007 – The Man with the Golden Gun Review

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I am one of your hosts, TfJ and Mike. And joining

me as always is movie role Dan. Hello. Hello.

How are you? Hi. This one it's gonna be interesting.

I think buddy. I'm doing well. How are you? I'm

doing good it frightens me when you say that

because Every time Dan says that ladies and gentlemen

I know that you know I'm gonna be on one side

of the fence and he's gonna be on the other I

think it makes for interesting discussion sometimes.

Oh, no it completely does I For me I originally

saw this man I think I caught it on TV in the

early 90s, maybe when I was 10 or 11. Uh, 90,

91. Uh, I'd only caught bits and pieces of it.

And at that time as a kid, the only reason why

I even paid any attention to it was, look boss,

deplane, deplane. It was the only re like, I

did not know who Christopher Lee was. I would

not know who Christopher Lee is until a certain

space epic that we'll be getting to here in a

bit. You know, so I didn't really, as a kid watching

this, I didn't know what the hell it was. All

I knew was, you know, was the plane guy was in

it. What about you? When did you first see Golden

Gun? When I went back and we watched this, I

always assumed this is one I missed, but when

we watched it for what I thought was the first

time, I remembered a lot of it. I don't think

I watched it a lot as a kid, but I might have

caught it here and there. But I think the first

time that I really got to experience all the

greatness or lack thereof of a man with a golden

gun was earlier this year. It was the first real

experience I had with it. Wow. And again, I don't

think they're on there anymore, sadly. I think

the only thing that's on there is on Netflix

now is the 67 version of Casino Royale. Let me

look really quick. I don't think there's anything.

No, I just checked earlier this morning. They're

still not there. I know Netflix goes by rights

and contracts and everything else. Yeah, the

only thing that's on there is the 1967 version

of Casino Royale. Know they go by rights and

contracts and everything else, but I don't understand

if this is the 50th anniversary of bond We just

had another new big 50th DVD and blu -ray set

of these these all of these films released well

obviously up to sky you know obviously not not

including skyfall since it just came out, but

I don't understand why Netflix can't get with

MGM and Say hey Let us have these because I remember

a few About six months ago gold and I was on

there tomorrow dies was on there man with the

golden gun was on there Oh, you know a good majority

of them were on Netflix, and I don't understand

why they're not now I you know I think they expired

in the end of October I could be wrong, but yeah,

they were on there for a very long time, but

I It would be the perfect time and be good marketing

for them be like hey look even you want to catch

up with bond This is the perfect time And even

when they were on there, they didn't really do

much. They didn't stay on there long. I remember

I put Goldeneye in my queue. And then a week

later, it said expires on and gave a date of

when it was going to expire. I'm like, oh, OK.

Well, I'll remove that now. There's no sense

in keeping it in my queue. Luckily enough for

myself. My wife was nice enough to get me the

the blu -ray set for my birthday So I was able

to rewatch a lot of these movies But it would

be or even like another even Amazon or something

else to kind of capture this time period a lot

of people are having Well iTunes did it I mean,

you know iTunes has them all whether it's and

I love what iTunes is done They have you can

either rent them individually, which is what

I'm doing for the most part or you can buy them

individually. Whether in standard definition

or HD, they have HD rentals and SD rentals plus

HD buy and SD buy. But what they've also done

with the main core actors that have done multiples,

like Connery, like Moore, like Brosnan, like

Dalton, they have bundles on there. And specifically

for me, Pierce Brosnan, his bundle for his four

films is 20 bucks for standard definition for

all four of his films. Now, if you go into each

individual one of those films and look at it,

the regular standard definition price is $9 .99

per film. Four films, that's 40 bucks plus tax.

I would rather pay 20 bucks plus tax for four

films than 40 bucks plus tax. But yeah, I mean,

I don't understand why the online medias are

not outside of iTunes, is not embracing the fact

that this is the 50th anniversary of Bond, and

hey, let's have a contract to be able to get

these films out to more people. Yeah, I mean,

the whole streaming licensing thing is still

really murky. I think people really haven't figured

out an answer to it yet. I think with Amazon,

you can rent them. But I don't think they're

free streaming for Prime members. But yeah, I

think this is a perfect example of why they need

to figure out how this whole streaming process

is going to work, because that's where movies

are going. So they've got to figure out a way

to get them. It seems like Moronic or they're

really missing out. And if you think they would

be like, OK, we'll pay the money, because in

the long run, I think it will bring a lot of

people to our program or to our streaming site

if they can have the opportunity. for this franchise

because Bond is huge. There are so many Bond

fans and many of them may not even own the movies,

but if they know that they can watch them in

your streaming service, well, maybe they'll join.

So it's a huge missed opportunity. So as I said

before, we're going to be talking about 1974's

The Man with the Golden Gun, and we're going

to head it over to JT for just the facts. As

the film opens, we are introduced to Francisco

Scaramonga, an assassin for hire, as he engages

in a life or death duel with a gangster who has

come to his private island to kill him. It's

revealed that if the butler Knick Knack can find

someone to kill his employer, he will inherit

all of Scaramonga's wealth. After looting the

would -be hitman, Scaramonga locates his signature

weapon, a gold -plated single shot pistol, and

shoots shoots the man dead. As Knick Knack jokes

with his boss about how he might someday find

someone to kill him, Scaramonga examines the

gangster's gun and then uses it to shoot the

fingers off a wax dummy of James Bond. In London,

it seems that Bond has been targeted by Scaramonga

based on the fact that a golden bullet with his

service number has been delivered to MI6. M asks

Bond if he has ever heard of the assassin, and

Bond relates what he knows, which includes the

fact that he charges a million dollars per hit

and that he only uses golden bullets as ammo.

Bon also learns that Scaramonga was responsible

for the death of a fellow 00 agent, and he travels

to the agent's last posting to retrieve the bullet

that killed him. Bon takes the bullet back to

Q, who discovers the bullets are made by a rogue

armorer named Lazar. 007 then goes to question

Lazar, who says that Scaramonga is put in an

order for more bullets. Bon then goes with Lazar

to drop the new bullets off of Scaramonga's lover

Andrea Anders, and he follows her back to Hong

Kong, where he is met by Mary Goodnight, another

MI6 agent. Bon tracks Anders to a local hotel

and goes there to question her about Scaramanga's

location, learning that he will be at a local

exotic dancers club that evening. While Bon is

checking the club out, Scaramanga kills another

man as he leaves the club, and Bon is told by

Em that the man who was killed is a scientist

who developed a device called the Solex Agitator

which can turn solar power into electricity.

The device had been stolen by Scaramonga for

his employer, a criminal kingpin named High Fat,

and knowing that Scaramonga was hired through

middlemen, Bon goes to High Fat's home and pretends

to be Scaramonga in order to meet with him. After

being invited back that evening for dinner, Bon

leaves and we find that Scaramonga was there

the whole time, having already met High Fat face

to face. When Bond returns that evening, he is

ambushed by Nick Nick and rendered unconscious.

Hi -Fat sends Bond to a nearby martial arts dojo

where it's expected he'll be beaten to death.

However, after engaging in a brief martial arts

battle with some of the students, Bond escapes

with the help of Lieutenant Hip, a local contact.

Hi -Fat berates Garamonga for his failure to

kill 007, and then the assassin coolly shoots

Hi -Fat with his golden gun, taking over Hi -Fat's

operation. Later on, while romancing Agent Goodnight,

Andrew Anders arrives at Bond's hotel, and after

he hides Goodnight in the closet, he questions

Anders. She admits to sending the bullet to MI6

to get his attention, and that she wants Scaramonga

dead, asking 007 to kill him. Bond agrees, but

only if she can get the Solex device back for

him. And then he sleeps with her, because it's

Bond. The next day, Bond goes to a kickboxing

match to meet with Anders, only to find her dead

in her seat. Scaramonga then introduces himself

and admits to killing Anders for her betrayal.

Bond tries to make a move, but sees Knick Knack

has him covered with a tiny pistol. Scaramonga

monologues about his life, while Bond covertly

passes the Solex to Lieutenant Hip after it falls

out of Anders' purse. Hip then passes the Solex

off to Goodnight outside, but she is taken hostage

when Scaramonga leaves. Bond pursues Scaramonga,

but he escapes when his car transforms into a

plane and flies away. Realizing that Goodnight

had planted a tracker on the car, Bond tracks

the signal to Scaramonga's island. When he lands,

he is met by Knick Knack, who takes him to his

boss, and the well -mannered assassin gives Bon

a tour of his home and the compound underneath.

Square Manga even shows him that he's developed

tech that, when used in concert with a Solex

device, he can channel the power of the sun into

a deadly laser beam, which he demonstrates by

blowing up Bon's plane. Scaramonga boasts to

Bond that he plans to sell the tech to the highest

bidder after he duels with Bond to see who is

the better shot. The two engage in a deadly game

of cat and mouse which leads into a funhouse

in Scaramonga's home where Nick Nick activates

various tricks and traps to distract both men.

Bond eventually takes the place of his wax dummy

and shoots Scaramonga dead when he enters the

room. And while all this is going on, Agent Goodnight

escapes from a guard after she knocks him into

a tank of liquid nitrogen. However, this causes

an overload in the power plant of Scaramonga's

island and it begins destroying the island. After

locating Goodnight, Bond retrieves the Solix

from the laser weapon before they escape the

island on Scaramonga's personal junk. Knick Knack

shows up on the boat and tries to kill Bond for

cheating him out of his payday, and after a surprisingly

vicious fight, Bond traps the vertically -challenged

henchman in a cage up on the deck, and then ignores

a call from M as he and Goodnight get down to

business, ending the film. Opening during the

Christmas season of 1974, The Man with the Golden

Gun would be the last film directed by Guy Hamilton,

his fifth in the 007 series. The film starred

Roger Moore as 007, Sir Christopher Lee as the

titular villain scare in manga, Britt Eklund

and Maude Adams as the film's Bond girls Mary

Goodnight and Andrea Anders, Sun -Tek Oh as Lieutenant

Hip, and direct from fantasy island Hervé Villachez

as the miniscule malcontent Knick Knack. The

film, budgeted for only $7 million, went on to

make almost $100 million at the box office during

its run, and would generate mostly negative reviews

amongst the critics of the day. Derek Malcolm

of The Guardians said the film suffered from

a weak plot, The Lippist of the Lot were his

exact words, but he did enjoy the performances

of Christopher Lee and Brit Eklund in their respective

roles. Critic for The Observer, Tom Milne, was

even more critical of the film, saying that the

series must have been scraping the bottom of

the barrel with this movie. However, Norris Sayre

of the New York Times did praise the performances

of Lee and Villaches, saying that their sinister

vitality is what cuts through the doughy script.

Modern critics aren't any fonder of the film

considering its current 46 % rating on Rotten

Tomatoes. Most modern reviews of the film criticize

the same flaws, those being the so -so action

of the script and the need to borrow elements

from the popular kung fu movies of the day. Now,

did you know that Sir Christopher Lee was not

the first choice for Scare Manga? Actually, Hollywood

badass Jack Palance was the first one sought

for the role, but he eventually turned it down.

It then went to Lee, who was not only Ian Fleming's

cousin, but he was also looked at for the role

of Dr. No in the very first Bond film. And this

was not the only time Christopher Lee would play

Scare Manga, as he would reprise the role in

the video game Golden Eye Rogue Agent in 2004,

providing his voice and likeness. and the Golden

Gun of Scaramonger would go on to become a staple

of Bond video games, most often as a one -shot

kill -achiever. The Man with the Golden Gun was

also the only film to feature Mary Goodnight,

who in the novels was Bond's Gal Friday, who

helped him out in his missions. The book the

film is based on was also the last novel Ian

Fleming completed before his death in 1964, and

the title track of the movie, The Man with the

Golden Gun, was sung by Scottish singer -actress

Lulu, who also sang the theme song of To Serve

with Love in 1967. The Man with the Golden Gun

is an okay Bond film in my opinion. It's not

without its flaws, and that includes bringing

back the redneck sheriff from Live and Let Die.

But it's a lot of fun if you can get past that

and enjoy the ride. Especially the delightful

villainy of Scaramonga and Knick Knack. The plane

boss, the plane! Sorry, had to be said. This

has been Just the Facts for Man with the Golden

Gun. I'm JT from Saskatoon, signing off. Thank

you once again, JT, for... Giving us the plot

on the man with the golden gun I Don't I Don't

get this is probably James Bond in a Western

Yeah, there are some Western elements in this

for sure almost like James Bond in a Western

or the West world, you know that old Michael

Can they give his name that old with the old

Brenner that old classic sci -fi film? but it's

very similar with the crazy funhouse and how

that movie played out was kind of the Combining

that with the Western. I think James Bond is

very in the man with the golden gun. It's very

similar Yeah, and I mean let you know like JT

laid out in the plot. I mean really it's To control

the Sun really that's That's the like, okay.

You know, this is the ninth. This is the ninth

film, right? Yeah, yeah. Ninth spy film James

Bond. Yeah, this is the ninth film in the series.

This is the, you know, however many that we've

covered so far to this point. And I've said this

before. I don't know what it is about expecting

more writing or more something more elaborate

than, oh, Dr. No, a nuclear war plot. Okay, Goldfinger,

that was a little different. That was a slight

switcheroo for what we originally thought it

was going to be. You take Live and Let Die, a

heroin plot, really? Yeah. Bond is never really

the bond films in a way They there's always this

crazy, especially with more this crazy scheme

to try to take over the world It's almost like

pinky in the brain esque in a way It's like every

time it's there's a new plot to take over the

world or do something or you know try to poison

the water supply or make millions of dollars

by radiating all the gold in Fort Knox and Not

until I think even Brosnan I think they get a

little more realistic than they go crazy, but

I think not until recently I think the plots

have always been kind of crazy and You kind of

just kind of you know alright. It's a Bond movie

It's what you expect, but sometimes that they

are really out there and kind of pointless I

think this is kind of one of them honestly if

they took out the whole If they just made scaramanga

to be an assassin for hire plot And made this

movie an assassin for high like like his his

shtick is he is the Mascara manga is the man

with the golden gun Yeah, you know what I mean,

so if they took out the whole solar thing and

again, it reminds me of But Megatron What is

your solar needle going to do out here in the

desk? You know, it reminds me of the G1 episode

when Megatron has one of his Decepticons build

a solar needle to control the sun's energy. And

it just doesn't... It doesn't feel very evil

at the begin with. It's like, wait... No, I mean...

The evilest, if I can even say that as a word,

the evilest that it feels is more so in Scaramonga

killing off these people. Yeah. You know, and

everything else. Like I said, if it was like,

you know, make it... a James Bond hitman movie.

Yeah, or just make it like a mouse game between

Scaramonga and Bond. And I don't think you need

more than that. I think for some reason, they

always feel they need to have this huge scope

or these huge stakes. And I think a simple personal

story between Scaramonga trying to take out like

the ultimate assassin and Bond, that would have

been a million times better movie. But they keep

trying to go away from that. And I never really

understood why. Yeah, to break down the cast

in this of course you got Roger Moore back his

second outing is Bond He would be bond for seven

times from Liv and Len die through a view to

a kill I don't know if it's the movie more so

than it is Moore's performance, but this is probably

my favorite Roger Moore film from his era as

Bond simply because When I rewatched this on

Netflix before they took it away again, I hadn't

seen this since I was a kid. And as a kid, I

only saw brief scenes of it. I don't remember

seeing the whole movie as a kid. Watching this

for the first time... just made me think of how

the olden days of cinema was done, the olden

days of mystery filmmaking is done, because I

had no idea what was coming next. Like, start

to finish, you know, starting off the film with

the guy going in there and, you know, scaramonga,

you know, hunting him and knick -knack using

all the little buttons and gadgets and blah -bitty

-blah and all that. I honestly did not know what

was gonna come next at all. Yeah, I guess I wouldn't

disagree with that. I do agree that they kind

of Make this plot of scaremonger or like what

actually is happening more in the dark because

the entire time you assume That bond or that

scaremonger is out to get bond, but that's not

really the case and right in a way Like I mentioned,

I think that was a wrong wrong choice to make

I don't think we needed that mystery, but I could

understand enjoying it but I I like you I've

assumed certain Things that skirmanga was simply

going to try to assassinate bond, but then there's

really not That's not the case and we find that

out as we go. So they did do a good job of kind

of keeping us in the dark But personally, I would

have enjoyed them not go to the direction that

they did but we'll get into that more. Yeah I

had no idea that Christopher Lee was Ian Fleming's

cousin regular golf partner No, I had no idea

either honestly that was a very big surprise

to me. I did know like they mentioned When I

was going back and kind of going through the

history of bond that he was in talks of or Ian

Fleming thought he would make a good bond But

I never realized that they were cousins. That's

a nice little bit of trivia there You also have

Britt Eklund as Mary Goodnight I guess this is

okay, you know, honey rider fine Who else pussy

galore? So, you know obvious like solitaire and

yeah solitaire you know, but you know, I guess

that kind of continues the name of You know bond

girls that are just kind of not necessarily jokes,

but you know little little jabs at different

things. I liked her, I thought it was interesting.

This would be the first appearance though that

she's his assistant or another MI6 agent or agent

in training or something, right? Yeah, I guess

in the books her character is found more often,

but this is the first time she was in the movies

as like this kind of up -and -coming, you know,

agent that's falling bond around like a puppy

dog. And apparently at one time the actress was

married to Peter Sellers. Yeah the same guy that

I think didn't I think he was married to The

girl from splash I forget but yeah, he's he's

been a very lucky man for sure. Yes Then you've

got Maud Adams as Andrea Anders scaremongers

mistress I don't know how I feel about the whole

multiple bond like okay two bond girls is fine,

but more than two it just it's kind of like Oh

man, what was that one that they had? There is

one film, it might be coming up, where they have

like three different Bond girls. Okay, I can

see maybe like a pre -titled sequence of him

Bond doing something with a woman and then just

saying, well, gotta go, gotta go save the world

or gotta go export some stuff or whatever. I

can see that, Nick, it's kind of a throwaway.

But I find it rather strange and rather kind

of off -putting where Okay, Bond Girls, they

have an amazing legacy, but you have to, like,

pick the ones you like, you know what I mean?

You know, and of course it varies from film to

film, but it's like... Bond Girls to me are like

having too many... Depending on how many there

are it's like too many villains in spider -man

3. Yeah, you know what I mean? It's like it's

so distracting sometimes, you know, you take

um, oh Well from russia with love that I've had

a lot of bond girls in it that yeah You're thinking

of because they had you know, they had the girl

in the beginning They had the girls and in simple

where he's kind of had to maybe the first threesome

on scene And then they had the girl from russia.

So yeah, they're yeah Usually if they go above

two it gets kind of unnecessary typical bond

rule is the first bond girl that bond sleep with

sleeps with she dies and You want to be the second

girl and when they go beyond that it kind of

gets unnecessary But especially with Roger Moore

and it just it's odd seeing him trying to you

know Pick up any chicks let alone multiple ones

We will be getting into that here in a in a couple

of minutes But no, I mean it's like, you know

perfect set up and again, I will bring this up

when we get to the my my era is that Bun is at

Oxford Brushing up on a little Danish. That's

that's a perfect like Okay, that's a hot chick.

That's great. Yep you move past the pre -title

sequence or whatever else and you or whatever

it is i forget i i know gold nine like the back

of my hand but i forget exactly when that happens

but you but you see what i'm saying it's like

they'll take one pretty actress and put her with

bond and whether she dies or not what you know

depending on the plot of the film You know as

long as you start out that way that's fine And

then you you know you go somewhere else and do

something else with a different one I don't mind

the one -off bond girls, but the fact that like

oh What is it? I think it's coming up when we'll

talk about a view to a kill more as last one

There's like three or four or five different

bond girls in that film so weird Let's see, uh,

you also have uh, richard lu as high fat The

thigh millionaire industrialist who is employing

scaramanga to assassinate the inventor of the

solex I always thought it was like the sole solex

was sounded like a Rolex for like uh soul music

or something like that. It was our brand Yeah,

it was it was a odd choice. I guess, you know

solar power and I guess one thing we should consider

during this time is this the energy crisis is

going on right now. So energy and solar energy

is a big thing because the lack of gas and whatnot.

But I think that's kind of the reason they threw

it in this movie. But they probably would have

been better if they just left it out. This was

the first time that I saw Sheriff Peppa, because

I actually saw this film before I watched. Live

and Let Die, and I absolutely loved it. I thought

it was so great. Especially going back now and

watching Live and Let Die and then watching this,

the continuity for the character from film to

film. I really, really enjoyed it. I am very

glad that you enjoyed Pepper. That's all I'm

going to say. You don't like it. We know. You've

got, of course, Bernard Lee's back as M. Of course,

Desmond Llewellyn is Q. The seventh of 17 Bond

films in which Llewellyn appeared. He appeared

in more Bond films than any other actor. Worked

with the first five James Bond actors. Anything

else you want to say about the cast? No, like

we, I guess the only thing was we kind of see

them trying to replace Miss Moneypenny. Now we've

decided that relationship between Bond and Moneypenny,

that flirtation relationship, and then they kind

of throw in. secretary in this and it's an odd

I get understand what they're doing it because

you know that actress is definitely getting up

there in age they kind of want to throw some

youth in there but that's actually a character

they end up never using again so it was just

something strange for this one movie that a secretary

would have a secretary but you know what are

you gonna do yeah that was a little weird Overall

I love I love the music in this I love the theme

song theme song is so awesome I do I enjoy it

as well. The lyrics are kind of funny. They're

very suggestive and they're not holding anything

back I mean the opening title sequence is I mean

like we get it We understand what a gun supposed

to stand for they make it pretty evident in multiple

occasions of you know The phallic symbol of the

gun, but I do I like this song too, honestly

It's just it's I don't know. I just I really

like the title sequence. I love the fact that

they I don't think it's a gloss effect. It's

more of a wash over a water effect because I

was Having such a hard time screen capping the

title for the banner for the fruit for the post

But because you because it it it washes over

so the title comes on and you have the golden

gun there But the title washes out as the effect

continues through it, so it's like, crap. But

I really love the song. I love the opening title

sequence. I thought that was great. And again,

it goes to my point of this should have just

been James Bond versus Scaramanga. Take away

the whole Solex thing. The solar energy plot

MacGuffin is just so, I mean, that's like throwing

in a red herring into something that doesn't

need a red herring into it. No, it really doesn't.

It's completely not necessary. It doesn't really

have a point to it. It's not something that I

think we're ever worried about, or it seems out

of character for Scare Manga too. It doesn't

seem like it'd be something he would really be

interested in considering what he's known for,

and he's this million -dollar assassin. Really,

why would he get into this energy crisis business

as well? it's an odd choice for sure yeah and

i now know where the um the third nipple joke

in mall rats comes from or in uh friends with

uh chandler and the nubbin yeah all right so

highlights on this um honestly i like everything

about it there i didn't i didn't see too many

Like last week when we talked about live and

let die that movie dragged on this one was like

punch after punch after punch And it just it

moved along very well the pacing on it was very

well. I thought And and again it brought me into

what a true mystery movie is not just a bond

spy film but just an overall movie mystery of

You know what's gonna happen next? I love all

the different parts with knick -knack and Nick

Nag is so Nag is so funny because he's he's everywhere

little dudes everywhere Yeah, he's definitely

highly for sure You know and and the whole thing

with why like We never actually like okay again.

I'm gonna say if you took the solar part out

about this, maybe James Bond killed Scaramanga's

former wife, or maybe... Well, obviously, James

slept with his mistress, you know, so I could

see Scaramanga wanting to assassinate James for

that, but if they had made it more about the

two of them and took out the, ooh, I need to

conquer the world by using solar energy to destroy

stuff, you know, I need a giant frickin' laser

beam over here. You know what I mean? It's one

of those things where... Like the plot but at

the same time there are certain things. I just

don't think should have been there What about

you? What are some highlights for you on this

one? Um, you mentioned knickknack in scare manga

I think there are two great characters enough

in the film. I love Christopher Lee's performance

I love the relationship of scare manga and knickknack

like how the knickknack is always trying to find

a way to kill scare manga to take all all his

Island and take control. I and I love how knickknack

is Honestly, like not a joke. He's almost he's

just as big of a threat as all their characters

and how he hides and he uses his height and How

people will you know not take him seriously to

his advantage? And he he gets the best the bond

is he's hiding as just like statue and knocks

him out with a little trident But yeah, I love

knick -knack. He's a lot of fun Lee is the ultimate

villain actor if you want to get someone to play

a villain and play like the anti -bond Christopher

Lee is the perfect person for that. Oh, yeah

And again, like I said the intro to the podcast

up until Attack of the bones. Oh, I'm sorry.

I mean attack of the clones Star Wars episode

2 I did not know who guy like Because as a kid

I like I said, I saw this film, but I didn't

like I didn't like connect stuff I didn't I didn't

put two and two together until i saw star wars

episode to take a close there is like well my

god it's christopher lee oh my god oh my god

he was in this he was in this he was in this

i'd put two two together but going back and watching

this film i want to see a young christopher lee

with a lightsaber in his hand i know it's not

gonna happen but uh... but yeah i mean he he

is the you know that The the actor to get you

know as you said for four villain roles if you

really look at knick -knack Knick -knack without

the solar plot knick -knack is is the villain

of this episode or not not episode But is the

villain of this movie because in the end he essentially

double -crosses scar manga He's like with you

gone. This will all be mine. Yeah, you know I

think he's trying it's almost like You wonder

though if they're being serious it's own it was

just like this interplay they have with one another

like he wants to kill him but he really doesn't

and he's kind of uh He if he does kill him then

he has nothing. He has nothing. He has no idea

what he'll do if that actually happens It's more

like he enjoys the chase and not where the chase

would lead him Right. Yeah Um, did you have anything

you obviously you probably have stuff you don't

like about the film. I really I didn't find anything

that I that I didn't find any moments that would

be like that makes no sense to me or that I don't

know I just and it wasn't even me going off nostalgia

as I've said multiple times I only saw this when

I was like you know 10 or 11 I don't remember

it that well and I only saw it in full from beginning

to end like two weeks before we recorded this

show so When I watched it, I was thoroughly enjoying

it. So I don't know. What are some of the bad

points that you or other people may not like

about it? For one, we talked about it with how

the plot's very convoluted. And you mentioned

how it went very fast for you. I guess having

that plot that was unnecessary made things slow

down and made everything linger for me. And I

did get bored at times, so I was kind of waiting

for things to happen. And I think a big reason

why When I always wondered like why do I like

this and not like live and let die because if

you look at the two or sorry Why did why don't

I like this and why do I like live and let die

because you look at the two? They're very similar

in a lot of ways I think the reason why when

it comes down to it is I just don't have fun

with this I don't the highs aren't that high

I think the humor and this really hurts the action

and doesn't enhance it. The perfect example of

this is the awesome car car Corkscrew stunt where

they get the car and they go through the jump

and they lands it and really happening. It's

a real thing It's not computer -generated. It's

not a model but then they put in that whistle

sound and it completely completely ruins that

moment because then that moment becomes what

you remember and not the crazy stunt it becomes

cartoonish and not something to admire and I

thought that was the perfect example of how I

felt about the action almost throughout the entire

movie Think that's kind of why I didn't have

as much fun with it. Also it has two personally

two of the worst Bond characters ever. I really

can't stand Bert Eklund as Mary. Good night.

I find her character annoying I find her joke

to get old very quickly. I get it She's a ditzy

blonde that gets in more trouble than she's more

harm than good. I just found it very I mean I

get it and it was a joke that was Repeated and

unnecessary and she was more of an adherence

to bond and like it make it then and an advantage

Most of the plot most of what happens in this

is because of her Like I would have stopped and

carry carried about scare manga if it wasn't

the fact that you know good night gets stuck

in her or gets stuck in the car and So yeah,

I can't stand here and I also and this I talked

about this and last episode was live and let

die Sergeant pepper. I he just not my cup of

tea. I just find him unnecessary. I feel like

he I don't know. He's too much at times He wasn't

too bad and live and let die. He had his moments

in this he kind of amps it up But what's interesting

about this is they were shooting this before

Live and Let Die came out. And they assumed,

I think, that Pepper would be a huge hit. And

he ended up not being. And I think that's why

they kind of carried him through. But I didn't

realize this when watching it that they filmed

this movie before Live and Let Die was even released

for most people. So this was really rushed. This

kind of went through really quickly. Yeah. Honestly

what I didn't I thought more was really good

in this I thought he was more comfortable and

even though this was a fresh production I never

really noticed it throughout and then Why I love

the final duel between bond and scaramonga the

climax after that was superfluous and unnecessary

because it goes back to that lackluster plot

of the Soul X of them trying not to have this

island explode and just Once their manga dies.

I think the movie should have ended. It wasn't

necessary. So no, yeah, I will agree with that

because it's like You know, good night. How did

you dispatch the guard? Oh, well, I dropped him

over the edge or I knocked him over the edge

and he fell into that that Can't you read a sign?

Good night. It says zero, you know, and then

the whole island explodes like yeah Yeah, I will

agree that that you know now that you point that

out. It should have like It should have it should

have been a cutscene to the point of okay. Scaramonga

is dead knickknack is on the island if it explodes

it explodes fine whatever knickknack's not gonna

you know knickknack's not gonna do anything knickknack

does you know even though knickknack knows how

to work the machinery he doesn't knickknack isn't

one of those characters that has the the global

domination you know g you know not gene but like

thoughts in him um and i agree if you had you

know ended it with scaramanga dying and like

maybe cut to one of the classic James Bond sex

scenes or something like that with Good Night

or whatever else and just ended the film that

way, it would have been a lot better. Yeah, and

two, I think. With Good Night and Roger Moore,

they them together just felt creepy to me. I

just a lot of it's Roger Moore's age, but it

just felt like I don't I think this is statutory

rape. I don't know for sure, but this does not

feel right. But yeah, it. Think I would have

preferred if they did with knickknack what they

end up doing with jaws and at the end of Spy

I love me and moon record where they kind of

carry him over and kind of have him switch to

the other side I think that'd be kind of cool.

They kept knickknack around I think he's a character

that could have worked throughout and I would

have loved to see him again But yeah, he's what

he's one of the few henchmen that doesn't die,

but we never see him again Yep So alright, I

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on man with the golden gun sir when I walk out

or when after I'm watching the man with a golden

gun It's not move. It's not a movie. I hate it's

not a movie. I just like it's one I'm more indifferent

towards I love the villains. I think there's

some good parts to it, but I think it could have

been a lot better if they just tweaked a few

things. I know a lot of people love this movie.

Some people hate it. I kind of fall in between.

I don't think it's bad. I don't think it's great.

It's one I think you should watch. I think there's

some, just for Christopher Lee, knick -knack

alone. But yeah, it's kind of where I fall right

in between in this one. I'll be watching it again

recently. I really enjoyed it. As I've said multiple

times in this episode, I did not know what was

going to happen next and I thought this not only

lent itself to a good Bond, you know, Bond spy

film, it also lends to a just general movie mystery,

you know, film type of mystery film. I do agree

that the whole solar thing could have been thrown

out and it would have been a lot better. So yeah,

I like this one. It's probably... I have so many

problems with another one that I like that we'll

be getting to, but I would have to say out of

all of Roger Moore's, this and the next week's

episode that we get to are probably my two favorites

with a third one coming in there at the end,

but I don't know. Out of the ones that I've watched

for Roger Moore, this one so far is my favorite.

Possibly I'm gonna have to go back and watch

the other Roger Moore movies that we are not

covering here in Shaken Not Stored. I don't know.

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