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  Review by liam f ★★ 3

  it's not too often that you find a film that uses a third nipple as a plot device

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  Review by CJ Probst ★★★★ 3

  M here again. As you were. The Man with the Golden Gun continues the tradition of campy entertainment but uses a slightly different angle with its one on one format. They really throw a lot at you here and I think it makes for quite the enjoyable ride. With captivating, head to head performances from Moore and Lee, this ends up being another worthy entry into the series. What follows is my mission debriefing and I hope you enjoy.

  The Opening: It starts with the introduction of our villain, Francisco Scaramanga and the unnecessary attention drawn to his third nipple. His servant, Knick-Knack, shows a thug into Scaramanga’s duel arena. Hey! That’s the same thug from Diamonds Are Forever. They…

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  Review by Will Menaker ★★★ 5

  Bond keeps the world safe from solar power and the demonic, three-nippled hit man holding the reigns of "clean" energy. It's a disgrace that an updated Sheriff J.W. Pepper never made it into the Craig films.

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  Review by Mr. DuLac ★★★ 7

  Part of:
  Dr. No-vember or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bond Films

  A duel between titans... my golden gun against your Walther PPK.
  -Francisco Scaramanga

  The Man with the Golden Gun has a lot of "lasts" to it. It's based (roughly) on the last completed novel by Ian Fleming. It's the last Bond Film to be directed by Guy Hamilton who's contributions include what is considered the greatest 007 film in the franchise. The last film to be co-produced by Harry Saltzman making Cubby Broccoli soul caretaker of the franchise going forward. It also came dangerously close to being the last Bond Film period due to poor performance at the box office.

  That last part might…

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  Review by Calvin Dyson ★★★½ 6

  Of all the Bond films that came after his death, this is the one I’d most love to have know Ian Fleming’s opinion of.

  I’d give anything to see his long, aristocrat face as he sees a baby elephant shove Sheriff Pepper into a canal.

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  Review by Rafael "Parker!!" Jovine ★★★ 3

  Fuera de Serie: Bond, James Bond - The International Spy, The Icon & The Once Serial Women Beater

  In the third act, Bond, M and the rest of the team gather in this room where all the walls and doors are slanted, causing a sense of disorientation and sillyness. A good way to describe this movie would be by comparing it to this room. There's this flying car that looks like the prototype to F9's spaceship car (which indicates that the franchise has embraced the ridiculous spirit of Roger Moore's Bond) and there is a scene where Bond runs and jumps off a rickety bridge, flips in the air and a mickey mousing sound effect just drops.

  We have finally reached…

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  Review by Ethan Colburn ★★½ 2

  Wasted chance at a Christopher Lee Bond performance.

  God this movie is tired. Whatever I liked about Roger Moore in Live and Let Die is gone here, where he just feels like a figure head here. Where most Bond films feel like they have a memorable sequence or two, this one has no scene that pops out in particular and is mostly just a slog.

  Once again, Christopher Lee is the star. Not only does he out-act everyone, he’s captivating and genuinely scary. I wish they gave him more to work with.

  My least favorite Bond so far on this rewatch through the series.

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  Review by matt lynch ★★★

  Trivia: Once the production moved to Hong Kong, Christopher Lee, mired in gambling debt, successfully sold Hervé Villechaize to a local triad to pay off his marker.

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  Review by BananaPudding ★★★

  James Bond fans explaining how the main villain having a 3rd nipple is actually integral to the plot

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  Review by 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗧 𝗥𝗢𝗪 ℝ𝔼𝕍𝕀𝔼𝕎 ★★★½ 4

  For the first time in a while, it feels with The Man With The Golden Gun, that the franchise is back on steady footing. Not that there weren't great movies in the five years prior - on the contrary Mr. Bond, some of the very best - but they always felt like Eon testing the waters, unsure of what was the best approach, and lucking out from time to time.

  But The Man With The Golden Gun, combined with the previous years' Live and Let Die, feels like Eon have updated the template of what a Bond film should now be, and found even more success. It's a bit like Fleetwood Mac. You can't really compare the '60's work to…

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  Review by Deckk ★★★★ 4

  100-word review: Bond is sent after a stolen device that could solve the energy crisis, but also be used destructively. He's hindered by the titular golden gun wielder, elite assassin Scaramanga, who's got a bullet with James' name on it. Hard to believe this was directed by the same guy who did Diamonds Are Forever, because although The Man with the Golden Gun isn't much more sensical, it's a whole lot more streamlined. Satisfying Bond shenanigans, classic title song, droll comedy... if only they'd 'fix' Goodnight's character; how many more of these will end with Bond and 'his' girl drifting at sea.

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  Review by Lou (rhymes with wow!) ★★★★ 6

  Probably the Roger Moore movie that I watched the most growing up, which means it is nearly impossible for me to look at it detached from nostalgia. Sure, Bond might be more preoccupied with bedding women (and making quips) than with his mission, but I still think it is a fun spy adventure.

  Hong Kong/Asia is a wonderfully exotic setting and Francisco Scaramanga is one of the more noteworthy adversaries that our globetrotting spy has had to this date. Lee absolutely nails it as the world's most expensive, three-nippled assassin.

  I could have definitely done without the casual racism by the J.W. Pepper character though. That does sour the viewing experience a bit.

  Another entertaining Bond watch party with Michelle.