Tag: The Man With The Golden Gun
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Bangkok traffic’s worse than Piccadilly
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 →
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Ohhh, a surprise! Hehehe
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 →
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Ours is the loneliest profession, Mr. Bond.
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 →
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Bond’s Golden Gun Anders violence is inappropriate
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 →
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Bond-less Pre-Title Sequences
Bond’s presence in the pre-title sequence is a defining attribute, which makes its absence in From Russia With Love, Live and Let Die, and The Man With the Golden Gun all the more interesting. While most openings deliver high-octane introductions… Read More →
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Character Spotlight: Clifton James as J.W. Pepper
Sheriff J.W. Pepper remains one of the most distinctive supporting characters of any Bond movie starting in Live and Let Die and continuing on without skipping a beat in The Man With The Golden Gun. He serves as both effective… Read More →
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You really do have a magnificent abdomen
Bond’s awkward compliment in The Man with the Golden Gun shows just how forced and uncomfortable he feels as he attempts to seduce the dancer, Saida. He immediately identifies her belly charm as the golden bullet linked to the murder… Read More →
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I always thought I loved animals
This exchange between Scaramanga and Bond in The Man with the Golden Gun is one of the movie’s more revealing and unsettling moments. Scaramanga recounts a childhood affection for animals, only to describe how that sentiment curdled after he witnessed… Read More →
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Jealous husbands, outraged chefs, humiliated tailors!
So here’s who M says would pay $1 million to have Bond killed in The Man With The Golden Gun, where he also mentions that the “list is endless.” Telling a double-oh that the “list is endless” is a harsh… Read More →
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It certainly gives you a new slant
This forced quip from The Man with the Golden Gun is Bond’s response to discovering MI6’s partially sunken ship headquarters in Hong Kong. Despite the hand-waving explanation that the slanted offices are “quite practical” due to real estate costs, there’s… Read More →
