{"id":52148,"date":"2020-10-10T09:27:07","date_gmt":"2020-10-10T16:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=52148"},"modified":"2021-01-22T10:17:26","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T17:17:26","slug":"moonraker-1979","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=52148","title":{"rendered":"Moonraker (1979)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Mr. Bond, you defy all my attempts to plan an amusing death for you.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Moonraker-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Moonraker-Poster-189x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-52149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Moonraker-Poster-189x300.png 189w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Moonraker-Poster-644x1024.png 644w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Moonraker-Poster-81x128.png 81w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Moonraker-Poster-170x270.png 170w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Moonraker-Poster.png 703w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen sent to explore the mysterious loss of the Moonraker space shuttle, James Bond (Roger Moore) meets a sinister aeronautics manufacturer (Michael Lonsdale) and eludes assassination by his steely-toothed nemesis &#8216;Jaws&#8217; (Richard Kiel) while collaborating with and romancing a beautiful astronaut (Lois Chiles).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>James Bond Films<\/li>\n<li>Space Opera<\/li>\n<li>Spies<\/li>\n<li>World Domination<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary writes that this &#8220;worst James Bond film to date&#8221; simply features &#8220;Roger Moore walking through the paces for his hefty paycheck and giving way to his double for a series of unimaginative action scenes and &#8216;humorous&#8217; chases&#8221; &#8212; ouch! He adds that &#8220;there&#8217;s little suspense,&#8221; &#8220;the humor falls flat,&#8221; and &#8220;the filmmakers have the gall to set the finale in outer space and stage a battle right out of <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=9345\"><em>Star Wars<\/em><\/a>.&#8221; It&#8217;s too bad beautiful Chiles plays such a lackluster heroine, and that super-human Kiel turns into a lovestruck good guy by the end (!).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Moonraker-Kiel.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Moonraker-Kiel-1024x435.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"272\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-65073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Moonraker-Kiel-1024x435.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Moonraker-Kiel-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Moonraker-Kiel-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Moonraker-Kiel-768x326.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Moonraker-Kiel-604x257.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Moonraker-Kiel.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many critics have noted that this film resembles a cartoon more than an exciting adventure flick &#8212; but the location shooting, sets, and special effects (including the &#8220;pre-title sequence in which Bond and Jaws battle for a lone parachute during a free fall from a great height&#8221;) are actually pretty nifty. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fine international location shooting<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Moonraker-Intl-Location-Shooting.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Moonraker-Intl-Location-Shooting-1024x435.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"272\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-52150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Moonraker-Intl-Location-Shooting-1024x435.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Moonraker-Intl-Location-Shooting-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Moonraker-Intl-Location-Shooting-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Moonraker-Intl-Location-Shooting-768x326.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Moonraker-Intl-Location-Shooting-604x257.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Moonraker-Intl-Location-Shooting.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Moonraker-Intl-Location-Shooting2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Moonraker-Intl-Location-Shooting2-1024x435.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"272\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-52152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Moonraker-Intl-Location-Shooting2-1024x435.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Moonraker-Intl-Location-Shooting2-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Moonraker-Intl-Location-Shooting2-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Moonraker-Intl-Location-Shooting2-768x326.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Moonraker-Intl-Location-Shooting2-604x257.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Moonraker-Intl-Location-Shooting2.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNope; you can skip this one. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0079574\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/reviews\/36915\/moonraker\/\">DVD Talk Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.filmsite.org\/series-jamesbond11.html\">FilmSite Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.combustiblecelluloid.com\/dvds\/moonraker.shtml\">Combustible Celluloid Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moriareviews.com\/sciencefiction\/moonraker-1979.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=1735&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Mr. Bond, you defy all my attempts to plan an amusing death for you.&#8221; Synopsis: When sent to explore the mysterious loss of the Moonraker space shuttle, James Bond (Roger Moore) meets a sinister aeronautics manufacturer (Michael Lonsdale) and eludes assassination by his steely-toothed nemesis &#8216;Jaws&#8217; (Richard Kiel) while collaborating with and romancing a beautiful astronaut (Lois Chiles). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: James Bond Films Space Opera Spies World Domination Response to Peary\u2019s Review: Peary writes that this &#8220;worst&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=52148\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52148"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65075,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52148\/revisions\/65075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}