Tag: The Man With The Golden Gun

In The Man With The Golden Gun, Bond utters this idiom and crude play on words when he threatens Lazar (the craftsman behind Scaramanga’s distinctive gold ammunition) with a shot to the groin.  Despite his friendly demeanor, Lazar is never… Read More →

Bond’s remark to Goodnight after Scaramanga’s death in The Man With the Golden Gun remains a head-scratcher.  The duel itself carries genuine dramatic tension, yet the moment Scaramanga dies, the movie abruptly deflates into an anticlimactic reunion with the ditzy… Read More →

Although I have to respectfully disagree with Scaramanga’s assertion that the rock he gestures to is shaped like a mushroom (maybe a spoiled one?), I do love the scene in The Man with the Golden Gun where he explains his… Read More →

Sheriff J.W. Pepper is great comic relief in The Man With The Golden Gun.  He delivers this line with such hilarious conviction, all through his wide smile and chewing tobacco-filled lip.  It’s never a dull moment with him, and despite… Read More →

The karate school scene in The Man with the Golden Gun is sneakily one of the campiest moments in the entire film, and that’s saying something.  After Bond gets unceremoniously bonked on the head by Nick Nack, Hai Fat decides… Read More →

I’m not sure there’s another James Bond actor either past, present, or future who could deliver humor with the effortless charm of Roger Moore.  Case in point: the car chase scene in The Man with the Golden Gun, with Bond… Read More →

This is quite the Scaramanga quote from The Man With The Golden Gun.  Although rightfully egotistical, Scaramanga was a bit rushed in his thinking (overwhelmed with Bond’s presence?) and almost stammered in his conversation with Bond when he first visits… Read More →

In The Man With The Golden Gun, Scaramanga’s declares this after killing his business partner Hai Fat, showing that he won’t hesitate even killing his allies to advance his interests.  Ruthless! Read More →

Mary Goodnight from The Man With The Golden Gun has to be the most frustrating Bond girl (and maybe even any character in general) of all the Bond movies.  Any time she appears, you can anticipate an eyeroll for her… Read More →