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Pretty much summed up everything that I like too.
Except maybe for two more things: following Goldfinger through the Alpine roads and investigating his factory.
Bond and M drinking with Smithers
Golf scene with GF try to cheat, but Bond knows.
Drived to and Kild at Car graveyard
Meeting Tilly Masterson (Bond destroyd wheels of her car)
I love everything about the first half. Before Bond lands in Kentucky. The first half is a perfect film for me and the second half is a good film.
I'm not a big fan of the final fight against Oddjob but his death is one of the best of the series.
The Golden girl scene would nab it for me too!
Stunningly realised sequence.
Agree about the Oddjob fight, not as good as it could have been, but his death is one of the best staged!
I asked the same question around a year ago in my weekly Bond poll and the laser scene got 13 votes while the golden girl got 12.
You forgot to mention Barrys music, which also plays its part!
The PTS of course is a classic. It was the first time the teaser played like a mini-movie and is one of the few occasions the PTS has nothing to do with the rest of the film (apart from a reason for Bond to be in Miami). In three and a half minutes it's a self-contained Bond classic in its own right full of iconic moments and imagery: stripping out of the wetsuit into a white tuxedo with dashing red boutonnière, squeezing out the plastic explosive to Barry's ticking clock tempo, lighting up and glancing at the watch just in time for the explosion, and of course the enduring "Shocking...positively shocking" before the door slam heralds in Barry and Bassey's equally arresting title song.
But several other scenes command attention too, such as Bond strolling into Goldfinger's suite to find Jill lounging on the balcony with binoculars and radio, an opportunity for Connery's best "Bond...James Bond" in my opinion and his first tête-à-tête with Goldfinger. The briefing with M and Smithers is beautifully staged and filmed. The first glimpse inside Q Branch is rife with humor and its own share of classic dialogue. The pursuit of Goldfinger down the winding alpine pass is full of gorgeous views and backed by Barry being alternately playful and breezily sweeping in his orchestration. The first bit of banter with Pussy Galore aboard the Lockheed Jetstar and toying with the peeping Mei-Lei while shaving are up there too among the film's most enjoyable scenes.
Though my favorite likely remains Bond facing Oddjob in Fort Knox's vault as Goldfinger's bomb ticks away with tension-filled inevitability. Ken Adam's tremendous set aside—and it may very well be his finest achievement, at the very least up there with Dr. No's tarantula room and the volcano lair of You Only Live Twice—it's seeing Bond up against such tremendous odds that makes this standoff the highlight of the film for me. With both his impossible gold brick-deflecting, golf ball-pulverizing strength and his wickedly lethal long-range headwear, Oddjob has been built up as the deadliest of Bond's foes. Add to that Bond hastening to free himself of his handcuff and the persistent ticking of the bomb in the background through it all and you have one of the series' most suspenseful and most riveting showdowns.
- Bond and Tilly on the Alpine roads
- GF's airforce ready for the air raid
Favourite Bond Moments - Round 14: GF - Part 2: Ranking
2. Meeting Tilly Masterson (Bond destroyd wheels of her car)
3. PTS
4. Drived to and Kild at Car graveyard
5. Bond and M drinking with Smithers
2. Meeting Jill and watching Goldfinger from her balcony
3. Jill covered in paint... Gold paint...
4. Waking up strapped to a table and facing off against the laser
5. Fight with Odd Job inside of Fort Knox
2. Jill Masterson
3. Golf
4. Auric Enterprises chase
5. Fort Knox climax
Yes.
2) Shirley covered in gold!
3) Golf match
4) Night time car chase
5) Goldfinger reveals his plan over a mint julep!
2. The PTS
3. Meeting Jill on balcony and intro to Goldfinger
4. The laser scene
5. Meeting Pussy on the Lockheed and shaving business
2 Fight with Oddjob in Fort Knox
3 Bond gets knocked out by the refrigerator
4 Car chase by Auric Enterprises
5 Laser table
How could I leave off Shirley Bassey’s title song and Robert Brownjohn’s titles? But that speaks to the strength of this film. Also, while not an “iconic” moment, I always enjoy Tania Mallet’s (Tilly Masterson) smile as Bond operates the Aston Martin. Its just a sweet moment.
1. Golf match (the whole scene! including the discussion afterwords, where we see how Oddjob's hat works and the moment where Bond returns the ball :D
2. Meeting Jill and watching Goldfinger from her balcony
3. Golden girl
4. Oddjob's death
5. Welcome to Miami (First minute after the titles, great aerial shot with a smart cut after the jump in the pool; and the music tells me"hey, the main part of GF starts now, enjoy")
Honourable mention: Driving through the swiss alps (since I met the spots last summer, as you can see on my photo)
Do you also include the golden Jill or only the knock out?
2. Battle for Fort Knox
3. Bond and Tilly on the Alpine roads (at daytime)
4. GF's airforce ready for the air raid
5. Golf game
Honourable mention: 'Mint Julep' plot reveal
Let s include it. The whole sequence is great, and the score and photography play a huge part. It all comes together so nicely. Love the Oddjob theme. Simple, chilling, effective and memorable. Connery is also perfect here.