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Bond spends two thirds of the film in captivity. It may seem a small thing but it really irritates me that he is in a cell or trapped with a gun on him for most of the picture.
The meeting of the Gangsters. The dialogue the hoods spew is nonsense. And why on earth does GF negotiate with them when he plans on killing them anyway? Bizarre.
The fight with Oddjob is also quite weak and anti-climatic.
Now I know every Bond film has its flaws, but I have always held GF in such high esteem I either never noticed, or didnt want to notice these before.
Anyhoow, still a high tier Bond film, but on this rewatch it has slipped a bit.
To be fair, there really wasn't much he could do. Odd Job alone was too much for him to handle.
It's more a "caper", compared to DN, FRWL and TB, which are more straight thrillers.
Oh i know that,but its the way he behaves,like its all one big jaunt.
His mind isnt even working overtime (or looking like it is) to find a plan.
This was Bond's first encounter with a nuclear bomb in the film series !
Such a cop-out ending.
My thoughts exactly.
What takes me out of it are things like Cec Linder's Leiter with that goofy hat and demeanor of a guy in a '50s cop drama. Then there's the gangsters with their silly accents - "Whatta you tryin' to pull, Goldfinga?"- that would have been laughed off the screen in the 1930s.
Then there's the whole crushing of the car with Solo's body inside. Probably seemed cool at the time, but it does nothing to add to the suspense or advance the plot. I end up thinking why?
Same with the little thing with Mai Lei spying on Bond with all those peepholes. Why so many? The scene is cute but adds little to nothing.
And as someone else said, the fight with Oddjob is not a fight, it's Bond getting thrashed all over the place. The punch-up with Red Grant is far more effective.
I will speak up against the perception that Bond does nothing in Kentucky. It's his charm that keeps him alive and wins Pussy to his side. Bond does look cool and that's kinda' my point here. It eventually all works for him and he does have an effect on the outcome.
I also think Goldfinger and Oddjob are the best villains. Goldfinger isn't a physical match for Bond, he has Oddjob for that, but the two put together make a very formidable team.
With some of the idiotic comments from other members regarding Bonds actions while captured I think they would of preferred it if Connery had burst into tears every so often during his imprisonment.
That is one childish comment! You should be perfectly capable of understanding the point. Bond is not only in captivity, but acts like he is on a casual holiday in the latter half of the film. Nobody asked for him to cry, just show some commitment!
Well obviously I was exaggerating the point with a little humour, you know, JOKING
Good grief.
The methods Bond tried in contacting the authorities failed. His last card to play was convincing Pussy. That he stayed supercool through all of it is simply Connery's Bond and the fact he didn't want to seem rattled by the events in front of Goldfinger and Pussy.
His cool charm paid off in the end so there you go.
Hitchcock was a big fan of that old lady scene.
At that point he already had done his part, i e screwing Honey on the good guys side.
There is humor and there is petty sarcasm. These are especially hard to dustinguish in written form.
For some people perhaps. But I do notice a lot of the more British humour seems to go over some members heads on the MI6 Community.
Are you serious? When you start your comment with addresing "idiotic members" you do not exactly lay the groundworks for comedy or being taken lightly. You give more the impression of being a little kid on a tantrum. British humour is obviously not something you are very good at...
I didn't call anyone "idiotic members" I wrote 'idiotic comments from other members.' Completely different.
So if you're going to quote me at least have the decency to get it right.
May I ask you, what you would do if you were to be the epitome of coolness and had no means whatsoever to get control over the situation?
Arrogance and self-awareness seldom go hand in hand.
Your 'humour' is hardly what I call 'British humour'. The fact that you may be British does not make your 'humour' British. Saying comments are 'idiotic' is not funny. It's an insult to the intelligence of the person who said it, with the sole purpose of putting oneself down as the 'smarter' person. That's not humour, that's disdain.
Case in point.
Be as keen on escaping as he was in, say, Dr. No. Especially after hearing the plans. But nah, it was played for laughs. He isn't even trying to convince Pussy it's a bad plan.
Beeing cool doesn't mean he doesn't care. On the contrary, in Thunderball he's very active, on top of the game, going for all or nothing. In GF he's rather content on drinking his cocktail with Goldfinger. In the beginning of GF he's in control (risking his own death to walk towards Masterton), in Kentucky he's happy to get cought, not in the slightest worried about his capture nor the plan.
The first half is so good that its almost a shock how much it goes off the rails once Bond is on GF's jet onwards.
I know people see this film as the 'wonder film' of the Bond cannon but I think TB is 100% a better film.
My idiocy comment wasn't meant to be funny. It was a lighthearted opinion about rather silly ideas regarding GF.
My comment about Bond occasionally crying during the raid on Fort Knox WAS meant to be funny.
Wouldn't expect you to understand.
Hope that wasn't too arrogant.