Bond Retrospective: "The Spy Who Loved Me"
Released: 1977
Actor: Roger Moore
Villain: Stromberg (Curt Jurgens)
Henchman: Jaws (Richard Kiel)
Allies: XXX, Captain Benson
Bond Girl: XXX aka Major Anya Amasova (Barbara Bach)
First Appearance: car turning into a submarine
Precredits sequence: A nuclear sub from the UK and USSR are stolen. General Gogol contacts his best agent, XXX, and M contacts Bond. Bond skies down the Alps, with USSR agents in pursuit, and he survives via a Union Jack parachute, unbeknownst to him, having killed XXX's lover.
Plot: Bond and XXX are sent to Cairo independently, to find out who has plans to the microfilm submarine tracking system, which Stromberg has. They eventually find the man with the microfilm, who's killed by Jaws. They confront Jaws, barely surviving with the microfilm, but Anya seduces Bond and gets the microfilm. Bond goes to field HQ, to find Gogol and M working together. Q's investigation of the film leads them to Stromberg, who plays nice when they visit his undersea station, but then tries to kill them. Bond and Anya survive via the submarine car. Anya soon learns Bond killed her lover, and vows to kill him after the mission is done. They seek help from a US submarine, only to be all captured by Stromberg's ship. Anya is captured, but Bond eventually finds out that Stromberg's plan is to destroy Moscow and the US, causing war, leading to his own vision of an undersea utopia for the remainder of humanity. Bond recalculates the missiles to destroy each other, and saves Anya and kills Stromberg before the US submarine destroys the undersea base. XXX decides not to kill Bond, and he's caught keeping the British end up by M and Gogol. Jaws survives the explosion too, swimming away. We are erringly promised FYEO next.
Thoughts: This was my favorite Bond film before Casino Royale came out, mostly because Anya was such a good match for Bond compared to what he's had so far in terms of Bond girls. Although, if that's really Russia' best, I'd expect better. I'm not sure if its now my second favorite, as I really liked FRWL and OHMSS. It's better, I think, than OHMSS as a Bond film, though. The plot was good, and more world saving than Moore's last two outings. But really, it was Anya and her match with Bond that made the film.
Actor: Roger Moore
Villain: Stromberg (Curt Jurgens)
Henchman: Jaws (Richard Kiel)
Allies: XXX, Captain Benson
Bond Girl: XXX aka Major Anya Amasova (Barbara Bach)
First Appearance: car turning into a submarine
Precredits sequence: A nuclear sub from the UK and USSR are stolen. General Gogol contacts his best agent, XXX, and M contacts Bond. Bond skies down the Alps, with USSR agents in pursuit, and he survives via a Union Jack parachute, unbeknownst to him, having killed XXX's lover.
Plot: Bond and XXX are sent to Cairo independently, to find out who has plans to the microfilm submarine tracking system, which Stromberg has. They eventually find the man with the microfilm, who's killed by Jaws. They confront Jaws, barely surviving with the microfilm, but Anya seduces Bond and gets the microfilm. Bond goes to field HQ, to find Gogol and M working together. Q's investigation of the film leads them to Stromberg, who plays nice when they visit his undersea station, but then tries to kill them. Bond and Anya survive via the submarine car. Anya soon learns Bond killed her lover, and vows to kill him after the mission is done. They seek help from a US submarine, only to be all captured by Stromberg's ship. Anya is captured, but Bond eventually finds out that Stromberg's plan is to destroy Moscow and the US, causing war, leading to his own vision of an undersea utopia for the remainder of humanity. Bond recalculates the missiles to destroy each other, and saves Anya and kills Stromberg before the US submarine destroys the undersea base. XXX decides not to kill Bond, and he's caught keeping the British end up by M and Gogol. Jaws survives the explosion too, swimming away. We are erringly promised FYEO next.
Thoughts: This was my favorite Bond film before Casino Royale came out, mostly because Anya was such a good match for Bond compared to what he's had so far in terms of Bond girls. Although, if that's really Russia' best, I'd expect better. I'm not sure if its now my second favorite, as I really liked FRWL and OHMSS. It's better, I think, than OHMSS as a Bond film, though. The plot was good, and more world saving than Moore's last two outings. But really, it was Anya and her match with Bond that made the film.
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