Pros and Cons: The Man with the Golden Gun

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  • eric7064eric7064 USAPosts: 344MI6 Agent
    Does anyone else think this movie had the potential to be great but fell short in a few areas.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,104MI6 Agent
    eric7064 wrote:
    Does anyone else think this movie had the potential to be great but fell short in a few areas.
    Of course it fell short in a few areas, but I love it just the same. -{
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  • NeverSayDieNeverSayDie Posts: 495MI6 Agent
    chrisisall wrote:
    eric7064 wrote:
    Does anyone else think this movie had the potential to be great but fell short in a few areas.
    Of course it fell short in a few areas, but I love it just the same. -{

    I love TMWTGG. Christopher Lee is perfect in this movie. I love the score too. It's was one of the few books I haven't read, how different is the movie version? I'm guessing very.
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 41,816Chief of Staff
    NeverSayDie wrote:
    It's was one of the few books I haven't read, how different is the movie version? I'm guessing very.

    Yes, very! A brainwashed 007 tries to kill M at the start, the main part of the story takes place in Jamaica, there's no solar energy subplot.... etc etc.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,104MI6 Agent
    The name 'Scaramanga' is the same...
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 41,816Chief of Staff
    ... and Mary Goodnight, too!
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,104MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    ... and Mary Goodnight, too!
    The names were NOT changed to protect the innocent.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,804MI6 Agent
    .... and it was actually filmed on the planet Pandora. ;)
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,104MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    .... and it was actually filmed on the planet Pandora. ;)
    Sillllllllly silly British man.

    It was filmed in the last cove in the bay.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,804MI6 Agent
    Is that near " The Beach" ? :D
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  • NeverSayDieNeverSayDie Posts: 495MI6 Agent
    I'll def have to read it at some point just to say I've read them all.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,804MI6 Agent
    Although Scaramanga in the novel is a bit of a unsophisticated thug,
    and not the suave criminal that Christopher Lee portrayed.
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,104MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    Although Scaramanga in the novel is a bit of a unsophisticated thug, and not the suave criminal that Christopher Lee portrayed.
    The Scaramanga of the novel was good, but Christopher Lee was, well, Christopher Lee! He's my Scaramanga! :007)
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,104MI6 Agent
    I guess you had to be there in 1975 to really appreciate this movie fully. ?:)
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 41,816Chief of Staff
    chrisisall wrote:
    I guess you had to be there in 1975 to really appreciate this movie fully. ?:)

    Wasn't it 1974, chrisisall?
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,104MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    chrisisall wrote:
    I guess you had to be there in 1975 to really appreciate this movie fully. ?:)

    Wasn't it 1974, chrisisall?
    Yes of course, my bad! It was when I was 14- memory slides... :s
    I was deep into Okinawan Kempo at the time. I remember thinking the martial arts in the flick was.... iffy... :))
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  • superdaddysuperdaddy englandPosts: 924MI6 Agent
    The fight in the stripper/belly dancers changing room is one of my favorite scenes from the whole series :)
  • Bondage007Bondage007 AustraliaPosts: 371MI6 Agent
    superdaddy wrote:
    The fight in the stripper/belly dancers changing room is one of my favorite scenes from the whole series :)

    The moment when Moore swallows the bullet is one of my favourite in the whole series :D
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,104MI6 Agent
    Brit's costume on the island is one of my favourites in the whole series.
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,104MI6 Agent
    Here's why TMWTGG is my favourite Moore film:
    There were no Road Runner deaths like Kananga, no 'destroy the world' plots, or impossible henchmen like Jaws, no parrots talking to the PM or tuk-tuk tennis fights, and no shrieking endlessly of Bond's first name. :v
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,104MI6 Agent
    Just watched my new BD of it, and yeah- it's golden all right.
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  • The Debonair BondThe Debonair Bond Posts: 48MI6 Agent
    I quite like The Man with the Golden Gun and don't really get why this one gets so much hate honestly.

    It has one of the best villains in the series, one of the best henchmen, a killer car stunt, 2 great bond girls, and a nice duel at the end.
  • broadshoulderbroadshoulder Acton, London, UKPosts: 1,363MI6 Agent
    The Debonair Bond wrote:
    I quite like The Man with the Golden Gun and don't really get why this one gets so much hate honestly.

    It has one of the best villains in the series, one of the best henchmen, a killer car stunt, 2 great bond girls, and a nice duel at the end.

    I'm with you...
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,104MI6 Agent
    broadshoulder wrote:
    The Debonair Bond wrote:
    I quite like The Man with the Golden Gun and don't really get why this one gets so much hate honestly.

    It has one of the best villains in the series, one of the best henchmen, a killer car stunt, 2 great bond girls, and a nice duel at the end.

    I'm with you...
    I'm with the both of you. {[]
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  • superdaddysuperdaddy englandPosts: 924MI6 Agent
    Me to :)
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,104MI6 Agent
    superdaddy wrote:
    Me to :)
    TMWTGG Appreciation Society! -{
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,804MI6 Agent
    Golden Gun " fetishist " perhaps ? :p :))
    Sadly for me it's a weak entry, Yes it has a superb villain and fantastic
    car jump but as a whole it's not one of my favourites. Although it is
    Miles better than NSNA. So it has some good points. :))
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  • 002002 New ZealandPosts: 558MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    Golden Gun " fetishist " perhaps ? :p :))
    Sadly for me it's a weak entry, Yes it has a superb villain and fantastic
    car jump but as a whole it's not one of my favourites. Although it is
    Miles better than NSNA. So it has some good points. :))

    I agree with all of that. However, the nadir has to be JW Pepper - again. He was a bad idea the first time 'round; why add him again?
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,804MI6 Agent
    I have to guess in the early 70s JW Pepper must have been popular ?
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  • Bondage007Bondage007 AustraliaPosts: 371MI6 Agent
    Yeah, is there anyone alive during the 70s who could shed light on this?
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