{"id":33620,"date":"2013-05-06T20:35:18","date_gmt":"2013-05-07T02:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/06\/movie-review-license-to-kill-1989.html"},"modified":"2013-05-07T08:46:35","modified_gmt":"2013-05-07T14:46:35","slug":"movie-review-license-to-kill-1989","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/06\/movie-review-license-to-kill-1989.html","title":{"rendered":"Movie Review: &quot;License to Kill&quot; (1989)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gpb-content\">The next Bond is a more violent film (though Kay actually liked it a lot), and serves as a good 80s action flick, but not so much as a Bond film.<\/div>\n<p class='gpb-article' style='clear:both;'>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n                                                    <img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images3-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?url=http:\/\/psycho.cf1.letterboxd.com\/assets\/resized\/sm\/upload\/ef\/ew\/wc\/jt\/7zBJ1JqQ6XpUoibXrWoNDxmAPxd-0-150-0-222-crop.jpg&#038;container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;rewriteMime=image\/*&#038;refresh=31536000&#038;resize_h=150&#038;resize_w=150&#038;no_expand=1' border='0' \/>\n                                                <\/div>\n<p>                                                <a href='http:\/\/letterboxd.com\/three_star_dave\/film\/licence-to-kill\/'>Dave Hill\u2019s \u2605\u2605\u2605\u00bd review of Licence to Kill (1989) on Letterboxd.com<\/a><br \/>\n                                                The second Timothy Dalton outing is less effective and entertaining, in my mind, than the first. In part that&#8217;s because the violence meter is kicked up a few ticks. In part that&#8217;s because shifting fro&#8230;\n                                            <\/p>\n<p class='gpb-links' style='clear:both;'> <a class='gpb-linkback' href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/ap9iDho85tU' target='_new'>View this post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next Bond is a more violent film (though Kay actually liked it a lot), and serves as a good 80s action flick, but not so much as a Bond film. Dave Hill\u2019s \u2605\u2605\u2605\u00bd review of Licence to Kill (1989) on Letterboxd.com The second Timothy Dalton outing is less effective and entertaining, in my mind, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/06\/movie-review-license-to-kill-1989.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Movie Review: &quot;License to Kill&quot; (1989)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-media-movies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33130,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/11\/movie-review-view-to-a-kill-1985.html","url_meta":{"origin":33620,"position":0},"title":"Movie Review: &quot;View to a Kill&quot; (1985)","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 11-Apr-13 8:55pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Wow. This Bond flick is worse than I remember. Not quite the worst, but an awful mess.Ironically, it's also the first Bond film I recall seeing in a theater. Dave Hill\u2019s \u2605\u2605 review of A View to a Kill (1985) on Letterboxd.com The last of the Roger Moore Bond films\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":32147,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/12\/film-review-live-and-let-die-1973.html","url_meta":{"origin":33620,"position":1},"title":"Film Review: &quot;Live and Let Die&quot; (1973)","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 12-Jan-13 11:09pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Moore -- at least when he started off\u00a0-- was a worthy Bond. Embedded Link Dave Hill\u2019s \u2605\u2605\u2605 review of Live and Let Die (1973) on Letterboxd.com As Roger Moore's first outing in the role of James Bond, he does a fine job -- if intentionally (per directorial decision) avoiding much\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":32795,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/10\/movie-review-for-your-eyes-only-1981.html","url_meta":{"origin":33620,"position":2},"title":"Movie Review: &quot;For Your Eyes Only&quot; (1981)","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 10-Mar-13 3:58pm","format":false,"excerpt":"A much more down-to-earth 007 film, but kind of dull for all that. Dave Hill\u2019s \u2605\u2605\u2605 review of For Your Eyes Only (1981) on Letterboxd.com After \"Moonraker,\" practically anything in the way of a Bond film would seem like \"Citizen Kane,\" and that helps \"For Your Eyes Only,\" a somewhat\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":32188,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/13\/film-review-the-man-with-the-golden-gun-1974.html","url_meta":{"origin":33620,"position":3},"title":"Film Review: &quot;The Man with the Golden Gun&quot; (1974)","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 13-Jan-13 9:48pm","format":false,"excerpt":"On the bright side, Christopher Lee. On the dark side, short sleeves, Sheriff Pepper, and one of the least competent MI6 agents on record as a Bond girl. 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