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CBn Reviews 'The Man With The Golden Gun'
Forum members review the ninth James Bond film

Great collection of reviews this time. TMWTGG is a tricky one so it's always interesting to hear what intelligent fans think.

I couldn't agree more. There were alot of reviews for this one specifically.

I agree with ACE on how they should have redone the PTS.

Suprisingly, there isn't one from this film's biggest supporter - Loomis.

While not my favorite in the series, I like this movie. Scaramanga is a great villain, and Goodnight is gorgeous. However, I do agree she is not the best female character in the films.

im honored once again to be included in the reviews. great job to all the other reviewers.

Nope, I did not see one in any of the Countdown threads.

It's a tricky one since Lee is such as fantastic actor and my favorite Bond baddie, but the film isn't that great and boring when Lee is offscreen.

One of my all time favorites.

I like the investigation work done by 007.Bond has nothing but a Golden bullet with 007 inscribed in it. Bond has no knowledge of what Scaramanga looks like, were he is located, or any connections. Bond investigates and locates Scaramanga to his exotic beautiful private island ,and gets in a duel with the Worlds most dangerous hitman. Scaramanga was an excellant villin. The car chase with the sherriff was cool, and the boat getaway nicely done.


The best car trick I have ever seen!!

This post has been edited by Johnnie: 15 September 2005 - 05:07

The problem with this film is that the script makes no sense. The writers couldn't decide whether to make it a Bond vs. Scaramanga movie or a Bond Looks for the Solex Agitator movie so they made it both. And rather clumsily combined at that. The fact that the film looked really cheap didn't help.

I have many qyestions about this movie: What business does MI6 have with Gibson and the Solex anyway? What was so bad about Hi-Fat? Couldn't Hi-Fat just sue him for Breach of Contract? How exactly was Gibson "working" for him? How was Gibson "defecting"?

Nothing directly but Gibson is a British scientist who has presumably developed this technology for the British government.



Nothing really. He just pays Scaramanga a $1 mil to shoot people. That's OK, isn't it. Oh, and effectively stealing a cure to the energy crisis.



In the first draft, he did. And had Nick Nack repaint his mausoleum in peach-coloured paint. But, strangely enough, it was found not be exciting enough for a Bond film.



Well, presumably Gibson agreed to sell his technology to Hai Fat instead of giving to the British. Fat appears to be in league with Red Chinese authorities. Mr Fat paid for the construction of the test plant on Scaramanga's island in anticipation of getting the Solex.

triviachamp, you've asked the easy stuff.

Now don't ask me about why Hip drives off and leaves Bond!

ACE

Too bad they didn't say this in the film!


I understand that others have said this but wouldn't it have been better if the filmmakers had done this?

Perhaps what they should have done was that Gibson was working for the British to develop the Solex but was kidnapped by Red Chinese agent Hi-Fat to them instead. However Gibson escaped so Fat paid Scaramanga to kill him and steal back the agitator.



Because that was more "exciting"!