Tag: Moonraker

Bond’s quip in Moonraker lands with noticeably less impact than the moment deserves.  While the image of Hugo Drax drifting helplessly into the void is visually striking and arguably one of the franchise’s more poetic villain exits, the accompanying one-liner… Read More →

The final confrontation between Bond and Hugo Drax in Moonraker may lack the high-octane flair typical of a Bond/villain showdown, but its restraint feels oddly fitting.  Drax was never a villain built for brute force or chaos, so it’s no… Read More →

This stunt from Moonraker is one of my favorites.  Not for it’s flashiness, but for its practicality and foresight.  Q Branch clearly had this one tucked away as a backup plan for when Bond inevitably found himself in a high-speed… Read More →

Bond and Manuela’s fling in Moonraker might just be his most efficient romantic subplot ever.  He lands in Rio de Janeiro for a mission, and before he can even unpack, a mysterious woman is tailing him and snapping photos of… Read More →

Moonraker has one of the most brutal deaths in the Bond series, and it involves dogs.  After firing Corinne Dufour for essentially (albeit mistakenly, really) helping Bond snoop around his study, Drax sicks his two Dobermans after her.  For some… Read More →

Pun intended.  In Moonraker, Bond’s “why not?” in agreement to Goodhead’s space centrifuge training recommendation was one of Moore’s Bond’s dumbest decisions. Why not?!  Maybe because you’ve got a target on your back as a secret agent that infiltrates a… Read More →

Drax’s understated ruthlessness in Moonraker makes him one of the best James Bond villains.  Steady, calm and powerful, but an absolute psychopath – Bond truly met his match.  Here’s to a similar Bond villain in the next movie. Read More →

Bond’s response to “Do you know him?” – not socially, but in this way…always cracks me up! Read More →