History YMMV / OnHerMajestysSecretService

* EvilIsCool: Blofeld has a resort full of beautiful women in the Swiss Alps, is able to [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking hold his own against Bond in combat]], totally flummoxes UsefulNotes/MI6 until Bond teams up with Draco, and is played by a suave Creator/TellySavalas. What's not to love?

* ValuesDissonance: Pretty much everything related to Draco's treatment of his daughter. When he and Bond meet for the first time, Draco tells Bond that his daughter "needs a man to dominate her;" the line is arguably intended to show Draco as somewhat quaint and old-fashioned, but today it would be a downright MoralEventHorizon, and even ''Bond'' gives him an "uh, ''what?''" reaction. Draco later slaps Tracy unconscious when she refuses to leave without Bond at Piz Gloria, and commments "Spare the rod and spoil the child, eh?"; this one is at least has the justification that Piz Gloria was due to explode in a couple of minutes, and it was the only way to get her to "cooperate" without risk of Tracy engaging in her usual risk-taking behaviour. Finally, after the wedding ceremony, Draco tells Tracy to obey her husband and do whatever he tells her to, though Tracy [[FalseReassurance cheekily implies]] she'll do her usual thing as always.

* ValuesDissonance: Pretty much everything related to Draco's treatment of his daughter. When he and Bond meet for the first time, Draco tells Bond that his daughter "needs a man to dominate her;" the line is arguably intended to show Draco as somewhat quaint and old-fashioned, but today it would be a downright MoralEventHorizon, and even ''Bond'' gives him an "uh, ''what?''" reaction. Draco later slaps Tracy unconscious when she refuses to leave without Bond at Piz Gloria, and commments "Spare the rod and spoil the child, eh?"; this one is at least has the justification that Piz Gloria was due to explode in a couple of minutes, and it was the only way to get her to "cooperate" without risk of Tracy engaging in her usual risk-taking behaviour. Finally, after the wedding ceremony, Draco tells Tracy to obey her husband and do whatever he tells her to.

* SugarWiki/DevelopmentHeaven: Peter R. Hunt was determined to both make his mark on the film and make sure it was as true to the book as possible. He always arrived onset carrying an annotated copy of the novel.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Some like to think that Telly Savalas' Blofeld is actually a fake one working for the real Blofeld by doubling for him in order to make the real one harder to locate. He would make heavy use of doubles in the next film, ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'', and it explains why he has an American accent, no scar on his eye and it also provides a reason as to why he doesn't recognise Bond when they first meet in his office.

** The half of James Bond fans who love the comedic, absurd/surreal style of post-''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'' Creator/SeanConnery films and Creator/RogerMoore films tend to feel that this movie, while it has its merits, is brought down by Lazenby's underwhelming performance and the absence of Q's iconic gadgets. On the other hands, the fans of the more dramatic, grounded approach of the films take at times (and with Creator/TimothyDalton and Creator/DanielCraig especially) hail this one as a classic, with some critics even going as far as to call it the best classic Bond film. It should be noted, however, that the latter group contains [[CreatorsFavoriteEpisode most of the Eon producers, most of the actors who've played Bond and many prominent critics]], so it's largely a split among casual viewers. It's also much beloved among James Bond forums for being very faithful to Fleming's novel, having one of the best soundtracks in the series, the ski scene, Savalas' Blofeld and the ending. [[spoiler:52 years after its release, ''Film/NoTimeToDie'' would pay significant tribute to ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'', both in its story and several poignant {{Mythology Gag}}s.]]
** And then there's George Lazenby himself. Many fans loves his much more vulnerable take on the character and genuinely appreciate his sole outing in the series. However, many fans also find him mediocre and lacking the humour and dramatic potential needed for the role. The only things both sides agree on is that Lazenby is perfect in the action scenes and that he definitely looked the part.

* VindicatedByHistory: While it was fairly positively received at the time of the release, the complaints over Creator/GeorgeLazenby replacing Creator/SeanConnery overshadowed the movie for many years. Since then many fans of the series regard it as one of the best Bond films. Also, EON Productions has demonstrated their own love of the film on numerous occasions, such as in ''Film/NoTimeToDie'', which increased the positive reevaluation in light of [[spoiler: following a similar path of giving Bond a genuine romantic partner and even a child]], and also bringing the song "We Have All The Time In The World" back, much to fan delight.

** Richard Maibaum felt that Creator/TellySavalas was miscast as Blofeld, as he felt that he should be vaugely European as he is in the novels. Maibaum was also annoyed that, despite his protests, Peter R. Hunt wouldn't make Savalas try an accent for the role.

** The errors during the ski chase scenes can be noticeable at times.
*** The first ski scene uses the "Day for night" filming technique, which is where a filter is placed over daylight footage to make it appear night, because skiing at night is very dangerous. However, numerous shadows and clouds appear at certain points, which are exclusive to the day. Other times, the filter is barely noticeable, looking more like noon. Additionally, the actors all wear ski goggles, which would impede their vision even more at night.
*** After losing a ski, Bond enters a two-legged "Schuss" position numerous times, as if he still has his other ski on.
*** The bluescreening results in the live-action characters being much more high-res compared to the characters being projected behind them. They also move to stay centered with the swaying camera and occasionally face an angle contrary to what the passing scenery implies.
** During the scene where Blofeld attempts to remove a live grenade from the bottom of his bobsleigh, the bluescreen goes from showing the bobsled run to a landscape flailing wildly in circles, as if the bobsleigh had crashed. The next scene abruptly straightens it out as if nothing happened.
*** Also, as Blofeld goes under a bridge right after dropping the grenade, a black shape is briefly seen at the top of the screen and retreats soon after, possibly a hand readjusting the camera that was recording rear-projection footage.
*** During one of the quick shots of Bond's sled speeding towards the camera, you can see the little hut they started the chase from, despite them being about forty seconds into the chase.
*** Bond and Blofeld repeatedly teleport up and down the track during their bobsleigh chase in order to extend the scene to the necessary length. The most obvious examples of this are when they constantly pass under the same bridge multiple times and secondly when Blofeld blows up Bond's bobsled with a grenade. As he speeds towards the grenade facing away from the camera, there is a mountain range on the left hand side. There is also a hairpin bend visible on the left, quite a way away. When the camera cuts to James coming towards the camera and bailing, the mountain range is still on the left, despite him now going in the opposite direction compared to the last shot, and he has also just gone around the hairpin bend that used to be a long way away.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Marc Ange Draco and the Union Corse are never seen or mentioned again in the books or the movies and the consequences of Blofeld murdering the daughter of a mafia boss are never explored.

** The "This never happened to the other fellow" line just before the title sequence. Is it a good way to break the ice and get people into the new actor or is it a random [[BreakingTheFourthWallBreak fourth-wall break]] that was shoehorned in at the last second?

** James Bond himself counts at the end: He [[HopeSpot thinks he's found the girl of his dreams, and hopes to spend the rest of his life with her]] only to have it cruelly ripped away from him in the worst way possible.

* SignatureScene: This is the Bond film where he finally weds, even though it won't last long.

* MoralEventHorizon: Perhaps by orchestrating the most notorious KickTheDog moment of the franchise, Blofeld certainly proved to be a big {{Jerkass}} by attempting to kill 007 on his wedding day in retaliation for foiling his plan. Although 007 managed to survive the hit, his wife wasn't so lucky.

* HarsherInHindsight: This movie starts with Bond threatening to resign from [=MI6=] and ends with his wife Tracy being murdered after their wedding. In ''Film/LicenceToKill'', Bond really does become a RogueAgent to avenge his friend Felix Leiter and his wife Della when they were attacked after their wedding. Making this worse is that Felix directly references this movie, saying "[James] was married once, but that was a long time ago."

* ItWasHisSled: Tracy dies in the end.
* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: Having Bond actually fall in love and marry one of the many, ''many'' women he has courted on his missions was indeed a bold move for the franchise...Only to see her suddenly killed off in the final moments of the film. Probably a case where it actually worked to the benefit of the series, bringing with it one of the most emotional and human moments from James Bond.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: When Piz Gloria is destroyed, there is a very brief, barely noticeable shot of the laboratory inside being shaken about by the blast before it cuts back to Blofeld rolling down the mountain. The intent was probably to showcase the inside being destroyed, but if you blink, you'll never know that the shot is even there. Oddly, [[https://youtu.be/FNz-VcOGl1Q?t=81 there exists extended footage]] of the laboratory falling apart in more detail, with ceiling decorations and rocks falling and Blofeld's secret escape crumbling, but it was cut from the final film.

* SugarWiki/DevelopmentHeaven: Peter R. Hunt was determined to both make his mark on the film and make sure it was a true to the book as possible. He always arrived onset carrying an annotated copy of the novel.

* VindicatedByHistory: While it was fairly positively received at the time of the release, the complaints over Creator/GeorgeLazenby replacing Creator/SeanConnery overshadowed the movie for many years. Since then many fans of the series regard it as a classic. Also, EON Studios has demonstrated their own love of the film on numerous occasions and hardcore Bond fans, along with respected movie critics, have a good chance of listing ''this'' film as one of the best in the series. The positive reevaluation has only increased in light of ''Film/NoTimeToDie'' which [[spoiler: followed a similar path of giving Bond a genuine romantic partner and even a child]] and which many have compared to this film positively. ''We Have All The Time In The World'' even makes an appearance again, much to fan delight.

** In the novel, the British Secret Service's operation to foil Blofeld's evil plan is called "Operation Corona". Said evil plan from Blofeld involves spreading a deadly virus around the world. Cue 2020. [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic We all know what happened there...]]

*** The bluescreening results in the live-action characters being much more high-res compared to the characters being projected behind them. They also move to stay centred with the swaying camera and occasionally face an angle contrary to what the passing scenery implies.
** During the scene where Blofeld attempts to remove a live grenade from the bottom of his bobsleigh, the greenscreen goes from showing the bobsled run to a landscape flailing wildly in circles, as if the bobsleigh had crashed. The next scene abruptly straightens it out as if nothing happened.
** Bond and Blofeld repeatedly teleport up and down the track during their bobsleigh chase in order to extend the scene to the necessary length. The most obvious example of this is when Blofeld blows up Bond's bobsleigh with a grenade. As he speeds towards the grenade facing away from the camera, there is a mountain range on the left hand side. There is also a hairpin bend visible on the left, quite a way away. When the camera cuts to James coming towards the camera and bailing, the mountain range is still on the left, despite him now going in the opposite direction compared to the last shot, and he has also just gone around the hairpin bend that used to be a long way away.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Marc Ange Draco and the Union Corps are never seen or mentioned again in the books or the movies and the consequences of Blofeld murdering the daughter of a mafia boss are never explored.

** Newcomer Creator/GeorgeLazenby had his work cut out for him when he had to fill the shoes that Sean Connery had filled in five straight Bond movies that came out prior to ''OHMSS''. To this day fans and critics remain divided on whether or not he succeeded, even though it is now generally viewed as a solid James Bond film in its own right, if not one of the best.

* VindicatedByHistory: While it was fairly positively received at the time of the release, the complaints over Lazenby replacing Sean Connery overshadowed the movie for many years. Since then many fans of the series regard it as a classic. Also, EON Studios has demonstrated their own love of the film on numerous occasions and hardcore Bond fans, along with respected movie critics, have a good chance of listing ''this'' film as one of the best in the series. The positive reevaluation has only increased in light of ''Film/NoTimeToDie'' which [[spoiler: followed a similar path of giving Bond a genuine romantic partner and even a child]] and which many have compared to this film positively. ''We Have All The Time In The World'' even makes an appearance again, much to fan delight.

* {{Narm}}: Creator/GeorgeLazenby's voice being dubbed over by George Baker who played Sir Hillary Bray goes on for so long, to the point where many fans assumed that Lazenby was such a bad actor that his lines had to be dubbed in by a different actor. Additionally, there is no need for James to be impersonating Bray's voice, since the latter and Blofeld never met face-to-face and, ergo, wouldn't know what he sounds like.

* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Creator/GeorgeLazenby's acting is still criticized here and there, but nobody denies he had plenty of charisma and brought a nice combination of dry wit and a sincerity that made his romance with Tracy completely believable. And many agree that he struck the right chord in the most crucial scene -- that of Tracy's death.

* EvilIsCool: Blofeld has a resort full of beautiful women in the Swiss Alps, is able to [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking hold his own against Bond in combat]], totally flummoxes UsefulNotes/MI6 until Bond teams up with Draco, and is played by a suave Telly Savalas. What's not to love?

* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Lazenby's acting is still criticized here and there, but nobody denies he had plenty of charisma and brought a nice combination of dry wit and a sincerity that made his romance with Tracy completely believable. And many agree that he struck the right chord in the most crucial scene -- that of Tracy's death.

* WeirdAlEffect: The title (originally of the book, of course) is a pun based around the phrase "On His/Her Majesty's Service" or OHMS for short, found on letters from HM Government (often associated with wartime call-up papers and letters saying that family members had been killed in action). Nowadays, the Bond title is better known than the original phrase.

* VindicatedByHistory: While it was fairly positively received at the time of the release, the complaints over Lazenby replacing Sean Connery overshadowed the movie for many years. Since then many fans of the series regard it as a classic. Also, EON Studios has demonstrated their own love of the film on numerous occasions and hardcore Bond fans, along with respected movie critics, have a good chance of listing ''this'' film as one of the best in the series. The positive reevaluation has only increased in light of ''Film/NoTimeToDie'' which [[spoiler: followed a similar path of giving Bond a genuine romantic partner and even a child]] and which many have compared to this film positively. ''We Have All The Time In The World'' even makes an appearance again.

** And then there's George Lazenby himself. Many fans loves his much more vulnerable take on the character and genuinely appreciate his sole outing in the series. However, many fans also find him mediocre and lacking the humour and dramatic potential needed for the role. The only general consensus among fans is that Lazenby is perfect in the action scenes.

** The ending of the movie where Bond loses Tracy at the end would get even worse when in ''Film/NoTimeToDie'', [[spoiler: the roles get switched where Madeleine, the main Bond girl ends up ''losing'' James Bond and he becomes TheLostLenore for her.]]