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Post by RiP, IMDb on Apr 16, 2020 0:36:45 GMT
For YOUR Eyes Only (1981)!!
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Post by darksidebeadle on Apr 16, 2020 0:38:08 GMT
Moore’s one serious bond film, great stuff, top 5 bond
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Post by movielover on Apr 16, 2020 0:40:17 GMT
Yay
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Post by moviemouth on Apr 16, 2020 0:45:21 GMT
Meh
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Apr 16, 2020 0:52:54 GMT
I think its a good movie.
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Post by Captain Spencer on Apr 16, 2020 0:57:31 GMT
Definitely Yay!
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Post by alpha128 on Apr 16, 2020 1:53:52 GMT
Big Yay for me. My favorite Moore Bond.
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Post by vegalyra on Apr 16, 2020 1:57:41 GMT
One of my favorite Moore Bond films. Location shots are great (Greece), the scuba diving scenes are good, and the car chase is great. Plus, the way Bond kicks that car off the side of the road is ruthless. Moore showed a lot of emotion in this one.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Apr 16, 2020 5:36:30 GMT
Yay. My 3rd favorite Bond film. 10/10
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Apr 16, 2020 5:44:30 GMT
I like this entry. Good action sequences and final act. I found the soundtrack really irritating though.
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Apr 16, 2020 17:33:12 GMT
Big Yay, easily Moore's best perf as Bond, not his best film, but he shows acting chops here.
In spite of the gargantuan box office garnered by Moonraker, Albert Broccoli was hurt by criticism that it had strayed too far from the basic 007 formula. Making good on his word to get Bond back to reality, he mostly succeeded in making For Your Eyes Only a stripped back thriller. Gone is the over reliance on hi-tech wizardry, Moore (in his best performance as Bond) is back to being down to earth, being a Bond using his wits and toughness to get out of tricky situations, and the film goes for short sharp shock action scenes instead of giant battles enveloped by even bigger sets. There's much tension as well, none more so than with the finale, where again the big bang pyrotechnics have been replaced by a mountain peak accent and assault; where Bond uses a boot lace to save his skin! Now that's the Bond we love and admire. We even get the return of a bit of flirting between Moneypenny (Lois Maxwell) and Bond, while Q (Desmond Llewelyn) is on witty form.
Characters are strong, a major plus point in the film. Topol (charismatic and on scene stealing form) and Glover offer up fascinating characters, with Glover excellent as Kristatos, providing the franchise with a cultured and believable villain. Melina Havelock (Bouquet convincing) is tough and driven by revenge for her murdered parents, adept with a crossbow she makes a sturdy accomplice for Bond, and thankfully their union isn't bogged down mid mission by the "between the sheets" angle. Elsewhere, 007 editor John Glenn directs the first of his 5 Bond movies, impressive first outing with the underwater scenes particularly striking. Hume brings Corfu to life via his colour lenses and Conti oversees one of the series' best title theme songs, song with deep emotional beauty by Sheena Easton. His overall score is merely adequate, with decent nationalistic flavours, but the theme song is so strong it lingers to this day in the memory of all Bond fans.
It's not all great in this stripped back Bond world, though. The pre-credits sequence makes the terrible mistake of negating Bond's visit to the grave of his late wife, Tracy, by then having him jostle and jape with a bald villain in a wheelchair (is it meant to be Blofeld?): with unconvincing lines and delivery in the mix as well. Lynn-Holly Johnson's Bibi Dahl character is as pointless as it gets, out of place and superfluous to the plot. While some chase sequences, as fun and pulse raising as they are, are over extended and stretch the running time to longer than required. No mind, though, with Bond back to being a man again instead of a button pusher, and brilliant scenes like the keel-hauling peril, For Your Eyes Only was a major hit that raked in over $195 million at the World box office. James Bond's appeal, and that of the man playing him, was very much in vogue. 8/10
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