Baker, makes a disappointed face when he gets shot by a paintball in a training exercise at the beginning of The Living Daylights (1987)
I’ve always loved Bond’s great cello case escape trick from The Living Daylights (1987). Although it would’ve been neat to hear Bond (Timothy Dalton) explain the game plan to Kara Milovy (Maryam d’Abo) in this scene (how did they time it so perfectly with the passing tram?), I overall enjoyed how it was filmed and how we the audience are let in on the ruse.
I particularly enjoy the surveyor’s satisfied face and gentle head nod when he witnesses Bond get into his car, only to have his day ruined when he realizes the “person” in the phone booth is an empty cello case clothed with a hat and coat.
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Jeroen Krabbe as General Georgi Koskov in The Living Daylights (1987)
Necros, played by Andreas Wisniewski, and his “milk truck” in The Living Daylights (1987)
Timothy Dalton as James Bond in The Living Daylights (1987)
