James Bond rewatch: ‘For Your Eyes Only’
Perhaps not the most fun of the Roger Moore Bonds, but it’s certainly the one that brings out Moore’s strongest performance as Bond.
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Perhaps not the most fun of the Roger Moore Bonds, but it’s certainly the one that brings out Moore’s strongest performance as Bond.
That 1979’s Moonraker to this day remains the most sci-fi Bond film is testament to just how wildly ambitious it was.
Everything just seems to gel together, from the chemistry between James and Anya, to the blend of action and humour that the Roger Moore era never quite managed to balance again.
001. The story James Bond gets the heads up about a vicious contract killer, and there’s a bullet with his name (actually, his number) on it. The entire plot is based on a clever sleight of hand (the villain isn’t even that bothered about Bond until very late on in the film), but soon descends … >
001. The story Armed with a novelty watch, some flyaway flares and a volatile eyebrow, Roger Moore finds himself in a 1973 blaxploitation pastiche, trying to stop a corrupt Caribbean dictator called Dr Kananga and a Harlem gangster named Mr Big flooding the USA with cheap heroin. After sneakily seducing soothsayer Solitaire via some sleight-of-hand … >
The unfairly-maligned George Lazenby holds his own as 007 with an honest, sincere performance and isn’t bowed by seasoned thesps Diana Rigg and Telly Savalas.
1967’s You Only Live Twice is a prime slice of Bond that hits all the beats fans expect a 007 film to hit, while exceeding expectations in scope and action.
Goldfinger smelts together iconic moments and then pours them into a mould that almost every Bond film would follow.
Despite its dated subject matter, From Russia with Love serves as a testament to a time where films relied more on their story and characters, presenting a true representation of the man Ian Fleming originally created.
The big sets, larger than life villain with a grand scheme, sexy girls and exotic locales are all there, but Dr.No‘s story is compact, direct and linear.