FOR YOUR EYES ONLY (1981) is STRESSFUL! - Movie Reaction - FIRST TIME WATCHING

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That rock climbing scene stressed me out so much
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Starring:
Roger Moore, Carole Bouquet, Chaim Topol, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Julian Glover, Cassandra Harrris, and Jill Bennett
Written by:
Ian Fleming, Richard Maibaum, and Michael G. Wilson
Directed by:
John Glen

[@RolyPolyOllieReactions]

Another Bond another fun time! A more down to earth Bond film sandwiched between to crazier titles and I don't mind! It was like a nice breath of fresh air after two giant films and even though this one is not as extravagant, it still has its epic moments (that rock climbing sequence and skiing sequence are so cool). Thanks for watching! Have a great day! :)

[@Mike-rk8px]

The mountaintop monastery is real, and you can go there. It’s called the Monastery Of The Holy Trinity and it’s in the Meteora area of central Greece. It’s a compound of 24 large buildings over 400 meters up from the valley below. You can find lots of videos about it on KZbin as well as information online.

[@Billis75]

As LoadingReadyRun put it, it's "legally distinct Blofeld" to send a message to Kevin McClory. EON productions isn't allowed to use the name Blofeld or SPECTRE at this time, so they put "legally distinct Blofeld" on the screen and killed him. Also, no M this film. the actor (Bernard Lee) was not well, and died shortly after.

[@JohnSmith-jn7nc]

Are you planning to do a reaction to the two unofficial Bond films Casino Royale 1967 and Never Say Never Again 1983?

[@RolyPolyOllieReactions]

@@JohnSmith-jn7nc Not planning on doing Casino Royale but will do Never Say Never Again once I am finished up Moore's era

[@AmpsWorld420]

Bernard Lee (M) was diagnosed with cancer while filming Moonraker and passed before filming started on For Your Eyes Only. Legal issues stemming from Thunderball prevented the use of Spectre and Blofeld. You should Google thevlegal issues as it is kind of interesting how it all went down and was finally settled. These issues also include the non-EON bond film Never Say Never Again which is basically a remake of Thunderball.

[@MAMoreno]

This film is the Roger Moore entry that feels the most like an Ian Fleming Bond story. It combines two short stories from the book of the same name (along with an unadapted scene from the book Live and Let Die), and it tries to get things grounded again after the venture into outright science fiction last time. And I love that General Gogol of the KGB, an ally in The Spy Who Loved Me, is now one of the villains. It's my personal favorite of the Moore era.

[@damienristori8376]

Absolute Classic. The more realistic villains makes it a refreshing change. That I share with The Living Daylights. Kristatoes is really underrated but he was fine.

[@Echo4Bravo]

23-year-old stuntman Paolo Rigoni died during the filming of the bobsled chase. This was due to a poorly designed track. Rigoni was not the only one to lose his life there. During an actual competition another bobsledder was killed at the same exact spot.

[@kuribayashi84]

Bernard Lee died before his scenes for this movie were filmed, so out of respect the role wasn’t immediately recast and his lines given to Chief of Staff Bill Tanner instead. M will be back in the next movie, played by Robert Brown who had a small role as Admiral Hargreaves in „Spy who loved me“

[@TeslaRangerNY]

@28:10 Kristatos' St. Cyrils hideout is Agia Triada Monastery, Meteora, Greece Only Bond movie to date in the official franchise not to feature M. It was the first Bond movie not to feature Bernard Lee as M, who had played the role in the previous eleven movies in the franchise. Lee died of stomach cancer on January 16, 1981, after the filming of this movie had started, but before his scenes were shot. Although Bernard Lee was dying of stomach cancer, he did try to film at least one scene in the movie, but in the end, it was too much for him, and he had to bow out. He died not long afterward. As a result, Q's role in this movie was slightly expanded to fill the gap. As such, several scenes, originally intended to include M, were re-written with Q, (for example, the confessional scene). As a mark of respect, producer Albert R. Broccoli refused to re-cast the role, changing the script to say that M was on leave.

[@philliplozano7587]

For Your Eyes Only is a favorite of mine, mostly because I'm a fan of the original novels and short stories by Ian Fleming, and it's one of the few Roger Moore films in which he plays Bond more like the character from the books, darker and more ruthless. The part where he kicks the car off the cliff is frankly chilling coming from the usually more lighthearted Moore, which is an exciting moment for me.

[@zatoichi1]

This blew my mind as a kid in the theater. My first entry into the wider world of 007.

[@richwagener]

The legal issues around Bloefeld and Spectre plagued EON productions through the70s and 80s. It's a long story. The opening sequence was their way of giving Bloefeld a send off. Basically, Ian Fleming worked on a TV project with some other people and when it fell through he turned it into his novel Thunderball which actually was the novel that introduced Spectre and Bloefeld. Those concepts got used in earlier films though. Anyway, the guy that had the main issue (Kevin McClory) produced Thunderball with EON and got the rights to remake it after a certain point. For years he tried to stretch that into the rights to a series of water themed Bond films. So that's why SPECTRE disappeared from the main Bond Series in the 70s until the issues were resolved post 2000.

[@derworfnet]

I like how the drunk guy from the previous two movies briefly reappears during the Ski-Chase. That Dude has seen some shit.

[@betamaxblocker]

Roger Moore is my favorite Bond and I love the silly camp that permeates his Bond movies, but this one is definitely a change in tone from the its peers. I don't watch it as often as the others but I always enjoy it when I do. It's a nice, gritty change of pace with some good action and character moments.

[@daveimlach1773]

Roger Moore the very best bond ever.

[@AvoozlPlays]

I think he's one of the best but not the best, Connery was more well rounded.

[@davewolf6256]

YES this is my favorite Bond movie! And I know I'm not the only one who thinks so _"FOR BRITISH EYES ONLYYYYYY"_

[@davewolf6256]

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[@billolsen4360]

Also my favorite Bond picture!! Mostly because of Carole Bouquet, I think.

[@richwagener]

You should watch Flash Gordon (1980) with Topol. He is great in it and it's a really fun movie.

[@jbjones07]

I agree, it's a fun comic strip come to life. Also, there are a lot of James Bond acting alumni in this ;)

[@randysmith7045]

Zarkof

[@Echo4Bravo]

How about Timothy Dalton Prince Barin who becomes the next James Bond.

[@Truckergunners]

@@Echo4Bravo he had the most macho moustache ever in that lol

[@skywaymanaz]

Topol who only recently passed away was famous for his role in Fiddler on the Roof at the time. Another film you may want to react to. Besides the under rated Flash Gordon he had a significant role in the ABC Television miniseries Winds of War along with the sequel War and Remembrance. Historical fiction was popular at the time. They are very long but Herman Wouk’s novels they are based on are good. They feel real and have so much every day life among the war added. Might be far too long for you to react to though.

[@robgeach8105]

I think the reason this one polls so high even though it doesn't have the "defeat evil villain lair to save humanity" final act, is that it keeps the plot and pacing consistent throughout and always has a bit of "detective spy" level of incomplete knowledge and also rando henchmen behind every bush. the stakes are still "crazy person can nuke the world" but the resolution only depends on capturing the macguffin instead of defeating the villain. also there are a ton of popcorn movie moments, like dropping blofeld, introducing melena's car, kicking the car off the edge for luigi's revenge, german dude tossing a dirt bike at bond, the cliff drop stunt, and the general locations of southern europe with a few alpine spots thrown in. it's not as personal as man with a golden gun, but it's definitely in-line with written bond material other than moore doing his characteristic smirks and "eye roll blinks."

[@markjone671]

After the excesses of Moonraker there really wasn't anywhere for them to go that wouldn't seem ridiculous so with For Your Eyes Only they made a deliberate attempt to dial it down and so returned to following the Fleming source material far more closely. This is actually the closest they have come to adapting an original Ian Fleming story since On Her Majesty's Secret Service. The film is based on two Fleming short stories; For Your Eyes Only and Risico and the two stories are spliced together in the screenplay seamlessly with actual scenes being perfectly recreated on screen. The director John Glen is actually a Bond veteran. He has been an editor and second unit director on the series since On Her Majesty's Secret Service. This was his debut at fully directing a Bond movie and he particularly wanted to ground the series again and move it away from the fantastic plots and characters that were prevalent in the 1970's. He would go on to direct every single Bond movie throughout the 80's and is actually the only director to have a consistent run of directing James Bond films through an entire decade. This is my favourite Roger Moore Bond film, mainly because of Moore's more mature performance. He's also a little darker and more ruthless, much closer to Fleming's character. My favourite scene is where he coldly kicks the car off the edge of the cliff. I also love the fact that this film follows the source material so closely. That's always a big plus for me with a Bond film. My absolute favourite Moore movies are For Your Eyes Only, The Spy Who Loved Me, Live and Let Die and Octopussy in that order.

[@Shilohpreston]

This is the most serious Roger Moore Bond. Richard Kiel was supposed to come back as Jaws but he wanted to much money so his character was cut of from the script. Bernard Lee didn't come back as M, because he died before they started filming "For Your Eyes Only". "PZL Świdnik" is an aviation factory in Poland (Świdnik is the name of the city). Since the communism in Poland it was producing helicopters for USSR.

[@okradiohead7430]

"The plot has thickened like good thick gravy over here." 🤣 You crack me up, dude.

[@leslauner5062]

Bernard Lee passed away right after filming the last scene in Venice in "Moonraker." That's why M was on leave.

[@mwflanagan1]

Lisl is played by Cassandra Harris, whom Pierce Brosnan (a later Bond) married. So Bond married a Bond girl.

[@alienlv426ify]

Cassandra Harris, the blonde actress, was the wife of Pierce Brosnan from 1980 to 1991. She died of cancer in 1991.

[@thesaltnation5570]

This one is one of my fav roger movies along with a view to kill and moon raker

[@Dirkus17]

There are so many great things in this movie: The best piano sting in the history of all moviedom (at the ski jump) Two of the low-key best henchmen of them all (Charles Dance’s character and Apostis). Even Erik Kriegler is pretty good. A quality Bond girl in Carole Bouquet. The 2CV chase The ski chase The rock climbing The genuinely scary and disturbing bit of the screaming electrocuted man in the sinking ship Bond kicking Locque’s car off the cliff. Who is the villain? And some cheesy silliness that you either love or hate: Q branch and the identigraph. The Blofeld stuff The Bibi stuff ATAC to St Cyril’s The score (personally love it, but I get it if people don’t) And there is the really bad stuff: Bond running up the stairs Chekhov’s scuba tank Margaret and Dennis. But I love this film, unreservedly.

[@nilstiman2474]

The main villain is Cerceis Measter from GoT and yes that was T. Lannister :)

[@jorgelsal]

Look at this guy's suave intro, James Bond has made Ollie a smooth guy.

[@nikolaiquack8548]

Man, I feel you so much on the allergies. Mine haven't been too bad this year, but I also got em.

[@StephenLuke]

This is my all-time favorite James Bond film ever made. 🥰

[@po5283]

By far, my favorite of the Roger Moore films. While I had fun watching the others, this is the most grounded and realistic of the bunch, without all the cheese and corniness indicative of the Moore era. Not to mention having one of the best Bond title songs!

[@vendelayindustries]

This is my 2nd favourite Roger Moore Bond-movie (The spy who loved me 1 & Octopussy 3). All of those are exciting and well balanced Bond-movies, in my opinion.

[@baronvg]

I haven’t seen this movie in a long time and even with just sporadic clips, the action was awesome. That ski chase is legendary in Bond Movies. I don’t know what Ollie is thinking with his criticism of the photography. The action was tight and fast paced. Director John Glen was a longtime second unit director and even editor of Bond movies (and would direct all five movies in the 80s). Here’s my theory as to why the action seems dull: Roger Moore is not an athletic guy (compared to Daniel Craig lol) so all the fight scenes with him will appear slow and static. Btw (I think) the rock climbing stunt was done by Rick Sylvester who also did the ski jump in the opening of The Spy Who Loved Me.

[@michaelhurley1497]

Blofeld is shown with a neckbrace and wheelchair, which is a call back to On Her Majesty's Secret Service where he broke his neck following his fight with Bond. The reference to Bond's wife in For Your Eyes Only indicates that the killing of Blofeld in the factory chimney is an act of revenge for Teresa's death. Blofeld's name and SPECTRE are not specifically mentioned in this film as there was some legal wrangling at the time over the use of the character.

[@billolsen4360]

Lawyers add so much to the arts, don't they?

[@CrassMufumbu]

"M" Bernard Lee died right before this film was shot...Blofeld was an F you to the folks that have been suing them since the 60's. They wrapped up the revenge storyline from On Her Majesty's Service which John Glen was an editor on. Michael J. Lewis is an absolutely excellent underrated movie composer..rarely known. Also for Bond films by this point there are 2nd unit directors which means a different director that exclusively handles most of the action stuff. Great review. Julian Glover was the villain from Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade who turned into a skeleton at the end.

[@RolyPolyOllieReactions]

Aw man that is really sad that Bernard Lee passed away right before this film was shot. I missed him a lot as M in this film

[@bradbarter8314]

The blonde actress hit on thr beach and killed by the dune buggy was Pierce Brosnan's wife in real life. She died and devasted Pierce. In recent years he has since lost their daughter to the same health issue.

[@davewolf6256]

11:10 "How did James Bond get so much information just by seeing man from afar." It's heavily implied by the cinematography in Thunderball and in this movie that James Bond actually has a photographic memory. It is actually something that FBI Agents and other investigators can be trained to have.

[@c.alderman]

And in YOLT he memorises an address instantly

[@joshuajoshua2732]

M is back in the next film but it will be new actor Robert Brown as Bernard Lee had sadly passed away before this movie began filming.

[@stevearmstrong4883]

This was the first Bond film I ever saw. I was 8 and I had no idea what was going on, but I LOVED that car with the explosive anti-theft device!

[@gregorysmith30]

Bernard Lee who play M Passed Away in 1981, the ony who played the Royal Navy Alph plays M to License to Kill.

[@benmiller3252]

This was meant to be Roger Moore's final outing as James Bond because in the next installment Octopussy had originally James Brolin cast in the role. If you see screen tests of the Actor the reason why It Never went as planned. They were so close Brolin was going to prepare himself. But then he was prevented from playing The role by Albert R. Broccoli and Roger Moore was asked to return. Because there's an unofficial James Bond film called Never Say Never Again featuring Sean Connery. There was this head to head thing called The Battle of The Bonds. Roger Moore was asked to return so that he can complete with Sean Connery.

[@richnorcal]

Great reaction...I love Roger Moore James Bond movies, glad you enjoyed it !!

[@PlasmaMongoose]

That disco looking diving suit is a real life deep sea diving gear known as the JIM suit invented in the late 1960s, it's almost like a submarine you can wear.

[@oldcdog91]

So many great set pieces in this movie. My 2nd favorite Roger Moore Bond film. For a good but underrated Roger Moore, non-Bond action movie, check out “Ffolkes”.

[@davidbull7210]

The interesting thing is that the first three films of the 60s are quite small-scale and then we get three much bigger, grander films in full wide-screen. Then the first three films of the 70s were also back to small-scale, small screen before going back to epic-scale, full wide-screen. Maybe not relevant to this film but thought I'd mention it anyway

[@crownprincesebastianjohano7069]

Good eye. That WAS Charles Dance. This was his first film.

[@jaccilowe3842]

Fun Fact: The girl who got killed on the beach was played by Pierce Brosnan's wife at the time, Cassandra Harris. She died from cancer 10 years later.

[@leslauner5062]

Hi Roly. Oh YES....Bill Conti made an epic Bond soundtrack. Bill Conti always makes an epic soundtrack. "Rocky," "The Right Stuff" "The Karate Kid"...and yes, "For Your Eyes Only."

[@johnmoore2910]

For your eyes only is in my top three Roger Moore James Bond movies. I love the different town in the more serious take.

[@jeffreyweitzman6463]

For Your Eyes Only was a high point in terms of the Roger Moore era. Sure some of the characters from the very start/ early era such as who played M by that point were changed (Bernard Lee the very accomplished actor who played M literally from start of the franchise died in 1981 the year when this was released and so Moonraker was his last), but For Your Eyes Only gave a much more even balance of Moore's signature traits of lightweight humour as Bond together with some really gritty tough moments. And without doubt its music really helped to amplify the action sequences even more.

[@XavierXSims]

One of my favorite Bond films. Also, Bernard Lee who played the original M had died when this movie was being made, I'm sure of it. which is why he is absent, and then in the next film a new M would be introduced.

[@randysmith7045]

l had this poster. i love this one. One of my fav 007 films

[@BammerD]

Bernard Lee did not return as M because he was suffering from stomach cancer and passed away on January 16, 1981.

[@richwagener]

Bernard Lee died.

[@jameshenner5831]

Julian Glover: the only man to have doublecrossed James Bond and Indiana Jones!

[@leslauner5062]

The rockclimbing falls arrested by the climbing rope were accomplished by stuntman Rick Sylvester(the same man who did the facejump/parachute stunt for the opener of "The Spy who Loved Me."

[@jimmyo1123]

My favorite 007 movie and carole bouquet was pretty

[@namelessjedi2242]

Just a few random thoughts: I like this cool Conti score, but to me it sounds almost jarringly 70’s, not 80’s, and calls a bit too much attention to itself at times. Also, I do not mind a more grounded or small scale Bond adventure, my only quibble being how random and coincidental a number of scenes are here, with 007 only surviving because of someone else. Makes you wonder how he made it this far! And finally, I’m kind of disappointed you didn’t recognize/comment on General Veers, considering the poster on your wall. 😉

[@jbjones07]

This is definitely a low-key, gritty Bond film. Was trying to bring Bond "back down to Earth" (or basics, after two epic movies). The producers were trying to go for the feel of past movies like "From Russia, With Love" and "On Her Majesty's Secret Service." Fun Fact if you don't know yet: The Countless Lisl, who was murdered by Locque the henchman in the middle of the film, was played by Cassandra Harris. She was, at the time of filming, married to future Bond, Pierce Brosnan. Brosnan became a widower when Cassandra passed away from cancer in 1991.

[@richwagener]

Every time I watch her scenes I picture Pierce on set.

[@cd-vq6dz]

By far the best Roger Moore Bond film in my view. A more gritty portrayal of Bond by Moore. They should have given him more storylines like this one instead of the way over the top plot lines and gadgets they gave him for most of his tenure as Bond. Just my 2 cents.

[@TheDekablack]

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[@oldcdog91]

I so wanted a crossbow after seeing this movie 😂

[@spencear]

Great reaction again. You needn't apologise for allergies, I hope they clear up soon and you feel better.

[@user-us5pv8zw3z]

I love Sheena Easton.

[@earledmondsjr789]

Great reaction 🔥🔥💯💯🔥💯

[@kitthall6538]

No one has reacted to GAME NIGHT starring Justin Bateman. A real comedy gem.

[@wotdoesthisbuttondo]

Gargle neat whisky if get weakened throat/windpipe. You can periodically bomb colds away with a few chewable vit C pills 1 every few mins. Thanks for reviews, i saw this in cinema aged 9 as part of a friends Birthday party, absolutely brilliant and "Thatcher" at end was hilarious the whole cinema laughed out loud.

[@lebronkingmonsterjames1523]

M wasnt in this movie because Bernard Lee died before For Your Eyes Only

[@TheTrueRatPack]

The wellknow actor for decades who played "M" died before the making of this movie...

[@gregorysmith30]

Wait until Octopussy 1983,and also Sean Connery's Non Eon Never Say Never Again 1983,and Roger Moore 7th & final: A View To A Kill 1985, Roger Moore was 57 in his last role!!!!!

[@josephryan362]

This my ninth favourite James bond film brenerd lee die before he had finished film his scream as m and we have got the guy who did the music for rocky

[@mikehoskins56]

The actor Topol recently died. I thought he was great in this movie. RIP Topol.

[@randyshoquist7726]

One of my favorite 007 movies. So many great stunts, an unusually capable Bond Girl, and a nice reprise of the bobsled run chase scene from OHMSS, another tie-in to that movie along with the cemetery scene. Lynn Holly Johnson was a hoot! As for the combat scenes lacking scale, that makes them more believable. The space laser battle in Moonraker was just silly. One major disappointment, however. When they used an oxygen-helium mix in the deep diving rigs I was looking forward to hearing Bond sound like a chipmunk. But they didn't do it! What a missed comedic opportunity.

[@fritzk3627]

🔥🔥🔥

[@classiclife7204]

Every third or fourth film in the series seems to need to go "back-to-basics". Best pure action in Bond until GoldenEye. Only silly thing here is the intro, but I see someone else has gone into the "Blofeld problem". Anyway, FYEO is recognized as one of the better Moores. Carole Bouquet is one of the smarter Bond girls. The villain may be TOO understated, though.

[@ztomas1]

Just curious....are there any windows in your room?

[@RolyPolyOllieReactions]

A huge one to my right :)

[@tempsitch5632]

Good haircut.

[@oldcdog91]

Tilly Masterson in Goldfinger was on a revenge tip…she just wasn’t very successful with it 😉

[@Shadowman820]

I was never a huge fan of Conti's score to this film , sounded too disco for me considering this was done in 1981 when disco was on the way out .

[@KBH27]

That's not a mine it's yours ; )

[@ckobo84]

I thought the opening had naked women swimming around while Sheena Easton sings "For Your Eyes Only"? But I's old and memory not so good I guess.

[@marcbloom7462]

Yep, the cookies look like Ryan Gosling, except they look nicer than him.

[@TheTrueRatPack]

After the first shooting: "I don't care about her parents, because I don't know them, but all these pots ..." Whaaaaat?? How long exactly lasts your deep and personal relationship to these worthless ceramics? - GIVE ME A BREAK!!!!

[@jonc2648]

steamroller slower than Zamboni

[@j_tylor_captylor3822]

Reminds me of Venture Brothers Quote " Slower than haunted house spiked walls, but not as slow as evil scientist spiked walls. "

[@randysmith7045]

as much as i love Baby Yoda i do NOT like it when he is in the reflection of the screen

[@davidharrison7394]

You've got octopussy and a view to a kill then it's Dalton as bond the living daylights and licence to kill first movie at UK a 15 kits brutal Bernard Lee died before moonraker release Robert Brown as m

[@Dirkus17]

Apostis is so much better than a knock-off Keanu Reeves.

[@amberanderson528]

Tula Caroline cossey! only trans girl to be in a bond film.