Tag: Goldfinger
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Still mind boggling: 1960s release date frequency
How lucky the audience was to see Dr. No in theaters and then From Russia With Love one year later. And then to be spoiled with Goldfinger, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice and On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. Atrociously jealous. Read More →
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Bond 26 Title: Operation Grand Slam
Make it a redo of Goldfinger, still set in the 1960s… Read More →
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“Do you expect me to talk?”
“No, Mr. Bond I expect you to die!” Goldfinger’s emphasis and drawl (even though Gert Frobe’s voice was dubbed anyway) in this exchange is a quintessential James Bond quote…pity we haven’t had many that stand out the same in modern… Read More →
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In Goldfinger, Bond never says his iconic line
That’s right – he never says “Bond. James Bond.” in one of his best movies. What were they thinking?! Read More →
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I think I’ve seen Goldfinger the most
As in, overall…the most amount of times I have watched a single James Bond movie…it’s Goldfinger. How many times is hard to calculate though. 100? Read More →
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“Nothing, Mr. Bond. I own the club.”
I’ve always loved Gert Frobe’s verbal and physical delivery of this line from Goldfinger – subtle but showy and intimidating! Read More →
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Goldfinger’s radioactive Fort Knox gold plot foiled.
A plot in seven words. Read More →
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“I never joke about my work, 007.”
Apart from the Q and Bond banter that defines their relationship in later movies, this line from Goldfinger gives a glimpse into a more serious and dire Q. It’s almost a desperate plea that is only touched on in later… Read More →
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“10 will get you 1”
“It’s a drink or a dame.” This is one of those outdated, “ages like milk” sayings from the 1960’s that always gets me from Goldfinger – it’s Leiter tracking Bond and surmising why Bond is finally on the move. Read More →
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No way Oddjob’s bowler cuts that statue
I mean I get why they did it, and it was a great effect. But why not have it cut something more believable? How horrific if it caused a death! Read More →
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