I'll share my 2 cents considering this topic has been revived.
Pro's:
- Much like The Spy Who Loved Me, Roger Moore pulls in a great performance as Bond, maybe a little campy but at least he puts in his all. In fact, I felt that he was right on his game up until and including Octopussy, beginning with Spy.
- All of the locations excluding space are nice. California was actually filmed in France from what I read and actually looks like the same chateau as A View To A Kill, but Italy and Brazil are exciting
- Excellent pre credits sequence, one of the best in the series. Nice surprise to see Jaws return.
- Excellent action scenes, some of the series' best such as the silly gondola chase, the cable car scene and the second boat chase in the Amazon.
- Jaws (Richard Kiel) returning
- Hugo Drax, despite not being one of my personal favourites has a better background and introduction than Stromberg
- A lot of suspense
- Lots of entertaining moments, even if they were laughable
Cons:
- Holly Goodhead is a rather dull character, as is Corrine Darfur
- The whole measuring up to physical perfection thing didn't make sense to me at all
- Drax's death is forgettable, rather than a cool fight between him and Bond
- Exactly the same as the previous movie in every sense
- Space. Not a Bond location, or a good one in any stretch of the imagination. I don't like Sci-Fi movies at all so it doesn't help.
- As much as I enjoy the fight between Cha and Bond in Italy, him dressing up as sword fighting teacher doesn't make sense. There is such as a thing as a gun, and a silencer.
- Over the top campy moments, particularly in the ambulance and latter half of the film
Overall, it is a very good bond movie in my opinion and an impressive adventure, despite it's shortcomings. I still like it more than Moore's first two efforts and maybe A View To A Kill as well. Ultimately, the series was going over the top and needed a refresher, which is exactly what happened with the entire 80's decade.