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Most Competent Bond Villain
Of the major villains which have appeared in the Bond films, which has been the most competent? The one who’s villainous mastery has been closest to reaching success? The one who had the most realistic and profitable plan?
I argue that it’s Goldfinger, because he was able to manipulate friend and foe to make himself money, and came very near to destroying the American economy, and becoming the richest man in the world.
I know that many will say Blofeld, and I agree that he is perhaps the most competent villain of all. However, I still give the edge to Goldfinger because he did more with a smaller organization.
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I argue that it’s Goldfinger, because he was able to manipulate friend and foe to make himself money, and came very near to destroying the American economy, and becoming the richest man in the world.
I know that many will say Blofeld, and I agree that he is perhaps the most competent villain of all. However, I still give the edge to Goldfinger because he did more with a smaller organization.
Share your thoughts…
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But I'd also like to mention Alec Trevelyan, who used his ancestry to his advantage to be able to hide his faked death and build up a criminal empire before starting his scheme. His only downfall was his personal attachment to Bond, which meant they were more than equals. A lesser agent wouldn't have managed to take him down.
Spot on.
2. Dr No - Found the one weak spot for his metal hands
3. Sanchez - Would have had the world empire had it not been for Bond
4. 006 - Got to give credit to someone thought dead for 9 years.
5. Klebb - Could have made John Holmes sterile.
6. Scaramanga - Should have moved the dummy.
7. Drax - Excellent job covering up a gas leak.
8. Kananga/Big - Effectively played two characters.
9. Kristatos - Had Bond fooled for a while.
10. Khan/Orlov - A second away from nuclear domination.
Kristatos was also the most realistic. He just wanted the machine to sell to the Russians, no biggy. Nothing real evil or OTT.
HE would be...but then Bond makes the nasty quip about him having no hands and he looks genuinly hurt.
Excuse me? Auric Goldfinger obtained a nuclear weapon from China, which he paid for with forced contributions by American gangsters, whom he gassed when they wanted a return on their investments. Then, when his Korean army was being defeated by the U.S. Army, he turned his suit inside out, put a U.S. cap on, and started shooting his now former employees so that he could get away. Goldfinger would have gotten away with Operation Grand-Slam had Bond not been asked to keep an eye on him in Miami, or had Bond not mentioned the name of the operation during the laser sequence, which was a shot in the dark from Bond’s point of view. I give a lot of kudos to Goldfinger for having an excellent scheme planned; not to mention the success of the one he was already using where his Roller was a method of illegally transporting undeclared gold to different parts of the world to make a profit on it. I love that ingenuity.
If he's allowed Tamahori, I'm allowed to say Dench's M then :P :))
Lee Tamahori is fair enough, but we can't obviously include him, but can't argue that
I've seen her screen tests on TLD DVD and have to admit she looked very poor. Yet this is what they based there decision on...madness :S
Anybody with enough money can obtain a nuclear weapon from China, and as far as gassing American gangsters, how is that a villainous act? As far as switching "sides" during the shoot out, anybody who wants to get out alive could do that. That's a matter of survival, not competence. Goldfinger would have only gotten away with Operation Grand Slam if he hadn't chained Bond to the nuke, his biggest moment of incompetence. The only time that he's competent is the laser sequence, and that's only because that's the one and only moment he's holding all the cards.
because a film that was the 6th highest grossing film of 2002 would kill a franchise ? most people in hollywood dream of making a film as successful as DAD.
He can't even fight !!
But he's one of the few that have actually come within a minute of killing Bond successfully!
Its not about physicality, but how they manage their available resources!
2. Ernst Stavro Blofeld- about five seconds away from sparking World War 3, and about two seconds away from destroying Washington D.C.
3. Max Zorin- would have destroyed Silicon Valley had it not been for May Day switching sides
4. Alec Trevelyan- seconds away from crippling the economy of London, only stopped because of Q's handy-dandy grenade pen
5. Rosa Klebb- extremely close to killing 007 had it not been for Tatiana Romanova choosing him over Russia
Shooting yourself in the foot from the very start on this one. Bond playes Sanchez for almost the entire movie. Ne competent villian would let an enemy get that close so easily. Bond could have killed him whenever he wanted.