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For Your Eyes Only (Two-Disc Ultimate Edition)

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Stunt, after stunt, after stunt obliterates this film's attempt to return the James Bond series to its original origins. Roger Moore gives a competent performance as 007 but the physical stunts that he is supposedly performing defy credibility. It is interesting how the level of physical stunts that James Bond is required to perform increases proportionally with Roger Moore's age with each new film.

The first two thirds of the film are good. However, the film drops out in the third. When you've seen one impregnable mountaintop fortress, you've seen 'em all. Bill Conti's disco score actually helped this film along the way giving it some energy and drive. It is in the final third of the film that Conti returns to a more traditional orchestral scoring, which is actually very good, but unfortunately only contributed to the film's anti climatic finale.

The sinking of the St. Georges, the attack on Kristatos' warehouse and Bond's face to face confrontation with Locque kicking the villain's car, with Locque still inside, off the cliff were high points and were excellently filmed.

FOR YOUR EYES ONLY makes a good effort to return to the pre-DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER tone of the Bond films. At the time of its release I think it played very well but with age it looks more like a grand experiment that didn't quite succeed. However, they did try.

I think the sound restoration and visual elements are outstanding. The extras are quite interesting. I recommend this one.

Product not entirely genuine. Discs themselves appear to be genuine but case is NOT. It's like the DVDs were taken out of its original case, put into a really thin/cheap case, and then shrink-wrapped to look new! I own other DVDs from this series and none of them came with cases like this. Additionally, package did not include paper slip-sleeve for DVD case, which is also a feature of the "Two-Disc Ultimate Edition" DVD packaging. Do not buy from NorAm International Partners, Inc. (when you view their profile it shows Direct Liquidations). Whoever it is, don't buy from them. Suspicious packaging makes for a disappointing purchase.

The film is, well...the film. If you're buying it, I'm sure you've seen it and enjoy Bond films. I think this is one of Roger Moore's better movies. He is starting to look a little old though, which always disturbs me. Carole Bouquet's role as Melina Havelock is by far the weakest aspect of the film. Her performance is stiff and uninspired. Aside from the opening sequence, which is pretty cheesy, the film is good. Good action, good characters, and a very cool mountain scene near the end!

First of all this movie is great. I received it in a timely manner and suggest this seller to anyone wanting to purchase a 007 dvd or other genre.

As bond films go this one isn't very amazing. The bad guys are uninspiring, Roger Moore is his usual painstakingly non-action-star self, and what is with the teenage skater?
That all said, how do I knock a Bond film?? Put aside all such unimportant things as acting/screenplay quality and you're left with some very admirable qualities. You get the story of a secret agent travelling the world to exotic locations, meeting and wooing beautiful women as he goes. There are explosions, the must have ski chase scenes, amusing one liners, and much much more.