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I always go back and forth between Diamonds Are Forever and The Man With the Golden Gun. I dislike them for the same reason: an anticlimax after a lot of buildup.

Man With the Golden Gun goes out of its way to make Scaramanga into Bond's perfect opposite. Then he gets shot in the back. Or shot as he's turning around. Same thing. And Diamonds Are Forever is the final appearance of Blofeld, chief villain of the series up until this point. And he's killed while trapped in a mini-sub. Bond doesn't even identify himself as Blofeld's killer. He thinks it's a crane malfunction.

I think Diamonds Are Forever is actually a little bit worse because Blofeld had more of a presence throughout the series. So dropping the ball with him is a bit worse than dropping the ball with Scaramanga; even if the the latter is played by Christopher Lee.