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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 438889" data-attributes="member: 8">The Man With The Golden Gun (1974)[ATTACH=full]58827[/ATTACH]Whereas sixties Bond was the trendsetter in the spy blockbuster genre, seventies Bond (except for Diamonds) started following trends.Soul Bond from 1973 is succeeded by Kung Fu Bond and it also looks decidedly more farcical.The earnestness of Solitaire is replaced with Carry On&nbsp; shenanigans by Bond girl Goodnight - but at least her sexy clumsiness is not without consequences.Juxtaposingly, the death of the other Bond girl performed by Maud Adams looks surprisingly eerie, like the gold-painted victim in Goldfinger.Most of the humour works for me, even the cheap and uninspired return of J.W. Pepper.Scaramanga is a fabulous villain&#039;s name but the character itself is unintentionally charismatic and therefore difficult to hate.In fact, I think he&#039;s cooler than James Bond except for the third nipple which is kind of &quot;too much information&quot;.He becomes the main bad guy in an almost casual way and the evil plot isn&#039;t very impressive because the solar power device isn&#039;t necessarily to be used for nefarious purposes. It could be a Big Gun...or something else.I think it&#039;s a wacky and charming film, and combined with the gimmicky sets it looks more like a The Avengers story.TMWTGG has a lovely score even though John Barry was not pleased with the result.[MEDIA=youtube]2DbzCPxxxxY[/MEDIA]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 438889, member: 8"] The Man With The Golden Gun (1974) [ATTACH type="full"]58827[/ATTACH] Whereas sixties Bond was the trendsetter in the spy blockbuster genre, seventies Bond (except for [I]Diamonds[/I]) started following trends. Soul Bond from 1973 is succeeded by Kung Fu Bond and it also looks decidedly more farcical. The earnestness of Solitaire is replaced with [I]Carry On[/I] shenanigans by Bond girl Goodnight - but at least her sexy clumsiness is not without consequences. Juxtaposingly, the death of the other Bond girl performed by Maud Adams looks surprisingly eerie, like the gold-painted victim in [I]Goldfinger[/I]. Most of the humour works for me, even the cheap and uninspired return of J.W. Pepper. Scaramanga is a fabulous villain's name but the character itself is unintentionally charismatic and therefore difficult to hate. In fact, I think he's cooler than James Bond except for the third nipple which is kind of "too much information". He becomes the main bad guy in an almost casual way and the evil plot isn't very impressive because the solar power device isn't necessarily to be used for nefarious purposes. It [I]could[/I] be a Big Gun...or something else. I think it's a wacky and charming film, and combined with the gimmicky sets it looks more like a [I]The Avengers [/I] story. TMWTGG has a lovely score even though John Barry was not pleased with the result. [MEDIA=youtube]2DbzCPxxxxY[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]

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