GOLDFINGER | The Movie That Made James Bond

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That smile on Pierce Brosnan when he says "The naked lady covered in gold pain ... life changed for me."

You are missing a key point about the car crushing scene - that was a 1964 Lincoln Continental. At the time of the film, this was one of the most desirable and high profile luxury cars available. Almost considered a work of art. The point of scene is to highlight Goldfinger's wealth and callous behavior, specifically his willingness to part with something so great so easily. It's to make it clear that if he can do that, he can anything i.e. kill 40,000 people in his scheme. It's to make him look more dangerous. Allegedly, some of the film crew cried when they watched the car being crushed.

Absolutely agree ! Shirley Basseys Golfinger theme is the GOAT of all Bond themes. Also Golfinger is my personal favorite.

The golden girl, the Aston Martin, and Shirley's Bassey's theme song somehow made you forget all the film's faults. . . .

60 years on, it`s STILL the best Bond of them all. Excellent, just excellent.

Love how they dropped 6,000 lb of Lincoln Continental, gold and dead gangster into a 1/4 ton Ranchero.

I saw this in 1964 when it came out. I was 12, and it looked astonishing. Straight after, I read all the books. Goldfinger was my favourite book, by far, and I've read it multiple times. The movie (Goldfinger) is my all-time favourite Bond. (Also, by far). About 11 years after the movie came out, i bought a DB6 Aston. Looking back, it was my favourite car of all time. (By far). I sold it in 1976 for a low price. - I so regret that. Pierce Brosnan was also a great Bond but the scripts had become ludicrous.

Goldfinger was the first Bond film with all the iconic elements. The credits, music, car, gadgets, women etc.

This is perhaps the best “Goldfinger” review I have seen. Very well done! RE: Solo death scene. You have to remember back in 1964 the Lincoln Continental was arguably the apex car in America...a 1961 version was President Kennedy's parade limousine. In 1963 Kennedy was assassinated in it. That's why the long lingering shot of the car just before the crane claws descend and destroy it. At the time people would have thought, ”Wow….what a cool Lincoln.” The crushing of this car in 1964 had an impact on the screen for people of that period……a younger, later audience would just see a regular car and not at all see what the fuss is about. Imagine if in some later Bond movie they did the same thing with the DB5… lingering shot…then ripped and crushed ….now you would get it.

My parents took me to the theater when the movie came out. I also had a battery powered Aston Martin decked out like this one. It would stop, fire the machine guns and pop up the rear shield. You could push the antenna down and change the license plate. There was a small lever to trigger the ejection seat which would shoot a human figure through the roof. Wish I still had it. And those extras at Fort Knox were the actual soldiers stationed at the army base of Fort Knox.

How can anyone not be excited with the music screams and Shirley sings the song. Every time I hear that song, I get goosebumps.

Bond, as laser nears his crotch: "Don't you want me to talk?" Goldfinger: "No, Mr Bond. I expect you to die!" Some of the greatest lines in the whole Bond series.

32:21 Never forget: Goldfinger got that entire room remodeled for that ONE (1) meeting.

1964, The Beatles and Beatle mania and James Bond, it was the decade of British music and movie culture.

Connerys panic in the laser scene is in part real the way they pulled it off is by having a guy with a blowtorch under the table the laser is an effect, but that blue flame cutting through the metal and getting close to Bonds groin is real

Re: voice actors. James Earl Jones was NOT credited or billed on the original release of Star Wars in 1977. His credit was added retroactively on the revised versions.

I call GF the Citizen Kane of action flicks. A total game-changer for many reasons.

Let's all give some credit to the marvellous German actor Gert Fröbe, who played one of the finest 007-villains.

Goldfinger and Moonraker just entertain you to escape. My 2 favorite Bonds.