"Octopussy" was the first Bond film I saw theatrically and it was a perfect blend for me that still holds up. Moore had reached his peak and shouldn't have done "View To A Kill" which is a terrible retread of "Goldfinger" with unappealing females.
Couldn't stand Dalton. Just never seemed right in the part to me and the real problem was that there was an over-correction to appeal to Fleming purists who spent a whole decade bitching about Roger Moore basically (see Raymond Benson's snarky takes in "The James Bond Bedside Companion"; not...