Fun Fact : In real life, Richard Kiel ( who played the villain Jaws ) is one of Roger Moore's closest friend. Infact, a few decades later, Richard son becomes Roger Moore's cardiologist.
I WAS IN THE CLINK WITH A DUDE WHO HAD WEBBED FEET, IT WAS SOME CRAZY SHIT! I WAS SHITTING AND CUMMING MYSELF AS I WAS KICKING HEROIN COLD TURKEY AND I WAS ON THE FLOOR IN A OVERCROWDED CELL, AS I TURNED OVER HIS FEET WERE RIGHT NEAR MY MOUTH, IT WAS SOME CRAZY SHIT!
The best Moore era Bond movie....it is so iconic with badass scenes.... although my personal favorite Moore Bond movie is For Your Eyes Only but the Spy Who Loved Me revitalized the entire franchise
Totally agree... "this is Roger Moore's "Goldfinger"... Yeah, I only recently noticed the play on words between M and Gogol... their secretaries are named *almost* the same... Moneypenny (a penny is a form of money) and Rublevitch (a ruble is Soviet Russian money, or was). Neat little play on the names that I never got til recently... Later! OL J R :)
I reckon it's my second favourite opening sequence in a Bond movie ever, it's soooooooo fricking good. But my favourite opening sequence in Bond movie ever had to be the opening tracking shot scene in Spectre by faaaaaar. That scene was sooooooo good and very Bond-ish like which I love
This was the first James Bond film I saw on the big screen way back in 1977 and I've been a huge Bond fan ever since, Despite it being over forty years old it never fails too put a smile on my face,
This is one of the Bond films I don't own which I DESPERATELY want to get a copy of! It's harder to find the individual releases. For some reason, the Connery films aren't particularly hard to find.
After watching it many times on VHS, I saw The Spy Who Loved Me on the big screen during Bond 50 anniversary special screening back in 2012. First of all, when Agent Triple mentioned Bond being married once, Bond snapped "That's enough!" instead of "You made your point." The sound effect at the Egyptian temples was teasing the spectators! When Jaws appeared on the train, the audience was petrified and by the time the floor dropping scene began, one's head was already reeling. The desert crossing scene in a tuxedo with a beautiful woman was as exotically mind-blowing as ever!
"The Spy Who Loved Me" was the first Bond movie I saw, and it's still my favorite Bond movie. As great as Barbara Bach is, I always liked Naomi (Caroline Munro) the most. But I never noticed that she was already in the scene where Stromberg is introduced (with the two scientists). I had a crush on her when she arrived in Sardinia to pick up Bond (and Barbara Bach) and of course the wink in the helicopter scene. At 14 (in 1977), that blew me away.
Best film of the Moore era. One of the best pre-title sequences in the series. Great title song. Barbara Bach was one of the greatest Bond girls in the series and Jaws was one of the greatest henchmen in the series.
Pure escapist gold ticks all the boxes with Roger on top form and Ken Adam's set design reaching a new high plus Richard Kiel doing a great job without saying a word now that's acting 👍
Same here! So that's why Stromberg never shakes Bond's hand. It's so subtle though, you can't even really see it in that scene. Wish they'd made it a bit more obvious as it's a cool idea and loads of people seem to have missed it.
This was the first Bond movie I saw at the pictures as a little kid. I know a lot of folks prefer Sean Connery, and I totally understand why, but Moore was "my" Bond, and I think this is still my favourite Bond picture.
The first Bond Film I ever watched. Didn't even know of the series but my dad took me to the theater, and I was hooked. Great intro for a young 7-yr-old, especially with the car.
this was best of 1970's film.this is my second favorate roger moore film.My favorate is for your eyes only.I think spy who loved me is better than thunderball
All Bond Movies are Awesome...must say The Spy Who Loved Me tops all...with the heroine Beauty Barbara Bach...the Gadgets...the henchme ..,,& henchwoman Caroline Munro....the fashion statements ..n the unique Villian...❤❤❤
I don't know if it's my favorite Bond film, but this is easily my most watched. I think I've seen it 30 times. Not much of a psychological or tough performance by Moore but he is extremely charming and it's a real feel good. Barbara Bach's acting deserves praise too.
The Spy Who Loved Me was the first Bond film i watched at the cinema and remains one of my favourite films in the series . I am loving all of your films and look forward to watching the rest of your reviews .
I agree, especially when there is someone banging an extremely hot girl. Triple X is one of the hottest Bond girls in the series in my opinion. Top 3 easily
"The Spy Who Loved Me" was an instant classic Bond film ever and I absolutely love it. Easily Top 5 Best Bond Films whenever I wanted to "Casino Royale," "GoldenEye," "Goldfinger," or "Skyfall," but rather see "The Spy Who Loved Me." It's a beautiful Bond film with a nicely done action sequence, now the girls were beginning to be sexy for the first time, and it's a spy movie with fun some moments and memorable lines. Roger Moore owns his film, and he did a fantastic job for being as a Bond character, and he sticks his character more memorable. Barbara Bach as Anya Amasova was...😍...she's my Russian babe, and she did a fantastic job as a KGB agent who teams up with Bond, and she takes her style excellent. I would say both Bond and Amasova working each other was perfect. Then, you got some memorable villains like Stromberg which he turns out good, and you got Jaws, and he was dangerously awesome. With metal teeth and acting like a mix, Dracula and Frankenstein were far out awesome. There are lots of memorable scenes like the first opening was beautiful until theme song which I rather listen to all the time, car chase was epic until the car turns into a submarine and it was awesome, and the epic climax scene where Bond and the men are fighting these guys inside the boat was fantastic. Such effort into this movie and it was perfect. Much like "Goldfinger," it's another Bond film that makes it bigger and much better that you wanted to see the most. Not much to say, but I love "The Spy Who Loved Me." Easily my favorite Bond films of all time.
Felipe Rico "the girls were beginning to be sexy for the first time" - Yeah i have to disagree with you there, the bond girls in loads of the films before this one were sexy
Yeah, Naomi is EASILY the sexiest/steamiest Bond girl, simply because of her eyes and that smile... she's just the most gorgeous woman I've ever seen in that helicopter when Bond nods to her and she winks at him... Too bad we didn't get to see Bond and her hook up... Shame they killed her off so suddenly. I think she was actually a lot hotter than Anya was, though Anya did have a nicer rack... they were just SO darn perky!!! LOL:) Later! OL J R :)
it says something about how strong this movie is that even as its a rehash of YOLT, even the same director, that its still rated so highly by the fans.
Have you ever seen the movie "Silver Streak" from 1976 (the year before "The Spy Who Loved Me")? It starred Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor, along with Jill Clayburgh, Patrick McGoohan, Ray Walston, and Richard Kiel, who plays a henchman just like Jaws (with not very attractive dental work). It's basically a dramatic/comedy version of "North by Northwest" set on a train trip between Los Angeles and Chicago, with a murder mystery when an unassuming book editor gets entangled in an art caper... It was the first time Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor teamed up, and led to a series of films the two did together. Interestingly enough, Clifton James (Sheriff J. W. Pepper from "LALD" and "TMWTGG") shows up in the film, again playing an inept bumpkin law enforcement officer, in this case, "Oliver Chauncey", a hick-town eastern Colorado sheriff... The fascinating thing to me and a question I've always had is, "how much of JAWS came from the character of "Reese" (Richard Kiel's character) from "Silver Streak"? Obviously Silver Streak was produced first since it came out in 1976 where "The Spy Who Loved Me" came out in 1977... and the two characters are virtually identical, even down to the metal teeth... Did the producers or someone see "Reese" in Silver Streak and decide "hey we should use that guy in a Bond film?" I know that the character of Jaws is based on "Horror" Horowitz from the Fleming books, but other than that... Anyway, if you've never seen "Silver Streak" you should DEFINITELY check it out-- Jill Clayburgh was young and hot, and the movie is funny with Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder in top form, and Patrick McGoohan makes an excellent villain (wasn't he considered for the role of Bond at one time?) He could have definitely played a good villain in a Bond film-- too bad he never did... Later! OL J R :)
When you see that parachute jump on a cinema screen, it 22:56 is amazing. The jet ski ridden by Roger Moore was a first, and they only had 2 running versions of the water vehicle. The Marine Amphibious naval ship, is the scrapped HMS Fearless.
Being of a "certain age" I can still remember the huge impact "Spy" made when it was released in the UK. "Man with the Golden Gun" had nothing like the same media interest. I can remember talking about "Spy" with schoolmates, the large queues at the cinema, not to mention owning the Dinky Toy version of the Lotus. It was a definite "event" in the summer of 1977 (we in the UK didn't get "Star Wars" until late December of that year, so "Spy" was the big summer blockbuster for us that year)
Yes this one excelled in production . Actions were awesome throughout the movie The title song, The Jaws , encounter in Egypt , the Lotus becoming a submarine.... was all too good Watched this one over 7 times This beats all other Bond films
Huge part of the behind the scenes story with this is that it’s the first film after the Broccoli/Saltzman partnership ended acrimoniously. Broccoli took a huge risk financing this movie by himself.
The Goldfinger of the Roger Moore era. James Bond parachuting on the air with the Union Jack theme of the United Kingdom flag as a parachute remain not only one of the best Pre-Title sequence but also a patriotic moment for the whole people of UK. Barbara Bach as Anya/Agent Triple X is a badass Bond girl. Richard Kiel's Jaws is the best Henchman. And Nobody Does it Better song is iconic. R.I.P. to Roger Moore and Richard Kiel(who played Jaws). ♥️
Please try and finish this series, I absolutely love it and everything about the way you are making the videos is exceptional! This is definitely one of my favourite movies, Roger Moore again is showing how good a bond he is!
+Louis Pacino Thanks a lot bro! Don't worry I am very determined to finish the series! I'm trying to go for 1 Recapping episode a month, and do other Bond content in between. That way I can still manage my studies and private life. I'm pretty sure I can finish the next episode around early april! :) - Glad you enjoy! Cheers
An absolute escapist classic of the series. This film is an absolute milestone of the series, it was the best Bond film in nearly a decade, it was the best Bond film of the 70s and it was the Bond film that really established Moore in the role and took him away from Connery's shadow. The action set pieces are brilliant, right from Bond skiing through to the Lotus car chase all the way through Bond escaping from Atlantis. The score is brilliant, but it is Carly Simon's song that wins me over. Nobody Does It Better was the best Bond song till then and for the first time there was a song about Bond himself, and it also plays as a love letter to the series. You can take all the Bassey songs, but for me Simons song is the first song about Bond. Moore is pitch perfect, Bach is hot and Kiel is menacing and hilarious. This is Bond at his escapist besr, and is probably the best 007 epic scope film of the series.
Cheesy jazz music? Are you kidding me? That's the best saxophone part I've ever heard. Forget the sex scene. That saxophone phrasing squeezed my tears out. Some exceptional sax payer must have played that part.
+DutchBondFan I agree that saxophone music to a sex scene is ridiculous and cliché, but not this particular one. First phrase is a bit cliché, but listen to the expression in the second phrasing, it's beautiful.
Andrew Piatek I think you must be a lot more musically orientated than I am. I appreciate a good score and great pieces too, but I honestly haven't really given it a deep listen! You made a fair point though!
Well, it's not even jazz. Jazz is a white man's label for bebop. And anything instrumental with trumpet or saxophone is labeled as "smooth jazz". The labels are cheesy. The music is not. Check out the phrasing at 14:50. It's sublime.
It's a little known fact that Bond is irresistible to any woman in Egypt. It's because of his Pharoahmones. Bond could have learned a lot in Egypt - Egyptian Mummies were actually terrific spies - they keep everything under wraps.
This was the first Bond I saw in the cinema (having seen earlier films only on TV), and as such became one of my "go to" Bond films. It also cemented Moore as Bond to me, despite preferring Connery as I grew older. TSWLM also had that third Bond magic that tends to reoccur: Goldfinger and The Spy Who Loved Me being the obvious examples where the actor has become comfortable with the role, the crew have confidence in the production and the character/actor has become warmly accepted by audiences. Skyfall also fits that model (Brosnan is the exception for me as I feel he is best in his second outing, Tomorrow Never Dies, which I rate higher than Goldeneye).
Good review. There is actually a debate about if Noami is actually the first female villain killed by Bond. With the previous ones he didn't actually shoot or kill them.
I always notice Shane Rimmer in films. The first where he stood out was "Ace" Owens in Dr. Strangelove, where you hear his unique voice a number of times (including "Where in hell is Major Kong?"). In addition to the Bond and Thunderbirds appearances mentioned here, he was also in Rollerball, Star Wars, and the Superman film series. He died last year (2019) at the age of 89, leaving James Earl Jones (bombadier Zogg) and Paul Tamarin (navigator "Goldie") as the last surviving actors with major roles in Strangelove.
Just the storm, Dick. Sit down. The James Bond series has definitely lost many of their original crew members from older Bond particularly producers, directors and cast. Hard to see so many of main actors and supporting cast gone and age as well.
13:15 To be fair, there are no direct passenger ship routes between Egypt and Sardinia, so let's assume they traveled by train to Tunis, which has a direct ferry to Cagliari, Sardinia's southernmost town. Also, my dad happened to catch a glimpse of 2 Lotus Esprit and several Kawasaki 900 parked at the Hotel Capo Caccia in Alghero (where the motorbike scene of the car chase was shot), back in 1976 while they were shooting hahaha By far, this is my favorite of the Moore Era.
The best of the Moore films, TSWLM was a great improvement over TMWTGG which could be the worst of Moore's Bond. The opening scene is one of the best in the series, and we get a great henchman and a drop dead gorgeous Bond girl. All in all, a great Bond film.
I agree with you that The Spy Who Loved Me is Moore's greatest outing as 007. It's a top three Bond film or at least top five. But The Man with the Golden Gun is his worst Bond film? Even worse than A View to a Kill? That one was terrible.
Wait, you mentioned how the guy who voiced Scott Tracy in Thunderbirds had a minor role in You Only Live Twice... was he by chance the guy in the opening scene who says "Hello Houston, we've lost all radio contact!" Because as a kid I too was a huge fan of Thunderbirds and I distinctly remember thinking when watching YOLT "hmmm that guy sounds like Scott from Tunderbirds". Mind=blown
Yes that's Shane Rimmer, and you're right, that is indeed the voice of Scott! I mentioned that in my Recap of You Only Live Twice. He's also in Diamonds Are Forever. (And does a voice in Live and Let Die, like I mentioned)
@@DutchBondFan Ed Bishop ("Captain Blue" in CAPTAIN SCARLET and "Ed Straker" in UFO) was in the same scene with Rimmer in "YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE", and, played the lab tech Connery impersonated in "DIAMONDS".
10:29 with one line Moore proves not only he can act, but for a moment in time he was undeniably James Bond. So understated, yet effective. You know he meant it.
RE: the parachute jump in the beginning, I have seen similar things in previous Bond films where a skier goes over a cliff, but you could always see that it was a dummy taking the plunge, so this time I was amazed to see from the body motion that it was a human taking the leap and of course the British flag parachute was the kicker
I've noticed that before. She act's all shocked at the car turning into a sub then begins pushing buttons and saying she stole the blueprints a few years earlier. I can't believe they didn't let Spielberg direct this. Stanley Kubrick worked on the lighting for the inside of the oil tanker with the captured submarines in it. He would come on to the set in secret with only the director and producer's knowing about it. Also his daughter designed the teeth for Jaws.
DutchBondFan great review on one of the most praised films in the series. To me, similar to Connery's films, THIS is when the Roger Moore films start to become good. Not to say that the last o were bad. They just didn't get the Bond formula yet. But in "The spy who loved me", movie makers decided to bring James Bond back 'Goldfinger style'. In other words, make "The spy who loved me" bigger than ever. And you know what? I think they succeeded in making the film bigger and better than ever. Car filled with gadgets, another iconic henchman, pretty good Bond girl, exotic locations, action scenes, and of course, the theme song "nobody does it better" by Carly Simon. Roger Moore is awesome in the film. He himself even quoted "Out of all the Bond films that I've done, 'the spy who loved me' is the film I liked best." Which shows how much effort he put into this film. And of course, Jaws. Awesome henchman. Silent but deadly, so hard to kill, menacing, and of course, his teeth. So yeah in the end, "The spy who loved me" is by far, one of the best films in the series.
I had never noticed the webbed fingers before, so I learned something new. The variety of settings really helped make this film, along with the stunts. The ski setting must have worked well as they use it again in For Your Eyes Only and A View To A Kill. The supertanker was also impressive. I found the Jaws character to be somewhat appealing but by the end of the film, I found him to be too cheesy. Far more interesting to me was the beautiful Naomi (Caroline Munro) whom they killed off too quickly. I really like the trivia items you inject into these reviews. As with most Bond films, there's always something for everyone. A solid review for a solid Bond film. .
Great Britain should have recruited the tourist guy who was always drinking the wine bottles in Moore's movies and put him in charge of MI6. That dude had the uncanny ability to show up right where the action was and he was always one step ahead 007.
Fun Fact :
In real life, Richard Kiel ( who played the villain Jaws ) is one of Roger Moore's closest friend.
Infact, a few decades later, Richard son becomes Roger Moore's cardiologist.
Very cool info
@@jeremy28135 really is👍
Fun Fact: Richard Kiel is a christian who loves Jesus. Now, Richard is with Jesus. Absent from the body, present with the Lord.
Roger Moore was devastated to when Richard Kiel passed away in 2014 as they had become good friends when filming The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker.
His smile gets me the chills when I see it he has a mouth like a crocodile or alligator
I've seen this movie about 20 times and never noticed Stromburg had webbed fingers until you pointed it out. Thanks!
I WAS IN THE CLINK WITH A DUDE WHO HAD WEBBED FEET, IT WAS SOME CRAZY SHIT! I WAS SHITTING AND CUMMING MYSELF AS I WAS KICKING HEROIN COLD TURKEY AND I WAS ON THE FLOOR IN A OVERCROWDED CELL, AS I TURNED OVER HIS FEET WERE RIGHT NEAR MY MOUTH, IT WAS SOME CRAZY SHIT!
Did you lick them?@@jhot2477
I never noticed that either.
@@Malo3447 Me to. Or the image of Stromberg over the bond visit scene 🤷🏻♂️
Fun fact: That Parachute stunt was thought of by George Lazenby but unfortunately they didn't have the resources at the time to pull it off
The best Moore era Bond movie....it is so iconic with badass scenes.... although my personal favorite Moore Bond movie is For Your Eyes Only but the Spy Who Loved Me revitalized the entire franchise
Totally agree... "this is Roger Moore's "Goldfinger"...
Yeah, I only recently noticed the play on words between M and Gogol... their secretaries are named *almost* the same... Moneypenny (a penny is a form of money) and Rublevitch (a ruble is Soviet Russian money, or was). Neat little play on the names that I never got til recently...
Later! OL J R :)
I don't fucken agree,bitch
I always think the less complicated but much more down to earth For your eyes only was Moore’s Goldfinger
TSWLM is my personal favorite RM Bond film. R.I.P Roger Moore.
Roger Moore became an excellent James Bond with this movie.
4:42 I think this is the best Bond opening sequence of all! I saw it at the cinema when I was 16 and it's still my favorite.
I reckon it's my second favourite opening sequence in a Bond movie ever, it's soooooooo fricking good. But my favourite opening sequence in Bond movie ever had to be the opening tracking shot scene in Spectre by faaaaaar. That scene was sooooooo good and very Bond-ish like which I love
@@claveajoc9262 Now that you remind me, I have to agree. That was the awesomest.
This was the first James Bond film I saw on the big screen way back in 1977 and I've been a huge Bond fan ever since, Despite it being over forty years old it never fails too put a smile on my face,
Same here. It'll always be among my favorites in the series.
Likewise
Easily Moore's best film.
For me it's second behind For Your Eyes Only.
This is one of the Bond films I don't own which I DESPERATELY want to get a copy of!
It's harder to find the individual releases.
For some reason, the Connery films aren't particularly hard to find.
Agree 👍 👍 👍 👍
His first Really good one for sure !
I think Stromberg is a piss poor villain and the way he dies is flat. I just don't think it is Moore's best.
After watching it many times on VHS, I saw The Spy Who Loved Me on the big screen during Bond 50 anniversary special screening back in 2012. First of all, when Agent Triple mentioned Bond being married once, Bond snapped "That's enough!" instead of "You made your point." The sound effect at the Egyptian temples was teasing the spectators! When Jaws appeared on the train, the audience was petrified and by the time the floor dropping scene began, one's head was already reeling. The desert crossing scene in a tuxedo with a beautiful woman was as exotically mind-blowing as ever!
I wanted to see a Soviet Major showering, god damnit.
Have you any instagram account?Let chat about soviet Major.
"The Spy Who Loved Me" was the first Bond movie I saw, and it's still my favorite Bond movie. As great as Barbara Bach is, I always liked Naomi (Caroline Munro) the most. But I never noticed that she was already in the scene where Stromberg is introduced (with the two scientists). I had a crush on her when she arrived in Sardinia to pick up Bond (and Barbara Bach) and of course the wink in the helicopter scene. At 14 (in 1977), that blew me away.
Best film of the Moore era. One of the best pre-title sequences in the series. Great title song. Barbara Bach was one of the greatest Bond girls in the series and Jaws was one of the greatest henchmen in the series.
Remember skipping class in 9th grade in Kuwait to watch this. Was worth every minute and fils.
This was the first Bond film i have seen so Moore is my 007. And i have always looked forward to a cool Bond car ever since.
04:58 a ´´secret`` agent uses a parachute with a huge british flag on a mission, yeah! low profile my ass
They invite the russians to their secret hq in Egypt (so it's not secret anymore :P
Anybody who interacts with him for more than half a second will instantly know he's British. He might as well have the flag tattooed on his forehead
...in the middle of nowhere
My second favorite Moore film. I loved the line “but james, i need you” and he replies “so does england.” And the song is one of my favorite songs.
Kevin McClory is the real Blofeld of the Bond universe.
As Roger Moore said, McClory was a pain in the rear to EON
Donald Pleasance was the best Bond.
Yeah. If Blofeld was nothing more than a screaming man-child, who threw a legal temper tantrum every time someone even thought of the name Spectre.
@@codpro627 You mean the best Blofeld?
@@daviddorward7684 yep
Pure escapist gold ticks all the boxes with Roger on top form and Ken Adam's set design reaching a new high plus Richard Kiel doing a great job without saying a word now that's acting 👍
OMG!! I've watched this film hundreds of times and I never noticed Stromberg's fingers are webbed!! 😯
Same here! So that's why Stromberg never shakes Bond's hand. It's so subtle though, you can't even really see it in that scene. Wish they'd made it a bit more obvious as it's a cool idea and loads of people seem to have missed it.
Roger Moore's best bond film by far. No 6 on my bond list.
This was the first Bond movie I saw at the pictures as a little kid. I know a lot of folks prefer Sean Connery, and I totally understand why, but Moore was "my" Bond, and I think this is still my favourite Bond picture.
The first Bond Film I ever watched. Didn't even know of the series but my dad took me to the theater, and I was hooked. Great intro for a young 7-yr-old, especially with the car.
Another great review. I remember watching SPY as a kid and it simply blew me away. Roger truly makes the role his own with this movie.
+Gerry Mulligan yeah reaslly does.
this was best of 1970's film.this is my second favorate roger moore film.My favorate is for your eyes only.I think spy who loved me is better than thunderball
+Chris Roberts Seems fair! :) I agree this one if better than Thunderball!
Oh no, never! It´s SO cheesy!
this movie has to be one of the best ever bond because everything fits 100%. i miss roger moore.
In my opinion, arguably the best Bond movie!
❤ spy who loved me 🎬 movie; ❤ jaws vs James bond ( Roger Moore) 🚆 fight ; original thought jaws was going to kill.jame bond ( Roger Moore)
Yes it hits all the right notes, follows the formula and more seems very comfortable in the role.
All Bond Movies are Awesome...must say The Spy Who Loved Me tops all...with the heroine Beauty Barbara Bach...the Gadgets...the henchme ..,,& henchwoman Caroline Munro....the fashion statements ..n the unique Villian...❤❤❤
I don't know if it's my favorite Bond film, but this is easily my most watched. I think I've seen it 30 times. Not much of a psychological or tough performance by Moore but he is extremely charming and it's a real feel good. Barbara Bach's acting deserves praise too.
The Spy Who Loved Me was the first Bond film i watched at the cinema and remains one of my favourite films in the series . I am loving all of your films and look forward to watching the rest of your reviews .
With Triple X's boyfriend's hairy back, I thought Sean Connery was back as Bond for a minute there 🤣
Roger Moore a great Bond here,and Barbara Bach absolutely stunning♨️👍!
"Keeping the British end up, sir". Infinitely funnier than, "I think he's attempting reentry"
I agree, especially when there is someone banging an extremely hot girl. Triple X is one of the hottest Bond girls in the series in my opinion. Top 3 easily
I love the "keeping the British end up sir" line but it's just the double entendre from Q makes me cry with laughter all damn time
"The Spy Who Loved Me" was an instant classic Bond film ever and I absolutely love it. Easily Top 5 Best Bond Films whenever I wanted to "Casino Royale," "GoldenEye," "Goldfinger," or "Skyfall," but rather see "The Spy Who Loved Me." It's a beautiful Bond film with a nicely done action sequence, now the girls were beginning to be sexy for the first time, and it's a spy movie with fun some moments and memorable lines. Roger Moore owns his film, and he did a fantastic job for being as a Bond character, and he sticks his character more memorable. Barbara Bach as Anya Amasova was...😍...she's my Russian babe, and she did a fantastic job as a KGB agent who teams up with Bond, and she takes her style excellent. I would say both Bond and Amasova working each other was perfect. Then, you got some memorable villains like Stromberg which he turns out good, and you got Jaws, and he was dangerously awesome. With metal teeth and acting like a mix, Dracula and Frankenstein were far out awesome. There are lots of memorable scenes like the first opening was beautiful until theme song which I rather listen to all the time, car chase was epic until the car turns into a submarine and it was awesome, and the epic climax scene where Bond and the men are fighting these guys inside the boat was fantastic. Such effort into this movie and it was perfect. Much like "Goldfinger," it's another Bond film that makes it bigger and much better that you wanted to see the most. Not much to say, but I love "The Spy Who Loved Me." Easily my favorite Bond films of all time.
Also...😍...oh Naomi. You're a sexy Italian hench girl who wears an exotic 70's bikini outfit and becoming a helicopter driver. 😍
Felipe Rico "the girls were beginning to be sexy for the first time" - Yeah i have to disagree with you there, the bond girls in loads of the films before this one were sexy
Yeah, Naomi is EASILY the sexiest/steamiest Bond girl, simply because of her eyes and that smile... she's just the most gorgeous woman I've ever seen in that helicopter when Bond nods to her and she winks at him...
Too bad we didn't get to see Bond and her hook up... Shame they killed her off so suddenly. I think she was actually a lot hotter than Anya was, though Anya did have a nicer rack... they were just SO darn perky!!!
LOL:) Later! OL J R :)
@@getmario64 yes Caroline Munro was totally yummy but she was English not Italian.
This is my favourite Roger Moore James Bond film and the first one I never saw it at the cinema.
it says something about how strong this movie is that even as its a rehash of YOLT, even the same director, that its still rated so highly by the fans.
Lewis Gilbert shot the same film three times: "You Only Live Twice", "The Spy Who Loved Me" - and "Moonraker".
Notice the Liperus engulfing the sub mirrors the spaceship engulfing the shuttles in YOLT
I actually think it's better than YOLT. That film suffered from having too much in it.
love jaws in this movie...when he gets crushed by rocks and just gets up and brushes him self and tearing the van like a tin of sardines
when Bond throws the guy off the rooftop, reminds me a very similar scene in Quantum of Solace
Very nice movie.Have you any instagram account?Lets chat about this movie and actress Barbara Bach.
Have you ever seen the movie "Silver Streak" from 1976 (the year before "The Spy Who Loved Me")? It starred Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor, along with Jill Clayburgh, Patrick McGoohan, Ray Walston, and Richard Kiel, who plays a henchman just like Jaws (with not very attractive dental work). It's basically a dramatic/comedy version of "North by Northwest" set on a train trip between Los Angeles and Chicago, with a murder mystery when an unassuming book editor gets entangled in an art caper... It was the first time Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor teamed up, and led to a series of films the two did together.
Interestingly enough, Clifton James (Sheriff J. W. Pepper from "LALD" and "TMWTGG") shows up in the film, again playing an inept bumpkin law enforcement officer, in this case, "Oliver Chauncey", a hick-town eastern Colorado sheriff...
The fascinating thing to me and a question I've always had is, "how much of JAWS came from the character of "Reese" (Richard Kiel's character) from "Silver Streak"? Obviously Silver Streak was produced first since it came out in 1976 where "The Spy Who Loved Me" came out in 1977... and the two characters are virtually identical, even down to the metal teeth... Did the producers or someone see "Reese" in Silver Streak and decide "hey we should use that guy in a Bond film?" I know that the character of Jaws is based on "Horror" Horowitz from the Fleming books, but other than that...
Anyway, if you've never seen "Silver Streak" you should DEFINITELY check it out-- Jill Clayburgh was young and hot, and the movie is funny with Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder in top form, and Patrick McGoohan makes an excellent villain (wasn't he considered for the role of Bond at one time?) He could have definitely played a good villain in a Bond film-- too bad he never did...
Later! OL J R :)
When you see that parachute jump on a cinema screen, it 22:56 is amazing.
The jet ski ridden by Roger Moore was a first, and they only had 2 running versions of the water vehicle.
The Marine Amphibious naval ship, is the scrapped HMS Fearless.
A great review for a great movie! Good job, DBF!
Being of a "certain age" I can still remember the huge impact "Spy" made
when it was released in the UK. "Man with the Golden Gun" had nothing
like the same media interest. I can remember talking about "Spy" with schoolmates, the large queues at the cinema, not to mention owning the Dinky Toy version of the Lotus. It was a definite "event" in the summer of 1977 (we in the UK didn't get "Star Wars" until late December of that year, so "Spy" was the big summer blockbuster for us that year)
Yes this one excelled in production . Actions were awesome throughout the movie
The title song, The Jaws , encounter in Egypt , the Lotus becoming a submarine.... was all too good
Watched this one over 7 times
This beats all other Bond films
Huge part of the behind the scenes story with this is that it’s the first film after the Broccoli/Saltzman partnership ended acrimoniously. Broccoli took a huge risk financing this movie by himself.
A very fun review. This is one of my favourite Bond movies.
The Goldfinger of the Roger Moore era.
James Bond parachuting on the air with the Union Jack theme of the United Kingdom flag as a parachute remain not only one of the best Pre-Title sequence but also a patriotic moment for the whole people of UK. Barbara Bach as Anya/Agent Triple X is a badass Bond girl. Richard Kiel's Jaws is the best Henchman. And Nobody Does it Better song is iconic.
R.I.P. to Roger Moore and Richard Kiel(who played Jaws). ♥️
My favourite Moore Bond movie, certainly one of my favourites.
Please try and finish this series, I absolutely love it and everything about the way you are making the videos is exceptional! This is definitely one of my favourite movies, Roger Moore again is showing how good a bond he is!
+Louis Pacino Thanks a lot bro! Don't worry I am very determined to finish the series! I'm trying to go for 1 Recapping episode a month, and do other Bond content in between. That way I can still manage my studies and private life. I'm pretty sure I can finish the next episode around early april! :) - Glad you enjoy! Cheers
An absolute escapist classic of the series. This film is an absolute milestone of the series, it was the best Bond film in nearly a decade, it was the best Bond film of the 70s and it was the Bond film that really established Moore in the role and took him away from Connery's shadow. The action set pieces are brilliant, right from Bond skiing through to the Lotus car chase all the way through Bond escaping from Atlantis. The score is brilliant, but it is Carly Simon's song that wins me over. Nobody Does It Better was the best Bond song till then and for the first time there was a song about Bond himself, and it also plays as a love letter to the series. You can take all the Bassey songs, but for me Simons song is the first song about Bond. Moore is pitch perfect, Bach is hot and Kiel is menacing and hilarious. This is Bond at his escapist besr, and is probably the best 007 epic scope film of the series.
Love this comment mate. Terrific analysis.
Spot on ! This was the best of the 70's Bond .it seemed like Cubby Broccoli wanted to make his own mark after the 3 previous efforts by Eon.
This one is one of my top three James Bond films. I could rewatch it anytime.
My favourite of the Moore era, and my favourite Bond theme of all time. I felt this got the right balance between seriousness and comedy.
Cheesy jazz music? Are you kidding me? That's the best saxophone part I've ever heard. Forget the sex scene. That saxophone phrasing squeezed my tears out. Some exceptional sax payer must have played that part.
Don't get me wrong, I like it very much too! I think it's great! I was just saying it's used in a cliche corny (But fun) way.
+DutchBondFan I agree that saxophone music to a sex scene is ridiculous and cliché, but not this particular one. First phrase is a bit cliché, but listen to the expression in the second phrasing, it's beautiful.
Andrew Piatek I think you must be a lot more musically orientated than I am. I appreciate a good score and great pieces too, but I honestly haven't really given it a deep listen! You made a fair point though!
Well, it's not even jazz. Jazz is a white man's label for bebop. And anything instrumental with trumpet or saxophone is labeled as "smooth jazz". The labels are cheesy. The music is not. Check out the phrasing at 14:50. It's sublime.
Love this one, great fun. Very memorable. If Barbara Bach could act or do an accent, it wouldve been great
I actually really like the main villain
Oh my god, you shpeak like Shean Connery! Thish ish what i call a dedicated Bond fan
It's a little known fact that Bond is irresistible to any woman in Egypt. It's because of his Pharoahmones. Bond could have learned a lot in Egypt - Egyptian Mummies were actually terrific spies - they keep everything under wraps.
lmao
This was art.
Lol!
It's "pharaoh", not "pharoah". I have no idea why that misspelling is so common.
This was the first Bond I saw in the cinema (having seen earlier films only on TV), and as such became one of my "go to" Bond films. It also cemented Moore as Bond to me, despite preferring Connery as I grew older. TSWLM also had that third Bond magic that tends to reoccur: Goldfinger and The Spy Who Loved Me being the obvious examples where the actor has become comfortable with the role, the crew have confidence in the production and the character/actor has become warmly accepted by audiences. Skyfall also fits that model (Brosnan is the exception for me as I feel he is best in his second outing, Tomorrow Never Dies, which I rate higher than Goldeneye).
Rogers best none of the silly humor that plagued the later films Great review
Good review. There is actually a debate about if Noami is actually the first female villain killed by Bond. With the previous ones he didn't actually shoot or kill them.
I always notice Shane Rimmer in films. The first where he stood out was "Ace" Owens in Dr. Strangelove, where you hear his unique voice a number of times (including "Where in hell is Major Kong?"). In addition to the Bond and Thunderbirds appearances mentioned here, he was also in Rollerball, Star Wars, and the Superman film series. He died last year (2019) at the age of 89, leaving James Earl Jones (bombadier Zogg) and Paul Tamarin (navigator "Goldie") as the last surviving actors with major roles in Strangelove.
Lmao, singing "Nobody Does It Better" after giving your girlfriend a great night.
That's badass. 😂
Jaws Is the greatest villain of these series
Bond '77 - one of my go to records to demonstrate how amazing vinyl can sound.
Actually, the 70s had fantastic fashions, very flowing and elegant. It was 80s that suffered from horribly ugly fashion designs.
Bit of sad news I heard recently -- Sir Ken Adam, James Bond's production designer has passed away.
Just the storm, Dick. Sit down. That's very bad to hear. Rest In Peace, Mr. Adam. Thank you for all of the wonderful sets.
Just the storm, Dick. Sit down. The James Bond series has definitely lost many of their original crew members from older Bond particularly producers, directors and cast. Hard to see so many of main actors and supporting cast gone and age as well.
Global pants crap-fest!
Really enjoying this series. Some of your comments are hilarious.
Thanks a lot! Very good to hear!
One of the things in this movie that really bothered me was Major Amasova's Russian (or lack of one) accent.
She was allegedly voice looped.
2:47 the smoking sailor in this scene is played by none other than Jeremy Bulloch aka Boba Fett.
The best Moore-era Bond-Movie and definately in my top-three.
13:15 To be fair, there are no direct passenger ship routes between Egypt and Sardinia, so let's assume they traveled by train to Tunis, which has a direct ferry to Cagliari, Sardinia's southernmost town.
Also, my dad happened to catch a glimpse of 2 Lotus Esprit and several Kawasaki 900 parked at the Hotel Capo Caccia in Alghero (where the motorbike scene of the car chase was shot), back in 1976 while they were shooting hahaha
By far, this is my favorite of the Moore Era.
This is the Bond film where I think Roger Moore finally hit his stride as 007.
@13:10 They're going along the coast to get to the "jumping off point" to the island.
The best of the Moore films, TSWLM was a great improvement over TMWTGG which could be the worst of Moore's Bond. The opening scene is one of the best in the series, and we get a great henchman and a drop dead gorgeous Bond girl. All in all, a great Bond film.
I agree with you that The Spy Who Loved Me is Moore's greatest outing as 007. It's a top three Bond film or at least top five. But The Man with the Golden Gun is his worst Bond film? Even worse than A View to a Kill? That one was terrible.
@@1981lashlarue Top Three Bond films are TSWLM, Goldfinger and From Russia With Love.
@@codpro627 Where does Dr. No and Casino Royale fit in on your list?
This was first Bond movie I saw in the cinema therefore the film that turned me into a James Bond fan,, 🇬🇧
Triple X is one of the best Bond girls in the whole series, I wish she had gotten more than one film
Wait, you mentioned how the guy who voiced Scott Tracy in Thunderbirds had a minor role in You Only Live Twice... was he by chance the guy in the opening scene who says "Hello Houston, we've lost all radio contact!"
Because as a kid I too was a huge fan of Thunderbirds and I distinctly remember thinking when watching YOLT "hmmm that guy sounds like Scott from Tunderbirds".
Mind=blown
Yes that's Shane Rimmer, and you're right, that is indeed the voice of Scott! I mentioned that in my Recap of You Only Live Twice. He's also in Diamonds Are Forever. (And does a voice in Live and Let Die, like I mentioned)
@@DutchBondFan Ed Bishop ("Captain Blue" in CAPTAIN SCARLET and "Ed Straker" in UFO) was in the same scene with Rimmer in "YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE", and, played the lab tech Connery impersonated in "DIAMONDS".
10:29 with one line Moore proves not only he can act, but for a moment in time he was undeniably James Bond. So understated, yet effective. You know he meant it.
RE: the parachute jump in the beginning, I have seen similar things in previous Bond films where a skier goes over a cliff, but you could always see that it was a dummy taking the plunge, so this time I was amazed to see from the body motion that it was a human taking the leap and of course the British flag parachute was the kicker
Another good review! Looking forward to the next one.
Love the instrumentals you use on these. Great reviews
My favourite bond in my favourite bond movie!
I've noticed that before. She act's all shocked at the car turning into a sub then begins pushing buttons and saying she stole the blueprints a few years earlier. I can't believe they didn't let Spielberg direct this. Stanley Kubrick worked on the lighting for the inside of the oil tanker with the captured submarines in it. He would come on to the set in secret with only the director and producer's knowing about it. Also his daughter designed the teeth for Jaws.
One of the best Bond episodes ever.
Great theme music. Lewis Gilbert rocked it. Epic in every way. I have visited Moscow so love this one.
Jeroen you do some class reviews! Thank you
And thank you for watching them, Jonathan!
@@DutchBondFan love them mate. Thank you x
he didn`t mention that the had of KGB was in From Russia With Love too, the actor of course, not the character
What a helpful chap
Some of u will realize Barbara is mrs Ringo Starr!
This my favorite roger moore james bond movie
DutchBondFan great review on one of the most praised films in the series. To me, similar to Connery's films, THIS is when the Roger Moore films start to become good. Not to say that the last o were bad. They just didn't get the Bond formula yet. But in "The spy who loved me", movie makers decided to bring James Bond back 'Goldfinger style'. In other words, make "The spy who loved me" bigger than ever. And you know what? I think they succeeded in making the film bigger and better than ever. Car filled with gadgets, another iconic henchman, pretty good Bond girl, exotic locations, action scenes, and of course, the theme song "nobody does it better" by Carly Simon. Roger Moore is awesome in the film. He himself even quoted "Out of all the Bond films that I've done, 'the spy who loved me' is the film I liked best." Which shows how much effort he put into this film. And of course, Jaws. Awesome henchman. Silent but deadly, so hard to kill, menacing, and of course, his teeth. So yeah in the end, "The spy who loved me" is by far, one of the best films in the series.
And I finally know why the submarine car in GTA Online is named the Stromberg. Thanks!
It's for us one of our favorites Roger Moore Bond Films! Lauren [and Co] xxx
I had never noticed the webbed fingers before, so I learned something new.
The variety of settings really helped make this film, along with the stunts.
The ski setting must have worked well as they use it again in For Your Eyes Only and A View To A Kill.
The supertanker was also impressive.
I found the Jaws character to be somewhat appealing but by the end of the film, I found him to be too cheesy.
Far more interesting to me was the beautiful Naomi (Caroline Munro) whom they killed off too quickly.
I really like the trivia items you inject into these reviews.
As with most Bond films, there's always something for everyone.
A solid review for a solid Bond film.
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Great Britain should have recruited the tourist guy who was always drinking the wine bottles in Moore's movies and put him in charge of MI6. That dude had the uncanny ability to show up right where the action was and he was always one step ahead 007.
Like always a good job;)
Didn’t expect to see the legion of doom headquarters in a Bond film
This a great bond movie and I like the car and action and this Bond film came out the same year as Smokey And The Bandit, and Star Wars
One of my 2 favorites behind Casino Royale. Loved this as a young adult. Jaws scared the crap out me in this one.
Atlantis is my favorite Bond villain lair
4:45 Everytime I see this scene, I think of American Dad where Stan Smith's snow mobile land on 007 as they are falling off the cliff.