11 Things You Learn Rewatching The Spy Who Loved Me

3. The Car Chase Is The Easy Highlight

Though much of the movie's action is a little on the forgettable side, it does tout one of the series' best and most iconic car chases.

Bond and Anya flee Stromberg's various cronies in a white Lotus Esprit, in a set-piece that just gets progressively more insane and exciting. It begins with a henchman's sidecar exploding into a fireball and his motorcycle flying off a cliff, before ramping up with Jaws surviving an insane car crash, and the Esprit taking a dip and showing off its underwater capabilities.

From there, Stromberg's chopper-flying assassin Naomi (Caroline Munro) takes a missile to the face, Bond battles underwater scuba-soldiers and finally manages to drive the Esprit onto a nearby beach to the shocked surprise of the locals.

Roger Moore's Bond films often get flak for being too silly, but this sequence was a near-perfect blend of heightened madness and fun. It wasn't too daft for its own good, settling on a tone that exemplifies Moore's tenure as Bond at its best.

Shame about most of the movie, though.