The Spy Who Loved Me

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This film flew by so fast. It's probably the Bond film with the quicket pace that I have watched so far, has a fantastic Bond girl in Major Anya Amasova and an amazing villain in Stromberg. I LOVE Jaws; he's so unnerving with his metal teeth and the way they can chew through things, also his sheer strength too like when he's got a hold of the telephone van James Bond and Anya are in.

Oh, and that car Q provides that turns into a submarine is sublime.

Finally, a return to form for the Bond series. High-action drama with some spice of comedy. Lame main villain and a plotline involving this film's Bond girl's husband going nowhere aside, this was a suprise how good this 007 outing was.

Despite a few issues, I really enjoy this Bond film. What you see here is what a lot of people consider the 007 plot mold. The villain is trying to do something major from their giant, well staffed hub. The bond girl is going along with him for the trip, where he's running into the villains henchmen at different locations. You get a car race, a few fist fights and gun fights. And in the end... well you get it.

The thing is, this one does it all very well. The mission unfolds in a fun way. The henchman is Jaws, so that's pretty awesome. You've got some great direction and cinematography. The car chase is done unique. The opening ski action is shockingly dangerous. Most importantly though, is that this Bond girl is very well developed. I put her up there as one of my favorites because she actually influences the plot more than being a person he can enjoy during a mission.

Yea, the villain is kinda boring, and the score is poorly done, and blah blah blah. At the end of the film, all of this is pretty minor for me. I'd certainly say this is the best of the Roger Moore 007 movies.

The best film in the series so far... Narrowly beating out From Russia With Love as a quintessential Bond film. Connery's most potent outing is FRWL.

Moore's Bond has humour, bad guys and amazing stunts. This film excels... The Lotus is infamous. The ski to parachute scene. Jaws.

This film plays like a proper action adventure movie rather than the slapstick that Moore's Bonds were headed until now.

The one area that was weakening across the series was the strong independent women of the early few movies. Here that is rectified as Bond is given an equal in the form of Triple X, the Russian superspy. And she is excellent in the role.

I enjoyed watching this again immensely.


8.25/10

Great villain(s). Glasnost. Soviets. Submarines. Jaws. And my favorite Bond theme of them all-“Nobody Does it Better” by Carly Simon.

Bond, what do you think you’re doing?
Keeping the British end up sir.

Gold right there.

That Jaws makes me horny!

A very well performed Bond from Roger Moore. I advise you to not compare the old Bond movies with the new ones. Just enjoy. Was a blast on the theaters at the time it was launched.

One of the best Bond films yet, and easily my favorite of the Roger Moore batch. I will likely revisit this one in the future!

Rating: 3.5/5 - 80% - Would Recommend

One of my personal favorites and the best of the Roger Moore Bond movies so far.

Bears some similarities to YOLT. Here it's a tanker swallowing subs and the finale inside the tanker is similar. But it works, looks great. I actually like the story of a villain (played by the great Curd Jurgens) not looking for money. He's not completely wrong in his assesment of humans, you know. Also the first time we see the unforgetable Richard Kiel as Jaws.

I like that we get kind of the Russian counterpart of 007, female, of course. Had an interesting setup with Bond killing Anya's lover on a mission before. Not that it mattered concerning the eventual outcome between the two of them. But it was something new. Interestingly it was the first time they mentioned Bond's marriage here.

The parachute stunt was another highlight of movie history and the Bond movies. They always try to top themselves it seems. I also like the Bond car, I remember having it as a toy way back and I actually took in with me in the tub. 😆

Like I said, one of my personal favs.