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Roger Moore's last outing as Bond at 57!!!

Advantages: Great fast paced action
Disadvantages: Moore too old, too much killing

...003's corpse, Bond picks up a microchip which is an exact replica of one manufactured by Zorin Industries, owned by the eccentric businessman, Max Zorin. Bond goes undercover to meet Zorin and finds out that he is producing a revolutionary microchip, and that in order to conquer the microchip market, he is planning to destroy Silicon Valley through a series of earthquakes. Bond must team up with oil company owner Stacey Sutton to take on Zorin, his ...
...ease. Patrick Macnee gives a good turn as a very British horse trainer, Sir Godfrey Tibbett, and Tanya Roberts is good as Bond girl Stacey Sutton, as is Fiona Fullerton as Pola Ivanova. David Yip has a cameo performance. Robert Brown, Desmond Llewelyn and Lois Maxwell return as M, Q and Miss Moneypenny, and the rest of the cast support admirably. My Opinion The soundtrack to this Bond ilm haunts me, probably due to the title track, performed by ...

pmcds 23.05.2008 · Read full review
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Review of A View To A Kill (DVD)

Takes a giant leap for mankind

Advantages: Roger Moores biggest adventure as Bond
Disadvantages: Made in 1979, looks dated in parts

...that had not been used, Moonraker seemed the most appropriate for the time. ---The Source--- The title comes from Ian Flemings’ third Bond novel. Moonraker was released in April 1955. In the story Bond is asked, as a personal favour to M, to expose a member of the exclusive gentlemen's club called Blades, this person is suspected of cheating at cards. The man’s name is Hugo Drax; he is the Head of Britain's Moonraker rocket program. The stakes ...
...the end of the Inside Moonraker documentary there are a number of bloopers shown, which are quite rare. It also discusses the fact that this was the first time that a Bond production was based outside of Pinewood Studios; in fact this film was made mainly in France. The documentary shows what problems were faced with a different cultural way of working, and what was done to resolve the issues and move on. The documentaries that go behind the scenes ...

Timbo3107 09.03.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Moonraker (DVD)

James Bond in Space

Advantages: Digitally Restored Picture and Sound, Good Interlinking script
Disadvantages: Lack of substantial new extra's

Moonraker is the 11th Bond film and Roger Moore's fourth outing as the super spy. It was moved up the list over available films to cash in on the as then current trend of science fiction films. The Details. Director:- Lewis Gilbert Main Cast:- Roger Moore (James Bond), Hugo Drax (Michael Lonsdale), Holly Goodhead (Lois Chiles), Richard Kiel (Jaws) . Certificate:- PG Running Time:- 2 hours 1 minute. Disk 1 - The Film. The movie opens up with ...
...on it's way to England. Unbeknownst to the crew of the 747, two hijackers are on board the shuttle. As the hijackers take the shuttle they destroy the 747. M (Bernard Lee), finding out that the 747 has crashed and that the shuttle is missing, enquires the whereabouts of 007. 007 is on his way back from a mission in Africa and is surprised by the crew of the plane, who he eventually throws out of the plane.. He is then forced out of the aircraft, ...

ninja1701d 08.10.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Moonraker (Ultimate Edition) (DVD)

The Complete James Bond, 'No Mr. Bond, I expect you to buy...'

Advantages: Good collection of films, iconic characters, stylish presentation
Disadvantages: Out-dated in its collection

THE JAMES BOND COMPLETE COLLECTION I brought this a while back and I must say it is excellent. The presentation is top-notch, the silver briefcase just about the coolest DVD container in the world. It chronicles every film from Sean Connery's 'Dr. No' to the more recent Pierce Brosnan outing 'Die Another Day'. Of course it does not hold the newest additions, Daniel Craig's 'Casino Royale' and 'Quantum of Solace' but as these are generally new in ...
...watch, if not always for the story then definitely for the generational features. Think Roger more in his 70s safari suit, Sean Connery in his trilby. And then of course you have the women. The big downside to this box set, of course, is that there's always going to be more James Bond films. It may not be in date for very long. Also the price is fairly steep, yet is falling due to the release of newer additions. Despite this, in my opinion you ...

Beddall7 29.07.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The James Bond Complete Collection (Box Set) (DVD)

Bus pass Bond

Advantages: Original sequences involving a Horse race.
Disadvantages: Morre is too old to be believable as 007.

The title of A View to a Kill is taken from Ian Fleming's short story called From a View to a Kill. Published in April 1960 as part of a collection of short stories in the novel For Your Eyes Only, the story tells of Bond going undercover to investigate the murder of a dispatch rider in France. This was Roger Moore's seventh and final outing as 007, at the time Moore was 58 and had been in the role of Bond for twelve years so the believability factor ...
...sequence begins with Bond recovering a microchip from the dead body of 003 in Siberia. The chip is the key to the whole plot of the film and from this Bond begins to uncover a web of intrigue and a plan for world domination that has disastrous consequences for the west coast of America. The plot has absolutely nothing to do with the novel at all; in fact the only similarities to the novel are the location of part of the story which begins in France. ...

Timbo3107 09.10.2008 · Read full review
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Review of A View To A Kill (Ultimate Edition) (DVD)