Review of Goldfinger (1964) by Stuart K — 19 Nov 2012
He 3rd and most famous James Bond film of them all, this set a standard, this took the James Bond series into the stratosphere and made it stick for over 45 years. It's still very entertaining all these years later, and it has all of the most memorable moments of the James Bond series.
In this one, James Bond (Sean Connery) goes after crooked international jeweller and gold magnate Auric Goldfinger (Gert Fröbe), who has been smuggling gold illegally. It takes him from Miami to a golf club in England where Bond wins with a little cunning to Switzerland where Bond is in the firing line of a very powerful laser then onto Fort Knox, Kentucky, where Goldfinger has a masterplan known as Operation Grand Slam.
Whereas Bond thinks Goldfinger is planning to steal the gold bullion out of Fort Knox, Goldfinger has something alot bigger in mind. But, with Bond held by Goldfinger, it's up to him to convince Goldfinger's pilot, the beautiful, tough pilot Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman) to put a halt to this.
Alot of people like this Bond film as it's got what we've come to expect from them, the gadgets, a good villian and an unforgettable girl in the form of This is also the one with Shirley Bassey belting out the dynamite theme tune, the gadget-laden Aston Martin DB5 and Ken Adam's jaw-dropping vision of Fort Knox.
24 Carat Bond indeed...
This review of Goldfinger (1964) was written by Stuart K on 19 Nov 2012.
Goldfinger has generally received very positive reviews.
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