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4.0 out of 5 stars Great Bond Adventure, Jun 28 2004

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Dave Capo "nighthawk86" (Toronto, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spy Who Loved Me (VHS Tape)

This is the 10th film in the long-running "James Bond" series and the third to star Roger Moore as Bond. This entry is also my favorite in the series (well, so far it is as I have only seen five Bond films).

007 is on another mission to the save the world (what else?) in "The Spy Who Loved Me." A pair of nuclear submarines from England and Russia have strangely disappeared and Bond...James Bond, is assigned to retrieve a microfilm that has recorded the movements of the British sub. The Russians send their own spy, the beautiful Anya Amasova, to find the film as well. At first, Amasova and Bond attempt to outwit each other to get the film but eventually the pair are ordered to team up to get to the heart of the problem. The trail they follow leads them to billionaire Karl Stromberg who has a dastardly plan to destroy the Earth...

This Bond episode works well thanks primarily to some good direction from Lewis Gilbert. Though the film is not well paced, Gilbert makes up for that with some excellent set pieces. I thought the fighting sequences on Stromberg's boat were particularly well done. There are some other good moments too, including the chase in the Lotus Espirit (which can transform into a submersible), the opening ski-chase, and Bond's dueling with steel-toothed bad guy Jaws. The acting here was serviceable, though I felt it left something to be desired. This happens to be the first Bond film I've seen in which Roger Moore is carrying the 007 moniker. Moore gets the job done but he seems to lack the edge of the two other Bond's I've seen: Sean Connery and Pierce Brosnan. Meanwhile, Barbara Bach has the looks for a typical Bond-girl but is a bit stiff in her role. Still, she gives an effective performance. One more thing worth noting is the theme song by Carly Simon, "Nobody Does It Better." I really liked it and it seems to complement the James Bond character well.

This is a great entry in the 007 series. If you're a Bond fan (or even a non-fan) and haven't yet seen this episode, then be sure you do so. This movie will be a fresh reminder that indeed "Nobody Does It Better" than James Bond.

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4.0 out of 5 stars ONE OF THE BEST BONDS IN A NICE LOOKING TRANSFER, April 28 2003

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Nix Pix (Windsor, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Spy Who Loved Me (Widescreen) (DVD)

"The Spy Who Loved Me" has Bond pitted against a billionaire madman, Strombold, obsessed with destroying the earth to build his own empire beneath the sea. This is the Bond, with that way too cool, white Lotus Espirit that turns into a submarine on cue. This is also the first movie to introduce movie goers to Jaws (Richard Kiel), a towering ogre with stainless steel teeth, who bites his victim's to death. Barbara Bach is the sexy Bond girl, Russian Agent Triple X.
For once, MGM's DVD actually looks pretty darn good and there's a reason for this. Back when laserdisc was king, MGM/UA undertook the task of starting to remaster the Bond titles. They only got far enough to do this movie, Octopussy and Moonraker before DVD wiped out the large disc format. So all subsequent restoration plans for the series went the way of the junk yard.
"The Spy Who Loved Me" exhibits a wonderfully smooth, anamorphically enhanced, visual presentation, with rich, bold and well balanced colors, solid black and contrast levels and a minimal amount of aliasing, edge enhancement and film grain. Fine details occasionally shimmer but do not distract. The audio (incorrectly noted on the back of the DVD as Stereo surround) is actually a brand new 5.1 stereo remastering effort that perfectly captures the score and special effects of the movie. Though at times the sound does become strident, for the most part, this is a sonically engaging presentation that is sure to please.

Extras: Once again, documentaries, stills, theatrical trailers, commentaries, a music video and other gems abound. MGM can be proud of their efforts on this disc. It's great!

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3.0 out of 5 stars moores franchised bond, May 23 2004

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ageofanxiety "ageofanxiety" (usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Spy Who Loved Me (Widescreen) (DVD)

roger moore gets knocked around a lot for the way he played bond.
now, come on, lets be frank, bond is the stuff of pulp fiction and moore knew this.
by the time live and let die was being filmed the bond movies had become a franchise (only the first three stand out as non franchise movies). connery could not co-exist in a franchise.
he was too stubborn an actor to merely be 'one of the special affects'.
when roger moore came around he decided not to take any of it seriously and he was right to do so.
it is moores little boy sense of humour that makes these movies work.
spy who loved me and for your eyes only are the best of the moores, with this one having the slight edge.it has the necessary balance to make it a mmeorable entry. classic scene:
when moore is in a van being attacked by jaws he smiles, and charms his way through a series of puns that only he, in his all too cool superficiality, could pull off.
makes for a fun night.

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