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Summary: The Spy Who LOVED Me, Not SHAGGED Me!
Review: One has to admit that the title used for the sequel to Austin Powers was indeed very funny. But how many out there actually remember what its original source is, or for that matter, how good a film "The Spy Who Loved Me" actually was? This movie is the pinacle of the Roger Moore era and features his best performance as 007. But that is only the tip of the iceberg. The film has every element that makes a great James Bond film: a good villain with a great scheme (the dream of an underwater civilization), an even better henchman in Jaws (before he became a cartoon), one of the best and most beautiful Bond ladies (Barbara Bach as Russian agent XXX), perhaps second only to "Dr. No's" Ursulla Andress (although this one is a lot more liberated and sophisticated), exotic locales (Egypt, Sardinia), a fantastic gadget in the Lotus Espirit submarine car, which some might feel even rivals the original Aston Martin, an unforgetable title song (Carly Simon's "Nobody Does It Better"), and what is perhaps the most breathtaking stunt in the series (the ski-parachute jump in the opening sequence). The only slightly dissappointing aspect of the DVD is that the commentary by the director and crew is not as informative as most of the others. But the film is too good to even let that bother you.
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Summary: My Favorite Bond
Review: I was very impressed with the design of this DVD. When you choose "Scene Selection" from the main menu, the image ripples across the screen -- a nice watery effect which the reflects the oceanic theme of the film. The added dialogue and musical sound bites from the film are a nice touch. The included documentary (again well-narrated by Patrick Macnee of 'The Avengers'), is surprisingly interesting. There were a great deal of behind-the-scenes legal and financial troubles that almost prevented this film from being made. Also of note here is an extremely relaxed commentary track featuring director Lewis Gilbert and designer Ken Adams. The commentary is so laid-back (albeit a bit too "inside") that the participants even take a five minute break mid-film. This was always my favorite Bond film -- despite (and perhaps because of) its unabashed reliance on gadgets, gimmicks and overblown villains. Richard Kiel's "Jaws" is both terrifyingly menacing and oddly likeable. Roger Moore was at his best as Bond, but the uncommonly beautiful Barbara Bach is the real attention-grabber here. There are so many good scenes to recommend this film, from the opening ski jump, to the underwater Lotus. A good time is guaranteed for all!
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Summary: Great
Review: TSWLM is Moore's best film. The settings are excellent in Egypt and undersea. Moore gives his best performance. The action is great including a dazzling pre-title ski chase with two great stunts and is the best ski chase in the series next to the ones in OHMSS and FYEO.it is much better than the pre-title ski chase in AVTAK. The fight on the train is better than the one in LALD but can't compare to the one in FRWL. The underwater action is the best in the series as is the car chase. Carly's Simon's song is great. This is Moore's best and one for your DVD library. Don't miss it!
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Summary: Nobody Does It Better. MGM, You`re The Best!
Review: With The Spy Who Loved Me, Cubby Broccoli brought Roger Moore`s James Bond into the Disco Years with all the class, thrills and curves equal only to Sean Connery`s classics. Moore`s best Bond film delivers acting as smooth as cream, like Curt Jurgens`s chilly Stromberg, action as spicy as caviar, you just can`t beat driving a Lotus Esprit and being chased through the Italian countryside by a helicopter piloted by Caroline Munro, and danger as hot as Tabasco, just ask all of Jaws`s victims! I really can`t describe what an AWESOME performance MGM made with this DVD. All the extras are very well assembled. But the real treat is listening to Ken Adam, Michael G. Wilson, Christopher Wood and Lewis Gilbert talking about their film like Army buddies in an American Legion Reunion! Man, who knows what further magic there had been if Cubby had been there. This film is Pure Bond. It is like being in a cocktail party with guns. And the DVD happens to bring a few new guests to it. Experience it!
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Summary: A must buy!
Review: The Spy who Loved Me is without a doubt one of the best movies in the James Bond series. An awesome story, huge action sences, and great special effects. You can't ask for more with this movie.My recomendations are Dr.No, From Russia with Love, Thunderball, Live and Let Die, The Spy who Loved Me, and For Your Eyes Only.
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Summary: " I need you James." "So does England."
Review: This is my second favorite of roger moores. The spy who loved me has a good solid story, even though it does share similarities with you only live twice. barbara bach played an excellent russian agent and she was cool, and yet never took anything away from bond. the lotus is an exciting car even today and the action scenes with it are very exciting. the movie is a little light on the gadgets. the end fight is big and grand and exciting. the dvd features are excellent and the 41min documentry is very informative, with short interviews with jaws and some of the bond girls as well as the director etc. the digital sound is clear, but there is very little use of the rear speakers, especally compared to world is not enough. but it is still an excellent movie and a good addition to your dvd libary.
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Summary: Is this film supposed to be good ?
Review: Reading everyone else's reviews, it seems like "The Spy who Loved Me" is supposed to be a good Bond film, and according to some, Roger Moore's best. I personally prefer "For Your Eyes Only", and even "Moonraker", to "The Spy who Loved Me", because the plot for the latter film is complete nonsense. Furthermore, it all has an air of déja vu. For instance, the opening sequence, the ski chase, is clearly borrowed from "On Her Majesty's Secret Service". Nothing new here. And what about the train fight with Jaws ? Even though it is well done, it does not compare well with the train scene on the Orient Express in the film "From Russia with Love". And just as if one time was not enough, the last scene in "Live and Let Die" also took place on a train. When "The Spy who Loved Me" came out, the idea of a train battle had already been used twice before. And what about the idea of a submarine-catching tanker ? It is rather similar to the hijacking of space shuttles in "You Only Live Twice". It is surprising that very few people who saw the film wondered how such a ship could stay afloat. The villain in this film has no credibility. Gone were the days in which the cat-stroking Blofeld was Bond's constant Nemesis. In terms of the villain's credibility, even "The Spy who Loved Me"'s predecessor, the not much more interesting "Man with the Golden Gun", had a more repulsive villain, Scaramanga, thanks to Christopher Lee's wonderful acting. Hugo Drax (played by Michael Lonsdale) in "Moonraker" is another credible villain, but not "The Spy who Loved Me"'s Karl Stromberg (played by Curt Jurgens). John Barry's music is also sorely missed. In conclusion "The Spy who Loved Me" is NOT, in my opinion, a good Bond Film, and Roger Moore is not to blame in this case, or in any other Bond film he made, because what lacked most in the Moore era was not good acting, but good scriptwriting.
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Summary: Infinitely superior than its 1997 remake!
Review: For those who love to criticize Roger Moore as being too silly wit hpuns, humor, and sexual innuendo (yet like Brosnan somehow), let's review the first of the two Moore films which should be the true de-facto Bond films (the other is "For Your Eyes Only"). First and foremost, Bond is Bond once again. He is not infallable, doesn't rely on gadgets all the time (uses wits instead), and doesn't crack bad jokes every 5 seconds. The teaser is compltely underrated and adds a great deal of character-building in terms of Bond and Amasova and what happens to them later on. It also sets the stage for the ultimate feel of the film, which is a long overdue return to the 'seriousness' not seen since "On Her Majesty's secret Service"... The plot itself is your typical Bondian nonsense, except unlike the others this one is produced with a down-to-earth serious and dramatic style which, quite frankly, gives it believeability which no Brosnan movie could hope to achieve. Some rich guy wants to cause a world war so that his vision on how humans should live would become a reality. Bond's got to stop him. UNLIKE the Brosnan ripoff from 1997, the villain in this movie comes off as realistic. We don't question Stromberg's source of his wealth. Not because it wasn't presented but because it wasn't thrust upon us. In the other movie, the guy is a big media dude who pokes fun at a billion-dollar software company by making bad products (of which such type of person could be wealthy enough to build such a hideout yet aone anything else.) Stromberg himself is fairly unscrupulous. From the first scenes we know fairly quickly how evil he is by killing his secretary by feeding her to sharks, and murdering the two men who devised Stromberg's contraption which rendered Britain's underwater security system useless. Jaws is unique in terms of being the henchman to actually survive. It's understandable since Jaws truly is a vicious sort of nasty, chomping bits out of people to kill them. He comes across well mainly because of his stature. Though his presence ultimately brings laughs, the laughs are natural and therefore not forced. Naomi is an interesting character. For those who could keep their eyes above her neck, there's a scene where she is revealed to be firing a machine gun from a helicopter. Bond's reaction to seeing her facial expression certainly helps to mood. The only bad part is Amasova's pseudonym: "Agent Triple-X". Still, that's nothing to gripe on. Overall, it's refreshing to see that the best Bond movie released in 2000 was made in 1976...
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Summary: One of best Bonds by Moore
Review: I really enjoyed TSWLM and I would rank it as one the best Bonds besides "Goldfinger" "For Your Eyes Only" and "Tomorrow Never Dies." The plot of the movie resembles "You Only Live Twice" except that we have a supertanker swallowing submarines instead of a big spaceship swallowing astronauts. The main villain Stromberg is played by Curt Jergens, who like Blofield wants to cause World War III by pitting the U.S. against the Soviet Union. Like all Bond films, it begins with a spectacular pre-title sequence with the incredible stunt of the ski-jump. From this beginning sequence, you know that this one will be good. Roger Moore fits the role of 007 much more comfortably than his two previous outings. I enjoyed Barbara Bach as Triple X (Anya Amasova)-- not only was she a knock-out but she plays a Bond-girl who's intelligent and capable. (Of course, Bond has to rescue her in the end.) I also liked JAWS, played by Richard Kiel. He is the most memorable henchman besides Oddjob in Goldfinger and Red Grant in From Russia with Love. The character of JAWS also provides a lot of humor in the film. He is the man who never dies -- he even bites a shark in the end! Some of the Bond-girls were really great, especially Caroline Munro as Naomi, one of the villain Stromberg's femme fatales. It's too bad that she only appears so briefly in the movie. This movie features great action sequences as well. One of my favorite is when the Lotus turns into a submarine and fights it out with all the bad guys underwater. I would highly recommend the Special Edition DVD because not only is the picture and sound quality much better than the VHS, but it contains special features such as a audio-commentary from the director Lewis Gilbert and a special documentary on the making of TSWLM. As an avid 007 fan, I would rank this as one of the best by Moore and the best of the whole James Bond series. Highly recommended!
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Summary: One of the best, no doubt
Review: The spy who loved me remains one of the best bonds.Everything works- Lewis gilberts direction, the wonderful locations (Egypt,Sardinia e.t.c.) and of course the action scenes, including the now classic pre-credits ski chase and jump.Many people yearn for John barrys music,but for me Marvin hamlisch's terrific disco like score cannot be beaten.I would say nobody does it better,but everyone else will no doubt use it as well.
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