In Progress: 10 Movies Released in 1974: The Man with the Golden Gun

I wasn't sure which movies to pick for this task. I've seen a couple movies that were released that year before, but most of them I didn't even really know much about. So as I was looking through the list, I decided to go with a Bond film. The Man with the Golden Gun wasn't one I'd watched before, but I am familiar with the franchise. I don't know if I'd seen any of Roger Moore's Bond before, so there was that interest.

I'll freely admit that this wasn't my favorite Bond film. There were bits that felt a little too silly. And my brain kept wanting to make Samantha Bond be the one playing Moneypenny. I was warned by some that it was one of the weaker outings though, so I'm not sure how much of that is coloring my outlook of the movie.

It was nice to see a young Christopher Lee as Scaramango, and Hervé Villechaize as Nick Nack. And Clifton James stole every seen he was in as J.W. Pepper. I may have to watch Live and Let Die just to see his debut. For some reason, Britt Ekland as Goodnight just didn't catch my attention. She didn't seem very competent. I may need to watch it again just to see if it was a mood thing or it really wasn't that good.

I'm not sure what I'm going to watch as the next outing. I got recommendations from friends on this as well and there are a lot of good ones. I just need to see what I can stream so I'm not having to wait for the library to open up again.

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