When Thunderball came out in theaters, my father took my older brothers to see it, but I was too young to go. Or that is what he told me. It might have been the astronomical ticket prices, $3 to see Thunderball, an unbelievable price to go see a movie in 1965, when the price of an average movie was $1.
Oh, my Dad took me as well to the first 5 Bond films. I can remember the exact theater in Brooklyn. And yes, these films were the Star Wars of their time. True events!
I like Thunderball but the only part i don't care for is the underwater fight sequence, it goes on a little too long but the rest of the movie is great.
It was indeed. I was there as a teenager in high school. It was quite the sensation. Everyone was talking about 007. Not the least subject of discussion was the name of the female lead.
Really enjoying this series! It's so refreshing to see someone watch these movies for the first time in their lives, especially for us Bond fans, people who can absolutely dream these movies and resite it line by line and such. I really enjoy hearing peoples opinions and seeing their reactions when they never watched it before. I can tell you are a movie buff, great!
This the movie that kinda defined the James Bond formula for all the future movies (at least until the Daniel Craig films), the ridiculously fancy gadgets, the bad guy with the crazy plan and the brutish henchman, that's why these movies worked and that's why their still working to this day, awesome.
I put on the Pink Panther Strikes Again and i told my friend and i made a friendly bet, i bet my friend $5 that he couldn't sit through the first 25mins without laughing, he didn't even get past the pre-credits sequence before he was on the floor.
Previously to this, Honor Blackman was the female star of the TV series "The Avengers", being replaced by Diana Rigg - who is another Bond girls in On Her Majesty's Secret Service!
Just spoke my sister`s partner Luke o Sullivan today, I handed them an xmas card, Luke`s mother Magaret Nolan is the golden woman dancing in the opening credits in Goldfinger, she was offered the role of Pussy Galore but turned it down as she didn`t feel Bond would get that big, she`s also the woman massaging Bond at the start of goldfinger who gets her bum slapped by Bond as he says:"run along now" RIP Maggie.
And if you remember the opening of “Casino Royale,” Bond gets the bad guy down in the ground and starts kicking him in the face. In “Goldfinger” he pulls this move twice! It’s the director’s way of telling us we’ve got the real Bond back.
If I had my druthers I'd reboot Bond and do it as a period piece. The first book is almost seventy years old. Start with Casino Royale set in 1953 through to The Man w/ the Golden Gun set in 1965.
@@codyt821 That's the first positive news i heard about the Bond francise for decades! I'd really love if they would just stay in the 60s (without making fun of it) and get rid of that black hole of fun named Daniel Craig.
@@porflepopnecker4376 idk it would be pretty cool to go back to the era when Connery was playing him. So much they could do with it in terms of style and bringing the character back to its roots.
I know people will say differently but to me THIS movie is the first quintessential 007 film. I consider it the the best of the Connery era. It’s got so much rewatch value and I just love the fact that Goldfinger is such a smart villain with his plan that even he fooled Bind about his true intentions. The scene where Bond really figures out what Goldfinger plans to do to Fort Knox is a very well-written scene that gives a clever villain and not just a stereotype.
I think it has all the ingredients, but the direction makes it a real slog at times, as does John Barry's very hit-and-miss score and the really bad use of sped-up film. Terence Young was much better suited for early Bond than for the post-"Goldfinger" version.
The Connery films were shown as matinee movies at the theater when I was a kid. I liked Roger Moore as "The Saint" in an old TV series, and his Bond was contemporary with me watching new films, but Sean Connery's were my favorite despite being "the old Bond movies". He had a sophistication and serious approach that brought believability to the franchise. Glad you are enjoying them Shan.
Fun fact: John Barry's music that plays when Bond finds Jill Masterson covered in gold was used in a the Sneaker Pimps song, Six Underground. Great reaction, by the way. I just love how the one-liners make you laugh. Unfortunately, it's something that the newer Bond movies lack. They're devoid of any tongue-in-cheek humor.
Honor Backman played Ctathy Gale in the UK series The Avengers (nothing to do with Marvel) and this film was an early Easter Egg,n a later series when she had left the show with the hero John Steed getting a postcard from Fort Knox from Cathy Gale.
In Fleming's book Goldfinger's plan really was to rob Fort Knox but, like Bond in the movie, many readers pointed out how impossible it is so movie makers changed it. This created the "plot hole" of Goldfinger telling his plan to the gangsters that he then kills. Personally, I think it fits the character. Goldfinger clearly has a large ego and he loves the sound of his own voice so it makes sense he would want to brag with his brilliant plan. Of course he can't let anyone live who knows it so he tells it to a room full of people he has already decided to kill.
"Well, why not just brag to Bond?", the rest of you out there are most probably thinking. And the answer, I should think, is that Goldfinger must assume (after the laser scene) that Bond knows at least part of the plan, and is perfectly willing to let him figure out the rest on his own, since (unlike the gangsters) he recognizes in Bond an intellect that at least approaches his own. (There's that ego again!) 😁
I had the DB5 as a Corgi Car. It was made of metal. A metal bullet proof plate popped up the back. Little propellers came out of the wheels to shred other wheels. Machine guns popped out the front. And it you pushed certain button, the sunroof popped up and the passenger seat was ejected!! I don't remember what happened to it.
I was myself born on Fort Knox Army Base four years after this movie came out (General Ireland Army Hospital), and it always makes me giggle that, of all the exotic locations that 007 visits in his travels, one of them is the relatively humble north central Kentucky that has ever been my home. It is still just about possible to recognize the important highway junctions that occur in the middle part of the film, shot near Fort Knox in Muldraugh and Radcliff, where US 31W and US 60 cross. The uproarious thing to notice is that these 2nd unit Kentucky shots are intercut with 2nd unit shots that show palm trees and signs for the Miama Florida airport! It's a helluva long drive from Kentucky to Miami, I can tell you!
I’m from the area too. I thought it was funny when he said planes couldn’t get that close to the Gold vault. The end of the Fort Knox military airport runway is about a half a mile from the gold vault.… The air space is probably restricted but I’ll bet lost pilots fly over it all the time. And no one would start shooting until you actually landed a plane Inside the fence. When I was in School in the 70s we took a field trip to The Patton Museum At Fort Knox. We had a picnic lunch in the park beside the gold vault fence. Since then, they’ve cut down all the trees, and added two more perimeter fences around the vault. Now a have a lovely field of fire from a quarter to about a half a mile.
I believe the first shots were from the Miami area. The Hotel was the Fontainebleau Hotel. Been there while stationed at Homestead AFB. The shots of the planes flying over the gold vault at FT Knox were real. The movie producer received permission to do a fly-over at 3000ft. But they actually flew at 500ft alarming the base. I too know the area well, I grew up in Valley Station, a few miles north of FT Knox. Been to the Patton Museum several times…even when it was in 2 Quonset huts back in the 60’s, and the new museum. Sadly most of the armored vehicles surrounding the museum are now gone as is the 3rd Armored Division. All moved to Georgia…….Cheers
I'm really enjoying this Bond "marathon" you've got going. I've seen these movies so many times growing up. Sir Connery is my favorite 007, but there are a number of great ones coming. Looking forward to the Thunderball video. :)
"Scorpio! He'll sting you with his dreams of power and wealth. Beware of Scorpio! His twisted twin obsessions are his plot to rule the world, and his employees' health. He'll welcome you into his lair, like the nobleman welcomes his guest With free dental care and a stock plan that helps you invest! But beware of his generous pensions, plus three weeks paid vacation each year And on fridays, the lunchroom serves hot dogs and burgers and beer! He loves German beer!" :)
I thoroughly enjoyed your appreciative reaction to this movie! One of my favorite movie reactions so far. 3:45 -- Bond's friend Dink is popular adult model Margaret Nolan, who was also the golden girl in the titles. She was also the casino escort of Paul's grandfather in "A Hard Day's Night" the same year, putting her in two of that decade's most iconic movies. 6:35 -- This actor was also in "A Hard Day's Night." 17:00 -- Goldfinger's demonstration to the gangsters was for his own personal enjoyment, to boast of his brilliant plan. When Bond later says that he himself enjoyed it, Goldfinger responds, "So did I, Mr. Bond." Later, over mint juleps, (17:55) Goldfinger can hardly contain his giddy excitement and pride while teasing his plan to Bond. In a cutaway, even henchman Kisch can be seen beaming. The odd music that opens the laser scene is, as far as I know, the last time any of Monty Norman's incidental music from "Dr. No" was used in a Bond film.
@@biguy617 Not many after the 80s have been worth watching tbh. Only the first Brosnan film was any good, and Craigs films are not Bond, they are horrible. I give you the first Bond film Casino Royal to set his mood as a guy who's a cynic about life and love, but after that, I don't want to see a sourpuss Bond. I want to see the jovial quipster who's a male chauvinist. To hell with wokeness.
James Bond, style _icon_ is introduced wearing special ops gear, and then in his trademark white tuxedo. In the next scene he's wearing a terrycloth romper suit. It was the '60s.
The Flying Circus is a WW1 reference famously Baron Manfred von Richthofen's Squadron was nicknamed the flying circus because of their highly coloured aircraft. it's also used to describe the small groups of pilots that put on air-shows in the US and UK (in the US they were also knows as barnstormers) If you want a fun look at the early days of flight checkout Those Magnificent Man in Their Flying Machines
Since you were impressed with the laser effect...... It was done by having a guy with a blow-torch underneath the table. The table was melting for real and Connery was actually at risk to some extend since the man had no way of knowing exactly how far he could go with the blow-torch. It is one of the best Bond scenes ever made in my opinion.
"If that's his original ball I'm Arnold Palmer" delivery of that line makes me grin every time :D . Also I think for the laser scene, there was a technician beneath the thing, using a cutting torch, with a 'Mr Connery starts -here-' line drawn so he had a marker where not to go past... :P
"Goldfinger" is the first Bond theme song to be a worldwide hit, and to sell more than one-million records in the United States. My favorite Bond theme is "Diamonds Are Forever". That's the first movie soundtrack I had ever bought.
Looking forward to this reaction. Goldfinger is a very iconic one that I find a tad bit overrated actually, but still highly enjoyable. I'll give you some more info/insight, once I'm done watching your reaction :)
A friend, when we were kids, had the Corgi Toy version of this Aston Martin with ejector seat, tire cutter hubs, bullet shield, and machine gun muzzles(If I remember correctly). I had the Black Beauty from The Green Hornet TV show.
Hey great review, but I would have spent time mentioning the great theme song and Shirley Bassey's performance of it, which to this day is still the gold standard (excuse the pun) for Bond theme songs. She has performed in total 3 Bind themes, the other 2 being Diamonds are Forever and Moonraker. Give some love also to Harold Sakata S Odd Job, who I think really helped make the movie.
What I love about Goldfinger is that Bond films are always famous for exotic locations, but in this one they're partly in Kentucky, so they're driving past Kentucky Fried Chicken and the Piggly Wiggly and shit like that. Not exactly Monte Carlo or Venice. lol
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery The way you are enjoying the early Bond movies you should watch this spoof. It is quite good. It's hard to believe it came out 24 years ago. I enjoyed it in a late-run theater after it had left the main screens. The rest in the series are so-so.
Best line of any Bond movie "Do you expect me to talk?" "No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die." so very classic. The actor that played Goldfinger could barely speak English when he did this film.
While he was dubbed, he could very much speak English. There's even a comparison here on RUclips. In "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines", he wasn't dubbed.
Thunderball is one of my all time favorite bond films. & Domino is on of the best Bond girls. You only live twice is great too with 2 great Bond girls.
@@lestatdelc also the original for thunder ball with a song called kiss kiss bang bang (a humorous way of summarizing the story of all these movies. The producers wanted a song with the movie title in it so they got Tom Jones to do a new theme. Basseys original was included on a soundtrack album.
There were also legal issues because the producers had used Dionne Warwick instead of bassey as she wasn’t available early on. So with the producers wanting a song that could promote the movie and bassey angry they cut her and Warwick out of the movie and inverted a quickly written song with Tom Jones. The movie business can be dumb sometimes.
Not to be nitpicky (it's a Bond film after all) but a decompression in a plane like that wouldn't cause it to careen out of control. The only concern would be to get oxygen masks on before you pass out (above 10000 feet anyways) otherwise no aerodynamic characteristics of the plane have changed.
"no mr bond i expect you to die" best sentence ever spoken... Joker: what r u talkin about? batman(west): keep talking penguine: hey what? batman: hold my beer...
I think it's very optimistic to imagine the planes would have been shot down. Real life incidents show it takes quite a while for military airfields to deal with unintentional civilian incursions. Also the planes could have spoofed military IFF...
And it is also made pretty clear through dialogue that since the good guys were aware of Pussy changing the gas, so they'd also know about the whole raid plan. Letting those planes get over Fort Knox thus was likely deliberate to get Goldfinger exposed along with his bomb, letting him walk straight into a trap he wasn't expecting.
Glad you enjoyed this, it was my introducing to Bond when I was a kid and all other entries I measured against this. Interesting tidbits: Gert Fröbe didn't speak English and couldn't even repeat his lines by rote in an intelligible way as they thought he'd be able to do. So his lines were all dubbed in! Also, right before the movie came out, preview audiences said they didn't know enough about Goldfinger - he just appeared and there was no character aspects to him. In a panic, the producer commissioned a new theme song that would describe some things about the title character and they came up with what I think is the best Bond theme of them all - maybe the best movie theme of any movie! It was literally days before the opening. The score is what really stands out to me from this movie. That simple two note opening of the theme that pounds away in the background in key scenes. It really ties the movie together!
You can actually here him speaking in his own voice in the movie, once i think when Bond is under the model eavesdropping and when he shouts out "EXCEPT CRIME!", you can also hear his real voice in the trailer and they show the table laser scene.
It's the quintessential Bond film. Thunderball is fun, the theme song is sung by Tom Jones, who pushed his considerably powerful voice so hard on the last note that he actually passed out afterwards. Great underwater cinematography in it as well.
Gert Frobe, the actor for Goldfinger, was actually a German actor. He knew very little English and tried to read his lines phonetically, but was too slow. The studio brought in a stage actor, Michael Collins, to dub over his lines, and every line except one (when Goldfinger explains his plans) are Collins. Some other tidbits: - this was the first Bond film to be nominated for/win an Oscar (Best Sound Effects in Editing) - Pussy Galore was an out-and-out lesbian in the books, and in this film, it's more subtle. The idea that a gay woman "just hasn't had sex the right way yet" was a commonly-held belief, and so their love scenes was Bond "converting" her - the film was banned in Israel because Gert Frobe belonged to the Nazi party from 1929-1937. It was lifted when a Jewish family publicly thanked him for protecting them from persecution during WWII - at the time, it was the fastest-grossing film ever, with some theaters needing to stay open 24 hours a day to fill the demand; its $3 million budget was recouped in two weeks
Thrilled you enjoyed this classic Bond. it's probably my all time favorite. Thunderball is fun as well. Goldfinger is reasonably close to Fleming's novel but IMO improves upon the book. From here on the movies get a bit more outlandish before toning it back down again. I love all the films actually. Great review!
I dont know if it was mentioned in a comment yet, but when Oddjob touched his hat and gets electrecuted by Bond, they had to electrify the gate, to get the pyrotechnics working. When the actor touched his hat, he burned his hand really badly, the scream is real.
Great reaction to one of my all-time favorite movies. Your reaction to the Aston Martin was priceless. This and Thunderball are my top Bond films. I grew up with this stuff, had the toys, etc. There was even a book called Real Men Don't Eat Quiche that addressed how all "real men" fantasized about being James Bond. Just to make a point about the cutting-edge nature of Bond, the laser had just been invented a couple years earlier and was unknown to many people, very exotic stuff.
I've recently read the novel this movie is based on and as usual, there were several differences which I usually don't mind, but there are exceptions. The original Rolls Royce Goldfinger uses has been armored to be bulletproof. That's why there is no weight difference at customs when he replaces parts with gold to smuggle. No one looked at the original parts when he imported it to Switzerland so he could use his Rolls on his further travels. The part with the gangsters was the biggest change to the novel. They do steal the gold, but Goldfinger has set the Gangsters up to be distractions to be caught. Meanwhile he makes it to a russian ship in a US harbour on some goodwill-tour. Low-flying the planes would make it. Even in 1987 a similar plane made it undetected to Moskow. Though Bond was not able to seduce Pussy Galore. It was clearly insinuated that she is a lesbian. But she did not want to be a mass murderer. Oh, and Goldfinger was working for the Russians. This score was supposed to finance a large-scale spy operation. Fun fact, Gerd Fröbe, the actor playing Goldfinger, did not speak english at the time. They used a radio to tell him what to say and he 'just' repeated it.
There is a parallel with Moonraker in getting a bit (British understatement) outrageous and why they pulled back for Your Eyes Only. Both of those are amongst my favorites,
Another good movie choice! Your subtitle of Goldfinger's first name was spelled "Orrick." His first name is "Auric," which means of gold. That's why the atomic symbol for gold is Au.
They hit their stride with this one. And your comment about Connery's charisma was well taken. Very good-looking, masculine, and not a pretty-boy. Goldfinger was a delicious bad guy. And the theme was iconic with its singular harmonic progressions. And then the GADGETS!!!
Nearly every Bond flick has a tricked-out car, usually an Aston, and by this point the trope is amusing, at best. I saw this film when it first came out, and nobody had any idea what to expect - the car chase had the audience howling with laughter at every new gadget. Especially the machine guns in the directional signals.
Apparently when the film came out, the people at the real Fort Knox demanded to know how they had got inside because the version in the film was so accurate.
There is a beautiful callback to that bomb timer stopping at 007 (repeated sometimes throughout the franchise I believe) at the beginning of Casino Royale where Bond hasn't earned his credentials yet. A character is going up the elevator, they look up, we cut to the increasing floor numbers on the display as the elevator is going up and it reads: "...3...4...5...6". Not yet (00)7
R.I.P. Sean Connery, Honor Blackman, Margaret Nolan (Dink), Aleta Morrison (Flying Circus "Champagne Leader") (all four passed in 2020). And R.I.P. Tania Mallet (Tilly) and Nadja Regin (Bonita the dancer, she was also in From Russia With Love) (both women passed in 2019).
I had the DB5 as a toy Corgi Car in the 70s bought at that toy store from Big. It was made of metal, was about 4 inches long, and did it all: changing license plates; pop-out machine guns; wheel propellers that came out to shred other wheels; a popup bulletproof metal shield; and the best thing, a roof that popped open when the passenger seat was ejected!!! I hope that thing is in a box somewhere.
In the beginning of the movie, The man that was electricuted in the bathtub was really electricuted. Harold Sakata (as "Oddjob") really knocked Sean Connery as he was not taught how to hold back his chop when he struck Sean Connery out. If you look really close at the end of the movie, when Goldfinger, had a gun on James Bond, there is a man standing behind Goldfinger. That same man can be found laying on the floor as Bond knocked him out. The other missing scene is Jill Masterson attempted to shoot Goldfinger on the Golf course. Roger Moore commented that they really flattened that car. Goodbye for Now.
That's Cec Linder as Felix Leiter, James' friend in the CIA. Doctor Who aside, one of the highest points of BBC science fiction were the Nigel Kneale penned "Quatermass" trilogy of television mini-series in the 1950s. Cec Linder originated the role of Dr Roney in the third, and most celebrated of those serials, "Quatermass and the Pit".
Why they dubbed Gert Frobe when his accent was easily understandable is beyond me. But, the 60s, right? But this is my second favourite Connery Bond, behind From Russia With Love, which is a true spy thriller. And Sean Connery is like a 60s Will Smith. The guy is all charisma. He just has so much stage presence.
The jazzy intro to Bond in Miami is PURE 1964. We have not had this kind of filmic musical setting since the high school dance scene intro in _Sixteen Candles_ -- and just where the hell do you think Hughes got his idea? PS: 1964, and we still use the same 9-volt batteries today. PS again: My favorite Bond film. PS again again: Goldfinger's death was used again in _Dune_ with Baron Harkonnen!
When my oldest sister was in college we hosted James Bond Sundays with her, her friends and our whole family lol. I was about 5ish and fell in love with the movies.
A very underrated movie. But lazenby is a great athlete but pretty much a stiff of an actor. Not at all bad but not really good either and is trying to mimic Connery.
@@biguy617 - That's because Lazenby was originally just a male model and NOT an actor. After Sean Connery left the studios had to find someone fast and they kinda went with 'well, he just needs to shut up and look good' for Sean's replacement.
@@biguy617 Which makes him the best Bond. I don’t need to suspend my disbelief as much as I need to for Connery. He made everything more serious and grounded and therefore a more relatable connection for the viewer. Lazenby was more like the books-Bond. Connery and Moore punch like girls. I could do without the douchebag wink and a smile too.
If you ask a Bond fan what is the quintessential film, they will reply one of two answers: The Spy Who Loved Me (l977), or the subject of this review: Goldfinger!
Nope. For old school Bond fans Roger Moore turned Bond into a cartoon character. I still hate that version of Bond. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service had a much better love story.
Favorite is a different matter entirely, These highlight two different types of Bond. Which did it better is near entirely up to personal preference, what with the multitudinous aspects involved.
As far as my opinion goes, while the Moore era was somewhat wasted potential, TSWLM showed what he could have been. Although I do prefer For Your Eyes Only, due to its grounded nature, and the great score.
Honor Blackman appeared in an iconic British TV series in the early 60s called The Avengers where she played a secret agent which is probably how she eventually ended up being a Bond girl. She went on to appear in many movies including the Western shalako with Sean Connery and Bridget Jones Diary.
There's a great punk rock band from the 1980s named after "Ms. Galore." My favorite set design in a Bond film is in *You Only Live Twice* . Some people's interpretation of the Bond/Galore relationship is that she was a lesbian (which could only be implied in 1964) until Bond "turned her."
* Hey, do you remember when Goldfinger is talking to Bond when he had him strapped to that slab of gold, and he was gonna cleave him right up the middle with that big industrial laser? Remember when he says "Members of your curious profession are few in number. You have been recognized. Let's say, by one of your opposite numbers, who is also licensed to kill." If you play the video game called "Goldeneye: Rogue Agent", you find out that Goldfinger was talking about "Jonathan Hunter 0013"(Double-O Thirteen).
SLIGHT correction: The burning point of contact at the table was indeed a blowtorch. But the beam of the laser was an optical film effect added in post. The combination of the practical and post edit effects was very convincing.
i watch all the james bond movies every year during the summer. Goldfinger became one of the top five greatest Bond Villains. Oddjob was one of Bond's most dangerous enemies he ever face in hand-to-hand combat.
This is the film that became the template for most, if not all, the Bond films that followed. One of my favorites for that reason. Also sort of a trivia tidbit: Goldfinger's license plate on his car says AU1 which I agree is sort for Auric 1, but the periodic table symbol for gold is Au which I thought was a clever double meaning. Also the timer on the bomb originally stopped at 0:03, but they later changed it to 0:07 for the obvious wink and nod joke.
“No Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!” Best single line by a villain in a bond movie ever.
"You know he kills little girls like you?" "Little boys too" she answers ....
@@luvlgs1 All any man need know about women can be learned from a Connery Bond film. Note the lack of women's replies to Connery Bond videos.
Gold Finger is the movie were all of the Bond elements come together, and become iconic movie making.
Very true did not think of that.
And iconic in the box office too.
@@alejandropalacios9292 True very true.
It was a big hit
When this and THUNDERBALL came out, it was like STAR WARS in the day.
When Thunderball came out in theaters, my father took my older brothers to see it, but I was too young to go. Or that is what he told me. It might have been the astronomical ticket prices, $3 to see Thunderball, an unbelievable price to go see a movie in 1965, when the price of an average movie was $1.
Oh, my Dad took me as well to the first 5 Bond films. I can remember the exact theater in Brooklyn. And yes, these films were the Star Wars of their time. True events!
Why?
I like Thunderball but the only part i don't care for is the underwater fight sequence, it goes on a little too long but the rest of the movie is great.
It was indeed. I was there as a teenager in high school. It was quite the sensation. Everyone was talking about 007. Not the least subject of discussion was the name of the female lead.
Really enjoying this series! It's so refreshing to see someone watch these movies for the first time in their lives, especially for us Bond fans, people who can absolutely dream these movies and resite it line by line and such. I really enjoy hearing peoples opinions and seeing their reactions when they never watched it before. I can tell you are a movie buff, great!
I know I saw it in 1964 at a drive-in theater and I'm watching people see it now for the first time it is a trip
This the movie that kinda defined the James Bond formula for all the future movies (at least until the Daniel Craig films), the ridiculously fancy gadgets, the bad guy with the crazy plan and the brutish henchman, that's why these movies worked and that's why their still working to this day, awesome.
Shan, have you watched any of the pink panther movies with Peter sellers? I think you would enjoy them xx
I do too
I put on the Pink Panther Strikes Again and i told my friend and i made a friendly bet, i bet my friend $5 that he couldn't sit through the first 25mins without laughing, he didn't even get past the pre-credits sequence before he was on the floor.
@@Acme1970 Yes, Shan, you should watch the Pink Panther films in order, and don't forget "A Shot in The Dark".
Playing the North Korean that Goldfinger mentions "Operation Grandslam" is the same man that played Kato in the "Pink Panther" films.
Funnily enough when I saw Burt Kwok appear in this, I thought the same thing.
Previously to this, Honor Blackman was the female star of the TV series "The Avengers", being replaced by Diana Rigg - who is another Bond girls in On Her Majesty's Secret Service!
And later, Steed himself was in A VIEW TO A KILL.
Just spoke my sister`s partner Luke o Sullivan today, I handed them an xmas card, Luke`s mother Magaret Nolan is the golden woman dancing in the opening credits in Goldfinger, she was offered the role of Pussy Galore but turned it down as she didn`t feel Bond would get that big, she`s also the woman massaging Bond at the start of goldfinger who gets her bum slapped by Bond as he says:"run along now" RIP Maggie.
The Quantum of Solace scene was a direct homage to the classic gold woman image in this movie.
And if you remember the opening of “Casino Royale,” Bond gets the bad guy down in the ground and starts kicking him in the face. In “Goldfinger” he pulls this move twice! It’s the director’s way of telling us we’ve got the real Bond back.
Oddjob is one of my favorite henchmen in the entire Bond franchise. Jaws is a close second.
It’s a bit of a racially insensitive character but considering the other stuff movies were doing at the time, it’s still pretty mild.
I met Richard Kiel (Jaws) @ San Francisco airport in 2001. He was really nice & friendly! 🤗
@@christhornycroft3686 Why is it insensitive? Are you proposing, that characters should only be of one race?
@@christhornycroft3686 Oh brother. (eyeroll)
If I had my druthers I'd reboot Bond and do it as a period piece. The first book is almost seventy years old. Start with Casino Royale set in 1953 through to The Man w/ the Golden Gun set in 1965.
I heard rumors they might take it back to the early 60s with whoever replaces Daniel Craig. I'd love it too
That would be a reasonable reboot, if they choose to.
I hope they don't do that. I like the way Bond films so far have kept with the current times.
@@codyt821 That's the first positive news i heard about the Bond francise for decades!
I'd really love if they would just stay in the 60s (without making fun of it) and get rid of that black hole of fun named Daniel Craig.
@@porflepopnecker4376 idk it would be pretty cool to go back to the era when Connery was playing him. So much they could do with it in terms of style and bringing the character back to its roots.
Sidebar: Golfingers name was Auric, meaning “of gold” in Latin.
Love that we're revisiting all the old Bond films, this brings me so much joy
“Do you expect me to talk?”
“No Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!”
Love it, love it, love it!👍😎
AU-1 on the license plate... AU is the chemical symbol for gold.
The pre credit sequence here is arguably the best film opening of all time
I know people will say differently but to me THIS movie is the first quintessential 007 film. I consider it the the best of the Connery era. It’s got so much rewatch value and I just love the fact that Goldfinger is such a smart villain with his plan that even he fooled Bind about his true intentions. The scene where Bond really figures out what Goldfinger plans to do to Fort Knox is a very well-written scene that gives a clever villain and not just a stereotype.
Its a great "reveal" as the kids say
The next one, Thunderball, is my personal favorite of the Connery era.
it's got the perfect mix of spycraft and secret war. IMO it is one of the best at showcasing what a Bond film should be.
I think it has all the ingredients, but the direction makes it a real slog at times, as does John Barry's very hit-and-miss score and the really bad use of sped-up film. Terence Young was much better suited for early Bond than for the post-"Goldfinger" version.
It's a worthy follow up for sure. I wanted the jetpack so bad as a kid 😂
It has some of the most impressive underwater sequences I've ever seen, even to this day.
@@codyt821 Didn't we all!
The Connery films were shown as matinee movies at the theater when I was a kid. I liked Roger Moore as "The Saint" in an old TV series, and his Bond was contemporary with me watching new films, but Sean Connery's were my favorite despite being "the old Bond movies". He had a sophistication and serious approach that brought believability to the franchise. Glad you are enjoying them Shan.
Fun fact: John Barry's music that plays when Bond finds Jill Masterson covered in gold was used in a the Sneaker Pimps song, Six Underground.
Great reaction, by the way. I just love how the one-liners make you laugh. Unfortunately, it's something that the newer Bond movies lack. They're devoid of any tongue-in-cheek humor.
Agree. I don't really care for the latest Daniel Craig movies. No humour, just ultra-violence.
@@PChazman1 they’re not even the most violent movies. LTK surely gets that. Tonally they’re just more serious
They lack Sean's wit👏
Amusing how you constantly try to avoid saying Miss Galore's first name.
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Or showing the clip where she gives her name.
It’s RUclips. 🤫
Say it like Sean: “Pooshy”
@@broadsword6650 That’s how I always say it, lol
Honor Backman played Ctathy Gale in the UK series The Avengers (nothing to do with Marvel) and this film was an early Easter Egg,n a later series when she had left the show with the hero John Steed getting a postcard from Fort Knox from Cathy Gale.
Are you saying there was an episode of the Avengers where Steed got the postcard? That was when Peel was on the show I assume?
@@Aeroldoth3 Yes that is the one.
Yeah that was a nice touch.
13:47 The late, great Bert Kwouk who also played Cato, Inspector Clouseau's manservant the same year. The start of an epic career for him.
In Fleming's book Goldfinger's plan really was to rob Fort Knox but, like Bond in the movie, many readers pointed out how impossible it is so movie makers changed it. This created the "plot hole" of Goldfinger telling his plan to the gangsters that he then kills. Personally, I think it fits the character. Goldfinger clearly has a large ego and he loves the sound of his own voice so it makes sense he would want to brag with his brilliant plan. Of course he can't let anyone live who knows it so he tells it to a room full of people he has already decided to kill.
"Well, why not just brag to Bond?", the rest of you out there are most probably thinking. And the answer, I should think, is that Goldfinger must assume (after the laser scene) that Bond knows at least part of the plan, and is perfectly willing to let him figure out the rest on his own, since (unlike the gangsters) he recognizes in Bond an intellect that at least approaches his own. (There's that ego again!) 😁
Shan: “Oh, I expected her head to come off, but she was just knocked out!” 😂😂😂
A great soundtrack. The only one I repeatedly listen to.
The best Bond theme song ever!
For me, it's From Russia With Love.
When i was a little kid, I had an "official" HO slot car set of "Goldfinger" with 2 cars a Mustang, and an AM DB5.
Yep, sold by Sears, with the bridge jump? It's worth a crap ton now.....been trying to get my hands on a set for years
I had the DB5 as a Corgi Car. It was made of metal. A metal bullet proof plate popped up the back. Little propellers came out of the wheels to shred other wheels. Machine guns popped out the front. And it you pushed certain button, the sunroof popped up and the passenger seat was ejected!! I don't remember what happened to it.
I was myself born on Fort Knox Army Base four years after this movie came out (General Ireland Army Hospital), and it always makes me giggle that, of all the exotic locations that 007 visits in his travels, one of them is the relatively humble north central Kentucky that has ever been my home. It is still just about possible to recognize the important highway junctions that occur in the middle part of the film, shot near Fort Knox in Muldraugh and Radcliff, where US 31W and US 60 cross. The uproarious thing to notice is that these 2nd unit Kentucky shots are intercut with 2nd unit shots that show palm trees and signs for the Miama Florida airport! It's a helluva long drive from Kentucky to Miami, I can tell you!
I’m from the area too. I thought it was funny when he said planes couldn’t get that close to the Gold vault. The end of the Fort Knox military airport runway is about a half a mile from the gold vault.… The air space is probably restricted but I’ll bet lost pilots fly over it all the time. And no one would start shooting until you actually landed a plane Inside the fence. When I was in School in the 70s we took a field trip to The Patton Museum At Fort Knox. We had a picnic lunch in the park beside the gold vault fence. Since then, they’ve cut down all the trees, and added two more perimeter fences around the vault. Now a have a lovely field of fire from a quarter to about a half a mile.
I believe the first shots were from the Miami area. The Hotel was the Fontainebleau Hotel. Been there while stationed at Homestead AFB. The shots of the planes flying over the gold vault at FT Knox were real. The movie producer received permission to do a fly-over at 3000ft. But they actually flew at 500ft alarming the base. I too know the area well, I grew up in Valley Station, a few miles north of FT Knox. Been to the Patton Museum several times…even when it was in 2 Quonset huts back in the 60’s, and the new museum. Sadly most of the armored vehicles surrounding the museum are now gone as is the 3rd Armored Division. All moved to Georgia…….Cheers
_"I expected her head to come off but she was just knocked out"_ 😂
Savage. Positively savage.
The laser beam burning through the table was a man underneath with a blow torch.
I'm really enjoying this Bond "marathon" you've got going. I've seen these movies so many times growing up. Sir Connery is my favorite 007, but there are a number of great ones coming. Looking forward to the Thunderball video. :)
Double thumbs up to your comment!
"Scorpio! He'll sting you with his dreams of power and wealth.
Beware of Scorpio! His twisted twin obsessions are his plot to rule the world, and his employees' health.
He'll welcome you into his lair, like the nobleman welcomes his guest
With free dental care and a stock plan that helps you invest!
But beware of his generous pensions, plus three weeks paid vacation each year
And on fridays, the lunchroom serves hot dogs and burgers and beer!
He loves German beer!" :)
I thoroughly enjoyed your appreciative reaction to this movie! One of my favorite movie reactions so far.
3:45 -- Bond's friend Dink is popular adult model Margaret Nolan, who was also the golden girl in the titles. She was also the casino escort of Paul's grandfather in "A Hard Day's Night" the same year, putting her in two of that decade's most iconic movies.
6:35 -- This actor was also in "A Hard Day's Night."
17:00 -- Goldfinger's demonstration to the gangsters was for his own personal enjoyment, to boast of his brilliant plan. When Bond later says that he himself enjoyed it, Goldfinger responds, "So did I, Mr. Bond." Later, over mint juleps, (17:55) Goldfinger can hardly contain his giddy excitement and pride while teasing his plan to Bond. In a cutaway, even henchman Kisch can be seen beaming.
The odd music that opens the laser scene is, as far as I know, the last time any of Monty Norman's incidental music from "Dr. No" was used in a Bond film.
And he's responded to everything else first, let's see if Shan can do "A Hard Day's Night", without invoking the wrath of Sir Paul...
@@ericjanssen394 That would be awesome. :)
This is the best James Bond movie ever made, hands down.
Well the best Bond movie Sean Connery ever made
@@biguy617 Not many after the 80s have been worth watching tbh. Only the first Brosnan film was any good, and Craigs films are not Bond, they are horrible. I give you the first Bond film Casino Royal to set his mood as a guy who's a cynic about life and love, but after that, I don't want to see a sourpuss Bond. I want to see the jovial quipster who's a male chauvinist. To hell with wokeness.
While i don't disagree with you i've always had a thing for From Russia With Love as a personal favorite.
Lol no casino royale and from Russia are better
@@MrRondonmon I will disagree, Tomorrow Never Dies is pretty good too, it just had the misfortune of having to follow Goldeneye.
James Bond, style _icon_ is introduced wearing special ops gear, and then in his trademark white tuxedo.
In the next scene he's wearing a terrycloth romper suit. It was the '60s.
The Flying Circus is a WW1 reference famously Baron Manfred von Richthofen's Squadron was nicknamed the flying circus because of their highly coloured aircraft. it's also used to describe the small groups of pilots that put on air-shows in the US and UK (in the US they were also knows as barnstormers) If you want a fun look at the early days of flight checkout Those Magnificent Man in Their Flying Machines
And Those Magnificent Men.. also features Gert Frobe!
Since you were impressed with the laser effect...... It was done by having a guy with a blow-torch underneath the table. The table was melting for real and Connery was actually at risk to some extend since the man had no way of knowing exactly how far he could go with the blow-torch.
It is one of the best Bond scenes ever made in my opinion.
Really? There was no way they could figure that out, like maybe with a tape measure?
Could be. Or maybe someone gave the guy with the blow-torch a sign.
I think I got to know this from a making-off on the DVD if I remember correctly.
@@TeeJayDesastron I'll have to re-watch that doc. on the DVD.
Mine is the double disc edition from...... some time in the early 2000s. It should be one there somewhere.
His signal to stop the blow torch was Fröbes handwave after Connery said "Can you take that risk?"
"If that's his original ball I'm Arnold Palmer" delivery of that line makes me grin every time :D .
Also I think for the laser scene, there was a technician beneath the thing, using a cutting torch, with a 'Mr Connery starts -here-' line drawn so he had a marker where not to go past... :P
I would imagine (and certainly hope) that the mark was actually placed at least two inches before Mr. Connery's corpus. 😬 😄
His license plate was Gold-1. AU is the periodic element for gold, which is why he uses the name Auric.
Au is the symbol for gold because Latin for gold is aurum. That makes auric “of or related to gold” in Latin.
"Goldfinger" is the first Bond theme song to be a worldwide hit, and to sell more than one-million records in the United States. My favorite Bond theme is "Diamonds Are Forever". That's the first movie soundtrack I had ever bought.
Looking forward to this reaction. Goldfinger is a very iconic one that I find a tad bit overrated actually, but still highly enjoyable.
I'll give you some more info/insight, once I'm done watching your reaction :)
There's no such thing as "overrated."
@@porflepopnecker4376 Well, to put it differently for you then: I don't love it the way other people do and think they overlook it's flaws.
@@porflepopnecker4376 I would agree with you but the movie Black Panther exists
So Happy you are enjoying the Bond World man, Great job as always! :)
A friend, when we were kids, had the Corgi Toy version of this Aston Martin with ejector seat, tire cutter hubs, bullet shield, and machine gun muzzles(If I remember correctly). I had the Black Beauty from The Green Hornet TV show.
I too had the Corgi DB5. Good times.
His first name "Auric" means gold. My father-in-law used to be in charge of security at Fort Knox. He loved this movie.
Fun fact: German actor Gerd Fröbe (Goldfinger) had is last role in an 1988 episode of the famous Gernan tv show "The Black Forest Clinic".
"Do you expect me to talk?" "No Mr. Bond I expect you to die."
Hey great review, but I would have spent time mentioning the great theme song and Shirley Bassey's performance of it, which to this day is still the gold standard (excuse the pun) for Bond theme songs. She has performed in total 3 Bind themes, the other 2 being Diamonds are Forever and Moonraker. Give some love also to Harold Sakata S Odd Job, who I think really helped make the movie.
That theme song rocks! Just perfect
Great movie!!! One of the best Bond movies! :)
AU is the periodic symbol for gold as well :)
@@michaelriddick7116 Yes, anyone with high school chemistry in 1964 knew the bond states of gold.
I loved how in "Never Say Never Again" the jailer looks up in the cell while looking for Bond as an homage to this movie. 😊
What I love about Goldfinger is that Bond films are always famous for exotic locations, but in this one they're partly in Kentucky, so they're driving past Kentucky Fried Chicken and the Piggly Wiggly and shit like that. Not exactly Monte Carlo or Venice. lol
Well... for a lot of British, I dare say, that would count for "exotic". (At least in '64.) 😉
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
The way you are enjoying the early Bond movies you should watch this spoof. It is quite good. It's hard to believe it came out 24 years ago. I enjoyed it in a late-run theater after it had left the main screens. The rest in the series are so-so.
Best line of any Bond movie "Do you expect me to talk?" "No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die." so very classic.
The actor that played Goldfinger could barely speak English when he did this film.
He was dubbed by another actor.
While he was dubbed, he could very much speak English. There's even a comparison here on RUclips. In "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines", he wasn't dubbed.
Thunderball is one of my all time favorite bond films. & Domino is on of the best Bond girls. You only live twice is great too with 2 great Bond girls.
As I'm sure other folks have said, don't expect MCU levels of continuity :D
Love your Bond reactions, these older ones aren't as appreciated today as they should be
Shirley bassy is fantastic. She sets it all up and steals it.
Only person to sing multiple Bond theme songs. She did three of them:
Goldfinger
Diamonds Are Forever
Moonraker
@@lestatdelc also the original for thunder ball with a song called kiss kiss bang bang (a humorous way of summarizing the story of all these movies. The producers wanted a song with the movie title in it so they got Tom Jones to do a new theme. Basseys original was included on a soundtrack album.
There were also legal issues because the producers had used Dionne Warwick instead of bassey as she wasn’t available early on. So with the producers wanting a song that could promote the movie and bassey angry they cut her and Warwick out of the movie and inverted a quickly written song with Tom Jones. The movie business can be dumb sometimes.
Not to be nitpicky (it's a Bond film after all) but a decompression in a plane like that wouldn't cause it to careen out of control. The only concern would be to get oxygen masks on before you pass out (above 10000 feet anyways) otherwise no aerodynamic characteristics of the plane have changed.
Love watching you discover these films.
"no mr bond i expect you to die"
best sentence ever spoken...
Joker: what r u talkin about?
batman(west): keep talking
penguine: hey what?
batman: hold my beer...
I think it's very optimistic to imagine the planes would have been shot down. Real life incidents show it takes quite a while for military airfields to deal with unintentional civilian incursions.
Also the planes could have spoofed military IFF...
And it is also made pretty clear through dialogue that since the good guys were aware of Pussy changing the gas, so they'd also know about the whole raid plan. Letting those planes get over Fort Knox thus was likely deliberate to get Goldfinger exposed along with his bomb, letting him walk straight into a trap he wasn't expecting.
@@JBuddis good point.
Another highly enjoyable video. Thanks, Shan!
Simply, the most important film in the franchise. The best is Casino Royale with Daniel Craig.
Going to disagree with you. Craig as Bond is the worst thing that happened to the Franchise.
Connery will always be my favorite, but I love the Daniel Craig Bonds.
@@porflepopnecker4376 I guess if you like Bond turned into the Bourne Identity films then yeah.
@@elskeletor3566 don’t you mean the Fleming novels?
Glad you enjoyed this, it was my introducing to Bond when I was a kid and all other entries I measured against this.
Interesting tidbits: Gert Fröbe didn't speak English and couldn't even repeat his lines by rote in an intelligible way as they thought he'd be able to do. So his lines were all dubbed in!
Also, right before the movie came out, preview audiences said they didn't know enough about Goldfinger - he just appeared and there was no character aspects to him. In a panic, the producer commissioned a new theme song that would describe some things about the title character and they came up with what I think is the best Bond theme of them all - maybe the best movie theme of any movie! It was literally days before the opening.
The score is what really stands out to me from this movie. That simple two note opening of the theme that pounds away in the background in key scenes. It really ties the movie together!
You can actually here him speaking in his own voice in the movie, once i think when Bond is under the model eavesdropping and when he shouts out "EXCEPT CRIME!", you can also hear his real voice in the trailer and they show the table laser scene.
I heard his voice when the camera did a close up to the model.
It's the quintessential Bond film. Thunderball is fun, the theme song is sung by Tom Jones, who pushed his considerably powerful voice so hard on the last note that he actually passed out afterwards. Great underwater cinematography in it as well.
Gert Frobe, the actor for Goldfinger, was actually a German actor. He knew very little English and tried to read his lines phonetically, but was too slow. The studio brought in a stage actor, Michael Collins, to dub over his lines, and every line except one (when Goldfinger explains his plans) are Collins.
Some other tidbits:
- this was the first Bond film to be nominated for/win an Oscar (Best Sound Effects in Editing)
- Pussy Galore was an out-and-out lesbian in the books, and in this film, it's more subtle. The idea that a gay woman "just hasn't had sex the right way yet" was a commonly-held belief, and so their love scenes was Bond "converting" her
- the film was banned in Israel because Gert Frobe belonged to the Nazi party from 1929-1937. It was lifted when a Jewish family publicly thanked him for protecting them from persecution during WWII
- at the time, it was the fastest-grossing film ever, with some theaters needing to stay open 24 hours a day to fill the demand; its $3 million budget was recouped in two weeks
Very cool that you're appreciating Bond's watches. _Thunderball_ features a beautiful 1965 Breitling Top Time.
Thrilled you enjoyed this classic Bond. it's probably my all time favorite. Thunderball is fun as well. Goldfinger is reasonably close to Fleming's novel but IMO improves upon the book. From here on the movies get a bit more outlandish before toning it back down again. I love all the films actually.
Great review!
Now we're talking.This my all time fav Bond film.Great story,villains,musical score.And the one liners are just to die for.
I dont know if it was mentioned in a comment yet, but when Oddjob touched his hat and gets electrecuted by Bond, they had to electrify the gate, to get the pyrotechnics working. When the actor touched his hat, he burned his hand really badly, the scream is real.
Great reaction to one of my all-time favorite movies. Your reaction to the Aston Martin was priceless. This and Thunderball are my top Bond films. I grew up with this stuff, had the toys, etc. There was even a book called Real Men Don't Eat Quiche that addressed how all "real men" fantasized about being James Bond.
Just to make a point about the cutting-edge nature of Bond, the laser had just been invented a couple years earlier and was unknown to many people, very exotic stuff.
I've recently read the novel this movie is based on and as usual, there were several differences which I usually don't mind, but there are exceptions.
The original Rolls Royce Goldfinger uses has been armored to be bulletproof. That's why there is no weight difference at customs when he replaces parts with gold to smuggle. No one looked at the original parts when he imported it to Switzerland so he could use his Rolls on his further travels.
The part with the gangsters was the biggest change to the novel. They do steal the gold, but Goldfinger has set the Gangsters up to be distractions to be caught. Meanwhile he makes it to a russian ship in a US harbour on some goodwill-tour. Low-flying the planes would make it. Even in 1987 a similar plane made it undetected to Moskow. Though Bond was not able to seduce Pussy Galore. It was clearly insinuated that she is a lesbian. But she did not want to be a mass murderer.
Oh, and Goldfinger was working for the Russians. This score was supposed to finance a large-scale spy operation.
Fun fact, Gerd Fröbe, the actor playing Goldfinger, did not speak english at the time. They used a radio to tell him what to say and he 'just' repeated it.
Can’t wait for you to get to “You only Live Twice” it’s so insane it’s practically a comedy.
There is a parallel with Moonraker in getting a bit (British understatement) outrageous and why they pulled back for Your Eyes Only. Both of those are amongst my favorites,
@@Heegaherger FYEO is terrific. I'd argue it's the best Moore movie, but it's just my opinion.
The spy who lived me is basically a rehash.
@@RossM3838 Yeah, I never understood why they did that.
For comedy, you have to go with Diamonds are Forever. That one was so bad.
Another good movie choice! Your subtitle of Goldfinger's first name was spelled "Orrick." His first name is "Auric," which means of gold. That's why the atomic symbol for gold is Au.
I think Felix has been played by more actors than Dr Who at this point :D
Goldfinger had the best credit sequence of any movie. Many excellent one liners, too. Such as, "Oh, nothing, Mr. Bond. I own the club."
They hit their stride with this one. And your comment about Connery's charisma was well taken. Very good-looking, masculine, and not a pretty-boy. Goldfinger was a delicious bad guy. And the theme was iconic with its singular harmonic progressions. And then the GADGETS!!!
Nearly every Bond flick has a tricked-out car, usually an Aston, and by this point the trope is amusing, at best. I saw this film when it first came out, and nobody had any idea what to expect - the car chase had the audience howling with laughter at every new gadget. Especially the machine guns in the directional signals.
Austin Powers is a must after you finish the Bond franchise
Definitely
"Who throws a shoe??"
Odd-Jobs renaming in Austin Powers is legitimately one of the funniest gags in a movie. :)
Apparently when the film came out, the people at the real Fort Knox demanded to know how they had got inside because the version in the film was so accurate.
No, they said they wished the inside of Fort Knox actually DID look that good.
There is a beautiful callback to that bomb timer stopping at 007 (repeated sometimes throughout the franchise I believe) at the beginning of Casino Royale where Bond hasn't earned his credentials yet. A character is going up the elevator, they look up, we cut to the increasing floor numbers on the display as the elevator is going up and it reads: "...3...4...5...6". Not yet (00)7
ALL the Bond movies have cold openings. It's tradition.
Except the first one, "Dr. No."
R.I.P. Sean Connery, Honor Blackman, Margaret Nolan (Dink), Aleta Morrison (Flying Circus "Champagne Leader") (all four passed in 2020). And R.I.P. Tania Mallet (Tilly) and Nadja Regin (Bonita the dancer, she was also in From Russia With Love) (both women passed in 2019).
The books were less cartoonish. This is my favorite one though just don't take it seriously.
I had the DB5 as a toy Corgi Car in the 70s bought at that toy store from Big. It was made of metal, was about 4 inches long, and did it all: changing license plates; pop-out machine guns; wheel propellers that came out to shred other wheels; a popup bulletproof metal shield; and the best thing, a roof that popped open when the passenger seat was ejected!!!
I hope that thing is in a box somewhere.
In the beginning of the movie, The man that was electricuted in the bathtub was really electricuted. Harold Sakata (as "Oddjob") really knocked Sean Connery as he was not taught how to hold back his chop when he struck Sean Connery out. If you look really close at the end of the movie, when Goldfinger, had a gun on James Bond, there is a man standing behind Goldfinger. That same man can be found laying on the floor as Bond knocked him out. The other missing scene is Jill Masterson attempted to shoot Goldfinger on the Golf course. Roger Moore commented that they really flattened that car. Goodbye for Now.
That's Cec Linder as Felix Leiter, James' friend in the CIA. Doctor Who aside, one of the highest points of BBC science fiction were the Nigel Kneale penned "Quatermass" trilogy of television mini-series in the 1950s. Cec Linder originated the role of Dr Roney in the third, and most celebrated of those serials, "Quatermass and the Pit".
Why they dubbed Gert Frobe when his accent was easily understandable is beyond me. But, the 60s, right? But this is my second favourite Connery Bond, behind From Russia With Love, which is a true spy thriller. And Sean Connery is like a 60s Will Smith. The guy is all charisma. He just has so much stage presence.
In reality, Gert Frobe didn't speak English, and was delivering his lines phonetically.
The jazzy intro to Bond in Miami is PURE 1964. We have not had this kind of filmic musical setting since the high school dance scene intro in _Sixteen Candles_ -- and just where the hell do you think Hughes got his idea?
PS: 1964, and we still use the same 9-volt batteries today.
PS again: My favorite Bond film.
PS again again: Goldfinger's death was used again in _Dune_ with Baron Harkonnen!
This movie is the best of the Sean Connery era. “Do you expect me to talk.”
“No Mr Bond I expect you to Die”
When my oldest sister was in college we hosted James Bond Sundays with her, her friends and our whole family lol. I was about 5ish and fell in love with the movies.
Can’t wait for On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.
I like the movie but George Lazenby is the Bond that is the least charming and the least suave.
A very underrated movie. But lazenby is a great athlete but pretty much a stiff of an actor. Not at all bad but not really good either and is trying to mimic Connery.
@@biguy617 - That's because Lazenby was originally just a male model and NOT an actor. After Sean Connery left the studios had to find someone fast and they kinda went with 'well, he just needs to shut up and look good' for Sean's replacement.
Me too.
@@biguy617 Which makes him the best Bond. I don’t need to suspend my disbelief as much as I need to for Connery. He made everything more serious and grounded and therefore a more relatable connection for the viewer. Lazenby was more like the books-Bond. Connery and Moore punch like girls. I could do without the douchebag wink and a smile too.
If you ask a Bond fan what is the quintessential film, they will reply one of two answers:
The Spy Who Loved Me (l977), or the subject of this review: Goldfinger!
From Russia with love.
You Only Live Twice.
Nope. For old school Bond fans Roger Moore turned Bond into a cartoon character. I still hate that version of Bond. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service had a much better love story.
Favorite is a different matter entirely, These highlight two different types of Bond.
Which did it better is near entirely up to personal preference, what with the multitudinous aspects involved.
As far as my opinion goes, while the Moore era was somewhat wasted potential, TSWLM showed what he could have been.
Although I do prefer For Your Eyes Only, due to its grounded nature, and the great score.
Honor Blackman appeared in an iconic British TV series in the early 60s called The Avengers where she played a secret agent which is probably how she eventually ended up being a Bond girl. She went on to appear in many movies including the Western shalako with Sean Connery and Bridget Jones Diary.
The laser effect was actually a guy with a blowtorch below the table really cutting it. Gives you a whole new respect for Sean Connery´s balls.
Hands down, Goldfinger is the best Bond film of all time
There's a great punk rock band from the 1980s named after "Ms. Galore."
My favorite set design in a Bond film is in *You Only Live Twice* .
Some people's interpretation of the Bond/Galore relationship is that she was a lesbian (which could only be implied in 1964) until Bond "turned her."
* Hey, do you remember when Goldfinger is talking to Bond when he had him strapped to that slab of gold, and he was gonna cleave him right up the middle with that big industrial laser? Remember when he says "Members of your curious profession are few in number. You have been recognized. Let's say, by one of your opposite numbers, who is also licensed to kill." If you play the video game called "Goldeneye: Rogue Agent", you find out that Goldfinger was talking about "Jonathan Hunter 0013"(Double-O Thirteen).
The laser effect was surprisingly simple. They just had a guy under the table with a blow-torch and added the red "laser" later.
the laser seen was actually a guy under the table with a blowtorch , and sean connery's nervous reaction was real as he started to feel the heat .
SLIGHT correction: The burning point of contact at the table was indeed a blowtorch. But the beam of the laser was an optical film effect added in post. The combination of the practical and post edit effects was very convincing.
i watch all the james bond movies every year during the summer. Goldfinger became one of the top five greatest Bond Villains. Oddjob was one of Bond's most dangerous enemies he ever face in hand-to-hand combat.
This is the film that became the template for most, if not all, the Bond films that followed. One of my favorites for that reason. Also sort of a trivia tidbit: Goldfinger's license plate on his car says AU1 which I agree is sort for Auric 1, but the periodic table symbol for gold is Au which I thought was a clever double meaning. Also the timer on the bomb originally stopped at 0:03, but they later changed it to 0:07 for the obvious wink and nod joke.