Aah, those were the days. When even the weakest entry to the Bond canon to date was still 'watchable and entertaining'. How times have changed.

"It's like a Carry On film but with more laughs" oh that made me laugh! What a slice that one was.

It may not have been the best Bond movie, but damn, it had the best Bond villain. Can you believe that Scaramanga in the book was originally a big burly guy with curly ginger hair? Think they went the right way with Christopher Lee. He's like the 'Anti-Bond,' a perfect foil for Bond.

After seeing Hervé Villechaize, I am sure that island is Fantasy Island and Scaramanga is just living out his fantasy.

I'll never understand why this movie gets so much criticism. It has the best Bond villain ever in Scaramanga, I mean, how do you get better than Christopher Lee? You don't. I'll always go to bat for this movie, it rocks.

Finding the Golden Gun while playing multiplayer on Goldeneye 64 was as good as Total Recalls version of the third nipple. I love Christoper Lee.

This was the first Bond film I ever saw (I was around 11). It was also one of the last I saw for many years. However, I was always impressed with the corkscrew jump. Moreso when I learned that it was the first stunt ever to be modelled/simulated on a computer before being constructed and performed.

The pronto/quick-smart shtick got me good.

Did you know R. Cubby Broccoli created the vegetable broccoli by crossing a cauliflower with a lettuce and named it after himself.

Another fine review, although I'm disappointed you didn't include a Wicker Man reference with both Christopher Lee and Britt Ekland on hand.

Honestly, for all the movie's faults, Scaramanga's little base is probably my favourite Bond villain lair. ...all it really needs are some magnetic rollercoasters I also loved the idea that the villain is a fan of Bond, and almost a stalker -- and the dorky way he shows off his lair and his plans as if he's looking for approval.

maybe a bad bond film, but when I was a kid this had such huge impact on me for 3 things: one: maud adams, two: maud adams, three:scaramanga's flying car

I really like your reviews SF

Not quite one of the better Bond movies, but certainly had the best villain. I love Scaramanga. He's an anti-Bond, sharing the same skill and whatnot, only he's bad, like 006. He actually could've got Bond a couple times in the movie, but plot armor stopped him. But his weapon, the Golden Gun, that thing was DESIGNED to kill. I have fond memories of using it in Goldeneye 007 along with the gun that crossed Bond and Scaramanga's guns into one: the Gold PP7. But what so many people don't realize is that the Golden Gun was originally a gold .45 revolver in the novel, plus Scaramanga also had a non-instant kill golden derringer as a backup. The DY357-LX in Perfect Dark is the nearest we can experience to the novel Scaramanga.

When I first watched this I half expected it to have a wicked badass sound effect and maybe a small yet brilliant asymmetrical muzzle flash

I thought Moonraker was worse than TMWTGG. I liked it. Completely agree on Christopher Lee. He’s the glue in the film. They’re all mindless froth, IMHO.

The film is still better than the book. Strangely this is the case with many Bond films. Nothing wrong with MWTGG. Solid Bond movie. It's got Christopher Lee, it's got Thailand and it's got a wacky fun house of death. I love it.

I enjoyed this film.

Roger Moore was a bit hit and miss for me, he was 45 when he made this movie and by the time he did View to a Kill he was in his late 50's and it's not like a had an action stars physique, so I think it was harder to pull off, but he did bring a certain charm to the role.

you should do the Thomas crown affairs

Alice Cooper wrote a song called Man With the Golden Gun superior to Lulus IMHO

You can Imagine Roger Moore attended Eton unlike Sean Connery .I think this film is underrated and probably more entertaining than so called classics like Doctor No, Russia With Love and Thunderball .

This movie was the one that had the most going for it but it utterly failed to connect any of it in execution. Since there was no grand villain scheme, just a location where Scaramanga would fight Bond, the movie is just wasting time until it could get Bond there. INSTEAD of that, it should have been a worldwide cat and mouse game.... or at the very least, entirely The Most Dangerous Bond.

HE'S GOT A POWERFUL WEAPOOOOON!

2:11 You spelled his name wrong, it is Soon-tek Oh.

...and Miss Goodnight was the woman with the golden hair.

Scaramanga, did you MacGiver that?

Britt Eklund is always great despite not being given much material to work with other than T&A.

Francisco " Paco " Scaramanga : President of the Bond Fan Boy Club .

A "TV movie" would not have had that bit of shirtless and skin scenes, as it does in this entry (which sought to capitalise on the mainstreaming of porn trend at the time). In the early '70s, "Cubby" and Harry alternated in producing the films, i.e. the former did for #7 and this, and Harry for LALD (though both shared formal screen credits as producers for all three).

This video was hilarious.

Despite Guy Hamilton's seeming determination to make a Bond film that's even worse than Diamonds Are Forever, he made the fatal mistake of casting Christopher Lee, who unfortunately elevated it to the second-worst spot.

Now this Bond movie I see on every ones worst..its not bad as every one makes it out to be

This is one of the most frustrating movies I’ve ever watched. This should’ve been an awesome serious Bond movie that is bogged down by it’s more silly antics that just makes it too annoying to enjoy.

The Only thing i like about this silly film is mr Lee

Good episode but a rubbish ending. The destruction sequence is wonderfully out of scale and looks cheap by 70s standards.

I honestly don't know why you're so harsh on JW Pepper. It worked and everyone was happy to see him again.

Glad you held up Tomorrow Never Dies as a feeble entry in the series. A much overrated Bond flick.

It's weird you don't like this movie, which is generally considered one of the best. Or you don't like JW Pepper, who is fantastic comic relief.

Rog Moore ~~~ the worst Bond ever ~~~ By a long shot