i agree with you on what you said, i love license to kill aswell, its one of the most down to earth james bond outings ever, and i have to say, i have a fond place for timothy dalton playing bond especially in this one, it s a dark out of the ordinary film if u rate it in the james bond characteristics of films, certainly in my top 5 ever
I think more often than not the better films have that one "big bad", with minor heavies supporting them. The Living Daylights gives you several villains that end up seeming a bit anaemic, which is something that GoldenEye got right; all those baddies were at least interesting and Bond could finally reinvent itself properly. It was a great reboot.