40 years to the day I first saw it, the day after it opened, in a saturday matinee with my new best friend, on the biggest screen my 9 year old eyes ever saw.
Even at that age I was a big film snob and would emphatically tell anyone I knew how the new movie was garbage compared to the original- a movie I'd been obsessed with since I was 7.
At some point in my twenties I loosened up and began to enjoy this one quite a bit. A good part of that was nostalgia, but not all. I still think it has a lot of virtues that make it pleasant entertainment- a game cast of likable and talented actors early in their careers, a great John Barry score, gorgeous Hawaiian location shooting, a sarcastic script that people erroneously thought was making fun of the property (it's clear to me it's deservedly mocking the crassness of the era in which it was made more than anything else) among others.

Wish I could say I had a blast watching it again, but it started out frustrating me with a lip synch issue I had a hard time figuring out (I finally solved it by setting the Oppo to 1080i). Had some other distractions too. Ultimately it just left me melancholy more than anything. That's what I get for saving up a viewing for a big anniversary.