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Post by RiP, IMDb on Apr 16, 2020 0:23:49 GMT
The Man with the GOLDEN Gun (1974)!!
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Post by moviemouth on Apr 16, 2020 0:25:32 GMT
yay
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Post by movielover on Apr 16, 2020 0:28:42 GMT
Yay! My favorite Bond movie actually.
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Post by Marv on Apr 16, 2020 0:32:39 GMT
Meh. Was kinda underwhelmed.
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Post by darksidebeadle on Apr 16, 2020 0:33:05 GMT
Nay
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Apr 16, 2020 5:32:36 GMT
yay 7/10
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Apr 16, 2020 5:47:20 GMT
My second favourite Moore film. Love the soundtrack and storyline. And Christopher Lee makes for a swell antagonist.
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Post by mslo79 on Apr 16, 2020 6:16:51 GMT
It's Moore's #1 Bond movie.
6-6.5/10 ; within my Top 189 movies.
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Post by theravenking on Apr 16, 2020 13:56:06 GMT
Meh
Positive:
Christopher Lee is one of the most charismatic actors to play a bond villain
Nick Nack is an interesting minor villain
Maud Adams is a wonderful Bond girl, she should’ve been the main girl
The car-flip scene is great
For a movie with so few highlights it’s actually pretty entertaining and Moore seems to be enjoying himself
Negative:
Scaramanga is a badly written character, he has barely anything interesting to do and for a guy who is supposed to be really smart his whole plan about luring Bond to the island is pretty dull and confusing. Originally the movie was supposed to be more of a battle of wits between him and Bond, too bad they ditched this idea.
Mary Goodnight is a dumb and unexciting bond girl, perhaps fittingly played by the not particularly bright Brit Ekland, and what’s with the past relationship between her and Bond? Was there supposed to be a point to all that?
Too little action
Nick Nack is not threatening at all, he comes over more like comic relief
Talking about comic relief: J. W. Pepper adds nothing to the movie, his character should’ve been left out entirely
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Post by politicidal on Apr 16, 2020 15:17:05 GMT
Nay, just awful.
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Post by Archelaus on Apr 16, 2020 15:33:16 GMT
It has an interesting premise, but it's weighed down by too much campy comedy and an uneventful second coming of J. W. Pepper. Mary Goodnight is a terribly written Bond girl. She had a more constructed personality in the novel. On the other hand, Maud Adams as Andrea Anders was pretty good in the tragic Bond girl role.
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Post by johnspartan on Apr 16, 2020 16:05:19 GMT
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Apr 16, 2020 16:57:36 GMT
Meh
This would be the last Bond movie to be produced by the partnership of Broccoli and Saltzman, the latter of which was the one to leave. Perhaps they fought about what direction Moore's Bond should be taking? Because The Man with the Golden Gun is not a fitting film for them to part on, their fall out most likely impacting on why this is a pretty unadventurous entry in the James Bond franchise. The film plays more as a slapstick comedy than an action adventure. The script is uninspired, with the characters of Mary Goodnight (Ekland) and Sheriff Pepper (James) reaching new lows for Bond allies, while some of the situations that arise are just bizarre and lazy. The latter statement of which applies big time to the weak finale.
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Apr 16, 2020 17:00:34 GMT
A big yay from me. This is one of my favorite Bond movies, and I like all of them.
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