The Spy Who Loved Me

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The Spy Who Loved Me is a 1977 British-American spy film based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Ian Fleming. The film was directed by Lewis Gilbert and distributed by United Artists.

Plot
James Bond is back again and his new mission is to find out how a Royal Navy Polaris submarine holding sixteen nuclear warheads simply disappeared while on patrol. Bond joins Major Anya Amasova and takes on a a web-handed mastermind, known as Karl Stromberg, as well as his henchman Jaws, who has a mouthful of metal teeth. Bond must track down the location of the missing submarine before the warheads are fired.

Why Nobody Does It Better

 * 1) Good direction by Lewis Gilbert.
 * 2) Good song by Carly Simon.
 * 3) Stromberg and Jaws were great villains.
 * 4) Cool action scenes.
 * 5) Great acting, like always.
 * 6) "You've shot your bolt Stromberg. Now it's my turn."
 * 7) "All these feathers and he still can't fly."
 * 8) The sets of the submarines are awesome.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Pacing is a bit slow in places.
 * 2) One scene involves Bond interrogating a henchman for information and even though he gives him what he needs to know and is defenseless, he still lets him fall to his death.

Reception
On the website FilmCritic.com, Christopher Null awarded the film 3+1⁄2 stars out of 5, in which he praised the gadgets, particularly the Lotus Esprit car. James Berardinelli of Reelviews wrote that the film is "suave and sophisticated", and Barbara Bach proves to be an ideal Bond girl – "attractive, smart, sexy, and dangerous". Brian Webster stated the special effects were "good for a 1979 film", and Marvin Hamlisch's music, "memorable". Danny Peary described The Spy Who Loved Me as "exceptional ... For once, the big budget was not wasted. Interestingly, while the sets and gimmicks were the most spectacular to date, Bond and the other characters are toned down (there's a minimum of slapstick humour) so that they are more realistic than in other Roger Moore films. Moore gives his best performance in the series ... Bond and Anya Amasova are an appealing couple, equal in every way. Film is a real treat – a well acted, smartly cast, sexy, visually impressive, lavishly produced, powerfully directed mix of a spy romance and a war-mission film."

The Times placed Jaws and Stromberg as the sixth and seventh best Bond villains (respectively) in the series in 2008, and also named the Esprit as the second best car in the series (behind the Aston Martin DB5). On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 81% based on 57 reviews with an average rating of 7.20/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "Though it hints at the absurdity to come in later installments, The Spy Who Loved Me's sleek style, menacing villains, and sly wit make it the best of the Roger Moore era." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 55 based on 12 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

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