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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Moonraker |
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After a U.S. space shuttle is stolen off of a RAF 747, James Bond (Roger Moore) is sent to investigate. He travels to California where he meets up with Hugo Drax (Michael Lonsdale), who owns the company building the shuttles. After nearly being killed on a centrifuge trainer, Bond suspects that Drax is not what he seems and finds documents suggesting something is being built in Venice.
Teaming up with CIA undercover agent/astronaut Holly Goodhead (Lois Chiles), Bond finds a factory in Venice where Drax is having vials built that kill humans in a matter of seconds. They travel to Rio De Janeiro and face off against Bond's old nemesis Jaws (Ricahrd Kiel). They follow a trail of evidence that leads them to the jungle and Drax's plan: to send a deadly virus down to Earth from his space station and destroy humanity. Bond and Holly hijack a space shuttle, sneak aboard the space station, and race to save the world from Drax's evil plan.
--Mathhew W. Kresal, Resident Scholar
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In the eleventh installment in the James Bond series we find Agent 007 investigating billionare Hugo Drax and his odd obsession with space. Along the way he meets Holly Goodhead, a CIA agent whom he falls in love with. Together they must discover what secrets Drax is hiding and try to prevent global terror. Moonraker is the most far out Bond film with space ships, space stations, lasers, space battles, and globe hopping to the extreme. Bond travels from Germany to England, then to California, then to Venice then to Rio, then to outer space.
--Bob Rothschild, Resident Scholar
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James Bond must stop a villain from killing everyone on the planet with biological weapons, using a LOT of cool devices and gadgets in the process, and aided by the scientific minded Dr. Goodhead.
--steve, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of James Bond |
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 50%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
Part of a series?
- James Bond
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Spying & Terrorists
Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets:
- main char doing spying/sabotage
- Preventing bomb/biohazard/disaster
Technology/treasure/info search
Yes
involving:
- cure/disease/bioweapons
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- spy
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
Body type
- ample bosom & buttocks (woman)
Unclothed?
- very tight clothes
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- businessman, big
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Italy
- England/UK
The Americas (not US):
Yes
The Americas:
- South
Jungles?
Yes
Jungles
- lost city
Misc setting
- space station
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- hundreds
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- sex under blankets
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 9 (quite a lot)
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exploding vehicles
- exploding bombs
- exploding spaceships
If this is a kid's movie...
- Ages 10-15
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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