SimonJack England, the Soviet Union and the U.S. join forces in this James Bond thriller to stop a maniac who's bent on destroying the earth. That is, the dry land earth, above the oceans. Of course, they don't know his plan at first. But James Bond and a Soviet secret agent are out to find out what happened to each country's nuclear submarine that disappeared. The Americans get in the picture with a third submarine as Bond and Agent XXX pursue the Stromberg behemoth of a ship. Roger Moore is in his third of seven roles as British secret agent 007, James Bond. Barbara Bach plays Soviet Major Anya Amasova. One wonders if the her agent ID wasn't a bit of a spoof of the Soviets, who often tried to have the biggest, best or last of something. Where Bond is agent doublte07, the Soviet Amasova is agent triple-x. The fiend in this Bond thriller is played by Curd Jürgens. Richard Kiel, a true giant of an actor at 7 feet, 2 inches, plays Jaws. He has a genuine steel trap for a mouth. This is the first Bond film in a while to receive any major film award nominations. It received three Oscar nominations and two each Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations. Apparently, "The Spy Who Loved Me" was Moore's favorite Bond film. The filming took place in Egypt, off the Emerald Coast of Sardinia, Italy, in the Bahamas, at Baffin Island in Canada, in Okinawa, at St. Moritz in Switzerland, the Bay of Biscay off the coast of France, and in England and Scotland. The plot has a good amount of intrigue, and the film has a variety of thrills. A ski-chase scene in the Alps gives way to a road-chase by a gun-ship helicopter, and finally undersea skirmishes. Some wonderful props for this film included the Atlantis city of Stromberg that rose like a giant steel octopus in the sea. And the specially made Lotus Esprit S1 car turned heads on the beach in the film and amazed moviegoers. The Wet Nellie, as it was called, converted to a mini submarine, and had various gadgets including a rocket launcher. This is a fun-filled, action-packed and enjoyable Bond film - one of the best of the series. Here are some favorite lines. For more dialog, see the Quotes section under this IMDb Web page of the movie. Log Cabin Girl, "But James, I need you." James Bond, "S does England."James Bond, "When one is in Egypt, one should delve deeply into its treasures."James Bond, "Still, you did save my life." Maj. Anya Amasova, "We all make mistakes, Mr. Bond."Maj. Anya Amasova, "You don't have to worry abut me, Mr. Bond. I went on a survival course in Siberia." James Bond, "Yes, I believe a great number of your countrymen do."

mark.waltz ...And he's got some great help along the way!Meet Jaws, the extremely tall, tin-toothed assassin, able to rip apart a shark without the help of John Williams music. Richard Kiel made his first of two appearances in James Bond films, and he's a force to be reckoned with. In fact, he's even more fascinating than the main villain, played by Curd Jergens, the reclusive billionaire who lives in a spider shaped compound somewhere in the middle of the ocean. Once again, he wants to destroy mankind whom he blames for the destruction of civilization, determined to live at the bottom of the sea in harmony with marine life. It's up to the spies of the world to take this villain down, and of course, it will be England's James Bond (Roger Moore at his best) with the help of a beautiful agent from another country who gets to be the one to hopefully do it.With a backpack he wears skiing that can turn into a parachute just in case he happens to fly off a Swiss mountaintop, Bond escapes from his pursuers and lands in the middle of another wacky adventure. He's all over the world with a bevvy of beauties (most notably here the Russian spy Barbara Bach) who seems to be trying to dispose of him even when trying to seduce him. Jergens is first seen taking care of a beautiful employee whose carelessness threatened his mission, giving two horrified eye witnesses a front row seat to how he takes care of those who can't do their job, obviously quickly dispatching of them as well. Along comes Jaws who pursues Bond with his razor sharp teeth, seen literally becoming a daylight accessible vampire as he deals with those who step in his way. Bond and Bach quickly figure out how to deal with escaping from fancy cycle riders pursuing them, thanks to the special Chitty Chitty Bang Bang like automobile given to him by the agency. (Not a surprise, considering that Chitty was created by the same man who created Bond...) Down curvy European highways, into the water, and finally, onto a crowded beach, this adventure just gets more and more riveting and often hysterically funny.With a great theme song ("Nobody Does It Better") sung by Carly Simon over the very creative credits, this is one to be seen hopefully as part of a marathon with the over-the-top "Moonraker" (not even credited in the end) and the credited "For Your Eyes Only" which took four years to come out even though it got the "James Bond will return in...." reference. This is fun, non-stop from start to finish, and I'm sure would still play wonderfully on a big movie screen, accompanied by a ton of popcorn. "Moonraker" was a slight disappointment after this, but "For Your Eyes Only" managed to top even this. As usual, Moore has his tongue in his cheek, enjoying every minute of dropping clever wisecracks and acknowledging the goings on around him with an acerbic wit that for me makes him my favorite of all the Bonds.

KineticSeoul With "Diamonds Are Forever" and "The Man With The Golden Gun" the Bond franchise has taken some beating and was losing it's edge in the film industry and at the box office. So this was a important and critical Bond film, where the success of this film played a important part in keeping this franchise relevant. And also keeping it going with the back up it's been getting. So they were really banking on this movie to succeed, and you can clearly see it from the intro with a ski chase scene that ends with a parachute jump. The action in this is way better crafted while keeping the Bond essence going. They really tried to modernize and renovate the franchise, this could either work or fail and for the most part it worked for the better. They took certain elements from the previous Bond films and made a bigger and more action packed. The main drive of this film is of course the chemistry between a female spy Agent Triple X or Anya. She was a decently written female lead, well at least for a Bond film anyways. Unfortunately the actress that played her was very robotic and lacked any flare. She was suppose to a competent spy but came off more naive than anything else. If there was more build up between Bond and Anya during their escapade this film would surely have been classic Bond film. Don't get me wrong this is still a very good Bond film with Roger Moore in the lead role. Add in a kick as Bond intro song and you got yourself a noteworthy Bond movie. It even has one of Bond's most iconic villains Jaws (Richard Kiel) who also appears in the next installment.8/10

tomasg-69814 One of the super movies of the 70's. So I've heard from fellas at work who were in their teens when this James Bond movie came out. Such space adventures as Star Wars and Close Encounters must have been hard to compete with this year, but 007 was to be "down to earth" for one more act, then surrender.I myself can't find that many flaws in this film. All the necessary essences are there, such as the thrilling ski-jump of the opening scene. British - Russian collaboration (and love story, of course) spice it up, to crush a common enemy who wants the world population to start all over again, below and beyond the sea, after the usual destruction of the world as we know it. (Got it/heard it before?)Great tour to Egypt and Sardinia, among places, on the way. Script-entering the hit-man Jaws ( R.I.P Richard Kiel) went out so well that he was to return, not being annihilated here. The beautiful,wedge-shaped, sporty and sexy white Lotus S1 (actually a poor developed, unfinished and doubtful car, according to the memories from one Roger Moore) became such an addictive must-have car in public. The era of the flashy Seiko LCD watches, for which you have to put up some hard money getting one at E-bay in these days, started around here. ( Model 0674 in this movie, I think.)Yes, I think this film represents the 1970's James Bond movies to the fullest. A little shallow, a little plastic, mostly speculative. But as wonderful as a Bond movie could have been at the time. Kind of moderate acting from some of the casts is aided by all the action and gadgets, and the beautiful women. (There's really one in EVERY corner, wherever James Bond's feet takes him.)I find it fun - as of just 40 years old, today - imagining heading for the cinemas in 1977 as a teenage boy for this super adventure. Exhilarated, excited and a little bit stressed for the experience to come, I would have taken several rounds to the Men's room in the lobby, just to avoid such interruptions during the show.And before the 70's was over, the audience still had the pleasure to wait for, and be presented to, by then the most expensive, lavish and extravagant Bond movie ever.