18. The Man With The Golden Gun
Another controversial placing, but bar a fantastic villain, its all a bit too stupid for me. Not, Moores films arent known for their subtlety, but for the most part they are very enjoyable, but this is too generic to stand out and too weird to be fun (if that makes sense). Its got a crap henchman and a really crap bond girl. And for the most part, if you take away Christopher Lee and his third nipple, the eponymous weapon, and the psychedelic madhouse (I understand villains like Blofeld having evil secret bases, but I seriously question Scaramangas life choices), what can you really remember? Exciting set pieces? Killer lines? Engaging character development? Funky gadgets? Erm all I recall is the EON team wasting the opportunity to shoot in a beautiful part of the world (it was done much better in Tomorrow Never Dies and Skyfall) and cashing in on the Kung Fu craze of the time. Basically, it tries to be Live and Let Die and only Christopher Lee really stops it being a waste of a couple of hours. Oh, and it has a very stupid opening- almost as stupid as A View To A Kills. On Her Majestys Secret Service and Live and Let Die do the whole surreal thing in a more interesting way. And, like A View To A Kill, whilst I used to love Lulus opening theme, it has really become very grating as I have got older. And J.W. Pepper is a character I used to love as a kid, but his extended cameo make him even worse than the first time around- one of the franchises worst characters, up there with Woody Allens Jimmy Bond
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