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Goldfinger (1964)
Rate:
4
Viewed:
1/11
1/11:
Goldfinger is the worst Bond film yet.
The blatant display of sexism is its downfall, and the production values are extraordinarily cheap.
Peter Hunt's editing is terrible at times; several frames looks missing in certain scenes, making it a semblance of
today's cinema that's suitable for people with short attention span.
Auric Goldfinger isn't interesting and has an anticlimactic death at the end. When he died, I was like, "I hardly knew ye."
A lot of people thought Oddjob was the best Bond villain of all time. Well, he's boring.
The idea of people dying from a nerve gas leak is absurd and stupid. Worse is James Bond charming Pussy Galore
(gee whiz...the name) to change her mind. That'll never happen. He hardly does much except to bed more women as
usual. And this is the best Bond picture that most people have claimed it to be? Yeah...right. The most memorable
part of Goldfinger, actually the whole franchise, is when the woman was found covered in gold paint all over which is a
classic Bond moment. Oh yes, the car...1963 Aston Martin DB5 is a real beaut.
The scene when James Bond stopped Jill's sister from doing her work left me in a state of disbelief. Why does he care? Move
on, and get the job done. She has obviously blown his cover. Then, he tries to get out of the situation but ends up wrecking
the poor car for no reason. Even the crash isn't believable because the wall won't crumble like how it did. As always, through
some deus ex machina, James Bond extricates himself from a precarious situation before his balls are about to be
literally melted by laser. Since James Bond offers no value, why do the villains keep him alive and then leave?
All in all, Goldfinger is too silly to be taken seriously.