Moonraker (1979)

Roger Moore’s Bond is tasked with investigating the midair disappearance of a space shuttle. Even before I had began my journey into Bond films, I’d long been amusedly curious about this outing. Who wouldn’t be with excited to see Bond in Space! Even with some uninspired rehashes of former Bond films (the plot from The Spy Who Loved Me, the battle scene from Thunderball , etc.) and an unexpectedly strange character development for favorite baddie Richard Kiel’s Jaws, it still manages to be an entertaining watch. There’s plenty of fun to be found with the ridiculously named Holly Goodhead, one of the most visually obvious villains in Michael Lonsdale’s Dr. Drax, and the ugliest space uniforms this side of the United States Space Force.  

Oscar Nominations: Best Effects, Visual Effects