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[Qwerty]

'Tis a bit tricky in this case since the For Your Eyes Only collection has five short stories, but comparing the official film of the name to perhaps the stories that we used to create it (“Risico” and For Your Eyes Only for example), which do you prefer and why?

[Qwerty]

*Bump* Anyone?

[DLibrasnow]

This is a very tricky question Devin. My favorite of the short stories is the title story but I prefer the movies setting and all to the short story. I am going to go with the movie on this one.

[Bon-san]

I'm currently re-reading the book. Will comment when I finish.

[B007GLE]

I'm a little behind the group on this one having lent my nephew my copy of FYEO. I promise to contribute when I get it back and re-read the stories. I'd rather do it when its fresh in my mind.

[Gobi-1]

I say the film because the producers and writers did an excellent job of combining two unrelated stories into a single whole.

[TheSaint]

I say the film because the producers and writers did an excellent job of combining two unrelated stories into a single whole.

I'll second that motion.

[Flash1087]

Yeah, movie for me too. I loved "Risico" and "From A View To A Kill" as short stories, but unless I'm forgetting one in there, I didn't really care for the rest of the short stories. FYEO as a movie, however, I find completely entertaining.

Oddly enough, during AMC's last Bond marathon, I happened to watch FYEO with a few folks I know who aren't as into Bond as I am and they all said it was the best one they'd ever seen. Go figure.

[MarcAngeDraco]

I say the film because the producers and writers did an excellent job of combining two unrelated stories into a single whole.

I'll second that motion.

The sections of the film that are adapted from the short stories are actually quite good. It's really hard to argue when they use Fleming, and do it well!

[Genrewriter]

I'm torn between the two. The film does a great job of adapting the two short stories it uses and is one of the best in the series, but the novel has The Hildebrand Rarity, my favorite short story.