For Your Eyes Only | | Cast : | Roger Moore, Carole Bouquet | | Director : | John Glen (II) | | Studio : | Mgm/Ua Studios | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen | | Released Date : | June 26, 1981 | | DVD Released Date : | October 19, 1999 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), English (Original Language), French (Original Language), French (Subtitled), English (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 02, 2005 | | Summary | MOORE'S BEST AS BOND | Content
 | While Sean Connery is king of Bond, and Pierce Brosnan is the first runner-up, Moore finally shines through as 007.
The British ATAC system is lost in a ship explosion at sea. Of course, an independent Greek named Kristotos (Julian Glover) works with an East German Agent to sell it to the Soviet Union to put Great Britain at a great risk.
James Bond, 007, must come to the rescue. He meets Melina, whose father was killed while working to recover the ATAC for the British. She vows revenge.
This is the best Bond with Roger Moore. He downplays his usual humor to focus on the mission. Moreover, the mission goes back to Cold War politics and does not rely on a madman who wants to rule the world--like in The Spy who Loved Me and Moonraker.
It is also laced with good plotting, great pacing, and good simple action. Bond can ski, climb mountains, and go deep sea diving without worrying about a madman who wants to rule the world.
The only drawback is the use of Lynn Holley-Johnson who plays a young ice skater. In real life, she was an ice skater who shined in the 1980 Winter Olympics. After that, her agent got her some movie gigs--and she took her cues from the William Shatner School of over-acting.
Despite the one flaw, this is Moore's best as Bond. If only he didn't do A View to a Kill.
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| Rating | | | Date | July 29, 2005 | | Summary | John Glen's amazing start as the best 007 Director | Content
| This is a great film! I put this as the second best 007 film ever! Glen did a amazing job in this film. You have to give Cubby credit for taking chances! He totally made a completely different one from one of the biggest selling 007 films right before ( Moonraker )
For Your Eyes Only is serious! Bond uses his brain more the gadgets. I just love Cubby taking chances, which if you see now Cubby's Kids dont take any chances in the 007 Series.
I do hope & wish they would put out MORE extras on all of the 007 films dvd's.
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| Rating | | | Date | July 21, 2005 | | Summary | Best Bond | Content
| I have seen every Bond Film and this is by far my favorite. It is Roger Moore (my favorite Bond) at his best. He has the right mix of humor and ruthlessness. John Glen should be praised for bringing the Bond films back to reality. After the fiasco of Die another Day, maybe Eon will give us another film like For your Eyes Only. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 18, 2005 | | Summary | Moore's finest hands down | Content
| I have seen most of Roger Moores Bond films (except LALD and TMWTGG) and I can confindently say that For Your Eyes Only is his best. In fact it's not only his best but one of the best Bond films period.
This film works well and for a lot of reasons too. Right at the opening we see a somber image of Bond visiting the grave of his late wife Tracy. I think this scene right away establishes the type of Bond we'll see throughout; a rather melonchaly, world-weary man who perhaps has seen and experienced a bit too much in his time. This is followed by a goofy scene of 007 being taken for helicopter ride by a bald man in a wheelchair with a white cat (I wonder who that could be?) but this is quickly brushed off after the title sequence (which has a beautiful song sung by Sheena Easton) and the tone is kept serious.
One of the biggest strengths that puts FYEO a cut above the other Moore films is Moore himself. He gives a great performance. For once Moore drops the playful grin and raised eyebrow and tries to portray James Bond instead of a stand-up comedian. I admit he doesn't completely capture the true essence of 007 but he comes close (just get a load of the scene when he kills a wounded villian in cold-blood). The action scenes here are way more plausible than some that have gone before. Bond uses ZERO gadgets to help him instead, reallying on his own wit and skill to survive. This movie also has one of the best Bond girls ever in Melina Havelock. I was floored by her beauty and she's a tough and resourceful girl who's a big asset in helping Bond with his mission. That's another reason why this film is good: the plot is actually believable. Bond is simply trying to get a hold of some computer device before the villians (they are unfortunately the least remarkable in the series) who this time aren't involved in some let's-take-over-the-world scheme.
There are some negtiaves here like the pointless subplot involving cute little ice skater Bibi who has a crush on 007 and some bad attempts at comedy (which don't fit well with much of the film) but there's little else to quip about in what's otherwise a great film. Sure it's not the typical Bond extravaganza but For Your Eyes Only proves that 007 can exist in the real world and not just in our fantasies.
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| Rating | | | Date | April 28, 2005 | | Summary | 10 Action scenes, 20 mins. of plot. | Content
| Having watched this just after Octopussy, all I can say is, the latter is the vastly superior film. I want to see Bond unraveling a brilliant plot -- not lamely pursuing something that looks like an oversized Radio Shack calculator.
Not a single magnificent set, no John Barry, and not nearly enough of the characters! We actually see Columbo (Topol) on screen for about five minutes, yet here is this very promising relationship. Julian Glover has next to nothing to do, and his henchmen are bores. The iceskater subplot is a waste of time, goes nowhere... and the plotting of the ATAK recovery and "ambush" is justs plain silly. Terrible title track. Not one of Maurice Binder's finest hours either.
Still, Moore is good, he looks good, and Carole Bouquet has to be the most beautiful woman to ever appear in a Bond film. |
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