Tag: The Man With The Golden Gun

The above line from The Man With The Golden Gun is certainly a strange line for a Bond villain, but it’s only the start of the bizarre energy of Scaramanga’s first meeting with Bond. Between the distracting kickboxing event, the… Read More →

Few aspects of Roger Moore’s portrayal of James Bond are as entertaining as his barely concealed irritation, and nowhere is that more evident than in The Man with the Golden Gun. The movie gives Moore a rare opportunity to lean… Read More →

Bond’s description of Goodnight’s car in The Man With The Golden Gun is a hilariously unique insult to a car’s aesthetic. I personally don’t see the resemblance, but Bond’s annoyance with Goodnight’s interference in his surveillance of Andrea Anders probably… Read More →

Although I’ve previously commented on this line from The Man with the Golden Gun, it demands a second look. This altered spelling that isn’t the well known wedding quote is not accidental, but a sly double entendre. James Bond pressures… Read More →

Bond has this surprisingly sharp greeting for Mary Goodnight after her kidnapping in The Man with the Golden Gun. It’s a bit odd that Bond doesn’t offer any relief or reassurance to her, but instead utters this cutting remark that… Read More →

This line perfectly sets the tone for one of the more bizarre sequences in The Man with the Golden Gun. James Bond arrives at a kickboxing match expecting a straightforward exchange with Andrea Anders about his travel gripes, only to… Read More →

This unexpectedly comical line in The Man with the Golden Gun is gleefully stated by a hotel worker in The Man With The Golden Gun. As Bond approaches Andrea Anders’ hotel room number 602, an overly enthusiastic hotel employee insists… Read More →

In The Man with the Golden Gun, Francisco Scaramanga attempts to draw a false equivalence between himself and James Bond with this line. It’s a superficially clever sentiment, but fundamentally disingenuous. A government intelligence officer and a contract killer do… Read More →

Roger Moore’s equivalent of Sean Connery’s infamous misogynistic “man talk” <butt slap> moment arrives in The Man With the Golden Gun, and it’s arguably worse. For some reason, Bond decides that physical coercion and not suave interrogation is necessary for… Read More →