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Not since, no. Previously, there was Goldfinger in 1964 and Diamonds Are Forever in 1971. The latter we can pretty much attribute entirely to the hype around Sean Connery's return, and the former was a genuine smash hit thanks to winning over American audiences.
Indeed.
Sure, it’s silly, but I do think it has some great scenes. The centrifuge, the death of Corrine, Jaws, in clown outfit, slowly walking towards Manuela in Rio and more. The space battle, wow, as a young one first seeing this, I was amazed, it was such spectacle. I’ll always love this movie. It is what it is and it’s all the better for it.
There's so much to love about Moonraker. Like the Wiz put it above, remove Jaws comic relief scenes and the romance with Dolly (or her character in a whole), and the film would be a brilliant piece.
The script is indeed very good :
BANG !!
"You missed,Mr Bond".
"Did I ?"
Man falls out of tree.
"As you said,such good sport."
Brilliant.
She rubs her neck and says 'Did you find anything in the warehouse?' as if 7 ft tall monsters with metal teeth trying to bite her neck are a daily occurrence.
Maybe. Although the CIA didn't seem to know him.
I guess MR doesn't require deep scrutiny. It's a movie of it's time, and I'm pleased it exists.
Exactly. It's about sheer entertainment, at the expense of believability, consistency, etc. That single-mindedness actually makes it legitimately good in its own way, I think.
If Moonraker was a painting, it would be a sloppy but very passionate one, as opposed to a highly elaborate but dull one.
Top CIA agent Holly doesn't recognise him but MI6 Brazilian field office bit of skirt Manuela does?
But as @NicNac says, it's MR so who cares. Just sit back and revel in the sheer indulgence of it all.
It's a good gateway Bond for me. I could show it to my 6 year old son and he'd love it and probably get him interested in Bond.
I think variety is the spice of life and the Bond series shows us this. There is a Bond for every taste and if they were all serious stories with half brothers, and headline criminals then you wouldn't last since 1962!
One of the very best Moore scenes. He and Connery were great at putting a villain in his place and that was one of the great appeals of Bond for me.
Sadly, it's also made me think of how that's gotten lost in the latest incarnations. Blofeld asking Bond if he came to him to die and Craig Bond's response of "It's all a matter of perspective, isn't it?" was such a disappointing comeback.
Same with Silva's capture on the island in SF and all Bond can say is something like "it's called a radio." Opportunities to shine are lost.
A big yes to this! I would have liked to have seen a final fight where Bond does in Jaws once and for all.
I know it’s two different eras, but imagine if they did the same thing with Hinx and made him into s goofy joke.
The video game 007 Legends does get a bad rap among the community, and rightfully so sometimes, but its Moonraker segment that retold the film with Craig's Bond in the lead discarded Dolly for good, and kept the reason for Jaws to team up with Bond intact when the latter convinced him that Drax will eventually get rid of him due to his abnormal growth in comparison to Drax's "perfect specimen".
I thought the radio line was funny as was Craig’s comment of “what makes you think this is my first time”
Both got laughs from me and the audience I was with in the cinema.
I kind of agree about SP though. It feels with that film too obvious a throwback to the old Connery/Moore era.
An ageing man trying to act cool. His “how do you kill 5 hours in Rio if you don’t Sanba” line is cringe inducing.
There I said it.
I can't put much blame on Rog here - I think we mostly agree that the man did admirable work with the material he had. The directors/producers/editors of this era, though, never seemed willing to leave a single idea on the cutting room floor.
The Bondola scene is a fine example: we have Bond do something crazy. That merits a reaction shot. Do we get one? No, actually, we get:
-confused sailor
-drinking tourist
-confused painter
-double-taking pigeon
-double-taking dog
-confused waiter
The thugs giving chase are understandably angry to have lost their quarry and slam their fists in anger. But can they speed away in a different direction without one of them falling off the boat? No, of course they can't.
Sometimes less is more.
If only we had someone here who could 'trim' MR a bit,it would be interesting to see how it would look.
I can hear Bernard Lee reading out that list
I hate to be a nitpick, but it was only 23 months since TSWLM.
I think he looks just fine in MR personally. In fact, at times younger than he does in the preceding TSWLM. It could be the lighter hair dye.