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The Spy Who Loved Me, a review by GSyren

Title	The Spy Who Loved Me (Disc ID: 2CDC-8069-EC43-CFF7)
Director	Lewis Gilbert
Actors
Produced	1977 in United Kingdom
Runtime	126 minutes
Audio	English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English Dolby Digital Dolby Surround, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, French DTS 5.1, German DTS 5.1, Portuguese Dolby Digital 5.1, Commentary Dolby Digital 2-Channel Stereo, Commentary Dolby Digital 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles	Commentary, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish
Overview	Nobody does it better than Bond, and he proves it once more in this explosively entertaining adventure that takes him from the Egyptian pyramids to the ocean floor and to a gravity-defying mountaintop ski chase! Roger Moore brings inimitable style to Agent 007 as he teams with beautiful Russian Agent Anya Amasova (Barbara Bach) to stop the megalomaniac Stromberg (Curt Jurgens) from unleashing a horrific scheme for world domination.
My thoughts	Bond marathon #10 The Spy Who Loved Me isn't the worst Bond film, but it is arguably the least original. It's just full of ideas pinched from earlier Bonds, most notably You Only Live Twice. At times it almost feels like a remake of YOLT. But there is also a fight on a train (done twice before in From Russia with Love and Live and Let Die) and a transforming car (into a plane in The Man with the Golden Gun, into a minisub here). We also get a glimpse of Willy Bogner's excellent ski photography which was so spectacular in On Her Majesty's Secret Service. The best thing in Spy is the end of the pre-credit sequence; the skiing of a cliff with a parachute. As much as I disliked the character Jaws in this film, when I first saw Spy I just could not imagine that they'd bring him back in the next movie, and make him even sillier. Did the producers learn nothing from bringing back J.W. Pepper in The Man with the Golden Gun? Of course, not everything in Spy is bad. To begin with, Maurice Binder's credit sequences are always entertaining. The production values are always good in the Bond films. Barbara Bach and Caroline Munro are nice to look at. And I wouldn't have minded seeing more of Valerie Leon (the hotel receptionist). Remember her from Blood from the Mummy's Tomb? So, not only is the script derivative, it also stumbles a good bit over the fine line of silliness. And things are about to get worse (in Moonraker) before they get better...
My rating

(From Reviews and ramblings by Gunnar on August 26th, 2014)

7th Heaven, a review by Antares

7th Heaven (1927) 83/100 - Bette Davis... Joan Crawford... Greta Garbo... Norma Shearer... Katharine Hepburn, y'all got nothing on Janet Gaynor. Every film I watch with this amazing actress is a revelation. It's sad too, because she was one of the lucky ones who made the transition from silent to sound and maintained a following and great acting work, yet chose to walk away from it all. But it's really her silent work where her chameleon like talents are truly showcased. There are an abundance of scenes in this film where she runs the gamut of emotions in only a few short frames and she just radiates. The only fault I can find with the film itself, has to lie with the abrupt introduction of France's entry into World War I. It comes out of nowhere, and it kind of throws a monkey wrench into what was, up to that point, a hauntingly beautiful, romance film. From that point, Borzage lays on the melodrama rather thickly, like he's laying tar across a large roof. I wish he had just stuck with the story in the apartment and Chico and Diane's awakening love for each other. It's in those moments where the film really sings out. Chico... Diane... HEAVEN!!!!!

What the color coding means...

Teal = Masterpiece
Dark Green = Classic or someday will be
Lime Green = A good, entertaining film
Orange = Average
Red = Cinemuck
Brown = The color of crap, which this film is

(From Antares' Short Summations on March 20th, 2013)

Grey's Anatomy Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

16. Freedom (Part 1 of 2)
In the two-part season finale, Meredith and Derek take another shot at the clinical trial while the others race to free a boy from a hardening block of cement. Meanwhile, Izzie helps Alex care for Rebecca and Lexie learns a secret about George's intern status.

My Thoughts:
And once again they prove they can do 2 part episodes better then anyone else. I loved the medical case of the college kid stuck in the cement. The clinical trial storyline actually got interesting after a couple not so good episodes about it.

My Rating:

17. Freedom (Part 2 of 2)
A couple undergoes surgery. Derek and Meredith clinical trial has another patient. Alex breaks down for the first time ever. Izzie offers a friend some help. McSteamy hooks up with someone. A new couple appears. Lexie gets something unexpectedly. George gets a second chance.

My Thoughts:
A great conclusion of the previous episode. The conclusion of both medical cases (boy in cement & clinical trial) was done very well... even if the clinical trial outcome was predictable. I liked most of the outcomes to the personal lives storylines. But I still have to say that I do not care for Izzie and Alex together. I liked it much better having her with George.

My Rating:



(From Grey's Anatomy Marathon on February 8th, 2010)