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5.0 out of 5 stars
"No, Mr Bond, I expect you to die!", 3 Nov 2008
Appropriately enough the first of the series to have a really imaginative use of colour, Goldfinger is in many ways the most visually sensual of the films, the unforgettable image of Shirley Eaton's golden girl reflected in a golden glow to much of Ted Moore's cinematography. It's oozing with striking and surreal imagery, from Oddjob's menacing shadow on the hotel room wall, to the little old lady with machine gun or Bond making his entry by unzipping his wetsuit to reveal an evening one underneath. Ken Adam's production design is his possibly his finest hour, genuine architecture of the imagination that is at once both fantastic and strangely credible, maintaining a sense of scale and verisimilitude by his use of ceilings on the smaller sets.
It's also the one that set the Bond formula in stone, something that would later become more a hindrance than a help to the series before something more radical was attempted with Casino Royale. Aside from establishing the trend for irrelevant but enjoyable pretitle sequences, it is from here on that the gadgets begin to assume a more prominent role. However, unlike most of the Roger Moore efforts, they are no match for Bond's own wits - even the famed Aston Martin DB5 does not save him. After putting it through its paces, he is left to his own initiative.
There is no getting away from the overtly sexist approach here ("Dink, say goodbye to Felix - man talk."). Even Blackman's villainy seems inextricably linked to her lesbianism ("You can turn off the charm, I'm immune") but one good one from Bond and she's on the side of the angels.
As with all Bond films, many of the cast are dubbed - in this case, Frobe was dubbed by actor Michael Collins. Regardless, his Auric Goldfinger is easily the best of the Bond super-villains, and comes equipped with the best line in the series as Bond, strapped down in front of the laser beam (in the novel it was a chainsaw), asks if he expects him to talk: "No Mr Bond, I expect you to die." And for possibly the only time in the series, you think that maybe Bond really has had it. Incredibly enjoyable and one of the best-paced entries in the series, it's not hard to see why this is many people's favorite Bond film. It may be formulaic, but then the formula still worked wonders.
While all the extras from the original single-disc release have been carried over, there are not as many new features as you might expect on this repackaged two-disc Ultimate Edition. Most interesting are Theodore Bikel and Tito Vandis' screen tests as Goldfinger, but there are also somewhat awkwardly presented archive interviews with Connery and Honor Blackman as well as a featurette about the Aston Martin DB5, though perhaps the most enjoyable remain the radio spots from the original release.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
THE BEST BOND FILM!, 2 Nov 2009
A Kid's Review
This is the best James Bond film out of all the films I've seen (I've seen Goldfinger, From Russia With Love, The Spy Who Loved Me and Licence to Kill). It has some funny bits like an old lady with a Machine-Gun. I like the way Oddjob is like Jaws (A villain from the James Bond films, not the Shark) and doesn't talk.
I also think Sean Connery is the best Bond.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
The names Bond , James Bond !, 9 Oct 2009
This 2 disc ultimate edition is simply chock packed with extras that every Bond fan will savour and come back craving for more . Sean
Connery is without a doubt the best Bond ever as he thwarts the evil Goldfinger who is out for world domination by way of obliterating the world economy simply by destroying all the gold in Fort Knox . Agent 007 has his hands full as he fights off babes and bad guys in his quest to bring down the ruthless Goldfinger at all cost and save the world as only he can .
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