James Bond - Part 3.5: The Roger Moore Era Continues

[astroak89]

the time that never comes again spl...Roger Moore as james bond ......................astroak

[crackaddict444]

Moonraker is an awesome film. Yeah, it's completely absurd, but that's what makes it awesome. I always have fun watching it.

[Alexper12]

This commentary sounds like ray liotta's narration in goodfellas lol

[Riddler95]

I think that The Spy Who Loved Me was the first time that Roger Moore really nailed it as James Bond. The Spy Who Loved Me is a great Bond film.

I don't know why but I love Moonraker, I think it is the bets of the Roger Moore Bond Films. It was also the first James Bond movie I watched with a different actor portraying James Bond.

[mariobroz27]

What dud he blofeld say at 5:44?

[maverick1520]

my favourite from Moore: The Spy Who Loved Me

[rorshak73]

I thought the 'coral-dragging' sequence was written in Dr No (lost my copy!).

[rorshak73]

In Goodhead's defence, she always struck me as a the first Bond girl to be Bond's equal, like Jinx later.

[cdelitocdelito]

You were way too hard on the first two Moore movies.

[FngMutz]

I completely agree with most everything you have said in this series. You are a fair judge of the Bond films in my opinion. However, you should know that the scene on top of the cable-car was not done on a blue screen; it was done on location, and without safety harnesses. One of the stunt doubles even hung one handed from the cable-car for some time.

[dcasey77]

@FngMutz You should know that he isn't talking about the stunt doubles, he's talking about the use of blue screen when Moore and Kiel are in the shot.

[pryt86]

roger moore was a great bond i love all his movies but i really love the spy who loved me that movie is just so fuckin awesome

[Gallifrey1991]

I think everyone loves For Your Eyes Only :) seems a very personal film for Bond

[kewlbreez]

Thnx for posting the series; I've actually come to this in the middle, starting w/ the Moore James Bond movies, and thought his flix were just no comparison to Connery, the "essential" James Bond. I've read that Dalton is actually the closest to Bond as he is in the original books.

[Wadsy591]

For Your Eyes Only is not only my favourite of the Moore films, but the best in series for me, next to Majesty's.

[Wadsy591]

Ahh yes, The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker and For Your Eyes Only in my opinion is the Golden Age of Roger Moore's Bond. A View To A Kill is a superb Bond film as well, and extremely underrated, though because Octopussy wasn't quite as good as the three prior to it, couldn't add AVTAK to the golden age.

[redsoxfan3418]

I'm a huge Bond fanatic, and I love your series. Thank you for posting all this.

[dcasey77]

Fabulous reviews, you mention that you get a bit carried away and spend too long on individual films but I think that's a strength. I think it would be great if your earlier reviews had as much detail as the later ones.

Moonraker was indeed the highest grossing Bond film at the time but as the series has covered such a long period of time, box office takings become an unreliable comparison of success.

The most commercially successful Bond is Thunderball.

[Fender1976uk]

I liked Moonraker and for your eyes only was great

[ufogelfling1]

@mcentepede in 1979 we thought that space shuttles would be flying weekly! that we would put up solar-power-sats in orbit...and rotating cities in space...yes lasers are needed to shoot down fast missiles...but normal artillery machineguns rifles shotguns handguns work even better in an astronaut shootout firefight! (you don't even need phasers)

[ufogelfling1]

@mcentepede 1979 reagan vs carter...usa vs ussr cold war in space! we were building 4 shuttles...ussr building energia+buran+polyus...we were planning to drop 40 h-bomb warheads out of shuttle bays...putting directed energy laser battlestars in orbit etc...1979 birth of s.d.i.

[ufogelfling1]

@mcentepede the usaf space force assault on drax's city in space is the best sci-fi shootout in history!...huge and deep sci-fi themes run thru moonraker...utopian eugenics...corporate fascism...war in space...the 7 shuttles in the movie...artificial gravity from spin...sex in space...stealth radar jamming...laser directed energy weapons...you could write a sci-fi termpaper on moonraker

[ufogelfling1]

@mcentepede I bet moonraker dvd sales soar worldwide from sci-fi fans! (i just put my dvd in my player and am going to watch it right now!) I also sing the theme song in the shower!..."moonraker all systems are go!"

[ufogelfling1]

@mcentepede the sci-fi genre owns moonraker forever! it is from 1979 disco era and its groovy!...dig it man! groovy!...the space shuttles...space station...space marines with laser rifles are supercool!..."moonraker forever!"

[ufogelfling1]

@mcentepede (honestly "on her majesty's secret service" is my favorite 007 story) but moonraker will be watched 1000 years from now because of the space shuttles into sci-fi! it also has mst-3k value! we claim it for sci-fi...others don't have to watch it!...moonraker belongs to sci-fi fans!

[ufogelfling1]

@mcentepede I'm not saying moonraker is a great 007 film! but we treasure it for 1979 a superb sci-fi film that shows space shuttle launches on the big screen for the very very first time before anyone ever saw a space shuttle (uss columbia launch was in 1981!)...the girls are sexy too! /@ milwaukee

[LightStijn]

@Vengeance4Me79 I agree with you completely.

[Riddler95]

Roger Moore began to really age during For Your Eyes Only. He didn't look like Bond anymore in A View To A Kill.

Moonraker was he best Bond movie in my opinion.

[deusirae76]

Melina wasn't that bland, and Carole Bouquet wasn't a model "with little acting experience" in 1981, she played in some important films before, including Buñuel's "That Obscure Object of Desire" and Blier's "Buffet froid".

[Yahiko25]

I heard the real reason that way they have Jaws turn to a good guy in Moonraker is because many young fans asked for it.

[harveybullocks1281]

Moonraker and For Your Eyes Only are my two favorite Roger Moore Bond flicks. I personally prefer it when he plays the part straight.

[ufogelfling1]

moonraker is unique!...non sci-fi fans can't comprehend it! or enjoy it!...(it rivals masterpieces like the green slime and moon zero two!)...moonraker is fantastic!...

[mcentepede]

@ufogelfling1 MoonRaker was stoopid. Roger Moore was pretty much invincible in this flick...and so was Jaws. Jaws was like the Wile E. Coyote as he kept getting blown up then walked away and entered the next scene unscathed. You guys can't possibly be serious in saying this was a great James Bond film.

[ufogelfling1]

let's say in 1979 a sci-fi movie just like moonraker (but the main character is not named james bond 007) was made...it still would have been a nice sci-fi hit!...so within the sci-fi genre moonraker is a huge milestone being the first bigscreen space shuttle movie...2 years before anyone ever saw one launched into orbit! excellent on big screen!

[ufogelfling1]

moonraker 1979 is a sci-fi masterpiece!...it showed on big screen to americans how a fleet of space shuttles should work!...i saw it at age 15 with my father and it is one of my fondest movie memories!...sci-fi claims moonraker in its genre forever protecting it from critics! (hands-off!) moonraker rules!

[harveybullocks1281]

I think Moonraker had a really good story that got held down by two things, one was the over the top space battle, that was too ridiculous and star wars-esque for my taste. The other was the guy who played Drax, they should have gotten Kevin Stoney who had been on Doctor Who a few times in the sixties to play him, much more charismatic as a sci fi villain.

[ShaunPalmerr]

i actually think for you eyes only is the weakest of rogers film

[habostick]

I really like the overall reporting on the films but, I do feel he is giving too much of his own opinions towards the films instead of letting the viewer come up with their own opinions to each film. “What one dislikes another might love”.

[knight7se7en]

Moonraker was probably the 2nd worst film in the Bond series. #1 worst movie undoubtedly goes to Die Another Day. I'm kind of shocked that the author of these YouTube series was more critical of the Man With The Golden Gun than Moonraker. ....don't get that at all.

[JudasAngel666]

Its funny how (At The Time) Moonraker was considered the most far out bond but if you compared it to Die Another day...

[tommietje1995]

Why 3.5? Not 3.2?

[86darkhorse]

Dr. Goodhead was smoking! Is that not good enough?

[JudasAngel666]

The Spy Who Loved me is one of the GREATEST bonds. Great THeme Song. Good plot(Although some what chessy stil..mor belivable then say moonraker)And Roger Moore does a good job.

[JudasAngel666]

@americanjedi77 I don't..its not as bad as when he does A View To A Kill..THAT was scarry.

[bladrunner6]

I loved Moonraker, though it was a bit hammy, I thought it was exotic, which is something I want from a Bond movie and it was great, that Bassey provided the Bond theme again. I wasn't fussed on For your eyes only.

You're no doubt familiar with Blondie's theme for the movie which was dropped for the Sheena Easton song? I love the Blondie song far better.

[crazy93ist]

the transsexual is the one in the white bikini.

[DANATANLOVER]

Sometimes I wish / Roger Moore would come back

With an underwater car / and some kind of jet pack

And a hover-gondola / and a Union Jack

[anton1990]

7:14, Kristatos was indeed a charming villain :D I've met Julian Glover, a wonderful man.

[BatOtaku13]

for your eyes only is the best roger moore movie in the series.

[JudasAngel666]

@BatOtaku13 I would Tie it with The SPy Who Loved me.

[rorshak73]

@BatOtaku13 Wow! Totally agree!

[jcook51]

Enjoyable overview of 007 during Moore's period. Well done.

[19torento]

Stromberg had webbed hands?! o_0 He's been underwater too long! Jaws was a great, menacing character, when he was introduced in The Spy Who Loved Me, but he was definitely cartoonish in Moonraker.

[32newspaper]

Jaws was not supposed to be in Moonraker. But this would be a simple re make of The Spy Who Loved Me. Drax and Stromberg had the same goal. Create a master race, but Drax, space and Stromberg, under the sea

[sofuk]

Union Jack is a flag

[Lasermannen]

The "Jaws" characteris so fucking dull. He's suppose to have super-human strength merely because of his fucking height? He doesn't look buff at all.

[Klonricket]

Union Flag. Union Jack is watch it's called on a ship.

[Rockstarkong]

A great review of the best movie series of all time. Great unbaised coverage of the Dalton films later on!

[NeonStrawberryinc]

i'm not sure i agree about the statement about jaws that "you love him or you hate him", i think most people just think he's awesome.

[jasonofaolain]

Top Ten 1. The Living Daylights 2. Goldeneye 3. From Russia With Love 4. The Spy Who Loved Me 5. Goldfinger 6. Casino Royale 7. Quantum of Solace 8. Licence to Kill 9. The World is Not Enough 10. Octopussy

[NeonStrawberryinc]

the remix of bond themes in the backround is pure awesomeness! where did you get it?

[SaintBlade]

what are these wands for?

[BCKLW]

My favorite Bonds.

1. Roger Moore

2. Sean Connery

3. Pierce Brosnan

4. Daniel Craig

5. George Lazenby

6. Dalton, Tim, Dalton

[nettubarona]

I mostly agree with you. Lanzenby was the worst choice for bond. Dalton was too moody. Brosnan was great and deserved one or two more movies.Connery, I think is still the best. As for Craig, the guy has still to show what is made of.

[buraritochugesha]

You two are wrong.

Real Bond fans don't decide which Bond is the best and which Bond movie is the best. It's stupid ! Each Bond fan has their memories. Not also Connery but Moore, Dalton, Brosnan were all great. And I love Moonraker !

[BCKLW]

Hi, I have my right to an opinion. I am a true Bond fan. Trust me on that. I have a right to have a favorite Bond movie and even a favorite actor. For you to suggest that I do not have that right and to suggest that if I give an opinion that makes me less a Fan. Is stupid

[BCKLW]

Alright if any one cares here are my top ten bond movies. 1. The Man With the Golden Gun 2. Live and Let Die 3. Thunderball 4. Casino Royal 5. The world is not enough 6. The Spy Who Loved Me 7.The living Daylights 8.Goldfinger 9. For your eyes only 10.Goldeneye

[Vinther1991]

My 3 favorite bond movies with Moore. Moonraker is so underrated, it has a lot of great scenes.

[Dkad]

Damn, what do people find good in "for your eyes only" ??!! It is said to be one of the most serious one but have one af the baddest jokes of the serie (the pre-credits sequence is truly scandalous !)

The music is ugly, a (too old) James Bond kinda abuses a girl underage, the action scenes are boring, there is no cool set or really good character (oh ! this guy loves pistachio ! how deep is that...). Agree with the reviews about all the other films before but THIS ONE I can't ! =)

[TruSouljah712]

Aside from some good scenes Moonraker was a piece of crap. Roger Moore was ok for me.

[TRUMPER007]

Roger Moore IS James Bond.

[sonicvsrambo]

No. Sean Connery IS James Bond.

[CoolCherryCream]

Both of them ARE James Bond.

[juggernaut44]

nice

[dcasey77]

Fabulous review of the films. When will you be adding the remaining films? I'm looking forward to it!

[hasablad69]

Roger Moore, as 007, was ridiculous.

[livid0]

Excellent insight and information again. Glad you decided to continue the series and hope to see more on this and other subjects in the future. 5*