ReBONDing: The Moore Years, Pt. 4
Reevaluating The Roger Moore Era (1973 - 1985) When we last left James Bond, he was having a difficult time defining his own genre. Will he fair better now because I may be little more biased with these final two films? (These last two are my favorites.) Will they be able to outrun (or even out-ski) the horrible disco and moog-synthesized music that plagued the remaining non-John Barry scored films? Let's find out! THE SPY WHO LOVED ME (1977) Directed by Lewis Gilbert Written by Christopher Wood, Richard Maibaum Ian Fleming (title only) Running Time: 2 hours, 5 minutes Original Verdict: A return to form... for the most part. The music is definitely showing it's disco era and the one-liners keep coming but the story is solid. Rating: 4 out of 5 . THE REEVALUATION With The Spy Who Loved Me , I finally have the sense that Roger Moore is completely comfortable in the shoes of his James Bond. It feels like this is his film . It also hasn't been heavily