The James Bond Rewatch: Current Movie - SPECTRE

[Darwinianevolution]

I just saw The Spy Who Loved Me. I'm putting on hold The Man with the Golden Gun until I actually find a copy that works.

In terms of the Bond movies I've seen, this is one of the better ones. Moore has a solid performance as 007, who has to find what happened to an american submarine that has vanished without a trace. Along the way, he meets a russian spy, Anya (played by barbara Bach), who is also looking for a russian submarine that dissapeared. The relation between the two is quite interesting, having Bond killed the russian spy's lover in a previous mission. They do have a genuine chemistry, plus is also nice to see Bond's vulnerable side for once. It's been a while since the death of his wife in OHMSS was mentioned, and his reaction makes it very clear that it still haunts him. The fact that Anya and Bond compete for most of the movie for the mcguffin allows them to show us their spy tricks. Though I have to admit I'd liked to see more of the both of them dealing with the death of Anya's lover. The scene in which they both realized that was Bond who killed is really good, but it kind of becomes abandoned for a long while, and when they try to bring it back at the very end, it doesn't have the strenght it ought to have. The villains are odd. I don't really care about the main villain, a man who wants to create an underwater utopia by using submarines (maybe he played too much Submarine Titans?) is rather bland, and quite ineffective both in acting and in presence. The main henchmen, on the other hand, is quite entertaining. At first I thought it was more show than substance, since everyone that gets killed by him makes the worst decisions, but then you see what this guy can do, and more importantly, what he can take, and you understand why he's so feared. Him surviving at the end is one of the best points, since I can see him becoming a major threat in another movie. The film also has the advantage of a great script, allowing to juggle both drama and comedy quite well, without never really going overboard with either.

Overall, this is one of the best Bond movies so far, a decent 8/10.