Tag: Goldfinger
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I’ve got a little itch. Down there.
The rope torture sequence from Casino Royale is fairly popular amongst Bond fans, but not with this one. Don’t get me wrong, it’s an excruciating sequence, and the pain inflicted with a rope whacking you while sitting in a bottomless… Read More →
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What if the villain has already won?
It’s a premise the Bond series has never fully embraced, and that alone makes it intriguing. Imagine Goldfinger starting with Fort Knox already irradiated, or Thunderball starting after a nuclear catastrophe. Instead of stopping disaster, Bond is forced to confront… Read More →
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James Bond doesn’t wear glasses
This quick line from official Bond movie Goldfinger alum Ursula Andress in the unofficial Casino Royale (1967) references the lack of eyewear of James Bond as if he’s a colloquially known figure. It happens again in the movie when the… Read More →
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Where’s Goldfinger? Playing his golden harp
This quip from Goldfinger has to be the most forced quip that ever quipped. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a good line, but contextually I just don’t buy it. In the chaos of a plane crashing, it strains credibility that… Read More →
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Character Spotlight: Gemma Arterton as Strawberry Fields
In Quantum of Solace, Strawberry Fields begins as a confident MI6 operative tasked with steering James Bond away from Bolivia, only to be swiftly disarmed and bedded by him. For such a short appearance, Fields has quite an effect on… Read More →
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Goldfinger stockpiles gold bullion, cheats at gin
Goldfinger’s obsession with stockpiling gold while casually cheating at gin rummy is a perfect snapshot of his character. The hoarded bullion shows his long-term greed and fixation on wealth as power, while his card cheating reveals he isn’t a brilliant… Read More →
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Quantum Of Solace should’ve just been Quantum
Quantum of Solace is a needlessly overthought title that would have been stronger and cleaner had it simply been Quantum. The added “of Solace” feels less like meaningful thematic depth and more like an attempt to dress up a word… Read More →
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The machine’s fixed! Who’s she, your mother?!
The scene with this annoying twerp in Diamonds Are Forever that loses to Tiffany Case in the carnival game is one of the reasons why the movie feels campy. And it’s a perfect example of why kids should never be… Read More →
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The President said he was entirely satisfied…
In Goldfinger, a radio announcement begins with the above line, only for Bond to switch it off and quip, “That makes two of us,” in a simple but effective piece of screenwriting. The scene briefly gestures toward the wider world… Read More →
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Now, where is this passion juice?
Bond’s offhand remark in Goldfinger is easy to miss right before he’s knocked out by Oddjob at the hotel fridge, yet it’s a quietly funny line. It lives in the shadow of his more famous quip about Dom Perignon ’53… Read More →
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