Moonraker | In-depth Movie Review 

"I thought there weren't any seasons in space" Bond, such a weak comeback. The guy just burnt you.

I love how Drax laughs during the line, probably because Michael Lonsdale recognizes how ridiculous it is and can’t keep a straight face.

@@Venthrac Quite possibly. I like to think it's Drax surprising himself with his own inventive wit.

Jack with your face like a hard boiled bollock.

Maybe book a flight on British Airways while smoking some Marlboros?

007Up?

Oh for god sake I want an ice cold 7up now and all I have is Pepsi

007up

Wow what a drinks connoisseur :D

It haunts me even when I'm not asleep...

Brocolli just dont belong on my science plate.

@@calvindyson Comedy genius that Calvin, nice one!

Excellent.

The "science faction" was something said about certain sci-fi movies around in the late 70s and 80s. It was also said a about horror movies. "Its not a horror movie. Its a "phsycological thriller".

Ditto. I loved it because of the airships, the Golden Gate Bridge finale, Zorin, Mayday, the theme song, and the chateau. Oh yeah and the snowboarding. I was 9. I saw FYEO first, but View was my favourite for a long time. I still love it. There's a book you might find interesting, called A Close Look At A View To A Kill, which puts across the argument that the film ingenuously plays with conventions of a Bond film. www.amazon.co.uk/Close-Look-View-Kill/dp/1511620978/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2DL17ZHZR031R&dchild=1&keywords=a+close+look+at+a+view+to+a+kill&qid=1597579657&s=books&sprefix=a+close+loo%2Caps%2C186&sr=1-1

@gregory garner I've only ever seen it on a TV, but loved it from first viewing, esp the Golden Gate Bridge. I'd love to see it in a cinema, always love the shot of Bond and Zorin frantically fighting against the wide shot of a calm San Francisco Bay and a cargo ship passing under the bridge. It was also released in a blown up 70mm print, so that would have been amazing, esp with the enhanced audio.

A View To A Kill is terrible.

@@wolfstar675 Er.......no

The one that made me a Bond fan was Goldfinger, as that was the first one I watched

I agree, I think Drax is a terrific villain. He's exactly how I imagine a Bond villain would be in real life. He's so rich he can have literally anything he wants. He surrounds himself with beatiful women, because why not ? And like the truly powerful, he doesn't need to raise his voice or make idle threats; one wave of his hand, and Drax can ensure you're never seen again. A great performance.

Lois Chiles was the original choice to play Anya, but was unavailable.

Well, in all fairness, Goodnight was a better Bond girl than Anya.

The launch into space is still beautiful.

Moonraker does have a superior villain and leading lady but it's an inept thriller.

Desolated, Mr. bond?

@@aaronp6476 Heartbroken Mr. Drax?

He is an awesome Bond villian. But I perfer spectre ofc.

"Look after Mr Bond. See that some harm comes to him". Great line.

Eh, I still like Johnathan Price as the Steve Jobs wannabe Elliot Carver, so don’t let folks crap on your favorite Bond villains no matter who they might be. 😁

Dad put Morse over my Blackadder VHS collection cos he ran out of his own blank tapes.

@@blueberrypirate3601 Oof, that is rough. On the other hand though, you could do much worse than Inspector Morse.

@@blueberrypirate3601 how rude he could just go out and buy more. That is so disrespectful to blackadder

To my mind, all the Glen films are great, I don't think he put a foot wrong.

Both directed by Lewis Gilbert

It's as bad an excuse as my Dog ate my homework.

Thanks so much for this, Taylor! Very kind of you and I'm glad you enjoyed the video :D thanks also for subscribing!

I think Moonraker like a lot of Daniel Craig Bond movies, needed polishing, and rewrites.

Thank you! I must say of all the videos I’ve made this is one that I feel the most proud of :)

It and Octopussy.

Thank you very much! That’s quite a compliment 😁😁

Yes!!!!!! I completely agree

Well, if it makes you feel any better, he'll die of suffocation LONG before he reaches the sun! lol

Just a bit of sun burn. Cream'll sort im out.

What about being sent out in space without life support.

His scream sounded horrible as well it made my wife cringe although I did admit I would of screamed my head off if I was him. Lol

His screaming as he went spiralling away horrified me.

That means a lot, Jianan. Thank you very much!

You said I am not going to use this review as a punching bag. How are you trying to bring over some people when you criticize this movie? I did not find Roger being angry at Moneypenny. When she didn’t belive him. Of course it‘s not believable for her. She wasn’t there with him up in the air. Or Corinne, if she arrived a bit earlier she be probably saved. I found it just right coincidence timing. For Drax having his last word with her. He still had something open with her to talk about. You could have criticized her running through the forest with dark socks, instead of using more skin colored socks, since this production cost millions to make. They could have found better protective camouflaged socks against scratches for the stunt woman. I also think this movie had the most humorous or memorable one liners in a James Bond movie. That is what made this movie very Roger style for those who loved his way of interpreting James Bond. The suave and humorous Bond. „As you said, such good sport“. „Over powering your scent“. „A heart of gold“. „Hang on James“ „The thought had occurred to me“. „Play it again Sam“. „Heart broken Mr. Drax“ What I also found a very memorable performance of Roger was when he came out of the centrifugal thing. He was performing his close to death scene quite convincing and more seriously then usual close call encounters. This movie was made to entertain and it can, because we can watch this movie over again and again. In contrast of Craig’s movies. Which you can never watch as much as those of Roger‘s Bond. How many times have you watched Quantum of Solace all together? The older movies had always there structure. Pre scene, Title song, Briefing’s, Q branch Gadgets, which we always loved to see them when we were kids, well I did as a kid, and then off to the adventure. Bond meeting the villain and then story/plot and the finals. Rest in peace Roger! Thank you for all the humor you had to share! It was all a big joke as you said.

Really......always thought he liked FRWL the most , he said so in interview

@@postersandstuff just to add he was talking about the favourite bond he was in.

I met Lonnberg and Bochenko , you can't believe its been 40+ yrs , they still got it (there's a story about some Bond girls dancing at a night club or aomething and all the other people watching were mesmerized , just cuz theyre 50+ doesn't mean they still can't wow people - and they did)

Your powers of observation do you credit, Mr. O'Loughlin

I doubt even Connery would have gotten away with that line. It just seems so out of place. If he said "I never realized engineers could be so beautiful." Would have been a more sauve Bond response.

I always remember this line, when i think of Roger Moore. The way he says it is hilarious

I think if you interpret this as a literal observation, you can accurately assume it is misogynist. However, given the way Moore says it, his tone and the look on his face, he says and expresses it in an ironic manner. He knows women in that profession have alot of stigma against them and their abilities. He's not being misogynist, but he knows he can make that comment to ruffle her feathers, just to bother her, in good fun (mostly for himself). That is how I have always interpreted it. Edit: this is particularly better understood as the likely case when considering his interactions with women in the previous movie, TSWLM...which could be broken down as a film that exposes Bond's character to a strong, capable women in Anya The further comments in the movie are meant to be taken in the same way. Bond knows the culture of Western society and parodies it. Clearly he views Dr. Goodhead as an extremely capable woman.

@@EoCx1 I always read it that way too. It's true that he probably expected a guy - not an unusual expectation, particularly at the time - but he's not shocked or disappointed, he's pleasantly surprised.

Paul Cunningham It is indeed a beautiful track, my favorite in the film. Lilting, magisterial and even a bit funereal-no surprise as composer Barry lost both his parents in 1979.

That's one of the scariest scenes in the entire franchise.

Her name was corrine dufour

Thank you! It's very much appreciated :D

He's a startling figure isn't he? Like, in Bond films I always used to wonder why no one was paying much attention to all these wealthy industrialists and it's always a surprise when they turn out to be evil and now we have a real life comparison.

@@calvindyson It's not science fiction; it's science fact!

E(l)on Productions?

@@liquidgeorge NOOOOO, I can hear it in my head now... SCIENCE FACT, SCIENCE FACT.. science fact science-

I, for one, welcome our new Elon/Grimes offspring overlords.

The novelization doesn't have Jaws in the opening, and his introduction later is far more effective. Apparently it was Broccoli's decision to put him in the intro as he knew people, kids esp, had come for their new favorite character.

Certainly the only time he doesn’t have a Walther - cause in the Brosnan films he changes to the P99 (and I think he had a different gun in ‘Octopussy’ - a P7 IIRC).

This is the only film where Bond doesn't carry a pistol. The only gun he carries is the wrist-dart gun. It makes the film a bit more family friendly.

@@matt-spaiser I find it funny that Jaws is firing a machine gun in the boat chase. With someone like Jaws, you don't expect to pay them to attack people with a gun.

@@BenCol Walther P-5, that thing was a ridiculous handheld overpowered ship-cannon.

Pat Waters Ah, OK. I must’ve gotten the name muddled up with the PP7, which is the name of the gun Bond uses in the ‘GoldenEye’ video game because they didn’t have clearance to use the actual firearm names.

He was looking for the vacuum?

I'm so glad you noticed! Thanks for sticking with the channel all this time :D

Thanks so much, Mike!! I have so much to thank this film for. Thanks for sticking with the channel for a long time! Feel like its changed quite a bit over the years but I'm very proud of how a lot of the videos are turning out these days and the channel has certainly kept me occupied during lockdown which is lovely. Anyway, thanks very much again!! :D

I quite agree with that sentiment and I think it's an important one to make. It's quite remarkable that the internal logic of the universe still works and it doesn't feel like a complete detour into something completely out of character. Given where the series was at this point in time too it feels natural that they'd look to space eventually!

@@calvindyson It's a lot more believable than the "Blofeld was behind everything that happened to Bond" arc in the Daniel Craig movies.

The funny part is when I watched Diamonds Are Forever, I just assumed it was a training centre. Once again people see what they want to see.

Much appreciated! Thanks very much :D

So happy to hear you also had Moonraker as your introduction to the franchise! I'm certainly quite selfaware when it comes to the film I think, like, I acknowledge it has a fair amount of flaws and silly moments etc but I just love it so much. It's such a good time viewing experience. And that's a good idea for a video! I may well have to look into that... So many Bond references in a lot of media but some stand above others certainly

HOWARD WEBER says ---- Read my post on Dolly`s braces at Joseph Darlington`s site on Facebook. Yes, she did wear braces.

DIDN'T DOLLY LATER . . . AFTER THE BRACES . . . AND A FEW YEARS AT COLLEGE . . HOOK UP WITH ANOTHER VILLAIN ? AND BECOME HARLEY-QUINN ?

HA! I never have but maybe it's my true calling ;)

@@calvindyson we all have hidden talents. Keep on with the reviews.