Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated

Numerootno A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

Stephan Hammond It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

cinemajesty Movie Review: "007: Moonraker" (1979)The fourth assignment for actor Roger Moore (1927-2017) as MI6 spy James Bond turns out to be another over-thrown comic action film directed by Lewis Gilbert, who already had indesivie "007" picture under his rooster with "You Only Live Twice" (1967). An exorbite budget raise from 14 Million U.S. Dollar for well-accomplished "The Spy Who Loved Me" to 34 Million U.S. Dollar for "Moonraker", which certainly did not help to create suspense to an boring script by screenwriter Christopher Wood (1935-2015).This Bond movie brings some magnificient stunts from jumping out of planes with no parachute, a boat chase with gadgets as the cars, a Lotus sportscar in 1977 and an Aston Martin in 1964 before, a cable car hand-combat balancing act over the city of Rio De Janeiro with reprising character of "Jaws", portrayed by mute-staying actor Richard Kiel (1939-2014) in constantely more tiresome confrontation of huge destruction scene as circus tents, cable car station or a laser-fight at a space station that throw relationship of balance between the character of James Bond and actress Lois Chiles, given face to the active "007" sidekicking character of Holly Goodhead. Together they bring it up into space of another "Spectre" departed antagonist. This time underminingly performed by actor Michael Lonsdale, who lets voluntarily leading actor Roger Moore win in all the on-screen battles that Lonsdale's interpration of the character Drax stays behind expectations. Director Lewis Gilbert is unable to make use of the major production budget given by producer and film presenter Albert R. Broccoli (1909-1996), who brings in future producer (from 1985 on) Michael G. Wilson as executive support for the company of Eon Productions to handle finance and acquisition."Moonraker" has a inbalanced stand with international audiences, even thought it brings in the highest U.S. domestic box office gross in history of the "007" movie series at that point in time. The spectators, who cherish "The Spy Who Loved Me" will be disappointed even so the picture had been produced with almost the same major crew members. The third title by Shirley Bassey is magnificient. But even the returning composer John Barry (1933-2011) after an highly experimental 1970s soundtrack for the predecessor, hardly delivers with further one-dimensional staggered dialogue lines in "Moonraker" to an just overlong editiorial by editor John Glen, especially in center minutes of James Bond walking through a South American jungle as the fight with a too-small water anaconda snake, which takes out the suspense on this "007" movie completely, leaving it to the harcore fans of franchise cinema and pro-speakers of Roger Moore to enjoy. © 2017 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)

connorbbalboa This is easily the worst of the Moore James Bond films.The plot this time is that Bond is investigating the disappearance of "Moonraker" ships constructed by Drax Industries with the help of Dr. Holly Goodhead (*shudder*), and uncovers a plan by Hugo Drax to destroy all human life on Earth except those individuals he sees as most fit, and create a new space civilization. Sound familiar? Well, that's because the plot is so similar to the previous film, The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), which was about the main villain, Karl Stromberg, wanting to destroy all human life on ground level and create a civilization beneath the sea. Different element, but both civilizations are in places supposedly uninhabitable by humans. I get that a lot of the Bond films copy plot elements from each other, but copying almost the exact plot from its immediate predecessor is just desperate. Even The Spy Who Loved Me is said to have taken numerous plot elements from a Sean Connery Bond film, You Only Live Twice (1967), but the former turned out to be a better film. Moore, as usual, is trying his darndest, and he can't really be blamed for the crappy material he has to work with. Lois Chiles as Goodhead (*shudder*) has one of the stupidest names for a Bond girl, and although she can fight o.k., she's just terribly dull. Richard Kiel returns from the previous film as Jaws, but here he is more of an annoyance, like many other henchmen from inferior Bond films, showing up all the time and not going away. Not only that, but he is turned into a complete joke, being a good guy, falling in love with a dorky girl, and speaking...Why is he speaking now when he showed no previous indication that he was capable of it? Michael Lonsdale's Drax is completely uninteresting as a villain because of how ripped-off he is from Stromberg and he doesn't seem to be making much of an effort to kill Bond properly (sure, that's a thing with many Bond villains, but he doesn't even try here; also, who's he trying to be, Hitler, with his talk of a master race?) A lot of things seem to happen conveniently for both Bond and his enemies. They all have gadgets (some quite stupid) for any situation. Bond himself seems to piece together clues much too easily, and that's partly due to Drax's poor efforts to kill him. There are also so many terrible jokes and puns not just by Bond this time, but other characters as well. When everyone watches Bond and Goodhead (*shudder*) have sex at the end, Q (Desmond Llewelyn) says that Bond is "attempting re-entry." Hmm.... A lot of the in-jokes are unwelcome and completely random. For instance, Before Bond goes to meet Q in an old Western-looking town, he is wearing Clint Eastwood's outfit from his Spaghetti westerns.True, there is a lot of spectacle, especially with the final battle in space, and others do commend the film for that, but to be honest, I really don't care. No amount of spectacle or incredible effects work will grab me if a film has no integrity to it, and this film has none. Even film series like Bond and Friday the 13th have standards, guys. By trying to take advantage of the Star Wars madness that originated two years earlier, what we get here is a stupid, ridiculous, lazy, and calculated film with nothing to show except spectacle, and to be honest, even the spectacle's overblown.I'm not going to knock Bond fans for liking this film, because with six actors and 24 films with the character, so many different versions of him and his adventures have been shown to the world, and it's a constantly-changing franchise, so what's the point?

jordansepticeye This movie,while not bad,definitely isn't one of the best,though it is better than other entries of this franchise in the 70s(Diamonds are Forever,and The Man With the Golden Gun).But before the negatives,the positives,I like how it jumps right into the story,Bond gets a mission,and investigates it immediately.The score is great,and so is the cinematography.The locations are fantastic and exotic.Roger Moore does a good job,he is very confident and seems to be enjoying himself,and in an unexpected twist,when Bond is in danger,he actually seems scared.The action is very good,with great choreography and variety,everything from boat chases to hand to hand combat.The Bond girl is decent,I like how it takes nearly the whole movie for her to actually fall in love with Bond.The villain,while monotone,is menacing and does more than the similar Stromberg in The Spy Who Loved Me.Now,the bad,some acting is a bit wooden,the pacing is pretty bad,varying from too fast to too slow.Some action scenes end too fast,just to have a cheap joke.That's the biggest problem,most of the jokes are very cheap and slapsticky.Moonraker is very fun,with great action and a villain,but it is weighed down by the cheap humor.

BondFan90 What can i say about Moonraker? The 11th film in the James Bond series, directed by Lewis Gilbert in his final Bond film.The film starts with a space shuttle being transported on a Boeing 747 by the RAF. (Second appearance of Kim Fortune. He played the British navy crew member in TSWLM, who is gunned down in the climactic battle in the finale.) The shuttle is stolen in mid air and James Bond has to find it. Before that, we get a thrilling set piece, where Bond is pushed out of a plane by Jaws, without a parachute. I wish they'd do stunts like that today! The title song, by Shirley Bassey, isn't my favourite because the lyrics make no sense! What is a Moonraker? Shirley's voice is haunting, though.There is a memorable sequence, where Bond is stuck in a centrifuge training machine and the emergency stop switch has been disconnected. Roger's Bond usually comes away from scrapes without a scratch, but on this occasion, he's really shaken up. That's a nice change.Michael Lonsdale is brilliant as Hugo Drax. A French businessman, who wants to commit global genocide and repopulate the earth with genetically perfect specimens.Lois Chiles plays Holly Goodhead, the lead Bond girl. She's wooden, but she's nice to look at.The late great, Richard Kiel returns as Jaws, in his final appearance in the Bond series. There is a surprising development in the character of Jaws. I won't spoil it for you though.Fantastic score by John Barry, one of his best!10/10