This is one of the better Roger Moore Bond films owing to the fact that a return to basics was in order after the overblown "Moonraker", that verged on comedy. Thankfully, what little comedy there is has been greatly toned down. There is a lot to like here but the pre-title sequence is simply ludicrous and even appears tacked on. Throwing a Bloefeld like character down a smoke stack while throwing out quips about buying Bond a delicatessen. Huh? This movie does more than take a nod from "On Her Majesty's Secret Service." From the opening scene showing Tracy's grave (finally, a mention that Bond was married), to a ski chase scene (Moore wearing blue as did Lazenby), there's also an ice skating and sleigh ride scene, only to top it off with a mountain hideaway for the bad guys. The villain is rather weak, for the life of me, I can't remember his name. The electro-pop score seems to jar you away from the movie at times but overall it does work paving the way for other electronic score such as "Goldeneye." Not a bad Bond outing and this film should have been Moore's swan song for they almost got it right.
Review of For Your Eyes Only
