GarnettTeenage The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.

Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Usamah Harvey The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

David Miles Near the end when Bond is chasing Herve Villechaize around the bedroom, Villechaize starts throwing wine bottles. Empty wine bottles.

cinemajesty Movie Review: "007: The Man With The Golden Gun" (1974)The Ninth Bond movie marks a turning point in the "007" movie series. Producers Albert R. Broccoli (1909-1996) and Harry Saltzman (1915-1994) about to go separate ways after the accelerated production period of "The Man With The Golden Gun" just 15 months after the "Live and Let Die" release, which builds on newly established "007" actor Roger Moore's convinving interpretation of the proper-shaping character of MI6-Spy James Bond in this beyond "Spectre" organized screenplay by Richard Maibaum (1909-1991) and Tom Mankiewicz (1942-2010), son to Academy-Award-Winning director Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909-1993) and actress Rose Stradner (1913-1958), following the leading character of Francisco Scaramanga, portrayed by actor Christopher Lee (1922-2015), who gives a decisive and demanding Bond Nemesis, which results into an uniquely-received pistol duel between Bond and Scaramanga in a mirror room, "Enter The Dragon"-reminding, interior location.Director Guy Hamilton, concluding his final picture for the "007" series, favors the narrow 1.85:1 aspect ratio over CinemaScope 2.35:1 in use since "Thunderball" (1965). Producers handed out the highest production budget by any James Bond movie to that day of estimated 13 Million U.S. Dollars, shooting on location in Thailand and China, which works for exotic-mood-sharing action sequences ranging from Karate hand-to-hand combat, a standard car chase to an accomplished river-boating pursuit scene.Bond is able to keep his freedom with out abduction in "The Man With The Golden Gun" by meeting Scaramanga on a gentleman-dining level, which leads to further encounters with two women. On the one side actress Maud Adams, the shy introverted beauty Andrea Andres at Scaramanga's side. On the other side also-Swedish actress Britt Ekland, who becomes Bond's witty and light-hearted blonde journalistic girl-friend, who cannot be compared on spy-engaging levels with former female appearance of chemistry-building actress Jane Seymour in "Live And Let Die" (1973).The Bond-girl character of Mary Goodnight becomes in continuity too innocent to enter any action of Scaramanga's showdown-bringing secret cove island, where suspenseful surprises flaten out in the picture's end, which seems to have another lavish up to 125 Minutes editorial, when the December-releasing Ninth Bond movie demanded another accelerated action-thriller as "Goldfinger" (1964) to present itself as a welcome alternative for also-releasing "The Godfather: Part II" (1974) directed by Francis Ford Coppola.© 2017 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)

Derekflint-726-995720 I should preface this by saying I've been a hard-core James Bond fan since my first viewing of GOLDFINGER on the big screen, back in 1964, at the tender age of 10. I've seen the Bond movies at their best, and then with this title in mind, definitely at their worst. I was in the Navy back in 1974, at the Great Lakes Naval training facility, and my buddy and I used to go into Chicago on the weekends. We'd go to the USO, where they would give us sandwiches and cokes, and sometimes free tickets to the movies. I saw that MWTGG was opening that Friday, and asked my buddy if he wanted to go see it. He never saw a James Bond movie in his life (!), and so I told him that he was in for the time of his life! Anyway to make a long story short, he was dazzled and had the time of his life, while I sat in my chair, cringing at what I was seeing on the screen and wondering, "what have they done to my James Bond?" I should add that I didn't badmouth the movie to my friend, since he had such a great time, but just wondered to myself, "is this the end of the series?"If I could express my feelings about MWTGG, I'd say that it was the closest a James Bond film came to be like one of Columbia's Dean Martin Matt Helm movies. I remember whenever a new 007 film premiered, it was like Christmas time! I sensed things were starting to go wrong when DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER came out. Production values were down, bits of slapstick humor we're starting to be thrown in and the writing just wasn't up to the previous standards. The Bond movies were starting to copy trends, instead of setting them, as the previous films had. LIVE AND LET DIE came out, and for some reason , which I can't explain, everything worked. Although, with the debut of Roger Moore, we were definitely seen a new kind of James Bond. The movie was a lot of fun, and the small bits of comedy were reigned in by the overall action and adventure. Followed up by GOLDEN GUN, however, and everything seemed to just spiral downward. I can't go into details, without a ton of spoilers, but we were seeing , what should have been a classic with the great Christopher Lee as the villain, a movie that, like all the other studios were churning out, a parody of the series, itself ! Fortunately, the excellent THE SPY WHO LOVED ME followed, and the series got back on track.

leplatypus It was a good surprise for me to discover that this Bond is set in Asia as those faraway locations are really a bit forgotten! Now that i have seen 5 of Moore movies (the other actors don't really interest me, especially grumpy Craig), i finally get the formula: while i expected the franchise to be realistic spy movies, i realize that they are not really serious, especially with Moore attitude! This fact accepted, this one is really interesting: The supporting characters are really original: Goodnight is funny and cute, Lee is great as an expert killer and the dwarf prefigures one of X-men greatest villain, Arcade! The plot, even if highly unbelievable is a change from the world evil. The movie has aged well because it smells good the 70s and we can see the change in those islands! For me, it's one of the best Bond ever and now i have only 2 left to watch: live and let die & Moonraker...