By this outing Connery had mastered the role of 007 and had made it his own. This meant upon it's release it may have been seen as a triumph once more. However, if one was to watch it alongside both his and all the other Bonds (in a bank holiday Bondathon for example) it becomes clear that it struggles to keep pace with both his and other's portrayals of Bond.
It saunters along at a fairly plain speed thankfully peppered with a few one liners to keep the more jovial Bond fan amused. It flirts with the farcical (underwater fight) and suffers from too much padding - it could have been a good 15 mins shorter.
The story is however fairly good and so i can't help but feel that had this been left in the Moore (apologies on the pun) capable hands - a few extra one liners here and a raising of the eye brow there - then it maybe have been rather more enjoyable. For Connery's best moments stick to Goldfinger and From Russia With Love.