AJB live commentary on THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN

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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent
    "I didn't recognize you with your clothes on!"a friend of mine used that line on a girl in high school. :D
  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,816MI6 Agent
    Maud Adams does an amazing job of conveying Andrea’s misery.
    No smiles, no lightness.... a sharp contrast to the way she shines as Octopussy.
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,854Chief of Staff
    Gymkata wrote:

    She's really quite good in THE WICKER MAN, also starring Christopher Lee (arguably his greatest film).

    Wonderful movie! (Also stars ex-Mrs Connery Diane Cilento)
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    This scene is 'First Plenty, then Tiffany' done properly. Also it continues the put-a-girl-in-a-closet element of farce we saw with Miss Caruso in LALD.
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent
    Shady Tree wrote:
    Number24 wrote:
    Britt Ekland is very beautiful :x
    Her character strikes a lighter tone, contrasting with Maud Adams darker character.

    She looks lovely here. Her quasi-feminist stance over dinner proves short-lived.

    I don't see it as feminist at all.
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    Maud Adams does an amazing job of conveying Andrea’s misery.
    No smiles, no lightness.... a sharp contrast to the way she shines as Octopussy.

    It seems she's agreeing to sleep with Bond only as part of the bargain, making him look sleazy
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent
    How on earth did Scaramanga kill Andrea? She is sitting up straight, even with her neck and chin up.
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    Shady Tree wrote:
    Number24 wrote:
    Britt Ekland is very beautiful :x
    Her character strikes a lighter tone, contrasting with Maud Adams darker character.

    She looks lovely here. Her quasi-feminist stance over dinner proves short-lived.

    I don't see it as feminist at all.

    It's not "her scene" to become just one of his passing fancies... and there's a background round of applause as she says it (as if clapping her women's lib stance). Extremely short-lived.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Brown velvet bedwear. Must have been the thing in the 70s
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,854Chief of Staff
    Lee effortlessly scores points off Moore here. Scaramanga’s elephant story is adapted from the book.
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    But Moore holds up pretty well though
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    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent
    edited June 2020
    Shady Tree wrote:
    Number24 wrote:
    Shady Tree wrote:

    She looks lovely here. Her quasi-feminist stance over dinner proves short-lived.

    I don't see it as feminist at all.

    It's not "her scene" to become just one of his passing fancies... and there's a background round of applause as she says it (as if clapping her women's lib stance). Extremely short-lived.

    Women's lib isn't about not sleeping with men. It's about women chosing who they sleep with.
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Those Sony Walkie talkies have been used by film crews.
    They probably used the ones that the production had.
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    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    I hate how Scaramanga's tale from his past, derived directly from Fleming, is frankly disrespected by all the distracting nonsense over bags of nuts and the solex. Unforgivable.
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent
    I love how Moore says'"Nut" to Scaramnaga :))
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    Shady Tree wrote:
    Number24 wrote:

    I don't see it as feminist at all.

    It's not "her scene" to become just one of his passing fancies... and there's a background round of applause as she says it (as if clapping her women's lib stance). Extremely short-lived.

    Women's lib isn't about not sleeping with men. It's about women chosing who they sleep with.

    I agree. It's that background round of applause which makes me feel that Hamilton was trying to make some sort of point.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,816MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    How on earth did Scaramanga kill Andrea? She is sitting up straight, even with her neck and chin up.
    I can’t fathom that either. Ms Adams shockingly good in statue mode.

    Higgins yes, as was magenta, light blue with swirls and custard yellow with shadow stripes.
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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Goodnight looking gorgeous in Casual! :x
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent
    Pepper buying a car in Thailand :s :#
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    edited June 2020
    I test-drove a Merc in Hong Kong from a dealer there, not unusual
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  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    Not clear why Scaramanga needs to abduct Goodnight. It sort of parallels Blofeld making off with Tiffany in DAF.
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,854Chief of Staff
    Lee did some of the driving himself
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent
    Higgins wrote:
    I test-drove a Merc in Hong Kong from a dealer there, not unusual

    I think it's not something Pepper would do. He wouldn't even go to Thailand.
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    The AMC must have been one of the first AWD Coupes ever
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    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,854Chief of Staff
    Music “Let’s Go Get ‘Em” Interesting in its use of Bond and Scaramanga’s respective theme tunes, along the lines of leitmotifs
  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,816MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    Higgins wrote:
    I test-drove a Merc in Hong Kong from a dealer there, not unusual

    I think it's not something Pepper would do. He wouldn't even go to Thailand.

    If only WE had been so lucky.
    This is Thunderbird 2, how can I be of assistance?
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    Britt Ekland's acting is good in this film imho. That's often overlooked because of the character type she's playing.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent
    edited June 2020
    Until they arrive in Scaramanga's island I think TMWTGG has a cheap, TV movie feel. The 70's colour scemes don't help.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,854Chief of Staff
    Slide whistles at the ready...
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    Gymkata wrote:
    Number24 wrote:
    Higgins wrote:
    I test-drove a Merc in Hong Kong from a dealer there, not unusual

    I think it's not something Pepper would do. He wouldn't even go to Thailand.

    Agreed. Considering his casual racism in LALD, it's not like he'd want to travel to a country filled with non-white people for 'vacation'.

    They just wanted to bring him back on any pretext, however implausible.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
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