One of my friends and I spent that summer watching all the Bond films. I’d gotten a CED player and we bought them all. Of course, we saw Octopussy in the theater and loved it, and we were so excited that we’d get to see a new Sean Connery Bond movie on the big screen, directed by Irvin Kershner...
The Spy Who Loved Me wins both pre-credit and credit sequence for me. I remember the audience holding its collective breath in that pre-title scene, and it has the best payoff ever. The credits have one of the best songs in the series and the visuals are great.
I also love the pre-credit and...