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For Your Eyes Only
Similar to Octopussy, only For Your Eyes Only has already gone on to become one of my favourite films of the series. With the exception of Bibi, Maggie Thatcher and Max the parrot, I have grown to enjoy this one. My highlight of the film shas to be the car chase. I would like to think that Bouquet's (the runner up to D'Abo as my favourite Bond girl) laugh is genuine, as Moore's line "I love a drive in the country, don't you" seems to come from nowhere.
My 1996-2016 20th Anniversary Bondathon
1. The Living Daylights
2. Licence To Kill
3. For Your Eyes Only
4. Tomorrow Never Dies
5. Octopussy
6. The World Is Not Enough
7. Spectre
8. GoldenEye
9. Die Another Day
10. Casino Royale
11. A View To A Kill
12. Skyfall
13. Quantum Of Solace
Another fine outing.
What better to spend the night with 2 highly entertaining adventures with Sir Roger. Starting with FYEO, where Moore plays his world-weary gentleman spy. Flying a helicopter, driving a 2CV in a chase, skiing down a bobsleigh track and versus motorcycles, taking part in a major shootout, going underwater and finally escalating a huge mountain, Sir Roger does it all while wise cracking one liners, meeting a super cool ally (Columbo) and bedding some sexy women. And that score, it may be a very weird Bond soundtrack, but boy does it have flash of genius (during the car chase, ski chase and the 'Submarine' cue).
Finishing with Sir Moore's first outing, where he faces the largest amount of interesting villains in the franchise, and beds Madame @DarthDimi (I mean, Jane Seymour). A killer soundtrack from George Martin - so funky, and a badass rendition of the Bond theme, and the theme song is a total classic. Some very cool action here too - the boat chase, the double decker bus chase, airport chase with Mrs Bell. First apparition of my favorite character in the franchise, JW Pepper, and he never fails to crack me up (same as in TMWTGG).
I love Bill Conti's score for FYEO, in my top 3 bond scores. And the song is my co-favourite with TSWLM, so no problem there for me :)
Conti's score has grown on me a lot but I still have mixed feelings when watching the film. I think that the score is amazing during the car chase and in the romantic scenes, especially in Cortina and in the underwater scenes. I also like the traditional Greek elements in the Corfu scenes... However, I find that the track during the ski chase sounds very dated and a bit too psychodelic... But overall it is a fine and very memorable soundtrack ...
The chase, in it's funky Bond theme glory:
@chrisisall *hugs back*
Don't get me wrong, I still enjoyed it. But the beautiful visuals just can't completely cover up all of the weaknesses anymore. Bond not drowning, Silva's escape plan, the Home Alone ending, etc...
It would all be much easier to swallow (just as it is in other Bond movies) if the film wasn't trying so hard to be a drama. Mendes wants to have his cake and eat it too, but it's not easy to balance the fantasical elements with the more serious moments.
Plus, the hand to hand combat scenes are a step down from the previous two entries. I feel bad for mentioning it, as they are on par or better than some other Bond films, but you can't help but notice when watching the movies in chronological order.
Everyone involved gave great performances though. Craig portrayed "depressed" Bond, abusing booze and pills, to perfection. After a long night of hitting it hard, he's right back at the bar the next morning. Damn. And he obviously pays for it when he has to get back into shape again. His resurrection into the old 007 by the end of the film is great to watch.
Still, I liked the movie better when it was a standalone adventure. I'm sure Silva's abundant resources make more sense after the retcon, but it does take something away from his character. His revenge is cheapened a bit now as he was just under orders from Blofeld the whole time.
No matter how hard I try, this is not a Bond film which I look forward to. The opening free fall is still impressive, but then we get those goofy shots of Jaws flapping his arms. The Venice boat chase is another good sequence, but this one capped off with the sillyness of the Bondola going onto dry land. Even the other boat chase... no, actually I think the other chase gets off lightly. That would also be the last time in which the 007 theme is used, that piece of music is long overdue for a comeback.
My 1996-2016 20th Anniversary Bondathon
1. The Living Daylights
2. Licence To Kill
3. For Your Eyes Only
4. Tomorrow Never Dies
5. Octopussy
6. The World Is Not Enough
7. Spectre
8. GoldenEye
9. Die Another Day
10. Casino Royale
11. A View To A Kill
12. Skyfall
13. Moonraker
14. Quantum Of Solace
@Birdleson. I adored SF when I walked out the cinema but parts of it, on repeated viewings, seem far too contrived. Obviously there's Silva's plan, which has been discussed to death. However, there's also the Tennyson scene and the "sometimes the old ways are the best" line.
Sometime in the next few days I have to watch On Her Majesty's Secret Service - a Bond classic and a Christmas classic!
For me, GF suffers on account of one word (or is that place?). Kentucky.
When the film hits the Bluegrass State, also famous for its chicken, it collapses to boredom. Even the romance with Pussy can't save it for me.
I must watch it again, and see if I can get a new perspective, because I feel somewhat ashamed about not being able to enjoy a classic in my favourite franchise.
I wonder if it's doing the same out there among the general public though? With SP linking back to it, perhaps more general fans will check it out. I hope so.