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CBn Reviews 'Goldfinger'

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Qwerty View Member Dossier Find Member's Posts Agent No.: 002175 \| Posts: 80125 Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York	6 May 2005 - 02:23 Post #1
	From CBn's main page... CBn Reviews Goldfinger Forum members review the third James Bond film ~ Nobody Knows Me Like You Know Me ~ 'People Look Up. Things Fall Down. And When It Rains, It Pours' Moving at the speed of life, we are bound to collide with each other ♦ D of the CBn Four *♦ ♦ ♦ Are You Ready To Go? ♦ ♦ ♦*

trumanlodge89 View Member Dossier Find Member's Posts Agent No.: 003416 \| Posts: 614 Lieutenant Group: Crew Enlisted: 5 February 2005	6 May 2005 - 03:47 Post #2
	i was once again honored and surprised to be among those chosen for the feature. thanks guys!! This never happened to the other fella.

K1Bond007 View Member Dossier Find Member's Posts Agent No.: 003350 \| Posts: 3971 Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 20 January 2005 From: Illinois	6 May 2005 - 05:17 Post #3
	Nice job fellas. Honored to have my little review featured in the article.

Qwerty View Member Dossier Find Member's Posts Agent No.: 002175 \| Posts: 80125 Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York	6 May 2005 - 11:15 Post #4
	Keep the reviews coming everyone, and I'll hopefully get them in the articles. ~ Nobody Knows Me Like You Know Me ~ 'People Look Up. Things Fall Down. And When It Rains, It Pours' Moving at the speed of life, we are bound to collide with each other ♦ D of the CBn Four *♦ ♦ ♦ Are You Ready To Go? ♦ ♦ ♦*

Qwerty View Member Dossier Find Member's Posts Agent No.: 002175 \| Posts: 80125 Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York	17 November 2005 - 05:15 Post #5
	[Moderator's Note: Poll added to this thread.] ~ Nobody Knows Me Like You Know Me ~ 'People Look Up. Things Fall Down. And When It Rains, It Pours' Moving at the speed of life, we are bound to collide with each other ♦ D of the CBn Four *♦ ♦ ♦ Are You Ready To Go? ♦ ♦ ♦*

Carver View Member Dossier Find Member's Posts Agent No.: 0041 \| Posts: 1446 Lt. Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 27 March 2002 From: Out in the sticks	17 November 2005 - 13:33 Post #6
	10 out of 10. Although The Living Daylights is my favourite Bond film, Goldfinger is still a perfect film. Oustanding. A new banker, I seem to collect them Delicious...

Mr. Blofeld View Member Dossier Find Member's Posts Agent No.: 0011299 \| Posts: 4325 Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 14 October 2007 From: North Smithfield, RI, USA	30 November 2007 - 23:41 Post #7
	You know his name, you know his obsession; now... DISCUSS!!! You only live twice: Once when you're born And once when you look death in the face. --Ian Fleming

Qwerty View Member Dossier Find Member's Posts Agent No.: 002175 \| Posts: 80125 Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York	30 November 2007 - 23:46 Post #8
	[Moderator's Note: Topics merged] ~ Nobody Knows Me Like You Know Me ~ 'People Look Up. Things Fall Down. And When It Rains, It Pours' Moving at the speed of life, we are bound to collide with each other ♦ D of the CBn Four *♦ ♦ ♦ Are You Ready To Go? ♦ ♦ ♦*

tambourineman View Member Dossier Find Member's Posts Agent No.: 006796 \| Posts: 320 Sub-Lieutenant Group: Crew Enlisted: 26 June 2006 From: Sydney	1 December 2007 - 05:03 Post #9
	It always almost gets me lynched whenever I say it in Bond communities, but I find GF highly overrated. I think its a great film, but it just barely squeezes into my top 10 Bond movies list. Connery gives what is possibly his best performance as 007, but outside that the movie is imo very average. Well, ok theres also the Astin Martin... The locations are amongst the most dull of any Bond movie (kentucky, texas, florida.. wow.), and interesting locations are something thats always very important to me in a Bond movie. I think only AVTAK beats GF in the most boring locations stakes. The movie was also too campy for my liking (a villain who kills people by throwing his hat at them... Austin Powers was right to take the piss with that one). Also Bond is incompentent throughout, he just makes mistakes left right and center, and in the end Goldfingers plan really self-destructs on its own, the only part Bond really played was seducing Pussy Galore (not one of my favorite Bond girls) and turning her. Dont want to sound too negative, GF is a great film! I just dont get why the movie could be so accepted as the best Bond movie in any way. I have watched this film so many times hoping I'll have some kind of a "Ah, now I get it!", moment, but no, everytime I watch it I feel the same way. A good Bond movie that isnt too special and not as good as the two before or after it. This post has been edited by tambourineman: 1 December 2007 - 05:09

manfromjapan View Member Dossier Find Member's Posts Agent No.: 006154 \| Posts: 362 Sub-Lieutenant Group: Crew Enlisted: 1 February 2006 From: Japan	1 December 2007 - 22:56 Post #10
	GOLDFINGER (Guy Hamilton, 1964) After GOLDFINGER, the Bond films would get just a little too ridiculous and undisciplined. Less realistic and more fantastical and humourous than it's two predecessors, this is one of the most entertaining of the series. Most of the iconic imagery surrounding the series stems from this film, and the plot, girls (Honor Blackman, Shirley Eaton), villains (Gert Frobe, Harold Sakata's Oddjob), music (one of John Barry's best, Shirley Bassey sings the legendary theme) are all top-notch. And of course, Connery is excellent, somehow even cooler and charismatic than ever before. paulie.toadfire.com

Scottlee View Member Dossier Find Member's Posts Agent No.: 001828 \| Posts: 2392 Lt. Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 5 February 2003 From: Leeds, England	2 December 2007 - 15:47 Post #11
	A solid 9 from me. Not the best Bond film but right up there in the Top Six. "He's my new anchor man!" - Elliot Carver

Vauxhall View Member Dossier Find Member's Posts Agent No.: 006263 \| Posts: 5098 Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 25 February 2006 From: London, UK	2 December 2007 - 15:55 Post #12
	I voted 8. When I first watched GOLDFINGER, I never really understood why it came out top of every Bond movie poll at the time, but I've come to appreciate that it certainly is one of the most solid movies, including some classic scenes.

Lazlow View Member Dossier Find Member's Posts Agent No.: 0011045 \| Posts: 24 Midshipman Group: Crew Enlisted: 2 July 2007	12 January 2008 - 09:48 Post #13
	Well, I think it is one of the most overrated Bond-movie. I think it is becouse it was the first over-the-top Bond-movie. Well, for me, it is among the worst. I gave it three, becouse of the following things, which make it better from the ones I dislike the most: -It has a great music. Barry's music is the best thing in this film.(The same applies to OHMSS) -The pretitle scene. One of the best in the whole series. Better than the whole movie. -While I don't like Goldfinger and Oddjob too much, at least they are played by good actors, and they don't make things worse. I think that they keep the whole movie together, so it won't fall apart completly. -Connery appears in this movie. At least that is something, although he is quite boring. -Guy Hamilton made better Bond-movies later, so I can forgive him for this movie. What can I say about the rest? With a better direction, the movie could be better. The story is not bad, but the director makes a bad movie out of it. But at the end, the whole thing is boring and I don't really care about Bond's fate. So, I usually watch Casino Royale '67 instead of this, bacouse that is far better than Goldfinger. Thunderball and You Only Live Twice wasn't that bad. I like Casino Royale '67, Operation Kid Brother, You Only Live Twice, Thunderball, Diamonds Are Forever, A View to a Kill, The Man With the Golden Gun, Die Another Day, Never Say Never Again, and I think these are far better than Goldfinger, From Russia With Love, OHMSS, Octopussy, For Your Eyes Only and the two Dalton films. I'm indeed a true rebell.

Mr. Blofeld View Member Dossier Find Member's Posts Agent No.: 0011299 \| Posts: 4325 Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 14 October 2007 From: North Smithfield, RI, USA	12 January 2008 - 09:53 Post #14
	QUOTE(Lazlow @ 12 January 2008 - 04:48) I usually watch Casino Royale '67 instead of this, bacouse that is far better than Goldfinger. You are one sad, strange little man.