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The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
Terrible script and acting
The carryover J.W. character ruined what would have been a very mediocre Bond film. Perhaps my least favorite of the Connery, Lazanby, Moore era.
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
One of my faves
Much better than Man with the Golden Gun. Best ski scene ever.
The Doberman Gang (1972)
This one is rough (ruff).
You can't pass this off as old and low budget. There were plenty of low budget films back in the day and many were good. This is not one of them. So bad you can't stop watching. But you should. Bow wow!
The Butler (2013)
Real criticisms?
There is much to praise about this movie based on a true story and actual events. Some movie fan critics are wondering about all the negative reviews? I think the reason for most of those negative reviews is obvious. A few fan critics here have posted legitimate criticisms - some I agree with and others I do not. But many other criticisms are nonsense and are simply intended to mask racism, ignorance and their fear that they and their political heroes were on the wrong side of civil rights. I guarantee that some critics here are political junkies on the far right who never saw the movie and have no plans to do so. Their criticisms usually start with something about how dare that liberal Jane Fonda play Nancy Reagan. Spoiler alert: Fonda has two minutes in this film and portrays Nancy Reagan in a very positive light. I think the only President or First Lady portrayed negatively was President Nixon by John Cusack. Personally, I think criticisms that refer to "race baiting" and "propaganda" should be taken down from IMDb. This movie was difficult to watch for me only because of the tension portrayed in many of the scenes. This movie was well cast. I am always wary of a film with too much star power. But they must have checked their egos at the door because everyone from Forrest Whitaker to Oprah Winfrey to Lynn Redgrave to Jane Fonda to Robin Williams did an excellent job. My only criticism would be that at times it did feel a little Forest Gump like in some scenes. By that I mean that I understand this was based on a true story, so they took some liberties: Cecil Gaines was not his real name; he only had one son; a son worked in government but not as an elected official; did not have a son who died in Vietnam. But too much embellishment can diminish the real story or other aspects. For example, the tie that Jackie Kennedy gave to him just after JFK was assassinated and the fact that he wore this tie 46 years later when he met President Obama. Those were very moving scenes and are parts of the real story. But without researching this, one would wonder if even that is true. I would have given this a 9 out of 10, but I feel that I have to balance out the ridiculous reviews that are purely rooted in racism and so I give this 10 out of 10.