Film What was the last movie you watched? Part 2

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THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN ( 1974)

Continuing my Journey through the 1970s , I decided to view one of the few Bond films I'd never watched from start to finish , The Man With The Golden Gun.

It's often gotten the reputation for being one of the worse Bond films in the official EON canon , and while it certainly isn't up there with films like Goldfinger, Casino Royale, The Spy Who Loved Me, and Goldeneye, it actually isn't bad as it's reputation would make one think.

The film does meander , the plot is a muddle, and the main villain does go from being just a very good assassin, to suddenly wanting to become a Dr. No ,or Bloefeld like character.

But that being said, the film is entertaining overall , even if the film feels like several different Bond plots put together in one film.

The film is cringe at a few points, but I can't say the film isn't trying to entertain.

Roger Moore , of course, is charming, funny , and dashing for the most part , and while he's often been dismissed in the years since he retired from the role, I really find him to be warm presence in the Bond franchise .

He's very much ,what I suspect, Cary Grant would have been , had he played OO7 as The Bond producers had desired.

Christopher Lee , as always, is great, and the film really makes me miss his presence on screen, a presence which he had up into The Lord Of The Rings saga .

Maud Adams is good for the relatively brief time she's in the film , and will appear again ,as the title character, a decade later in the OO7 romp, Octopussy .

Britt Ekland is adorable as Holly Goodnight, even if her role is kinda a hapless one.
Nevertheless , she also brings a warmth and sweetness, even if alot of the humor is at her expense.

A great 1970s horror film I would recommend staring Christopher Lee and Britt Ekland is 1973's The Wicker Man .

Hervé Villechaize of Fantasy Island plays Knick Knack a sadistic henchman , while Clifton James reprises his role of Sheriff Pepper from the previous Bond film .

All in All, I gotta say I liked the film after finally giving it a chance, and while it's not gonna be among my favorites, I can appreciate that while the plot wasn't as strong as the prior films, the cast and crew were trying to entertain the audience at the time.

Released December 20th 1974, in the top ten , was one of the catchiest songs of the decade , by
Bachman Turner Overdrive

 

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Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, really disappointing, still OK but could have, should have been a whole lot better.

 

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I think For Your Eyes Only and Diamonds Are Forever were the first Bond movies I watched and more so that they at least were the ones I watched the most as a kid, between Connery's lightest film and Moore's darkest film they gave me a slightly misleading but still really strong and even still pretty representative view of the eras and whole character/series.

It's certainly a close run thing between The Spy Who Loved me and For Your Eyes Only for Roger Moore's best Bond movie, but his overall run was definitely more tonally uneven than Connery's. With Diamonds are Forever i always think if the quirky hitmen, and Bond in a Mustang

 

[Hunter Rider]

Despite the slightly messy last 25 minutes, I really like this movie, the pre-credits sequence is one of the best, Madeleine Swan provides an enigmatic counterpoint to Bond, the fight with Mr. Hinx on the train is vintage Bond, and the snowy mountain chase is really inventive. when Bond and Blofeld finally meet its well played by Craig and Waltz, it's just a shame they didn't get more time to play off each other and delve more into the backstory. The standout scene though is Bond's final face to face with Mr. White.

8/10

 

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