Enter The Dragon is
widely hailed as one of the best kung-fu movies ever because it
includes Bruce motherfucking Lee and essentially stole the basic feel
of a Bond movie. The Roger Moore Bond movies are interesting because
half of them pretty much just stole from whatever was popular at the
time. In the case of the mid-70's that included kung-fu movies, which
is why you have all of that tacked-on martial arts stuff mid-way
through The Man With The Golden Gun.
In case you don't remember, it's the scene in which Bond defeats a
school of fighters that have been training their entire life by
surprise kicking one in the head and then promptly jumping out the
fucking window. The interesting thing about both Enter The
Dragon and The Man
With The Golden Gun is that not
only are they chasing each other like a circular human-centipede
consisting of two limber gymnasts, but they both basically have the
same ending too. In both cases the films end with the hero fighting
the main villain in a fun-house type arena which consists
predominately of mirrors. I guess that kind of set provides an
interesting challenge for the camera-team and keeps the actors morale
up as they get to spend the day looking at themselves and mentally masturbating.
