 Welcome everyone to another movie reaction. My name is Jeroen, better known as Touchporn fan and as always I am rejoined by my girlfriend Lirit. Hi! Today we are watching 1977's The Spy Who Loved Me and this is one I am really excited about because if there is ever a classic Bond movie to finally get you to really like it again I put all my money on this one. Next to Goldfinger. Yeah Goldfinger, well it's kind of the same premise as Goldfinger because it's really a typical James Bond film you are about to watch, that's my opinion at least, so I just hope you will like it more. What are your hopes for the movie? You've seen two Roger Moore movies so far, obviously he's returning for the third time now because he's doing seven. What are your hopes? You fought those female characters so far in Diamonds and Live and Let Die, the men called the gun, they all weren't really strong female characters, they weren't as equal. You are looking more for something like that, right? I am looking like the latest movies from Daniel Craig, that kind of Bond girl so I hope it's in this movie. Okay. And you said loved or loves? This guy who loved me. So it's in the past, so it's like in the point of view of a woman? The original title was, you are correct, the original title was written by Ian Fleming obviously and from the point of view from a female and he previously met Bond but this book is not a faithful adaptation because he was kind of ashamed of this book so all he did was give the title to the filmmakers but they could not use the material. So it's not as part two of the other one where he got married? No, no, that is mentioned in this one but just briefly. But you just mentioned you were also hoping for more action, more strong female characters, more in the line of what you see today so you want it to be like, your favorite is Wei Lin for example, you want to see something more along those lines. Yes, that she's like climbing on a motorcycle and they're going to join the city. Right. That kind of stuff and she has her own layer. Right. I have good faith that in terms of action, Bond girls, villains, story, you are going to like this a lot more than the previous Roger Moore movies. I got all my money on this one. If you are also interested in seeing Lee Ritz full length reaction to the spa you love me you can of course join me on my Patreon page and see the whole thing there synchronized with your own copy of the movie as well as all the other ones we recorded so far and… Well, but it's in 1960? 77. 77, so I'm not like criticizing like the last few movies because I was watching in the point of view of now. Yeah, try and put yourself into the frame of then. Yes. Exactly. So, let's see if she's going to enjoy the spa you love me. Here we go. It's quite different, right? Yeah, I like this version. You know, spoiler, each gun barrel is different. It's smoke in the submarine. It's the 70s, right? What the hell's going on, Eddie? Total loss of power and all sign of sex. So, they're going to sink? Well, technically, they're already underwater. Yeah, but Russia is also a red phone. So, he's basically the Russian version of M from the KGB. That's of course all the salad, best agent immediately. Rubelvitz. Only in general. Rubelvitz, get it? No. It's like money penny only in Russian. Is that in Russian? They have rubles, right, instead of… Oh, yeah. As soon as my mission is accomplished. Who's this? You'll see. It's Russian agent, right? Oh, that's me. He's the 007 from Russia. Ex, calling 811. Triple X. She is. Yep. This is triple X. Message received and understood. Money penny? Money penny? Where's 007? Well, tell him to pull out. Immediately. More so what? From his watch. But James, I need you. Sir, it is England. Boyfriend of triple X, remember? The one in the bed? Oh, yes. He said I have to go to Austria. Yeah. His key backwards as well. Such a badass. That's great. No, it's a real stuntman. Yeah, stuntman. Stuntman, of course. It's not Roger Moore, but it's still real. So is this. This is real. Yes, it's a stuntman. Still, it's impressive, right even for a stuntman. When this was in cinema, they all stood up applauding. Even Prince Charles, he stood up and he applauded. This is one of the best openings in Bond history. What did you think of that stunt, though? Impressive. The ski almost went through the parachute. They did it in one take, basically. It almost went wrong. You know what I think? When I go to London, hopefully this year, I want to meet up with a bunch of Bond fans and then sing this in a karaoke bar with them drunk. That would be amazing. With all the Bond fans on a podium. But there's a nicer song than this one. This is classic Bond. Nobody does it better than Bond. Will you sing along with us too, then, if we're all drunk? No, I will film you. Regent Sergei Barzov has been killed. I should very much like to meet whoever was responsible for his death. This ending is him and her in death. I know for sure. Wow, that's really hard to predict. It's about what happens in between. I think it has charmed these old buttons and stuff. You were going to look through the lens of the 70s, though, right? Yeah. I believe it does. And how could they track them? It's impossible. No, it's quite simple, really. He is. He has to go to Cairo. Just like the Russian agents. And that is his maid. These are the bad guys. Oh, she's gonna die. With a shark or anything like that. Wow. That's a Bond film. My most profound thanks. I don't want to step into that elevator. Nope. I will take the stairs. He's in a submarine or... Oh, you'll see. He is from a kind of submarine. Chandler, yes, sir. This is his right hand. Jaws. He looks like from the Adams family. Yeah, like Frankenstein. Or Lurch, you mean. Yeah. He's not going to talk throughout the whole movie, right? Yeah. Maybe you recognize this. And this one goes poof. A transfer of 20 million dollars. Thank you. Thank you. One is in Egypt. One should delve deeply into its treasures. He's now in the mosque. I don't think it's in... Oh, he's at Aziz. The next morning is... Yeah, he wants to find a feckish. He kind of used her as a shield, too. Where's feckish? Helpful chap. Of the Nile. Adams family. His name is Jaws. He kills people. Jaws. He can break it. Welcome to James Bond. Recruited to the British Secret Service from the Royal Navy. Many lady friends, but married only once. Wife killed. All right, you, major. So it's mentioned. You had an appointment with Mr. Feckish. He won't be joining you. He won't be joining you. That's that guy, or that dude, right? Yep. He looks small compared to him. He's like a toy van. He has the keys from the car. So she can't get away. Try the big one. See, she's not dumb. She knew it was the cylinder handgasket. Anything I can do to warm you up. You don't have to worry about me, Mr. Bond. I went on a survival course in Siberia. Of course she did. She will. Her estimated woman. You think he's gonna do here? Going to find her. Secret service. What gold is here? Yeah, she is also here. Our respective governments have agreed to pool their resources to find out what happened. Oh, they're working together. We have entered A. With considerable ease, I might add. Don't bother with them. It's useless. I examined it on the boat. Is that a bomb? I want that ready for Ackman's Tea Party. I wish they still did this in the modern day. All the cool gadgets. Stromberg has a marine research laboratory. On Corsica, I believe. Well done, James. Actually, sir, it is in Sardinia. It will help to make Anglo-Soviet cooperation a reality. It's cool, right? Dayton. I don't get why do they take the train down, though. They're in Egypt. They have to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Sardinia next to Italy. Why the train? Maybe they need to go to the coast first and then the boat or something. I must sleep. She has no expression in her face. The whole movie. I always really thought she was one of the best blonde girls but she's a bit expressionless, I agree. Sometimes she's a bit wooden. But I like her character idea a lot more than the previous ones. She's finally another agent. I was expecting more of a scare from you. Oh, really? But you were kind of scared. Oh, did he know that they were going by train and sitting in that, like... Compartment. I don't know either. You see how big that hand is? It's not even fake. It's really... His face! But this is also in real life? Yeah, he is. He's really that big. That's why he was usually casted for movies like this? Ah, yes. Interesting. He's a lot bigger than the henchmen in the previous movie, right? Remember the midget? He just goes, oh well. He just fell out of the train. He survives everything. The guy's a beast. Why don't you lie down and let me look at it? We could go to Sordania as well. Yeah, we're going to an Italian restaurant tonight anyway. So it's close. It's the Lotus Esprit. It's the Roger Moore Bond car. Okay. Connery had the DB5. Roger Moore gets the Lotus. Good morning, Major Boothroy. Morning, Major. Boothroy? Yeah, that's his real name. Q. Q, have I ever let you know? Frequently. I hope they release this car in Lego as well. I'll put it next to the DB5. Ah, yes. Mr. and Mrs. Sterling. It's a different outfit that you wear as a receptionist, right? She is a stewardess, but now she's currently working as a receptionist until she can fly again, you know, COVID and stuff. Put her on the ground for a while. Mr. Sterling. What a handsome craft. Such lovely lines. He looks mad at her. She has to play his wife right? Yeah. This way. Thank you. Don't be a bother to me, her, darling. I'll be back soon. Oh, by the way. Did you see her bitch face when... Yes! I'm going to kill you later. He was a dead body. The world beneath the sea. You seem to be well equipped to repair that upside, Mr. Stomberg. But I still don't know why they want a line of the submarine. No, it hasn't been revealed yet. Overreclose. I wish to conduct my life on my own terms and in surrounding... Did you still notice the hands? It's like fish hands. It's like wept. Oh, that guy. Oh, yes, I see. There is death. That's so strange, because that submarine of his is above water, but you see it's all water at his windows. And when he was sitting and eating, it came up. You saw all the windows. Yeah, so either there, it sunk back, or there in a part of the submarine that's underwater, I guess. Well, it can't be, because Bond was going upstairs with the elevator, not downstairs. So it must have sunk him back. Oh, so there it is. You're being very secretive. Where are we going? He could have killed him in a helicopter. Yes, I also thought that. Or in the boat. That's a rocket or something. Look at how cool that is. The gun is like this big to his hands. This is so strange, that car. Right, why? I don't know. Typical 70s design. I'm used to that other car. The DB5? I think so, yeah. The water, right? Yes. It's a submarine. Yes. How cool is that? Did you expect that? Mm-hmm. You did? Yes, I said it. Well, I didn't say it. No, I mean beforehand when it drove into the water. No, he said like, can you swim? Yeah, yeah, yeah. The first thing I noticed was there is no... I mean, it doesn't get more classic bond than this. Of course they knew. I loved the music in this movie. It's gone two years ago. Why was she surprised when they went into the water? She was like, it's a submarine. And now it's like, yeah, I saw the blueprints. She has to act, right? She's still Russian. Oh, I never heard that explanation. Very nice. Oh, it's Austrian, right? Born in Berngarten. When was this? About three weeks ago, right? No, now she knows. Now she knows. Did you kill him? Yes, he did. The answer to the question is yes. I did kill him. Then, when this mission is over, I will kill you. Look at his face. She's not interested anymore. Major, you're most welcome to use the shower in my quarters. You do not have to show me any special favours, Commander. All the same, I think it might be better if I did. Otherwise she will be showering with the rest of the crew. Exactly. This was also happening in the beginning. So it's like in the space shuttle in space, remember? That ate it, it's kind of similar. Do you remember the funny cards you mentioned in You Only Live Twice? It's very similar. Yes, sir. She has to wear a hat. Still don't understand what they want. Here, you'll find out. I think I like it better that it's not revealed immediately. Like in You Only Live Twice, we knew from the beginning. We were waiting until Bon found us, okay? I intend to change the face of history. By destroying the world? By creating a world. A new and beautiful world beneath the sea. So he wants to blow up New York and Moscow, but the rest of the world not? You use their submarines against them. Yeah. No expression in her face. Did you saw that? Yeah, she's like... Kind of like the one from Twilight. But I like her though, she's a great bomb girl. Just like You Only Live Twice. Yes. Remember when they released the astronauts? So the Russians, the UK and the USA are working together now. Yeah, all the Marines versus the Strombergs, man. Conveniently they are dressed in blue and the others in red, of course. So we can separate them. This is amazing. Well, let me get through it. This is good to be on. What do you reckon to find there? A nuclear missile. Hey, wait! I mustn't touch it with any part of the detonator. What happens if you do? It'll go off. The nuclear. That's the camera. He's going onto the camera. Yep. They can't see him because he's on top of the camera. Yep. He's too close. He's going to fall himself in the water. Oh no. Yep, now they can go through. Take the position of the first submarine and pass it on to the second as a target. And vice versa? Exactly. It's just like a game. Yep. How suspenseful a computer can be. Yep. Now you have another problem. Oh, they're going to... Shit. Nuclear explosions, at least in the sea. Yeah. So only a couple of million fish will die, but not your ones. All of the explosions have caused the ship to explode. Open. Match bearings. And shoot. To whom? They have to get out of the hatch. Oh. So three teams in one submarine? Basically, yeah. The other two were stolen. There's one thing left. Uh, that girl. She's going to save her. And then he's going to die. Good evening, miss. He's not there. You did want me to drop in. He's clever. Look. US2, Mr. Bond. US2. He gave him four bullets. It's brutal. Especially for Roger Moore. Overkill. He's usually the funny Bond. The famous, huh? He's also still alive. One is teeth. Ah, last bullet. Where the shark is. Mm-hmm. And then that guy will come and they will fight. And then that guy will fall in with the shark. Oh, might not. But it's literally Jaws, which is a shark name, remember, from the movie Jaws? Shark doesn't stand a chance. It just bites the shark to death. How convenient. The mission is over, Commander. In my country, Major, the condemned man is usually allowed a final request. S-E-X. Yep. That, that metal is not, like, heavy for him to swim. And he survived again. So, do you expect him to return? No. Bond, what do you think you're doing? Keeping the British hand up, sir. But it does. If there's a good issue, baby, you're the best. Baby, you're the best. So, that was the spy who loved me. And now I'm curious, did you like this more than the man with the golden gun and live and let die? What did you think? Yes. Yeah, you liked it? A lot more than the others. Yes, yes, finally. So now I'm so curious. So let's just hear your overall thoughts before we get into the ranking. What did you think of the film? It was very special that England and Russia and the United States were working together. Right, right. Yeah. But she has no expression. Yeah. So we're gonna get into her with the barn girl. So that definitely was on your mind, like her Barbara Box expression. Yeah, it was like Botox all the way. She didn't have Botox, I think. But it looked like... Maybe, yeah. I can see your point. Anything else that you really liked about the film? What did you think of the action? You were hoping for more action, more better barn girls. What did you think? The fighting, you mean? Yes. Yeah, that's the old movie. But you were gonna look through it through the lens of the 70s. Yes. And from the skiing in the beginning. Right, right. And also the car chase, maybe. Yes. And with the lotus through the Italian mountains and stuff. Yeah. Yeah, no, it was cool. Yeah, I'm so far I'm happy you enjoyed it. But let's see what kind of stars you gave, starting with Bond's performance, Roger Moore's third Bond film. What did you think of him this time? Four stars. Four stars. I think that's his best one yet for you, from Roger Moore. Mm-hmm. Yeah, what did you think? You did a pretty good job as a real Bond. Right, I agree. Now you finally start to see him as like a real 007. I feel he's much more likeable here than the man with the golden gun where he was hitting Scaramanga's girl and stuff. Here he's more charming, I feel. More, Roger Moore Bond that he becomes. Anything else you want to add to him? No. Okay, moving on to probably the subject you wanted to talk about. The Bond girl, Anya Omasofa, played by Barbara Bach, agent XXX. Yeah. What did you think? Beautiful girl, no expression. Three stars. Three stars. I think this is a very fair assessment of her because I agree like on paper, she's one of the best. That's like the first proper time a Bond has an equal in the franchise kind of and that's really fighting with him and has the same stakes. But you're right, she's a bit expressionless, the actress herself. But yeah, so you like the idea behind a Russian agent teaming up with Bond? Yeah. The one thing I find missing with her is the Russian accent. She had a little bit. Yeah, it's not like Xenia on the top later. No, no, but no. Femke Jansen who plays in Golden. I remember maybe. Yes, I know. But three stars, we'll take that. We'll move on to the Bond villains of this movie. What did you think? Three stars. Another three stars, okay. Yes. So we mainly had Stromberg, the main villain with the wet fingers and Jaws with the metal teeth. Yes. Talk about the villains. The guy with the fingers. Yeah. A bit standard maybe. Oh, I didn't took him very seriously. Yeah. He only pushed buttons. Right, he's like a blow fell type of villain. Yeah, so the three stars mainly comes from the guy with the teeth. Jaws. Yeah. Jaws. So, yeah. What did you think of Jaws? Was he terrifying in this movie? No, he was not terrifying. He was only big. Yeah. I think there are some scenes, especially in Egypt, when Fekis runs away from him and he locks the chain and then he just slowly comes in and just bites the chain on and enters the tomb to come up and just he doesn't come fast. He just walks slowly towards him. Yeah. There's the kind of creepy factor that really works. And then he fits into that car. Yeah. Yeah. No, I agree. And the cool thing about Jaws is he survives everything. Like, he's stones dropping onto him. Yes, everything. He fell out of a train. He survives everything. Yeah. Do you expect Jaws, because he survived the end of the film. He was swimming ashore. I think so. I think he's coming back in the next movie. The next movie. Yes. So we're going to see if Jaws returns in the next movie, according to Lyrici. Yeah. Obviously he has no clue yet. So we'll see what happens then. Yeah. Jaws was looking like that guy from Adam's family. Yeah. Yeah. The moment that I saw him. I agree. It's like lurch. Yeah. I said to you, oh, he's that guy from Adam's family. He isn't, but I see your point. Moving on to the locations in The Spy Who Loves Me. What did you think? Four stars. Four stars. Another big ranking. Big rating. So, the locations. What did you think? It was in Italy and in Egypt and underwater. Right. So three things and never been. You've been in Italy. Yes, but only like dropping off passengers. No, you've been to Venice. Oh, yes. Oh, I forgot that one. But this wasn't Venice, so I can see it. No. This was Sardania. Yeah. What did you like the most about the locations? The pyramids. Right. Very exotic. I agree. I love the setting of this film too. It's well made. And the fish. Yeah. Yeah. And also, of course, a lot of the underwater scenes. Yes, but I told you throughout the movie with the fish and the water. You see in the glass. And it doesn't add up. Well, he was standing there in a layer from the bad guy and you saw outside. Oh, yeah, yeah. Only water with fish. Yeah. The layer was over the water. The boat entered and then he entered and they were underwater. Yes, but he went up with the elevator. I think the part underwater might be all the way down. Who knows, really? And he came on water inside. Yeah, and then he went up. He went up. Yeah. And then they were underwater. Yeah. It's true. The geography of the villain layer isn't necessarily known to us. I think it's iconic. This is a memorable film. When you look back at the franchise, this is one of the ones that when I'm going to tell you, oh, the underwater car, you're going to be, oh yeah, that one. Yes, that was pretty awesome. Yeah. I'm going to tell you at enjoyment. Okay, so moving on then. But first, we have the story of this film. What did you think? Three stars. Three stars. What did they all didn't like? I didn't like that I didn't know where the Bayard guys would fight for. Yeah, that was all that was revealed. The climax was all the way at the end. So he wanted an underwater world and stuff. I still don't know. Yeah. I know that he wanted to bomb New York and Moscow and then the whole world, I think. But other than the villain scheme, what about the rest of the plot, like Bond teaming up with a Russian agent and working against each other, right? And that they were like against each other in the beginning. Yeah. And then they worked together and then she found out that he killed her boyfriend and then she was against him again. And then they made up. Well, he did save her life, of course. Well, she did also. Right. Yeah, they saved each other a few times. So yeah, interesting dynamic between them. I agree. I really like the story to this. It's actually, you know, you only live twice recycled, but I think done better in my opinion, especially the climax is more interesting than... I love the volcano when you only live twice and the Japanese setting, but this is even better, I think. Maybe because of the car and stuff. Oh, the car. Yeah. It's a really strange car. The Lotus? Yeah. I don't know. I don't like the car. You don't? No. Oh well. Can't win them all. Only the other car. Yes, the Martin. Maybe it's because, you know, Lyrid has never associated anything else but an Aster Martin with Bond. Well, maybe BMW because you saw the Brosnan movie. Oh yes. But you never associated Lotus with Bond, of course. I never saw this car before. No. I'll show you one. There's like car shows and they always show like this is probably the second most iconic Bond car in the series. But this car can swim underwater. Yeah. DB5 can't do that. No. So it's awesome. So that leaves us to our final rating which was what you wanted to talk about. The enjoyment. Three stars. Three stars. Okay. So finally you seem to have really enjoyed this film. Yes. I liked the underwater scenes with the car. And well in the train I didn't like shook that he was in the closet. Yeah. But I was hoping when he came out of the cabinet that Lyrid would be like, but she was like, and that was it. Just her eyes. That's the best scare I can get out of her. I'm sorry. No, no, no, it's fine. And what else? I think the train scene is only there just because of an excuse to fight, to have Bonn fight in a train again. Yes, but it's very weird because they go by train. To an island? From Egypt to an island. Yeah. In Italy. Yeah. So it has to be underwater. Yeah. My conclusion is they went in the train from Cairo to the coast and then from there they took a boat off-screen that we didn't see. So the train was probably in Egypt still. Yeah. But oh well. It doesn't need to be explained everything. But it flowed nicely. Anything else you would really enjoyed about this film or didn't? Her driving is so bad. You thought so? In the van, you mean? In the car, yes. But as he was trying to shake off Joss. Yeah, but that's so stupid because she's in the middle of nowhere and you want to escape that guy. Just go in your one and just guess and just drive away and then in your two and then in your three and then in your five. Right. She has her driver's license for one year now. So obviously she knows better than a KGB agent. No, but she's like fighting with that guy with your car. Yeah. No wonder that that car was like broken. Yeah. He could held the van like it was a toy car. Yes. Yeah. That's a little bit stupid of her because she knew that he was like that strong and with his teeth and everything. Yeah. Just go away from him. Yeah. You would have just ran off. Yeah. Okay. So anyway. It's very, how do you call it? I never saw a movie before that the KGB is working together with the Secret Service of the... Yeah. MI6. MI6. Yeah. I never saw a movie before. No. That they work together. They call that it's like peace between East and West. Yes. Which is what we need now in the real world as well. They don't. So that leaves your total score of the spy who loved me to three and a half stars finally a decent score again after a long streak of not so good scores for you which I find fair because I'm not the biggest fan of diamonds and live in a die eater. So next time we will be watching 007 Moonraker and I'm very curious what you will think of Moonraker. Roger Moore. With him. Will return for a fourth time and Lerit's prediction is that Jaws might be a Moonraker as well. We're going to have to wait and see if that's the case. Obviously we know whether or not that is true but you'll find out then in the next episode. Hope you once again enjoyed and see you guys in the next movie reaction. Bye guys. 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