The Spy Who Loved Me

Where to start with this classic? The second it came out it was a instant legend. Everything from the stunts the villains even the thugs are perfect filed all the down to the last beautiful detail. All the scenes are planned out beautifully Ken Adams makes the perfect sets this is by far his greatest work. By far this is Roger Moore’s best Bond movie he gave everything his best. The special effects are amazing and for its time it was the best effects ever seen in a movie. I think Stromberg was an outstanding villain his plan may have been outlandish but still he made the perfect villain for the movie. My favourite scene is the submarine car it was the most magical thing I had ever seen in a bond movie I gasp every time I see it I could watch the scene over and over again and I would still be amazed. Jaws made the best henchman from his looks to strength even his smile is perfect the movie really shines when he is in it. I hated him in moonraker the movie ruined everything I liked about him.so concludes my review I hope you enjoyed it

The stunts. The car. The villains. The Bond girls. The sets. The locations. The gadgets. The Spy Who Loved Me has it all and then some. “It’s the biggest. It’s the best. It’s Bond and beyond!” With the departure of Harry Saltzman, “Cubby” Broccoli certainly had to sell this Bond film for all that it was worth following the stinging reviews of The Man With The Golden Gun. Roger Moore is finally given a chance to really escape from him predecessors with this film, pushing his wry smile and raised eyebrow to the limit. The film and its ultimate (and well-deserved) success was to push aside the skeptics and finally get Moore away from the shadow of both Sean Connery and Simon Templar. Barbara Bach is fine as Bond’s opposite number from the KGB, Major Anya Amasova, perhaps the first overt attempt to produce a female James Bond, before her more modern successors such as Michelle Yeoh, Halle Berry and, yes, even Lea Seydoux stepped up to the fore. Curd Jurgens plays the nefarious shipping magnate, Karl Stromberg, whose aim is world domination. Admittedly, he is a definite stand in for the series’ most recurring bad guy, Ernst Stavro Blofeld. However, I have often felt that Jurgens is very underrated in this role; whilst he stands by a number of the standard Blofeld tropes, he is genuinely creepy although, like Donald Pleasence before him, he is woefully underused at times. Gladly, it is not a mistake that Lewis Gilbert would make for a third time when Michael Lonsdale was cast as Drax in Moonraker...though Jurgens’s character got a great name for a villain, don’t you think? Richard Kiel as Jaws. Loosely adapted from a slightly similar character in Fleming’s novel, Jaws - like Oddjob before him - has taken on a life of his own, being almost as famous as James Bond himself, whilst cashing in on the success of Steven Spielberg’s wildly successful film of the same name. Who doesn’t love Richard Kiel as Jaws? Caroline Munro also makes a brief but extremely memorable appearance as Stromberg’s luscious, murderous helicopter pilot, Naomi, a character who certainly seems to have contributed to the characteristics of GoldenEye’s again wildly popular Xenia Onatopp. The film itself is, to a certain extent, a mash-up of Thunderball and You Only Live Twice with the plot focusing on the world’s oceans and the threat of World War Three. Ken Adam returns to the series with his impeccable style to ensure that this was certainly (at the time) the biggest of the Bonds. His set for Stromberg’s supertanker, “The Liparus” is awe-inspiring, although clearly influenced by the earlier volcano lair. Despite that, my favourite set of his for this film has to be Stromberg’s study in his undersea lair, ominously christened “Atlantis” - a great place to relax, until Bond arrives that is! The locations are fantastic, following up on the earlier Death On The Nile to show us Egypt, before moving onto Sardinia. Derek Meddings surpasses himself once again in his miniature work, particularly for Atlantis and The Liparus. And the Lotus Esprit - whilst it would have been nice to see Roger drive an Aston Martin (even if it wasn’t the iconic DB5), the Lotus certainly does not disappoint. At the end of it all, we can all debate who our favourite Bond is, but you can’t deny that nobody does it better than the Bond team!

This film is not presented in 4K. Why not, Apple?

You can buy a collection of the blu rays for about £50 (minus Spectre). Old reviews from the collection previously listed on the Apple Store suggest they used sell this for roughly the same price but then doubled it. Now they no longer offer the collection and want roughly £9 for each film!!!!! I have no idea what the distribution company is playing at but this pricing is absolutely insane and is stopping me from purchasing these films. Avoid until the price drops or just buy the hard copy.

Excellent bond film, one of the best in the series , 5 stars

This was Moore’s Goldfinger. Gone have the Connery influences, off screen issues, Broccoli was on his own from this film on and he made it the best of the Moore’s. What hasn’t this film got? The set (which needed it’s own sound stage built) was even better than the volcano set in YOLT and the Lotus, despite not living up to high standards of the DB5, still is pretty impressive, underwater or not. Despite taking the series into a more comical direction, which is well suited to Moore, a few films of this approach don’t do the series any harm, as where would Bond be now without timeless icons such as Jaws?

Best old bond film

This, in my opinion, is the best Bond film of all time. A ski chase, beautiful women, witty one liners delivered as only Rog can.. And of course the best scene out of any Bond film ever made.. The Lotus Esprit diving off the jetty and turning into a submarine. Genius. If you haven't already seen this film, then watch it. It's what James Bond was all about before the modern gritty version. Nobody does it better!