I've only seen this movie twice. The first was on commercial TV where it was cropped to 4:3 and filled with ad breaks. For some reason I wasn't really impressed by the film and thought it was too long. However, I recently watched it on DVD and was pleasantly suprised by it. In the proper 16:9 aspect ratio and without any commercials, the movie seemed to flow much better and I found it much more enjoyable.
While I don't think it's the best Bond, I think many people here underrate TMWTGG. Scaramanga would have to be one of the best and most interesting villans in all the Bond films. The locations (Hong Kong and Thailand) would have to be right up there with some of the most exotic ones and as usual, it has the good looking women.
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However, my biggest problem with this film is J.W. Pepper. Both the boat and car chases were ruined a bit by having Pepper in them. He was over-used enough in Live And Let Die. Why did they have to bring him back for this one?
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Anyway, a good bond film that is constantly underrated. I would give it 7/10
While I don't think it's the best Bond, I think many people here underrate TMWTGG. Scaramanga would have to be one of the best and most interesting villans in all the Bond films. The locations (Hong Kong and Thailand) would have to be right up there with some of the most exotic ones and as usual, it has the good looking women.
*** May contain spoilers ***
However, my biggest problem with this film is J.W. Pepper. Both the boat and car chases were ruined a bit by having Pepper in them. He was over-used enough in Live And Let Die. Why did they have to bring him back for this one?
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Anyway, a good bond film that is constantly underrated. I would give it 7/10