Moonraker

Okay, so the Moore films are silly anyway, but Moonraker takes it to a whole new level.  Never has a film been quite so cheesy.  Jaws, the best of all the villains Moore had to face, goes from the sinister figure he was in The Spy Who Loved Me, to a figure so comical he’d give Jar Jar Binks a run for his money in the sweepstakes for most annoying idiot.

 

Anyway a crazy Frenchman, after feeding O to his dogs, decides to go for the cut-price real estate by moving himself and a load of nice looking people up to space, with everyone left behind being killed off by gas from an orchid.

 

Cue Bond doing lots of stupid things with amphibious gondolas, spacesuits with lasers and a cable car.  Still there are good bits like the approach to the space station and point where Bond and new lady Holly Goodhead are looking out into space and Jaws just walks up behind them.

 

However this was clearly a step too far for the Bond franchise which is why the next two films, For Your Eyes Only and Octopussy were decidedly low-tech in how they presented themselves.  Alright if you want something to fall asleep on the couch to but when it comes to quality there are plenty of other offerings on the Bond buffet that will actually deliver value.