I found FOR YOU EYES ONLY and OCTOPUSSY as overall better films…Stromberg was just SUCH a Blah villain! And Barbara Bach is just Tanya Robert’s-level Bad!
Moore’s best Bond film and after ten years of uncertainty it was the film that IMO saved the series. Great set pieces, great score and Moore finally hits his stride as 007. Great shout out to Calvin Dyson, the man not only knows his subject, but his videos are hilarious and entertaining to boot. Great video Oliver.
I think "The Spy Who Loved Me"(1979) & "Moonraker"(1979) are the most entertaining and visually gorgeous films in the 007 franchise. These films also had fantastically great promotion! * IT'S THE BIGGEST! IT'S THE BEST! IT'S BOND! AND BEYOND! * WHERE ALL THE OTHER BONDS END... THIS ONE BEGINS! *
13:09 Shane Rimmer is Canadian not American. He is also in You Only Live Twice, Diamonds are Forever, and does the voice of Hamilton in Live and Let Die
Shane Rimmer also had a uncredited cameo in *"STAR WARS"* (1977) as one of the Rebel Technicans who asked Luke Skywalker if he wants a new R2-unit for his X-Wing fighter.
The helicopter chasing Janes and Anya, with the LOTUS turning into a submarine, was my favorite sequence of the movie. JAWS is one of the best villains of the series.
I absolutely adore this flim it’s the best bond and Moore outing next to goldeneye and the Carly Simon theme is perfect for a flim like this nobody does it better like Moore
My personal favourite Roger Moore Bond film. One of the best overall Bond films. The opening stunt, the Lotus Esprit, the model work, Jaws all top notch.
THE SPY WHO LOVED ME 1977 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ * One of the best films in the franchise! An almost perfect movie! * Great movie, great director Lewis Gilbert and of course, the one and only, the real English James Bond actor: Roger Moore! * My Top 10 is: 1965, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1995.
My favourite Roger Moore Bond movie. It’s the right level of great action sequences and serious moments, plus it has one of my favourite scores in the entire franchise and I love the production design of film
Roger got comfortable in the role and they knew how to use them. I love Live and Let Die, but Moore seems to be finding his footing, then for The Man With the Golden Gun, he's very "mean." This and For Your Eyes Only are my favorite from the Moore era.
Great review and insight Mr. H. As a 50yr old, huge Bond fan, TSWLM has always been in my top 3 favourite Bond films, and is definitely Sir Roger's greatest performance as 007.
My favourite Bond movie, but my first I saw at the cinema would be Moonraker, I didn't know Jaws was a returning character then. Wow we do need that full soundtrack, I hope to see 4K boxsets of each film and have the soundtrack accompanying it 😊
The first thing I ever had in my life that I knew of as James Bond was that car as a Hot Wheels. I wouldn't even see the movie until I was watching the series as a young man, but I played with that submarine car as much as a Batmobile, and he was a part of my imagination long before I had the patience to sit through any movie paced for the 1970's. I do remember this as one of my favorites from the Moore era though, who was the Bond I grew up seeing the most of on tv in the 80's, and why I would reject Dalton when I saw those in the theater. Brosnan became my all time favorite, but the balance of humor and charm in his character all comes from Moore's interpretation, and it's such an essential part of the franchise to me. This one's up there with Goldfinger.
*"The Spy Who Loved Me"* was the first James Bond film in the series to be recorded in Dolby Stereo which they used for the next five Bond films from 1979 to 1987, before they went with Dolby Stereo Spectral Recording for *"Licence To Kill"* (1989).
This is not only the first Bond movie I saw, it's the very first movie I can remember seeing at the cinema. I was very much a pre-teen at the time, but I still vividly remember the experience of being in the theater and seeing the ski jump, those opening credits, and the car that turned into a submarine (which I subsequently owned in die-cast form). As such it's always had a special place in my heart, and it took a long time to shake off the notion that this is the definitive Bond car, and the definitive Bond soundtrack. I still love the music.
I don't think the film makers realised that if there was a nuclear war, then the oceans would be irradiated as well. Shane Rimmer also had a small part in Star Wars: A New Hope. He was the X-Wing mechanic who asked Luke if he wanted a new R2 unit.
One of my favourite Bond Films among with Goldfinger, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Licence To Kill, Goldeneye and Skyfall. And Nobody Does It Better than this Incredible Bond Film.
One of my favorite Roger Moore films is one he did in between Bond flicks: The Wild Geese. Seeing Richard Harris, Richard Burton, and Roger Moore doing a bit of mercenary skullduggery is always entertaining.
13:18 Shane Rimmer is Canadian, not American. Born-and-bred Torontonian 🇨🇦. Calvin Dyson made the same mistake in his review lol. He did call himself the “Rent-a-Yank” tho, because most Britons couldn’t tell the difference between a Canadian and an American accent, so UK casting directors would always hire him to play the token American.
Nice overview Oliver. I’m glad you mentioned Maibaum and Mankiewicz whose contributions are vital in giving Spy its edge and grounding in the series iconography in terms of the story. I disagree about the editing as John Glen’s cutting is on point if a bit methodical to fit the more relaxed pacing of Gilbert’s Bond films. Claude Renoir gives the film a unique look for the series and Ken Adam gets to run freely with his designs. Spy was also the first film in the series to officially have a release in stereo as the premiere was 4 track stereo. (Others possibly had alternate stereo presentations but these are unconfirmed) The film soundtrack not having an official release still kills me to this day. Spy is one of two films along with Doctor No to have no release of the film score. The album presentation is extremely well recorded and mastered, but has been frustrating to all of us Bond fans ever since its release. The sequencing is also frustrating. I keep hoping La La Land records gets to do a restoration as part of their ongoing Bond series, as this would be one of the most important scores to do. Definitely read Christopher Wood’s novelization! Not only do you get more details about Stromberg, his entire backstory, and the explanation of the webbed fingers… But it’s also the greatest Fleming pastiche anyone has ever written. It’s essentially the film story in novel form as if Fleming wrote it complete with torture sequence. The irony is that after all the script struggles they inadvertently reworked the plot of You Only Live Twice. The bottom line is that Spy was the necessary relaunch of the series that meant it could continue. It will always be immortal as one of the most perfectly executed Bond films and the kind of film we need so badly today.
Absolutely love this movie, in my to 5 Bond outings (so far) 1# Casino Royale 2# License To Kill 3# Goldeneye 4# The Spy Who Loved Me 5# No Time To Die (i really liked it but understand the mix feelings people have for the movie)
That set piece in the tanker between the Sub crews was insane at the time. Still pretty good. What would you get movie wise for £68 million dollars these days? Thats crazy.
The budget was only $13,5 million USD. That's crazy! Even in 1977, it seemed like a much more expensive film! * Today, they spend about $300 million USD on crap like Spectre(2015) or NTTD(2021)..........
Even though Moore was Bond when I was growing up when I became interested in 007 and started to go back to earlier films it was Connery that really sold me.
'Midnight Express' (1978) is another film that won the Oscar for best musical score. However most of the film's original music STILL isn't available because when it came time to release the soundtrack, Giorgio Moroder filled it with a bunch of lame disco-style renditions instead of the actual tracks from the movie.
A great Bond film. I remember watching this on ITV in 1982 and loving the Lotus going underwater. I notice you forgot to mention legendary George Baker who was known for playing Inspector Wexford and was also in On Her Majesty Secret Service.
Imo this was when the Moore Bond era hit its stride and still remains his best movie. I will always have time for the more campy entries such as Moonraker and Octopussy but TSWLM does a great job of having the right balance of tones as you said. I will agree with Roger Ebert that Stromberg is not a terribly interesting bad guy and Jaws ends up way overshadowing him. My personal favorite bit was the suspenseful scene were Bond is removing a warhead from a nuclear missile. I always appreciated how the film managed to squeeze out a nail-bitter out of that one.
Sorry, but Christopher Nolan's favorite James Bond film is On Her Majesty's Secret Service. There's even a major action sequence in Inception inspired by it.
Wrong - Shane Rimmer is a Canadian actor, yes he lived in UK but movie studios used him since he sounded like an American. He labeled himself as the "Rent-A-Yank"
Ooo, a Calvin Dyson shout out! Nice! This and For Your Eyes Only are Roger Moore’s best Bond films IMO, this being one of the most visually stunning entries as well. There’s a Broadway-esqe version of the main song that plays before the credits roll. I always found that part odd but then again, the score was done by Marvin Hamlisch so I guess it’s not too far-fetched.
Moore at his best, had settled into the role by '77 and was in his prime years not too young and not too old like in A View To A Kill. The story was wild and fun without being too goofy aka Moonraker.
So the plot for this 1977 thriller involves retrieving stolen plans of a hidden base, across a dessert, with the hero joining a rebel faction to attack the said base and battle a tall villian. Hmmm...! 😊
One of the all-time best Bond films. The one thing Moonraker (which is basically the same film) has over it is a better villain; Stromberg is pretty bland. I hope this movie gets a 4k release soon; none of the Bond films outside of the Craig films have gotten one yet.
Roger's finest outing and one of 007s best, nobody does it better.
Agree. The best Roger Moore Bond, and, in my view, the best Bond film made to date.
Goldeneye is my favorite but this one is up there for sure.
Makes me feel sad for the rest. Nobody does it HALF AS GOOD AS YOU! BABY! YOU'RE THE BEST!!
I found FOR YOU EYES ONLY and OCTOPUSSY as overall better films…Stromberg was just SUCH a Blah villain! And Barbara Bach is just Tanya Robert’s-level Bad!
Nice to see Calvin getting a shout out on this, his videos are superb if you're a Bond fan and I'd highly recommend them as well!
'Hello Mr Bond fans'!
He’s hard to watch.
muckluckable is better.
Agreed! Also The Bond Experience and Dutch Bond Fan also are great. Great video Oliver.
I’d also recommend SLJ Productions’ Bond videos
Nobody Does It Better is one of the all time great Bond songs
When Oliver Harper makes a new retrospective video… …I immediately watch.
Even for films that I haven’t seen.
Moore’s best Bond film and after ten years of uncertainty it was the film that IMO saved the series. Great set pieces, great score and Moore finally hits his stride as 007. Great shout out to Calvin Dyson, the man not only knows his subject, but his videos are hilarious and entertaining to boot. Great video Oliver.
Great film. One of my favorite James Bond movies. I bought it on DVD in 2009.
One of my favorite bond films and Roger at his best in the role.
I think "The Spy Who Loved Me"(1979) & "Moonraker"(1979) are the most entertaining and visually gorgeous films in the 007 franchise. These films also had fantastically great promotion! * IT'S THE BIGGEST! IT'S THE BEST! IT'S BOND! AND BEYOND! * WHERE ALL THE OTHER BONDS END... THIS ONE BEGINS! *
13:09 Shane Rimmer is Canadian not American. He is also in You Only Live Twice, Diamonds are Forever, and does the voice of Hamilton in Live and Let Die
Canadians are Americans. So are Mexicans.
Fight me if you can find me :D
Shane Rimmer also had a uncredited
cameo in *"STAR WARS"* (1977)
as one of the Rebel Technicans who
asked Luke Skywalker if he wants
a new R2-unit for his X-Wing fighter.
Scott Tracey.
My favourite of the classic James bond run! Nobody does it better Roger, Barbara and Lewis!
I love your retrospectives.
Especially, your Bond retrospectives.
Brilliant. 👏🏼
I always love your mini trailer you do at the start of these videos
They're really good!
Peak 1970s Bond
The helicopter chasing Janes and Anya, with the LOTUS turning into a submarine, was my favorite sequence of the movie. JAWS is one of the best villains of the series.
Caroline Munro❤
*"IT'S THE BIGGEST. IT'S THE BEST. IT'S BOND . . . AND BEYOND!"*
Now I want a moonraker retrospective lol
There's already one
It's definitely one of the most spectacular entries in the series, but for me 'LIVE AND LET DIE' was Roger Moore's finest outing as James Bond.
The best of the Moore Bonds and one of the best of the franchise. The opening stunt remains a banger of a start.
Rewatched all the Bonds last month and this stunt was literally jaw dropping, if there is a more impressive stunt in a movie I can't think of it
I absolutely adore this flim it’s the best bond and Moore outing next to goldeneye and the Carly Simon theme is perfect for a flim like this nobody does it better like Moore
Moore's finest film! And Nobody Does It Better is THE Bond theme for me.
My personal favourite Roger Moore Bond film.
One of the best overall Bond films.
The opening stunt, the Lotus Esprit, the model work, Jaws all top notch.
Great review. Glad you made another 007 Review. I love them! Please do more 007 reviews, they're awesome!
Thank you oliver i thoroughly enjoy your 007 reviews, i look forward the next one
I loved the old James Bond films when I was a boy that had the villain with an evil plan of world domination. Caroline Munro was so beautiful.
So many iconic elements. I wish that magic still existed
Of course Oliver gets in a Superman reference at least once.
Hey for good reason ;) It should become a drinking game.
Oh man, what a great theme song... so sweet and sentimental. Carly Simon's masterpiece ❤ Great review, Oliver.
THE SPY WHO LOVED ME 1977 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ * One of the best films in the franchise! An almost perfect movie! * Great movie, great director Lewis Gilbert and of course, the one and only, the real English James Bond actor: Roger Moore! * My Top 10 is: 1965, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1995.
My favourite Roger Moore Bond movie. It’s the right level of great action sequences and serious moments, plus it has one of my favourite scores in the entire franchise and I love the production design of film
Roger got comfortable in the role and they knew how to use them. I love Live and Let Die, but Moore seems to be finding his footing, then for The Man With the Golden Gun, he's very "mean." This and For Your Eyes Only are my favorite from the Moore era.
Great review and insight Mr. H. As a 50yr old, huge Bond fan, TSWLM has always been in my top 3 favourite Bond films, and is definitely Sir Roger's greatest performance as 007.
My favourite Bond movie, but my first I saw at the cinema would be Moonraker, I didn't know Jaws was a returning character then. Wow we do need that full soundtrack, I hope to see 4K boxsets of each film and have the soundtrack accompanying it 😊
25:14 They never paid me for my likeness!! 😀
The first Bond film I ever watched & to this day is still one my favorites in the franchise.
You’ve covered 5 of my many favorite bond movies that is neat
The first thing I ever had in my life that I knew of as James Bond was that car as a Hot Wheels. I wouldn't even see the movie until I was watching the series as a young man, but I played with that submarine car as much as a Batmobile, and he was a part of my imagination long before I had the patience to sit through any movie paced for the 1970's. I do remember this as one of my favorites from the Moore era though, who was the Bond I grew up seeing the most of on tv in the 80's, and why I would reject Dalton when I saw those in the theater. Brosnan became my all time favorite, but the balance of humor and charm in his character all comes from Moore's interpretation, and it's such an essential part of the franchise to me. This one's up there with Goldfinger.
One of the best bond films of all time.
Wow I wasn't aware of Kubrick's involvement in this
Jaws freaked me out as a kid. Loved Roger in his role.
Caroline Munro looks so good. Check out Starcrash(1978).
💯
The car chase is one of my favourites in the whole franchise. Also the introduction to Jaws was excellent.
Had to pause the video to watch Alan Partridge "acting" out the opening of Spy Who Loved Me... Classic 😆😆😆
Hooray. Another retrospective
I think Bond franchise peaked with this movie
*"The Spy Who Loved Me"* was the
first James Bond film in the series
to be recorded in Dolby Stereo which
they used for the next five Bond films
from 1979 to 1987, before they went
with Dolby Stereo Spectral Recording
for *"Licence To Kill"* (1989).
This is not only the first Bond movie I saw, it's the very first movie I can remember seeing at the cinema. I was very much a pre-teen at the time, but I still vividly remember the experience of being in the theater and seeing the ski jump, those opening credits, and the car that turned into a submarine (which I subsequently owned in die-cast form).
As such it's always had a special place in my heart, and it took a long time to shake off the notion that this is the definitive Bond car, and the definitive Bond soundtrack. I still love the music.
Jaws in an all time villain in any movie, let alone a Bond film. Great job as always Oliver!
As someone who didn't grew up during Roger's era, his first two movies were rough as hell but I'm glad I kept watching them cause this one was great!
I was 9 yrs old when this movie released in theaters. Bond was so much cooler than Star Wars hype at the time.
For me the almost perfect Bond movie. Not to keen on the campy reprogramming of the missiles at the end, but other then that yes.
Personally, Moonraker's my favourite Moore Bond film for the set pieces, scale and the pacing.
Awesome upload and a classic that got me into bond, along with Roger's favorite.
Along with From Russia with Love and Casino Royale, Spy Who Loved Me is definitely right up there with the best. #1 Goldeneye
Some rather unique infos about editing/pacing back in the days. Never thought about that.
I don't think the film makers realised that if there was a nuclear war, then the oceans would be irradiated as well.
Shane Rimmer also had a small part in Star Wars: A New Hope. He was the X-Wing mechanic who asked Luke if he wanted a new R2 unit.
One of my favourite Bond Films among with Goldfinger, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Licence To Kill, Goldeneye and Skyfall.
And Nobody Does It Better than this Incredible Bond Film.
Brilliant work.
My favourite Bond film!!!!
These videos are the highlight of my month.
One of my favorite Roger Moore films is one he did in between Bond flicks: The Wild Geese. Seeing Richard Harris, Richard Burton, and Roger Moore doing a bit of mercenary skullduggery is always entertaining.
13:18 Shane Rimmer is Canadian, not American. Born-and-bred Torontonian 🇨🇦. Calvin Dyson made the same mistake in his review lol. He did call himself the “Rent-a-Yank” tho, because most Britons couldn’t tell the difference between a Canadian and an American accent, so UK casting directors would always hire him to play the token American.
One of the best 007's
A truly fantastic film. Roger Moore is on top form, stunningly beautiful ladies, exotic locations, non stop action and fun. Nobody does it better.
Never seen the movie but had the game on the Amiga as a youngster. Loved riding in the car and the speedboat.
Nice overview Oliver. I’m glad you mentioned Maibaum and Mankiewicz whose contributions are vital in giving Spy its edge and grounding in the series iconography in terms of the story. I disagree about the editing as John Glen’s cutting is on point if a bit methodical to fit the more relaxed pacing of Gilbert’s Bond films.
Claude Renoir gives the film a unique look for the series and Ken Adam gets to run freely with his designs. Spy was also the first film in the series to officially have a release in stereo as the premiere was 4 track stereo. (Others possibly had alternate stereo presentations but these are unconfirmed)
The film soundtrack not having an official release still kills me to this day. Spy is one of two films along with Doctor No to have no release of the film score. The album presentation is extremely well recorded and mastered, but has been frustrating to all of us Bond fans ever since its release. The sequencing is also frustrating. I keep hoping La La Land records gets to do a restoration as part of their ongoing Bond series, as this would be one of the most important scores to do.
Definitely read Christopher Wood’s novelization! Not only do you get more details about Stromberg, his entire backstory, and the explanation of the webbed fingers… But it’s also the greatest Fleming pastiche anyone has ever written. It’s essentially the film story in novel form as if Fleming wrote it complete with torture sequence.
The irony is that after all the script struggles they inadvertently reworked the plot of You Only Live Twice.
The bottom line is that Spy was the necessary relaunch of the series that meant it could continue. It will always be immortal as one of the most perfectly executed Bond films and the kind of film we need so badly today.
Awesome video!
Absolutely THE BEST Bond of them all.
Absolutely love this movie, in my to 5 Bond outings (so far)
1# Casino Royale
2# License To Kill
3# Goldeneye
4# The Spy Who Loved Me
5# No Time To Die (i really liked it but understand the mix feelings people have for the movie)
That set piece in the tanker between the Sub crews was insane at the time. Still pretty good. What would you get movie wise for £68 million dollars these days? Thats crazy.
The budget was only $13,5 million USD. That's crazy! Even in 1977, it seemed like a much more expensive film! * Today, they spend about $300 million USD on crap like Spectre(2015) or NTTD(2021)..........
Crap avengers?
Even though Moore was Bond when I was growing up when I became interested in 007 and started to go back to earlier films it was Connery that really sold me.
'Midnight Express' (1978) is another film that won the Oscar for best musical score. However most of the film's original music STILL isn't available because when it came time to release the soundtrack, Giorgio Moroder filled it with a bunch of lame disco-style renditions instead of the actual tracks from the movie.
28:57 Tabasco! Stromberg is a man of good taste
Nick Nack! Tabasco!
05:04 isn't OHMSS Nolan's favorite?
If so, that’s sad. OHMSS is awful.
Well he likes both with Dalton being his favourite Bond
Lara Croft Vs Helena Douglas from Kosmic the UA-camr is Absolutely Epic!😊😮🎉😂❤
A great Bond film. I remember watching this on ITV in 1982 and loving the Lotus going underwater. I notice you forgot to mention legendary George Baker who was known for playing Inspector Wexford and was also in On Her Majesty Secret Service.
Finnally!
Thank you my friend!
Imo this was when the Moore Bond era hit its stride and still remains his best movie. I will always have time for the more campy entries such as Moonraker and Octopussy but TSWLM does a great job of having the right balance of tones as you said. I will agree with Roger Ebert that Stromberg is not a terribly interesting bad guy and Jaws ends up way overshadowing him. My personal favorite bit was the suspenseful scene were Bond is removing a warhead from a nuclear missile. I always appreciated how the film managed to squeeze out a nail-bitter out of that one.
You're wrong about the music. An orchestral version of Chopin's Nocturne in D flat major plays in Stromberg's base.
Great video man. 👏 👏
My TOP Favourite Roger Moore Bond Film, I first since this 31 years ago 1993.
the tanker captain was invited to the premiere and could not believe had not used any shoots of the boat
Off topic but come on Olly where’s your Superman trailer reaction 😂👍🏼
@@dinobarletta9670 it’s done! Haha it will be live Saturday.
29:45 Okay, I have watched TSWLM like....3 or 4 times in my life and I NEVER noticed that Stromberg had webbed hands 😯
I have several copies of Roger Ebert’s video guides. He liked The Spy Who Loved Me.
So cool that Christopher Nolan and I have the same favorite Bond movie! 😁
I think one of the best Bond movie
After Gold finger
Great movie
Sorry, but Christopher Nolan's favorite James Bond film is On Her Majesty's Secret Service. There's even a major action sequence in Inception inspired by it.
Majesty’s Secret Service is a piece of crap.
@Rschr101 Tell that to Chris Nolan
There was an interview where he mentions both with Dalton being his favourite Bond.
Wrong - Shane Rimmer is a Canadian actor, yes he lived in UK but movie studios used him since he sounded like an American. He labeled himself as the "Rent-A-Yank"
Ooo, a Calvin Dyson shout out! Nice!
This and For Your Eyes Only are Roger Moore’s best Bond films IMO, this being one of the most visually stunning entries as well. There’s a Broadway-esqe version of the main song that plays before the credits roll. I always found that part odd but then again, the score was done by Marvin Hamlisch so I guess it’s not too far-fetched.
🎵 _Glang...glang-a-langa-langa-langa-langa-lang...glang-a-lang...langa-langa-lang, Nobody does it better!_ 🎵
The best Moore Bond, though you can argue for the spectacle of Moonraker or the better characterisation of For Your Eyes Only.
Love this movie.
Moore at his best, had settled into the role by '77 and was in his prime years not too young and not too old like in A View To A Kill. The story was wild and fun without being too goofy aka Moonraker.
So the plot for this 1977 thriller involves retrieving stolen plans of a hidden base, across a dessert, with the hero joining a rebel faction to attack the said base and battle a tall villian.
Hmmm...! 😊
25:15 "I'm a Doctor Jim not a British secret agent" that who it looks like to me 😅
Nobody does it better. Lol my exact comment on your last video.
I don't really get how landis has managed to be involved in big time Hollywood proyects out of nowhere 😂
They don't make them !like this anymore.🎬📽🔫🇬🇧
One of the all-time best Bond films. The one thing Moonraker (which is basically the same film) has over it is a better villain; Stromberg is pretty bland. I hope this movie gets a 4k release soon; none of the Bond films outside of the Craig films have gotten one yet.
18:45 that’s actually a painting of Roger Moore