The Journey to Skyfall continues with the 11th Bond film, Moonraker!

Oh Moonraker. Silly little Moonraker. You're the silliest Bond to ever silly your way into sillytown. Seriously, this is the silliest Bond ever. I know I've said Bond films adapt to the era they are in, but just because Star Wars is popular, doesn't mean you send Bond to Space. He just doesn't belong in Space. He really doesn't. It doesn't help the fact that the film is full of silly references, and it even briefly turns into a Western. Don't get me wrong, the film is fun (what Bond film isn't?) but there's only so much cheese a Bond film can have before it gets bloated. It doesn't…

Day eleven of the Bond Film Marathon, film 11:Moonraker. Made after the critical and commercial success of Star Wars and cashing in on the latest Sci-Fi, Space craze during that time, Moonraker, for me, is Moore's Goldfinger. It's mildly entertaining, terribly paced, lacking in the action department. Sounds like I'm rating this wrong, doesn't it? Nope, it's slowly grown over me over the last couple of years, but It's still one I don't go out of my way to see.

After another run-in encounter with Jaws, Bond is sent to Drax Industries in California (actually filmed in France due to Budgetary concerns) to meet Hugo Drax. Upon meeting him, he meets Dr. Holly Goodhead and survives an assassination. It is…

Part of:
Dr. No-vember or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bond Films

Mr. Bond, you persist in defying my efforts to provide an amusing death for you.
-Hugo Drax

The credits for the last film ended with the line "James Bond will return in For Your Eyes Only". This is the next film. This is not For Your Eyes Only. What happened? Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind happened. With sci-fi at an all time high in popularity, Cubby Broccoli and company decide Bond should go into space for his next adventure to capitalize on this. Apparently everyone thought this was a great idea.

The Spy Who Loved Me toned down the goofy…

Must admit i have been putting this off for a while but as we all know in space no one can hear you.... be very very silly.

There is a hell of lot to admire here. The opening sequence with incredible skydive is a series opening highlight and is a testament to not using silly sound effects( car stunt in golden gun the villain of the piece). Drax disposing of a secretory by way of dog attack is quite chilling and heartless, as is drax himself. Micheal Lonsdale creates quite a villain, some great line delivery early on and always a presence that sends a shiver down your spine for the most part anyway. The final part is for the…

The fourth outing for Roger Moore as James Bond was the one the producers gave up trying to deny Moore's comic talents and tipped the series closer to parody than perhaps it had ever been before. Moonraker takes more opportunities for a sight gag or cut to a reaction than any Bond previous, while shamelessly cashing in on the post-Star Wars interest in space action adventure, yet... it revels in these excesses and though far from a great 007 outing, it's easily one of the most fun uses of the Moore template the series mostly held to up until a decade ago.

Given it retains the services of Lewis Gilbert, perhaps the grandest of all Bond movie directors in terms…

Day eleven of the Bond Film Marathon, film 11:Moonraker. Made after the critical and commercial success of Star Wars and cashing in on the latest Sci-Fi, Space craze during that time, Moonraker, for me, is Moore's Goldfinger. It's mildly entertaining, terribly paced, lacking in the action department. Sounds like I'm rating this wrong, doesn't it? Nope, it's slowly grown over me over the last couple of years, but It's still one I don't go out of my way to see.

After another run-in encounter with Jaws, Bond is sent to Drax Industries in California (actually filmed in France due to Budgetary concerns) to meet Hugo Drax. Upon meeting him, he meets Dr. Holly Goodhead and survives an assassination. It is…

For many this is a daft Bond film, not least because the adventure culminates in a massive laser battle above the Earth. Besides this farther-than-far-fetched effort to capitalise on the late 70s taste for sci-fi after 'Star Wars', such inanities as Bond driving round St Mark's Square in a gondola-turned-hovercraft don't help much either. It's a bit ridiculous in places for Bond, but maintains the sense of fun Moore injects into his films.

Opening with a great freefall action sequence which tops most pre-title sequences, 'Moonraker' crams in as many stunts, gadgets, and exotic locations as possible. Even before setting foot in space, much is made of the film in Venice, Rio, and the Amazon. At times it's more comedy…

Probably the most over the top movie ever made on the James Bond series. Beyond ridiculous most of its length it is the perfect symbol of an era where James Bond was not a crying, bleeding, sweating pussy, but a real gentleman that gets the babe and disposes of her faster than a tampon.
On this particular mission some weirdo called Mr. Dax has a plan to destroy the world that has much to do with space discovery and cult of a flower. Nothing new in this part, as James goes around the world, from California to Venice, to Rio de Janeiro and ultimately to space. He has he’s usual number of gadgets and is persecuted in all existing types…