Tag: For Your Eyes Only

Sometimes I wake up in a cold sweat wondering about the logistics of the infamous hockey “action” sequence in For Your Eyes Only. Was disguising the assassins as hockey players really necessary, or did someone genuinely decide that attacking Bond… Read More →

The end of For Your Eyes Only gives us one of the series’ more literal title drops as Melina Havelock softly recites it before she and Bond slip away for a “moonlight swim.” Unlike other instances of the title uttered… Read More →

In For Your Eyes Only, Bond and Q’s meeting inside a Greek church under the guise of sinner and priest delivers one of my favorite Q lines. When Bond begins the conversation with the traditional “Forgive me father, for I… Read More →

Although I loathe most of Bibi’s screen time in For Your Eyes Only, her farewell to Bond oddly lands with genuine charm. It carries a formal sincerity that feels imported from an earlier Bond era, which makes it all the… Read More →

Few endings of any Bond movie are as gleefully absurd as the closing moments of For Your Eyes Only, where James Bond casually abandons a congratulatory phone call with the Prime Minister and a flirtatious parrot steals the scene. It’s… Read More →

In For Your Eyes Only, the Countess Lisl subplot stands out as a curious lapse in character logic. The idea that Columbo would deploy his own mistress to extract information from Bond, only to risk her safety, feels oddly careless… Read More →

The ending of For Your Eyes Only presents a rare and understated stalemate. After Bond destroys the British Navy-tracking ATAC (Automatic Targeting Attack Communicator) in front of General Gogol, the Soviet general simply stands down, ending his pursuit without escalation.… Read More →

James Bond’s offhand driving advice to Melina Havelock in For Your Eyes Only backfires when their escape through the tight mountain roads ends with their car flipped onto its roof. The moment is comedic, but the chase itself is one… Read More →

Bond and Melina’s two-person submarine sequence in For Your Eyes Only briefly places Bond outside his usual element before reaffirming his trademark competence. While his Royal Navy background makes some familiarity with underwater operations plausible, deep-sea exploration hardly feels like… Read More →