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It's a marvelous film. Hugely entertaining. Packed with classic moments and characters, memorable and witty dialogue, and iconic images. Superb title song, swinging score, genius production design. Connery is super cool and deadly. And in fact Bond is not imprisoned for half the film at all. The Fort Knox climax is unforgettable.
I love GF and the general public do too. It always get a top if not the top vote when the general public are asked to vote on their fav Bond film.
Also, for me CR does rank as a classic Bond above GE.
My top classic Bonds; Dr. No, FRWL, GF, TB, OHMSS, TSWLM, CR
I'm in my mid-40's now and grew up with those Connery Bonds - saw ALL of them on the big screen, often re-release double bills which packed out the cinemas in the early 70's.
GF was massively popular. Back then there was nothing else like Bond, so it was truly special.
Today there are exotic thrillers and action movies all over the place, so I totally understand why some of the magic my generation felt with Bond has diminished with the next generation -- but it's still good that Bond is still hugely popular.
(And I don't mean about GE) :P
I dunno guys. I'm a "Brosnan kid" and while I think GE is great, CR is better for me.
Now you got me thinking. By the time a clean-shaven Bond orders a dry martini with three measures of Gordon's, one of vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet shaken very well until it's ice-cold with a large thin slice of lemon peel, wouldn't he already have a beard?
However, I would love to see his home and May, his housekeeper.
1.) Casino Royale "You Know My Name"
2.) Quantum of Solace "Another Way to Die"
3.) The Living Daylights "The Living Daylights"
4.) The Spy Who Loved Me "Nobody Does it Better"
5.) Thunderball "Thunderball"
6.) From Russia With Love "From Russia With Love"
7.) Quantum of Solace (Video Game) "When Nobody Loves You"
8.) Blood Stone (Video Game) "I'll Take it All"
9.) Everything or Nothing (Video Game) "Everything or Nothing"
I didn't like Goldfinger himself that much. He does get my favorite line in the whole of the franchise, but that doesn't redeem him in my mind. Oddjob was... I dunno what to say about Oddjob. It seems to me that people only like him for his hat, not really his character.
I will admit to liking the climax at Fort Knox, but I also liked the scenes with Bond taunting Goldfinger into revealing his plan.
This movie also gave us one thing that I simply can't imagine Bond without: The Aston Martin DB5.
But, overall, I didn't really care for Goldfinger.
I'm sure they'll still be a lot of hand to hand fights but less action and explosions would always be a plus. As for "it's gone back to blowing stuff up – including London's Vauxhall Bridge" I'm sure that isn't one and the same!
EDIT: Should this be moved to Bond 23 News and Spoilers?
Bond has been on a fortnight vacation or something, and he is just hanging around in his flat. He hasn't shaved in awhile, he is just kicking back. Then he is either abruptly called into duty, or his vacation simply ends. So he shaves to a clean cut, fixes his hair, slides into an impeccable suit and goes back to work. Bond is back. (That sort of thing)
Maybe as Bendy Mendy has re-read the books he's going to give us a back story when Bond is shot on duty and has 6 months off. Could this be a PTS and a lead into B23?
And $135 million is hardly a shoestring budget so we can stop that talk right now.
The Sun may have this one 100% wrong.
Not to mention it's cheaper
Let's just say the action scene will be a hair-raiser. :-D
I remember a few odd rumours circulating before 'CR' came out; they lowered expectations (for me, at least) and so made 'CR's excellence a welcome relief. Bond with a beard could appear in a pre-title sequence on some sort of SAS-type mission; that would be my bet.