I finally saw a James Bond movie

[RazorV66]

Live and Let Die is my favorite Bond movie.

Great boat chase.

[DBCowboy]

I finally saw a James Bond movie.
The Man With the Golden Gun.  1974.
Roger Moore.  Christopher Lee.

Never saw one before.
Don't plan on seeing another one.

Honestly ... what's the big draw for James Bond?
The dude is ****y.   Hits women.  
Revolving bed ... sleeps with anything that moves.
Dips his wick in the company ink.
And wears a suit and tie while running around killing bad guys.
Lame.

I don't get it.  What's the draw?

I know the Brits think he's awesome ... 
Kinda like they like Dr. Who and think he's awesome.
Some British nationalism/patriotism going on there (which is fine).
But other than that ... who watches this stuff?
Apparently a lot of people cuz' it's popular.

But really .... what gives?    Pffft.
Maybe I shouldn't base the whole franchise on one film?
Dunno'.

OMG

Did you just dis on the greatest hero of them all?

I'm speechless.

[Stealth Blimp]

I know this is treason but I've never been a James Bond fan. Perhaps I should have read the novellas but I've always been indifferent to the film adaptations. 

Patrick McGoohan as John Drake in Danger Man is another matter however. I'm a huge fan of this series.

[BeyondKnowledge]

If you're just getting started on Bond movies, watch in this order...

Connery
Moore
Skip right over Brosnan and Dalton and go straight to Daniel Craig. Brosnan is watchable, but Dalton....ugh.

Brosnan and Dalton are fine actors, they just don't have that badass 007 swagger.

You left out so many James Bonds.

Peter Sellers, David Niven, Urserla Andress, Woody Allen, Joanna Petite, Barbara Bouchet, Daliah Lavi and Terrence Cooper. All 007. All in one movie.

[DBCowboy]

George Lazenby

The first great Bond

[Kurokage]

I finally saw a James Bond movie.
The Man With the Golden Gun.  1974.
Roger Moore.  Christopher Lee.

Never saw one before.
Don't plan on seeing another one.

Honestly ... what's the big draw for James Bond?
The dude is ****y.   Hits women.  
Revolving bed ... sleeps with anything that moves.
Dips his wick in the company ink.
And wears a suit and tie while running around killing bad guys.
Lame.

I don't get it.  What's the draw?

I know the Brits think he's awesome ... 
Kinda like they like Dr. Who and think he's awesome.
Some British nationalism/patriotism going on there (which is fine).
But other than that ... who watches this stuff?
Apparently a lot of people cuz' it's popular.

But really .... what gives?    Pffft.
Maybe I shouldn't base the whole franchise on one film?
Dunno'.

Not sure you picked the best Bond movie to watch to be honest.
I've never been a big fan of the films but in my opinion Connery was better than Moore by a long shot and Daniel Craig brings Bond a bit more up to date and makes him a little more relevant.

Dr Who was something to scare the kids, some watched it from behind the sofa/couch.  I was a big Tom Baker fan as a child, really enjoyed it!  It's in the same bracket as the original Star Trek (which I loved too), a little sci-fi for the family to watch all together.
Don't know about the nationalism/patriotism? But it's hard to see those kinds of things from the inside, sometimes a person has a clearer few when looking from the outside in??

[FlyersFan]

Don't know about the nationalism/patriotism? 

James Bond comes across as a British action hero that they hold dear.
Kind of like Superman is to Americans.
("Truth, Justice, and the American Way was his motto before the woke assholes ruined it).
Nothing wrong with it.

[Roma]

I finally saw a James Bond movie.
The Man With the Golden Gun.  1974.
Roger Moore.  Christopher Lee.

Never saw one before.
Don't plan on seeing another one.

Honestly ... what's the big draw for James Bond?
The dude is ****y.   Hits women.  
Revolving bed ... sleeps with anything that moves.
Dips his wick in the company ink.
And wears a suit and tie while running around killing bad guys.
Lame.

I don't get it.  What's the draw?

I know the Brits think he's awesome ... 
Kinda like they like Dr. Who and think he's awesome.
Some British nationalism/patriotism going on there (which is fine).
But other than that ... who watches this stuff?
Apparently a lot of people cuz' it's popular.

But really .... what gives?    Pffft.
Maybe I shouldn't base the whole franchise on one film?
Dunno'.

The dude is ****y.   Hits women.  

I don't recall this.  

Revolving bed ... sleeps with anything that moves.

And the problem is?

Dips his wick in the company ink.

And the problem is??

And wears a suit and tie while running around killing bad guys.

And the problem is???

Man with the Golden Gun is a good one...probably Moore's best IMO.   On Her Majesty's Secret Service with George Lazenby is my favorite.  Thunderball and You Only Live Twice with Sean Connery are good.  Skyfall with Daniel Craig is also a good one.

It must be a guy thing FF...

[Creaky]

I finally saw a James Bond movie.
The Man With the Golden Gun.  1974.
Roger Moore.  Christopher Lee.

Never saw one before.
Don't plan on seeing another one.

Honestly ... what's the big draw for James Bond?
The dude is ****y.   Hits women.  
Revolving bed ... sleeps with anything that moves.
Dips his wick in the company ink.
And wears a suit and tie while running around killing bad guys.
Lame.

I don't get it.  What's the draw?

I know the Brits think he's awesome ... 
Kinda like they like Dr. Who and think he's awesome.
Some British nationalism/patriotism going on there (which is fine).
But other than that ... who watches this stuff?
Apparently a lot of people cuz' it's popular.

But really .... what gives?    Pffft.
Maybe I shouldn't base the whole franchise on one film?
Dunno'.

It was made in 1974 and has become very dated, was never a big fan of 007 and those movies were overhyped for a male audience
Considering how movies were made, being English for it’s day it was considered special

Flemming the author served in British intelligence WW2, so that made the stories a little more intriguing I guess 
Still, thought those Tom Cruises Mission Impossible movies were same old same 

Roger Moore, worst ever Bond, so yeah pffft

[FlyersFan]

The dude is ****y.   Hits women.  

I don't recall this.  

Threw the 'bad girl' on the bed.
Slapped her across the face a few times.
Then slept with her.
She later helped him against the bad guy,
then died and he didn't blink an eye.

Reddit talking about it with picture from scene. HERE

From Google AI Assist -

The phrase "man with golden gun hits women" likely refers to Francisco Scaramanga, the villain in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), a notorious assassin using a golden pistol, but the "hitting women" aspect might relate to Bond (Roger Moore) slapping a female character (Andrea Anders, played by Maud Adams) for information, a scene noted as controversial and uncomfortable even at the time. Scaramanga is the actual "Man with the Golden Gun," a flamboyant hitman who mirrors Bond, while the violence against women (by both Bond and Scaramanga's sidekick Nick Nack) reflects the film's darker themes and character dynamics.