Not just the worst Bond movie

i like it. And Roger moore was in his early 50s when he made it, hardly geriatric. there are many bond films worse than Moonraker.

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Nonsense, Moonraker ROCKS. Best pre-credits sequence (skydive with no parachute!), a string of series-best action scenes - cable car, boat chase over waterfall, giant snake, agonising g-force torture, gondola hovercraft, brutal chain fight, insane epic space battle, nail-biting ending in which Bond has to operate a crumbling space shuttle to laser three deadly-gas-globes before they hit Earth and kill millions.

It's full of neat flourishes too, like Bond taking out the assassin at the bird shoot. 'You missed, Mr Bond'...*thunk*...'Did I?' Amazing. Also what about the gas lab switcheroo in which M (in Bernard Lee's splendid final performance) and co rock up in gas masks. Drax's Rottweilers who only eat when he commands with a click of his fingers, who he uses to munch real life pornstar Corinne Clery.

Barry's score is INCREDIBLE, especially when they enter space. Sure it's nuts, but who cares when you're seeing the grandeur of the cosmos in sumptuous slow-mo to Barry's soaring, epic melody. The imagery and atmosphere are breathtaking.

Drax is constantly hilarious: 'Can I press you to a cucumber sandwich?', 'My finely wrought dream approaches its fulfilment', 'Dr Goodhead your desire to be the first woman in space will shortly be fulfilled, allow me to introduce you to the airlock chamber...'

Goodhead is hot and intelligent, without being stroppy and annoying. A perfectly balanced Bond girl that men can appreciate and won't have feminists lighting their tampon fuses.

And finally, 'I think he's attempting re-entry, sir'

That's right, Moonraker is one of the most enjoyable 2 hours you can spend in front of a screen. Rodge is at his peak in this film which sits right in the middle of his reign as the ultimate British man.

It is very bad.

Not the worst movie by any stretch, but I understand your sentiment.

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I loved it, one of the best bond movies. haters keep you hate to yourselves

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It's certainly at or near the bottom for Bond films. But if you think that this is the worst film of all time, you haven't watched a lot of movies. I'm sure if I gave myself enough time, I could come up with at least a dozen, maybe 2 dozen worse films, a couple of which came out just this year. But considering that you posted this in 2013, that would be cheating.

Among worsts for this film -- it has a couple of the worst Bond villains (granted, I know that Jaws has a cult following, but I've never liked him), the Bond actor that is the greatest departure from Fleming's creation, the worst, least thought-out evil plot (what the hell were they thinking???), had the dumbest Bond vehicle (the gondola), one of the worst scripts (though "A Quantum of Solace" may give this one a run for its money), and as you noted, one of the worst Bond performances (though to Moore's defense, I read that he was ill when it was being filmed). On the plus side, it did not dress Bond up like a clown, had a Bond girl that had some competency, and it did not include Britt Ekland (who played one of the worst, least competent, least likable, least compelling Bond girls ever).

Roger Moore is fun and funny, but he doesn't REALLY fit in the mold of what Fleming had for 'James Bond' character, the way Sean Connery iconized that role.

The villain is so monotone, so boring, so lackluster, they might as well call him 'Mr. Valium' instead of 'Mr. Drax'.

No charisma, no screen presence, no one will even remember him. If you ask someone that hasn't seen this movie for a few years what the villain is like, they won't be able to immediately recall this guy.

However, if you ask about 'A View to a Kill', Christopher Walken immediately comes to people's mind.

The 'Bond does Star Wars-ripoff' is a bit corny, but I don't mind it, as I like space stuff. It's good that they try something different instead of the old, tired 'spying game' we've already seen so movies about.

This is a typical Bond movie, despite the weird ending - in the end, it's not that much worse than the others, except it's a little bit more boring, maybe. It does have splendid cinematography (if that's the word), gorgeous locations well shot. Roger's Bond is a bit harder to buy as the 'charismatic womanizer', as he doesn't seem to have the balls to do what Connery's Bond did (slapping women on their árse, while saying 'man talk' is something Roger's Bond would never dare do), so he comes off as more weak.

Bond is supposed to be 'ruthless', and that's what women love about him - but Roger's bond never comes off that way, he's more like some 'polite aristocrat' with dry sense of humor, than 'ruthless field operative' with lots of actual power (over women, for one thing).

Roger's Bond doesn't seem to be able to 'take control of the situation' quite as effectively and charismatically, as Connery's Bond can. There's an unspoken 'confidence factor' in Connery's performance, that's lacking from Roger's.

It's not the worst movie, or even the worst Bond movie... to me, it's pretty typical; the story follows the same formula as the other stories.

YOLT is the worst Bond film.