Live and Let Die (1973)
Roger Moore definitely brings a change of pace to the series. I know a lot of people don't like the sillier tone of his run in the role, but it doesn't really bother me. Maybe that's because I saw these movies as a kid when that kind of thing isn't a problem. One thing that does help smooth the transition is the return of Guy Hamilton, who directed the previous movie as well as Goldfinger. Many of the scenes in this movie were familiar to me, but many were not, so this must have been one of the movies I've only seen bits and pieces of on TV. Probably my favorite part was Mrs. Bell's flying lesson, and my least favorite was the overly-long boat chase. I know some hate the exploding Kananga scene, but it's so ridiculous that I was laughing out oud. But the craziest part to me was all of the '70s fashion: huge cars, awful curtains/upholstery, shag carpet in the bathroom! I also don't much like their treatment of CIA Agent Rosie Carver. Constantly scared, leaving the gun safety on, etc. I guess it's just the '70s chauvinistic view of women's weaknesses, but it rubbed me the wrong way in 2021 (not that we don't still have bad representations of women in media). Overall, I would still say that Moore's first outing doesn't live up to Connery's run, but I did still like it more than Lazenby's outing.
Side note on music: I am a big Beatles fan, but I never really got into Wings. The theme song to this movie is really the only song of theirs that I liked. I do, however, like a lot of McCartney's solo work after Wings, especially his 2007 album Memory Almost Full. There's also a good new Hulu miniseries about him called McCartney 3,2,1.