If you did not already know, I love James Bond. I mean really. Click here to see my other blog post about Mr. Bond. I do not own very many James Bond films though, only a few here and there. When I was a kid we used to watch the 24 Days of Bond on cable right between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Did anyone else used to watch that? Well that cemented my love for spies and especially Sean Connery. It is not like I dislike the other Bonds, but Mr. Connery is my favorite, followed by Daniel Craig and Pierce Brosnan.
The Man with the Golden Gun was the Bond film I most recently watched. Roger Moore plays Bond and he is one smooth operator, as to be expected, in this film. The film was released in 1974 and is about an assassin who kills with one shot, get paid a lot, and uses a golden gun and bullets. It is also about solar power and saving something called the Solex. I love how when one watches a James Bond movie you are really transported back in time, in this movie we see actors that were famous in the 70s like Herve Villechaize (he played Tattoo on Fantasy Island), Christopher Lee (what kind of character hasn't his great voice played? Saruman anyone?) and Maud Adams who is in another James Bond movie later. I also love watching the technology in a Bond film. The solar energy parts were pretty interesting to learn about with 2013/2014 technology to compare it to.
Apparently The Man with the Golden Gun is one of the less popular Bond films. I enjoyed all of them but of course I have my favorites- but parts of these films that are cheesy and sometimes feel out of context make it an even better James Bond movie for me. But that is probably because I am also one of those people who can watch the same film multiple times and still be entertained.
If I were to program for college students about this movie I would probably do something fun with the scene where our Golden Gun man trains to be the best assassin ever. There are lots of mirrors and places to hide to not only get caught off guard but also to confuse your target. Once I was part of a training simulation where we broke students up into teams and their objective was to retrieve their assigned type of plastic silverware from the maze. They were blind folded and had some students on the side lines giving them all the information they needed to find their forks. It was a great activity but it was also lots of fun for them and to watch.
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