Moonraker [Blu-ray] [1979]

I like the blue ray quality and scenery

My favourite bond

Not the finest Bond film, not even the finest Sir Roger Moore James Bond movie but a fun movie all the same. The return of Jaws is welcome albeit in a comedy role. The film is nothing like the Fleming novel but merely to jump on the Star Wars bandwagon of the time. Sir Roger would return in 1981 with the far more serious, For Your Eyes Only. The blu ray is good quality and the film itself has been cleaned up as most movies have been when they have been transferred to high definition format.

Great

I love it. I don't know how many times I have watched it. I love watching James Bond films.

I remember seeing Moonraker when it first came out at the cinema - as a young boy, it seemed like the best Bond ever - bigger and better than all the rest.How times have changed.This movie starts out on a high note - literally, as Bond is thrown out of a plane without a parachute. It is a breathtaking reminder that once there was a time when for a Bond movie, this sort of spectacular unique stunt was done for real. However, then follows the theme song - one of the most turgid and uninspired of the Bond movies, and a sign of what is to follow. From a French chateau recreated in California, to Venice and on to Brazil, the movie covers ground, and actually has Bond spying and involving in skulking around - the first time he has done that in a while in the series. But the tone falters... there are some great lighthearted moments (gondola chase), and there are some significantly dark moments (the beautiful pilot Corrine gets mauled by dogs in an extended chase scene), which do not sit well next to each other. The director could have done better - Moore actually looks even more relaxed in the role than he did in The Spy Who Loved Me, and not yet too old even as he was turning 50, and Lois Chiles plays well as an initially ice cool astronaut.Really it does check off all the boxes for a great 70's Bond movie - the big stunt, the boat chase, the beautiful ladies, the droll monotone Michael Lonsdale playing the heavy (if only someone had given him a white Persian cat to stroke he would have been perfect...), and the return of the popular Jaws character, this time showing a softer side. Why, the whole idea of the story has been lifted from the previous film, with the bad guy seeking to destroy humanity so that a new master race can survive under the sea / in space (delete as appropriate) and repopulate.No, it is the last act that really trips up the movie looking back on it now - the effects have been done terrifically well, for the time, especially since they were done in-house, without the aid of an effects company. It is the whole misconceived space station and subsequent laser shoot out in space. Terrific then, horribly dated now. It just seems to drag on too long to be exciting, much like other sci-fi movies of the time which were too impressed with their own special effects to use the scissors. And since when did blowing up the villains lair seem a good idea - when it was in space, and you were still on it??Well, let's not be too churlish. It's a Bond movie, in the true escapist mould. It has terrific moments, and it still entertains.. for that I am willing to let it scrape through on 3 stars.. but be warned, for every moment that makes you cheer, there are a few moments lurking round the next plot twist to make you groan...Ultimate Edition delivers yet again on sound, and bright sharp colours for the picture. The usual extras are here from the Special Edition, and a few more - but truth be told nothing too riveting, save perhaps for Ken Adams home movies of the production (his last Bond movie). Roger Moore also adds a talk track on the movie.5 /10 for the movie, 9 /10 for the extras.

As his fourth cinematic appearance as the suave 007, Roger Moore takes Bond to new heights which are literally out of this world! Although not the best Bond film of Moore's career, Moonraker still delivers all the thrills and excitement of its better-praised predessecor, The Spy Who Loved Me, presenting strong characters such as the now familiar Jaws (Richard Kiel) a villain with an intriguing plot, Hugo Drax (Michael Lonsdale) who plans to destroy the world with a large amount of nerve gas globes released from his Space Station and aided by the Moonraker programme. The world's only hop is Agent 007 and American CIA agent Holly Goodhead who is slightly unbelievably played by Lois Chilles, as they blast off into Space to stop Drax's deadly scheme once and for all.Although this is one of the 007 adventures which is mostly criricised for being to unrealistic and over the top, Moonraker still remains one of my favourite films to date with spectatcular action sequences and legendary characters which have made the Bond series so popular in cinema history.The DVD contains the usual interviews from cast and crew including the TV spots and Cinematic Trailers which we have come to expect from Bond DVDs and an eye-catching booklet depicting Roger Moore dressed in a space-suit, clutching his Walther PPK in traditional style.

The five star rating is for the product, not necessarily for the film. The remastered DVD is first class. And the extras included in the Ultimate Collection (2 disks) are plentiful.If you like the film or not is a matter of personal preference and probably even depends on your mood on the day. This is Bond at its campiest. It is actually great fun to watch, and Jaws' romance is almost touching and utterly un-Bondian. Moonraker is a product of its time. A Star Wars it is not, but hey, the next year gave us that campiest space opera of all time: Flash Gordon.I loved this film when it first came out (at a time when the dark and intense Bond of Dalton and Craig was still in the distant future), then over the years more or less forgot about it. When I watched it again lately in the course of a Bond marathon I was aware of the very low regard for the film these days. Thus it came as a pleasant surprise that I found myself hugely entertained. Just as long as you don't expect anything other than silly laughs with high production values you may enjoy this one more than you'd like to admit.

Der beste Bond-Film.

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Worked perfectly!

Un classique des James Bond qu'on a plaisir à revoir en édition remasterisée.