However, watching it again for this DVD, I thought it was a bit slow and in the end I never cared much about the story. But perhaps most detrimental, I never much took to Barbara Bach's turn as a Bond girl. I thought her acting was weak, and for me Bond really needs a good female foil to be at his best. The pretitle teaser is still pretty spectacular, and it definitely has one of the better scores and title songs from the 70's era Bonds. A new print was struck, which is obvious, as the picture exhibits a very clean look with few nicks, scratches or blemishes.
Colors are very strong, as is detail, and there is surprisingly little grain in the image.
If I have any real complaints, I felt there was a wee bit too much edge enhancement, but it is still minor. And the compression work is strong, with nary a sign of pixel breakup to be found. This is a very nice remaster, and one of the best of the older Bonds released thus far. The newly remastered Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack is also the same as on the previous movie-only disc, and is fairly good. Surround use is only occasionally aggressive in the action scenes, though seems a bit underused in the quieter moments.