Now they didn't go to the moon but the space battle at the end made up for it!!! This movie was lots of fun with some super cool gadgets and some GREAT music!!! Loving these goofy Moore films! Thanks for watching! Have a good day! :)
I could've used a lot less Space. The novel which came out in 1955 has a much more believable if very melodramatic plot about an English traitor/Nazi building a nuclear missile aimed at London. Bond vs. Darth Vader is going too far.
Have you ever seen Disney’s “The Black Hole” from 1979? It’s a space adventure/suspense movie that also has a John Barry score. No reactors seem to watch it, you could maybe be the first. 😁👍
When the lady in the credits turns into Superman, it’s because Moonraker was in post-production when Superman The Movie won the Oscar for Visual Effects. She turns into Superman just as the credit for Derek Meddings and his visual effects team came on screen, and they’d done Superman.
Actually Moonraker is the biggest grossing James Bond movie of all time, that is until Pierce Brosnan's Bond movie Goldeneye. Also this is the last time that we see Bernard Lee as M.
Hi Roly. Actually, "For Your Eyes Only" WAS going to be the next film...then "Star Wars" came out and Albert R Brocoli changed his mind and they did "Moonraker" instead! It payed off well as "Moonraker" became the biggest box office success of the Bond films to that point.
For Your Eyes Only is my favorite Bond film featuring Roger Moore. Moonraker is my favorite Roger Moore film featuring James Bond. But they'd probably make for a horrible double feature.
My favorite Bond movie of all time. Sure Moonraker (1979) is silly, but it's creative and just as fun. You can't be super serious all the time. Fun Fact: The only time Bond fires a gun in this movie is when he shoots the sniper out of the tree with Drax's (Michael Lonsdale) shotgun. Bonus Fact: For the shot of Drax being ejected into space, a camera was placed on the floor (looking upward) and Michael Lonsdale was pulled fifty meters (one hundred sixty-four feet) up into the air by a cable. Bonus Fact: To build the gigantic three-level Space Station set interiors at France's Epinay Studios, the production utilized two tons of nails, 100 tons of metal, 220 technicians, and 10,000 feet of set construction woodwork.
Jaws and his girlfriend survived, Colonel Scott picked them up as that guy in the control room back on Earth said "Colonel Scott reports picking up two survivors from the space station, a tall man and a short blonde woman".
Moonraker gets a lot of grief. Yes it's very silly but it's also huge fun. Plus all the money is up on the screen with gorgeous locations, glorious huge Ken Adam sets and terrific visual effects. Plus one of the very best scores courtesy of John Barry with 'Flight into Space' my favourite piece of Bond music. Oh and Q's line 'I think he's attempting re-entry sir' one of the greatest gags. Love it.
Great review! Love Moonraker. It's filled with fun and kind of like a Road Runner/Coyote cartoon with Jaws as the Coyote--you just can't kill him off! TRIVIA: Lewis Gilbert said that after The Spy Who Loved me he got tons of fan mail that said 'My kid loved Jaws--why can't you make him a good guy?' so the character was changed. TRIVIA 2: Jaws' girlfriend was originally supposed to be as large as him but Richard Kiel said no--it'd be more amusing if she was way smaller. And he was right!
I've always liked the plotting of this one and how Bond actually does some investigating, where he goes to a place and learns a piece of the puzzle, which leads him to another place and another piece, which leads him to another place etc.
There are three scenes in this one that borrow musical cues from other films: 1. Horn fanfare when Bond arrives at the pheasant hunt (2001: A Space Odyssey) 2. Keypad code to enter the lab in Venice (alien melody from Close Encounters of the Third Kind) 3. Bond on horseback following the ambulance fight (theme from The Magnificent Seven) This continues the same gag of using other people's music in The Spy Who Loved Me: 1. Anya's music box (theme from Dr. Zhiavago) 2. Bond and Anya walking in the desert (theme from Lawrence of Arabia)
I can't tell you how much I'd love for a reaction vid to that gem! Talk about old school detective work... and all that civility in an assassin, wow, the template that would be used from then on. So underrated. Oh, and also Ronin ;)
Shout out to Ken Adam and Derek Meddings for their awesome work on this film.. also shout out to the stuntmen getting literally getting blown up in a speed boat.
This was the first Bond movie I ever saw. I was 8. I still love it, it's one of my favorite Bond's. I think they did a good job getting him into space. The laser's might be a bit much for 1979 but shuttles were a thing and we'd been into space. Holly is still one of my most favorite Bond girls. I used to think the same of Hugo Drax but he does have some great one liners, "Take care of Mr. Bond. See that some harm comes to him."
The RAF Pilot was played by Kim Fortune who also played the royal navy officer who got killed in the battle of the Liparus now it could argued that they were twins both following military careers.
I love Moonraker it is a great James bond film it is my 15 favourite James bond film the title song is sung by the same singer who sang diamond are fover and goldfinger and John Barry is back to do the music to this James bond film
This is what Bond should be; Good fun with plenty of humour, perfect for Sunday afternoon TV viewing. The later ones take themselves far too seriously.
This is Bernard Lee's final appearance as M before his untimely death. Moonraker was my first and favourite Bond movie it's one of those that jumped the shark into Star Wars territory and the laser guns I love it. Jaws is one of my favourite henchman along with Oddjob. I don't know what they were watching but I don't think this movie drag at all I felt they got straight into it.
John Barry did the score for this and many bond movies. His best score is prob for the movie Somewhere in Time. A score that 30 seconds into it you will prob shed a tear.
This was by far the worst edited video so far. It makes no sense, and someone who doesn't know the movie doesn't understand any of the plot. Too bad. The other videos have been good so far.
You can take a break from Roger Moore after For your Eyes Only which is excellent with Bill Conti score...there is the 1983 "Battle of the Bonds" and its Sean Connery with "Never Say Never Again" and Roger Moore ..same year with "Octopussy". NSNA is a remake of Thunderball..there was a 20 plus year lawsuit that wasn't cleared til Daniel Craig for use of SPECTRE and thats why no SPECTRE in Roger Moore films they had to invent the plots.... And another lawsuit cleared for "Casino Royale" at the end of Pierce Brosnan run.
You should also check out the "unofficial" James Bond movie called "Never Say Never Again"(1983). It's Sean Connery's true final performance as James Bond. It also came out the same year that Roger Moore's Bond film "Octopussy" released. But seeing how much you liked Sean as Bond, I think you'll enjoy his actual final Bond performance. So you should definitely check it out as part of your Bond Marathon.
The man who looks at his bottle of wine in Venice when he sees the gondola come out of the water repeats exactly the same role and the same gesture that he already did in "The Spy Who Loved Me" when he saw the Lotus come out of the water on the beach.
The "guy" who looks at his bottle when Bond passes by with the "Gondola-Car" IS THE SAME ACTOR like the guy in the Bond-movie "The Spy who loved me" ... AND one more time in "For your eyes only" ... (as a nowadays beloved running gag)... always looking at his bottle after Bond passes by in action ...
Everyone has a "first Bond"; he takes all our virginity at some point; "Moonraker" is mine. PERFECT for an 11-year-old kid who had outgrown the comics heroes (and who was entering puberty, heh). The only real critique of the movie is that, yes you're right, it SHOULD be in space more. I don't care too much about all the references to older Bond movies and to the rest of pop culture. Yeah, it's a legit criticism to suggest that the first four Bond films were trendsetters; all that came after were trend followers. Is this really important though? Certainly not to almost all fans of the franchise. The genius John Barry responsible for the score, by the way. Finally: for such a fun and even jokey movie, that woman getting run down by dogs might be the darkest scene in all of Bond, including the Craig Era.
You finally got around to this one. This one is the one i have seen more times then any other 007 film. Not because it is the best or one of my favs, but because it was shown on base so many times while i was in the USAF so i went. I also saw it on opening night when it came out in 79. It is by far the strangest one ever. I am so jazzed to see your reaction.
This isn't one of my favourite James Bond films, I prefer The Spy who Loved Me but I do love the first act. I think the centrifuge scene is one of the best Bond in danger moments and the scene where Corinne is chased down and devoured by the dogs feels so uncharacteristic in the franchise. It's a scene that feels as if it belongs in a horror movie and totally a million miles away from the goofy tone of the rest of the film. I do love the space battle though. It's a highlight of the movie for me and it is very well done. For Your Eyes Only is another favourite for a lot of Bond fans who have read the Fleming novels. Not revealing anything about it but I'd be really interested to discover what you think of that one.
There is no wonder it affected you. Even though you do not see Corinne's death, the brutality of it is awful when you think about it. Because dogs do not kill you before they maul you; it all happens while you are still alive.
In filmmaking, the idea is that you are not supposed to be aware that a camera is there and/or moving. The camera movements are not supposed to stand out, because that can take one out of the movie. That is not to say that having dynamic camera work is wrong or that breaking the rule won't lead to good results. But overall, Moonraker "shows" with the camera so it was doing what it is supposed to be doing. So you may be nitpicking. However, if you are noticing that the static or "boring" camera work is not effective, then you may also have a point as per the original rule.
It’s truly remarkable how similar Moonraker & Spy Who loved Me are; plot, henchman, female operative ally, and of course the gags (including literally the same actor doing the drink gag) and even having a female say the drink line.
22:28 - I mean, you say that, but remember Kananga from 'Live And Let Die' and how he got ballooned to death. Honestly I've never understood the bad reputation this film has. People often refer to it as one of the worst Bond movies, and while I won't defend the whole 'going into space' bit... it's still done decently well, with solid effects and cool sets. I describe this movie the way I describe a lot of the Bond films, if you can just ignore the REALLY stupid bits, it's actually a great film. It's a shame this one gets overlooked so much as 'one of the bad ones', since it has some of the best stuff in any of the films. Drax, while hardly an original villain (his plan is literally the same as Stromberg's), he's played by a great actor with a really intimidating performance. Plus, the forest scene with the dogs, the stunt-work, the fight scenes, even the outer-space special effects for zero gravity and such. They were told 'put James Bond in space', and they decided to do it as best as they possibly could. Continuing from what I said on the previous movie: yeah, Jaws is back. As said then, the director's kid thought Jaws was a really cool villain and wanted him to come back for this movie. Not only that, but they decided to make him a hero in the end, which I always really liked. Jaws is easily one of the most memorable Bond characters, it was cool that he got to be both a villain AND a hero in the same movie. Sadly he never came back to the franchise after this film, but he lived on in video-games and fan projects alike.
I agree with all you said, though I’ll attempt to defend the space part. I’ve always thought of it this way: what could be a bigger adventure than Bond in space? It’s not like the films have not laid the groundwork for things happening in space or with astronauts, even a villain with a launching/returning capture rocket from a volcano lair. But now Bond finding his way to a shuttle and space station years later is too silly? Nah… 😁
@@namelessjedi2242 Oh don't get me wrong, I LOVE the space stuff. Bond movies being silly are when they're at their best to me. I rank 'Diamonds Are Forever' as one of the worst for the simple fact that it bored me so much. 'Moonraker' is, honestly, pretty insane... but I'd rather be laughing at the insanity than bored to sleep.
In Ian Fleming's Moonraker novel, Bond finds out that ex-Nazi Hugo Drax wants to blow up England with an ICBM. The 1979 Moonraker movie cashed in on the sci-fi craze of the late 1970's. Science fiction was box office poison in the early 1970's.
Moonraker was the peak of James Bond, for almost 20 years he was the number one movie hero. Then in 1981 For Your Eyes Only put James Bond in the back seat as Raiders of the Lost Ark made Indiana Jones the number one movie hero. There were so many cool action heroes in the 80s, (Snake Plisskin, Rambo, Mad Max, John McClane, Martin Riggs, Han Solo) Bond became very boring. I like Moonraker now, but back then my friends and I didn't like it. We were getting tried of everything milking Star Wars, and Han Solo was cooler than Bond. To be a kid back in the late 70s was to really understand the impact of Star Wars.
I’ve always loved this film. I rewatched it after Sir Roger Moore recently passed away. My only complaint is it’s basically the same plot as The Spy Who Loved Me. As awesome as Jaws is that he’s in both doesn’t help. My regret is there was a sense at the time this film came out that space travel was about to become safe and routine with the shuttle. It was going to be the DC-3 of space. The plane that made air travel safe and affordable. Even before Challenger exploded it was becoming obvious it was too expensive and too high maintenance. The main engines needed so much work after flights it might have been cheaper to throw them away. Ironically Artemis now will use the shuttle main engines NASA has in storage and will throw them away. So we never got to live in this world. We never even got to see a shuttle launch from Vandenberg. Space access was never this convenient . . . or do we finally 40 years later live in this world now after all? “That’s Musk in Dragon 5.”
Moonraker is somewhat divisive, with some fans considering it a classic and others considering it an embarrassment. It is . . . uh . . . vaguely inspired by the Ian Fleming novel of the same name, which happens to be one of the best Bond books. Needless to say, Bond never goes to space in the novel Moonraker, and this film is about as far as the films ever venture from the tone or (relative) realism of the source material. But the film has its own wacky charms, and the effects are quite impressive. Plus, no other Bond flick feels more tailor-made for Roger Moore's comedic version of 007.
We won't discuss that there seen to be way too many space marines coming out of the shuttle and Drax seems to of gained more men for the battle also where did the women go after gravity failed?
I was surprised how many marines came out of the shuttle it was never ending lol but I did feel for them in that battle it was awful to watch them spinning off screaming into space and also what did happen to the females?
the spy who loved me and for your eyes only are definitely the best 2 roger moore films, but moonraker is a better parody than casino royale 67 and almost as good of a parody as austin powers. it's also arguably the best starting bond film for pre-teens who are like "I want to watch a cool movie but i saw back to the future 10 times already." also drax is definitely a top 10 bond villain. world wide eugenics-based terror plot in space, actually tries to kill bond with a gun, kills a bond girl by sending his psychopath dogs after her, hires jaws, actually waits in a room just to gloat at bond once he realizes what happened to his scientists. and everything he says is dry wit and bored "so over humans" tone.
Well, that's on EON for starting their film series with an adaptation of the sixth novel instead of Live and Let Die (since they didn't have the rights to Casino Royale).
Yes, lots of fun and another great soundtrack. Uhg!! I can't believe we have to wait a week for your mind to be blown with the next one. Very serious, tons of action and even better music!!
In my opinion this is the worst James Bond film with Roger Moore. And there's nothing original. It's mish-mash of Connery Bonds and more. The music since boat chase: From Russia With Love. Bond trapped in simulator - bond trapped inside machine in "Thunderball". Space fight - scuba fight in "Thunderball". Space civilisation plan of Villain - underwater civilisation plan of vilain i "The Spy Who Loved Me". "He had to fly" = "Playing his golden harf" ("Goldfinger"). Jaws and the girl lived - there's radio voice that tells that Jaws and the girl were saved. Movie has almost nothing to do with the novel except Bond, name of Drax and the name of Moonraker. In the book Drax is SPECTRE agent and Moonraker is an atomic water missile and he wants to attack Great Britain in an act of revenge. Bond was sent to win with Drax in a Bacarat game so Drax will loose his founds. There's nothing about space travel (the book was writen in 1955). Louis Gilbert's first Bond film was "You Only Live Twice".
Minor correction: Drax was a former Nazi, not a SPECTRE agent. (SPECTRE wasn't introduced until the novel Thunderball.) And the film kept that idea in some sense, as the cinematic Drax really seems to like the idea of creating his own Master Race in space.
the music got good when John Barry took over. Most of the Bond love interests have sexual double entendre names. The original Moonraker novel had nothing to do with space (it was v2 rockets). After Star Wars and Close Encounters everyone was jumping on the space bandwagon.
Not in your James Bond series but for STRONG female Sci-fi characters please do a reaction video to: BARBARELLA: QUEEN OF THE GALAXY with Two time Oscar winner Jane Fonda.
Now they didn't go to the moon but the space battle at the end made up for it!!! This movie was lots of fun with some super cool gadgets and some GREAT music!!! Loving these goofy Moore films!
Thanks for watching! Have a good day! :)
I could've used a lot less Space. The novel which came out in 1955 has a much more believable if very melodramatic plot about an English traitor/Nazi building a nuclear missile aimed at London. Bond vs. Darth Vader is going too far.
Have you ever seen Disney’s “The Black Hole” from 1979? It’s a space adventure/suspense movie that also has a John Barry score. No reactors seem to watch it, you could maybe be the first. 😁👍
When the lady in the credits turns into Superman, it’s because Moonraker was in post-production when Superman The Movie won the Oscar for Visual Effects. She turns into Superman just as the credit for Derek Meddings and his visual effects team came on screen, and they’d done Superman.
Actually Moonraker is the biggest grossing James Bond movie of all time, that is until Pierce Brosnan's Bond movie Goldeneye. Also this is the last time that we see Bernard Lee as M.
Hi Roly. Actually, "For Your Eyes Only" WAS going to be the next film...then "Star Wars" came out and Albert R Brocoli changed his mind and they did "Moonraker" instead! It payed off well as "Moonraker" became the biggest box office success of the Bond films to that point.
For Your Eyes Only turned out pretty good tho
You can even see "James Bond will be back in For Your Eyes Only” at the end of The Spy Who Loved Me.
@@ericjanssen394 So it is!
Star Wars was probably the main factor, but the other factor was anticipation for NASA's Space Shuttle program to... launch.
For Your Eyes Only is my favorite Bond film featuring Roger Moore. Moonraker is my favorite Roger Moore film featuring James Bond. But they'd probably make for a horrible double feature.
My favorite Bond movie of all time. Sure Moonraker (1979) is silly, but it's creative and just as fun. You can't be super serious all the time.
Fun Fact: The only time Bond fires a gun in this movie is when he shoots the sniper out of the tree with Drax's (Michael Lonsdale) shotgun.
Bonus Fact: For the shot of Drax being ejected into space, a camera was placed on the floor (looking upward) and Michael Lonsdale was pulled fifty meters (one hundred sixty-four feet) up into the air by a cable.
Bonus Fact: To build the gigantic three-level Space Station set interiors at France's Epinay Studios, the production utilized two tons of nails, 100 tons of metal, 220 technicians, and 10,000 feet of set construction woodwork.
I used to say it’s my favorite, but to be honest The Spy Who Loved Me is also a fave. They will just have to tie for my top spot. 😁
Jaws and his girlfriend survived, Colonel Scott picked them up as that guy in the control room back on Earth said "Colonel Scott reports picking up two survivors from the space station, a tall man and a short blonde woman".
Moonraker gets a lot of grief. Yes it's very silly but it's also huge fun. Plus all the money is up on the screen with gorgeous locations, glorious huge Ken Adam sets and terrific visual effects. Plus one of the very best scores courtesy of John Barry with 'Flight into Space' my favourite piece of Bond music. Oh and Q's line 'I think he's attempting re-entry sir' one of the greatest gags. Love it.
“He’s aiming for re-entry, sir.” Best line in the whole film, hands down.
You cut the two best jokes!!! 😄
("Look after Mr. Bond; see that some harm comes to him", and Q's last line.)
“I think he's attempting re-entry, sir.” Classic!
The reason James Bond went to space? Star Wars just came out ;)
Always had a soft spot for this bond film being as it's one of the first ones I remember watching and it has so much charm to it.
Great review! Love Moonraker. It's filled with fun and kind of like a Road Runner/Coyote cartoon with Jaws as the Coyote--you just can't kill him off! TRIVIA: Lewis Gilbert said that after The Spy Who Loved me he got tons of fan mail that said 'My kid loved Jaws--why can't you make him a good guy?' so the character was changed. TRIVIA 2: Jaws' girlfriend was originally supposed to be as large as him but Richard Kiel said no--it'd be more amusing if she was way smaller. And he was right!
Jaws is the Terminator of Bond, NOTHING can kill him. I'm just glad even he managed to find true love.
I've always liked the plotting of this one and how Bond actually does some investigating, where he goes to a place and learns a piece of the puzzle, which leads him to another place and another piece, which leads him to another place etc.
There are three scenes in this one that borrow musical cues from other films:
1. Horn fanfare when Bond arrives at the pheasant hunt (2001: A Space Odyssey)
2. Keypad code to enter the lab in Venice (alien melody from Close Encounters of the Third Kind)
3. Bond on horseback following the ambulance fight (theme from The Magnificent Seven)
This continues the same gag of using other people's music in The Spy Who Loved Me:
1. Anya's music box (theme from Dr. Zhiavago)
2. Bond and Anya walking in the desert (theme from Lawrence of Arabia)
The actor who played Drax, Michael Lonsdale, was great as the Special Police Inspector in "The Day Of The Jackal" made in 1973.
I can't tell you how much I'd love for a reaction vid to that gem! Talk about old school detective work... and all that civility in an assassin, wow, the template that would be used from then on. So underrated. Oh, and also Ronin ;)
@@chefskiss6179 "Shan watches movies" here on YT has this on his to-watch list after my suggestion...date tbd ;-)
Lewis Gilbert Round 3, actually. He also did "You only live twice" ;)
Moonraker actually held the record at the box office until goldeneye in 1995
13:05 - That is the same guy from "The Spy Who Loved Me." It is a rolling gag. Look for him in the next one.
Shout out to Ken Adam and Derek Meddings for their awesome work on this film.. also shout out to the stuntmen getting literally getting blown up in a speed boat.
This was the first Bond movie I ever saw. I was 8. I still love it, it's one of my favorite Bond's. I think they did a good job getting him into space. The laser's might be a bit much for 1979 but shuttles were a thing and we'd been into space. Holly is still one of my most favorite Bond girls. I used to think the same of Hugo Drax but he does have some great one liners, "Take care of Mr. Bond. See that some harm comes to him."
Moonraker is underrated
The RAF Pilot was played by Kim Fortune who also played the royal navy officer who got killed in the battle of the Liparus now it could argued that they were twins both following military careers.
Glad you enjoyed it, some people don’t. Personally, I’ve always loved this one (and the previous), partly because I love Jaws!
The sets are a visual feast courtesy of Ken Adams for his last film.
Moonraker is a lot of silly fun. Jaws' heel-turn is a great moment, and a rarity among henchfolk. Good for him!
Star Wars was a big money maker and many studios hopped on the space train
I love Moonraker it is a great James bond film it is my 15 favourite James bond film the title song is sung by the same singer who sang diamond are fover and goldfinger and John Barry is back to do the music to this James bond film
This is what Bond should be; Good fun with plenty of humour, perfect for Sunday afternoon TV viewing. The later ones take themselves far too seriously.
This is Bernard Lee's final appearance as M before his untimely death. Moonraker was my first and favourite Bond movie it's one of those that jumped the shark into Star Wars territory and the laser guns I love it. Jaws is one of my favourite henchman along with Oddjob. I don't know what they were watching but I don't think this movie drag at all I felt they got straight into it.
I love Jaws!
The tagline reads: "This time, Outer Space now belongs to 007."
Still one of my favorite Bond movies.
So the plot was thrown together at last minute because of Star Wars. And its the same plot as spy who loved me. Only in space not under water
John Barry did the score for this and many bond movies. His best score is prob for the movie Somewhere in Time. A score that 30 seconds into it you will prob shed a tear.
This was by far the worst edited video so far. It makes no sense, and someone who doesn't know the movie doesn't understand any of the plot. Too bad. The other videos have been good so far.
This is the Bond movie that started me on the 007 films👍
May not be the purest secret agent classic but I loved the movie as a kid.
Good boy! Top marks for getting the Close Encounters theme!
You can take a break from Roger Moore after For your Eyes Only which is excellent with Bill Conti score...there is the 1983 "Battle of the Bonds" and its Sean Connery with "Never Say Never Again" and Roger Moore ..same year with "Octopussy". NSNA is a remake of Thunderball..there was a 20 plus year lawsuit that wasn't cleared til Daniel Craig for use of SPECTRE and thats why no SPECTRE in Roger Moore films they had to invent the plots.... And another lawsuit cleared for "Casino Royale" at the end of Pierce Brosnan run.
You should also check out the "unofficial" James Bond movie called "Never Say Never Again"(1983). It's Sean Connery's true final performance as James Bond. It also came out the same year that Roger Moore's Bond film "Octopussy" released. But seeing how much you liked Sean as Bond, I think you'll enjoy his actual final Bond performance. So you should definitely check it out as part of your Bond Marathon.
The man who looks at his bottle of wine in Venice when he sees the gondola come out of the water repeats exactly the same role and the same gesture that he already did in "The Spy Who Loved Me" when he saw the Lotus come out of the water on the beach.
The "guy" who looks at his bottle when Bond passes by with the "Gondola-Car" IS THE SAME ACTOR like the guy in the Bond-movie "The Spy who loved me" ... AND one more time in "For your eyes only" ... (as a nowadays beloved running gag)... always looking at his bottle after Bond passes by in action ...
Everyone has a "first Bond"; he takes all our virginity at some point; "Moonraker" is mine. PERFECT for an 11-year-old kid who had outgrown the comics heroes (and who was entering puberty, heh). The only real critique of the movie is that, yes you're right, it SHOULD be in space more. I don't care too much about all the references to older Bond movies and to the rest of pop culture. Yeah, it's a legit criticism to suggest that the first four Bond films were trendsetters; all that came after were trend followers. Is this really important though? Certainly not to almost all fans of the franchise. The genius John Barry responsible for the score, by the way. Finally: for such a fun and even jokey movie, that woman getting run down by dogs might be the darkest scene in all of Bond, including the Craig Era.
While the other Bonds might play the character with more "realism", Roger Moore's Bond tends to be the most enjoyable as far as I am concerned.
You finally got around to this one. This one is the one i have seen more times then any other 007 film. Not because it is the best or one of my favs, but because it was shown on base so many times while i was in the USAF so i went. I also saw it on opening night when it came out in 79. It is by far the strangest one ever. I am so jazzed to see your reaction.
This isn't one of my favourite James Bond films, I prefer The Spy who Loved Me but I do love the first act. I think the centrifuge scene is one of the best Bond in danger moments and the scene where Corinne is chased down and devoured by the dogs feels so uncharacteristic in the franchise. It's a scene that feels as if it belongs in a horror movie and totally a million miles away from the goofy tone of the rest of the film. I do love the space battle though. It's a highlight of the movie for me and it is very well done.
For Your Eyes Only is another favourite for a lot of Bond fans who have read the Fleming novels. Not revealing anything about it but I'd be really interested to discover what you think of that one.
I enjoy the space battle as much as the men do watching it as a family but I do find it a bit horrific but Jaws falling in love was so nice.
Some great stunts . The space marines scene was great . Too bad it had no business in a Bond movie!
Fab movie and review my friend. looking forward to the last 3 Moore films then Dalton.
There is no wonder it affected you. Even though you do not see Corinne's death, the brutality of it is awful when you think about it. Because dogs do not kill you before they maul you; it all happens while you are still alive.
In filmmaking, the idea is that you are not supposed to be aware that a camera is there and/or moving. The camera movements are not supposed to stand out, because that can take one out of the movie. That is not to say that having dynamic camera work is wrong or that breaking the rule won't lead to good results. But overall, Moonraker "shows" with the camera so it was doing what it is supposed to be doing. So you may be nitpicking. However, if you are noticing that the static or "boring" camera work is not effective, then you may also have a point as per the original rule.
Great reaction man
It’s truly remarkable how similar Moonraker & Spy Who loved Me are; plot, henchman, female operative ally, and of course the gags (including literally the same actor doing the drink gag) and even having a female say the drink line.
Lewis Gilbert made one Bond film. He just happened to make it thrice.
@@MAMoreno They definitely knew who to get when the film called for two armies battling each other at the end. He directed You Only Live Twice, too.
22:28 - I mean, you say that, but remember Kananga from 'Live And Let Die' and how he got ballooned to death.
Honestly I've never understood the bad reputation this film has. People often refer to it as one of the worst Bond movies, and while I won't defend the whole 'going into space' bit... it's still done decently well, with solid effects and cool sets. I describe this movie the way I describe a lot of the Bond films, if you can just ignore the REALLY stupid bits, it's actually a great film.
It's a shame this one gets overlooked so much as 'one of the bad ones', since it has some of the best stuff in any of the films. Drax, while hardly an original villain (his plan is literally the same as Stromberg's), he's played by a great actor with a really intimidating performance. Plus, the forest scene with the dogs, the stunt-work, the fight scenes, even the outer-space special effects for zero gravity and such. They were told 'put James Bond in space', and they decided to do it as best as they possibly could.
Continuing from what I said on the previous movie: yeah, Jaws is back. As said then, the director's kid thought Jaws was a really cool villain and wanted him to come back for this movie. Not only that, but they decided to make him a hero in the end, which I always really liked. Jaws is easily one of the most memorable Bond characters, it was cool that he got to be both a villain AND a hero in the same movie. Sadly he never came back to the franchise after this film, but he lived on in video-games and fan projects alike.
I agree with all you said, though I’ll attempt to defend the space part. I’ve always thought of it this way: what could be a bigger adventure than Bond in space? It’s not like the films have not laid the groundwork for things happening in space or with astronauts, even a villain with a launching/returning capture rocket from a volcano lair. But now Bond finding his way to a shuttle and space station years later is too silly? Nah… 😁
@@namelessjedi2242 Oh don't get me wrong, I LOVE the space stuff. Bond movies being silly are when they're at their best to me. I rank 'Diamonds Are Forever' as one of the worst for the simple fact that it bored me so much. 'Moonraker' is, honestly, pretty insane... but I'd rather be laughing at the insanity than bored to sleep.
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In Ian Fleming's Moonraker novel, Bond finds out that ex-Nazi Hugo Drax wants to blow up England with an ICBM. The 1979 Moonraker movie cashed in on the sci-fi craze of the late 1970's. Science fiction was box office poison in the early 1970's.
Moonraker was the peak of James Bond, for almost 20 years he was the number one movie hero. Then in 1981 For Your Eyes Only put James Bond in the back seat as Raiders of the Lost Ark made Indiana Jones the number one movie hero. There were so many cool action heroes in the 80s, (Snake Plisskin, Rambo, Mad Max, John McClane, Martin Riggs, Han Solo) Bond became very boring. I like Moonraker now, but back then my friends and I didn't like it. We were getting tried of everything milking Star Wars, and Han Solo was cooler than Bond. To be a kid back in the late 70s was to really understand the impact of Star Wars.
I’ve always loved this film. I rewatched it after Sir Roger Moore recently passed away. My only complaint is it’s basically the same plot as The Spy Who Loved Me. As awesome as Jaws is that he’s in both doesn’t help. My regret is there was a sense at the time this film came out that space travel was about to become safe and routine with the shuttle. It was going to be the DC-3 of space. The plane that made air travel safe and affordable. Even before Challenger exploded it was becoming obvious it was too expensive and too high maintenance. The main engines needed so much work after flights it might have been cheaper to throw them away. Ironically Artemis now will use the shuttle main engines NASA has in storage and will throw them away. So we never got to live in this world. We never even got to see a shuttle launch from Vandenberg. Space access was never this convenient . . . or do we finally 40 years later live in this world now after all? “That’s Musk in Dragon 5.”
The TH-camr Calvin Dyson did actually rank all the Bond girls. I don't know if reacting to other TH-camrs is your thing, but...
Moonraker is somewhat divisive, with some fans considering it a classic and others considering it an embarrassment. It is . . . uh . . . vaguely inspired by the Ian Fleming novel of the same name, which happens to be one of the best Bond books. Needless to say, Bond never goes to space in the novel Moonraker, and this film is about as far as the films ever venture from the tone or (relative) realism of the source material. But the film has its own wacky charms, and the effects are quite impressive. Plus, no other Bond flick feels more tailor-made for Roger Moore's comedic version of 007.
We won't discuss that there seen to be way too many space marines coming out of the shuttle and Drax seems to of gained more men for the battle also where did the women go after gravity failed?
I was surprised how many marines came out of the shuttle it was never ending lol but I did feel for them in that battle it was awful to watch them spinning off screaming into space and also what did happen to the females?
This was my favorite Bond movie when I was a Child.
I love how Jaws never lets it gets personal with 007, it is all in the line of duty.
This the only Film he doesn't use his Walter BPK!!! But one shooting with a rifle
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the spy who loved me and for your eyes only are definitely the best 2 roger moore films, but moonraker is a better parody than casino royale 67 and almost as good of a parody as austin powers. it's also arguably the best starting bond film for pre-teens who are like "I want to watch a cool movie but i saw back to the future 10 times already."
also drax is definitely a top 10 bond villain. world wide eugenics-based terror plot in space, actually tries to kill bond with a gun, kills a bond girl by sending his psychopath dogs after her, hires jaws, actually waits in a room just to gloat at bond once he realizes what happened to his scientists. and everything he says is dry wit and bored "so over humans" tone.
They released this one out of book order…they tried to cash in on Star Wars…so they did Moonraker
That's what I was thinking, too. All because Star Wars popped off during that time.
Well, that's on EON for starting their film series with an adaptation of the sixth novel instead of Live and Let Die (since they didn't have the rights to Casino Royale).
15:55 He always did enjoy playing chopsticks
Yes, lots of fun and another great soundtrack. Uhg!! I can't believe we have to wait a week for your mind to be blown with the next one. Very serious, tons of action and even better music!!
In my opinion this is the worst James Bond film with Roger Moore. And there's nothing original. It's mish-mash of Connery Bonds and more. The music since boat chase: From Russia With Love. Bond trapped in simulator - bond trapped inside machine in "Thunderball". Space fight - scuba fight in "Thunderball". Space civilisation plan of Villain - underwater civilisation plan of vilain i "The Spy Who Loved Me". "He had to fly" = "Playing his golden harf" ("Goldfinger").
Jaws and the girl lived - there's radio voice that tells that Jaws and the girl were saved.
Movie has almost nothing to do with the novel except Bond, name of Drax and the name of Moonraker. In the book Drax is SPECTRE agent and Moonraker is an atomic water missile and he wants to attack Great Britain in an act of revenge. Bond was sent to win with Drax in a Bacarat game so Drax will loose his founds. There's nothing about space travel (the book was writen in 1955).
Louis Gilbert's first Bond film was "You Only Live Twice".
Minor correction: Drax was a former Nazi, not a SPECTRE agent. (SPECTRE wasn't introduced until the novel Thunderball.) And the film kept that idea in some sense, as the cinematic Drax really seems to like the idea of creating his own Master Race in space.
@14:52 This scene got nothing on the Pink Panthers.
The John Barry soundtrack is so good.
the music got good when John Barry took over. Most of the Bond love interests have sexual double entendre names. The original Moonraker novel had nothing to do with space (it was v2 rockets). After Star Wars and Close Encounters everyone was jumping on the space bandwagon.
I challenge you to watch The Enemy Below”. WWII submarine movie whose plot was used in Star Trek. It stars Curt Jurgens as a Nazi sub commander.
The potato really cracked me up 😂
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Worst Bond movie ever made.
Not in your James Bond series but for STRONG female Sci-fi characters please do a reaction video to: BARBARELLA: QUEEN OF THE GALAXY with Two time Oscar winner Jane Fonda.
EASILY one of my top 3 Bond movies.