I was introduced to Bond, James Bond-with this at a local movie house with my uncle when I was 10 and to say the least, I was properly awed. "Goldfinger" was the third 007 flick and all the exciting elements of the first two films, "Dr No" and "From Russia With Love" such as incredible action and fight sequences, a suspenseful storyline, exotic locations, beautiful women and sex, and Sean Connery's masterful portrayal of the supersuave and resourceful Bond, Agent 007-with a License to Kill, were brought back. But "Goldfinger" also notched up the series to another another level by introducing the dramatic opening theme song-right after Bond again cheats death in an action sequence opener-with Shirley Bassey belting out the title number. Indeed, "Goldfinger" has an incredible brassy music score and a variation of the title theme is used through out the film, reaching it's pinnacle in the final action sequence, the attack on Fort Knox.
"Goldfinger" also introduces the character of Q who is in charge of all the various cool gadgets 007 needs in the field and whose give and take sarcasm with Bond becomes a feature. Q also delivers Bond his greatest ride, the Aston-Martin, well equipped with various gadgetry.
A Bond flick is only as good as the villian and Gert Frobe as Auric Goldfinger is terrific. He's an exception to virtually all the other films in the Connery series, in which Bond battles the evil crime organization Spectre, run by the criminal mastermind Ernst Stavros Blofeld. Goldfinger is an ex-Nazi who is a legitimate gold bullion dealer trying to corner the gold market by setting off a nuclear device in the gold depository in Ft. Knox. "Goldfinger" also adds a new element with the introduction of the virtually indestructible and totally subservient henchman, Odd Job, a North Korean who also doubles as Goldfingers bodyguard, valet, chauffeur, and rather hilariously, as a golf caddie in the early social meeting between Bond and Goldfinger, which becomes a staple of the series.
Bond Girls: some great ones in this. Bonita, a sexy Latino who is setting up Bond for murder in the opening sequence; Dink, a lovely bimbo who is accompanying Bond on vacation in Miami; Jill Masterson, a drop dead gorgeous blond we meet while sunning in a tiny bikini and also helping Goldfinger cheat at high stakes gin; Tilly Masterson, her sister, who tries to kill Goldfinger after he's killed her sister-by painting her gold, in a dramatic moment; and last but not least, Honor Blackman as Pussy Galore, Goldfinger's personal pilot whose "flying circus" of other gorgeous female pilots are an essential part of Goldfingers plot to take over Fort Knox. Absolutely the greatest name of any of the Bond girls. Pussy wasn't the best looking of the Bond women, she was a bit older, but still very sexy and Blackmon is excellent as the bad Bond girl who initially rebuffs Bond's sexual advances- indeed indirectly indicating her preferences are for women-but finally succumbing to Bond's masculinity and as a result, helping to thwart Goldfinger's evil plot. Her initial meeting with Bond, coming out of a coma, also gave us with of the best bits of dialogue in film.
Pussy: "My name is Pussy Galore" Bond: "I must be dreaming."
"Goldfinger" also introduces the character of Q who is in charge of all the various cool gadgets 007 needs in the field and whose give and take sarcasm with Bond becomes a feature. Q also delivers Bond his greatest ride, the Aston-Martin, well equipped with various gadgetry.
A Bond flick is only as good as the villian and Gert Frobe as Auric Goldfinger is terrific. He's an exception to virtually all the other films in the Connery series, in which Bond battles the evil crime organization Spectre, run by the criminal mastermind Ernst Stavros Blofeld. Goldfinger is an ex-Nazi who is a legitimate gold bullion dealer trying to corner the gold market by setting off a nuclear device in the gold depository in Ft. Knox. "Goldfinger" also adds a new element with the introduction of the virtually indestructible and totally subservient henchman, Odd Job, a North Korean who also doubles as Goldfingers bodyguard, valet, chauffeur, and rather hilariously, as a golf caddie in the early social meeting between Bond and Goldfinger, which becomes a staple of the series.
Bond Girls: some great ones in this. Bonita, a sexy Latino who is setting up Bond for murder in the opening sequence; Dink, a lovely bimbo who is accompanying Bond on vacation in Miami; Jill Masterson, a drop dead gorgeous blond we meet while sunning in a tiny bikini and also helping Goldfinger cheat at high stakes gin; Tilly Masterson, her sister, who tries to kill Goldfinger after he's killed her sister-by painting her gold, in a dramatic moment; and last but not least, Honor Blackman as Pussy Galore, Goldfinger's personal pilot whose "flying circus" of other gorgeous female pilots are an essential part of Goldfingers plot to take over Fort Knox. Absolutely the greatest name of any of the Bond girls. Pussy wasn't the best looking of the Bond women, she was a bit older, but still very sexy and Blackmon is excellent as the bad Bond girl who initially rebuffs Bond's sexual advances- indeed indirectly indicating her preferences are for women-but finally succumbing to Bond's masculinity and as a result, helping to thwart Goldfinger's evil plot. Her initial meeting with Bond, coming out of a coma, also gave us with of the best bits of dialogue in film.
Pussy: "My name is Pussy Galore" Bond: "I must be dreaming."