You can find the James Bond Watch Party Page Here. The Solstice, Christmas, and New Year has come and gone and now at least the days are getting longer. I actually watched this one again when it was on some sort of late night TV within the last few years and really enjoyed it. I love me some Christopher Lee and he is so freaking amazing as Scaramanga. This Bond came out in 1974 and is one of the most famous Bond’s of all time. But I guess you could say they are all really famous!
Cast of Characters:
Bond, James Bond: Roger Moore (x2)
Big Bad: Scaramanga played by the amazing Christopher Lee and I suppose you can count his side kick Nick Nack played by Herve Villechaize (who I think is the actor from fantasy island who says the plane boss the plane)
Femme Fatale: Mary Goodnight played by Britt Eckland and Andrea Anders played by Maude Adams
Ladies who had the pleasure of being James Boned: 2 (Mary and Andrea)
Moneypenny: Lois Maxwell (x9)
M: Bernard Lee (x9)
Q: Desmond Llewelyn is back as Q after Q was only mentioned in the last movie and not shown, glad to have him back
Foreign Agent/Spy: For some reason the annoying racist southern Sherriff J.W. Pepper played by Clifton James from the previous movie is also in this one, he’s on vacation and of course there’s a boat chase he’s involved with
Theme Song: The Man with the Golden Gun, composed by John Berry and Don Black performed by Lulu.
Director: Guy Hamilton (x3) and written by Bond creator Ian Fleming (x3)
So I didn’t do my normal play by play run down of the movie because I’m lazy and didn’t want to get my laptop setup. I gotta say it was nice to not pay so close attention and take so many notes about what was going on, so I will only be doing the in depth rundown of the movie when I feel like it moving forward. That being said The Man with the Golden Gun is absolutely fantastic. The bad guy is arguably the best of all the Bond movies with Christopher Lee knocking it out of the park. In retrospect I wish I would have done my running commentary for this one because I liked it so much, oh well, maybe in the future I will update this entry. I really loved this movie on the rewatch and give it a solid 8/10 PPKs, this I’m thinking will be the best of the Bond movies with Roger Moore at the helm, but we shall see moving forward if that holds up.
My First to worst my rankings after The Man with the Golden Gun:
Goldfinger
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
The Man with the Golden Gun
Dr. No
Thunderball
You Only Live Twice
Diamonds are Forever
Live and Let Die
From Russia with Love
Ellie’s Thoughts: I think this one was my second favorite, after OHMSS. Roger Moore really seemed to understand the character better this time around. Christopher Lee was an all-around excellent villain. I thought this film struck the perfect balance between action and heart, and it didn’t run too long like many of the others.
I give this one 8/10 martinis shaken, not stirred.
Up next, The Spy who Loved Me…
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