The general feeling that I get from watching Moonraker is that it never fully gets off the ground. As with all of the Bond films there are some redeeming qualities, such as: the opening sequence where the space shuttle is hijaked, the boat scene in which Q supplies Bond with a high powered and lethal boat, and the scenery in and around Rio De Janero. Unfortunately this is not Roger Moore's best performance as Bond, the film really suffers from a lack of energy in many of the scenes, Roger Moore is my favorite of the Bond's but in this one he appears to be on cruise control. Though this film did well at the box office, I would rate it in the lower echelon of the series. The outlandish story and action sequences in the end of the film were addressed in the follow up to this movie "For Your Eyes Only" which I consider to be one of the very best of the series, where the film was committed to credibility and more down to earth.

Corniness and Sci-fi battles are included in this entry into the Bond series. Roger Moore comes back as James Bond, 007, and he must pursue the head of a computer company named Drax. He has a boring name and does manage to be boring throughout the movie, absolutely listless until the moment he dies. Jaws is back, which can be seen as bad or good. The villain, who seemed so original and cool in Spy Who Loved Me, is merely a distraction here, he is only in a few scenes and none are memorable. Plenty of gadgets and special effects, though, which keep this from having no redeemable value. There was little here to keep me watching, except I noticed the door tone on the apartment is the same as in Close Encounters. Really, if you are a Bond fan, do not buy this movie.

There is no element in this film that establishes the character Ian Flemming created. The producers sold out (in result almost destroying the franchise) in attempt to try to top the money Star Wars made in 1977. All of the special effects didnt prevent me from falling asleep half way through the movie.

I orderd this item for its lovely steel packaging , and waited 2 and a half weeks only to be VERY, VERY miffed that this 30 year old film for some stupid reason is Region A ...There are NO details of this information from any of the sellers vending this Blu-Ray , and I am very puzzled to why AMAZON felt that the U.S. should have this addition packaging and not share it with the rest of the world.So , I have a lovely collectable case , and now have to buy the dam moive again over here in this backward counrty just to please the film company. All for the reason that a 32 year old movie has to be encoded one way, incase the other side of planet Earth gets ripped off before the other...Well done "United Artist" , I don't think I'll bother buying any more of your films and just tape them from the TV instead !!Europe beware , do not buy this unless you have a region free Blu-Ray player , (like I wish I had..)

This movie is a "classic" among the fans ( for terrible reasons I must add ):1- It's just a bad cartoon, not a Bond Movie.2- Moore did it only for the money. Period.3- It has the ALL time worst Bond girl ever. She played a CIA agent if the CIA was ruled by Forrest Gump or Rain Man.4- Rio de Janeiro as it appears on this movie is not the REAL Rio de Janeiro. It was an example of poor research, like Santos Dumont Airport named San Pedro Airport(???).5- Bond producers did the impossible: turned Hugo Drax, one of the most Fleming's interesting villains into one of the worst of the Bond series. Let's see if they fix the error putting Drax personality on the new villain of DAD.It's the worst, folks. It's simple as that, ok?

I thought this film was one of Roger Moore's worst films. It was just an excuse to copy the greatness of Star Wars. I would highly recommend The Spy Who Loved Me over Moonraker.In this James Bond film 007 goes against Hugo Drax and Jaws. He meets a scientist at one of Drax's labs. He goes up into space for the last 30 minutes of the film (the only time in space). I did not like this film very much.