James Bond Complete - Movie #3 After watching this again, I still think it's easily the best of the first three 007 entries. It's got the best bad guy, the best henchman, the best evil plot, the most action. The set design by Ken Adam rivals that of "Dr. No". Goldfinger's office unfolds into a huge playset that he can use to demo Operation Grand Slam with other mobsters. I've been paying attention to the opening credits for each film. This one's opening, accompanied by the theme song, is truly iconic. The tune will never be my favorite, though. I can't handle Shirley Bassey's wailing. The Aston Martin makes its first appearance and it has to be the pinnacle of gadget-laden cars in movie history.

GOLDFINGER had everything. It stands as perhaps THE icon of 60's movie-making and for those lucky enough to have been around then, it remains the most beloved of nostalgic revisitations.

I've mentioned in other comments (or Reviews or whatever they're called) that I try to be a bit forgiving on the older movies, realizing that the standards - and the methods, technology, etc - were much more limited back then. And I love Sean Connery. But this… This one should have had someone - maybe several someones - go back and look at it closely, and trash the entire thing. The storyline was just ridiculous, the acting (with the exception of Connery, of course) was subpar, there were subplots that went NOWHERE and did nothing for the story…There really just was nothing good about _Goldfinger_ . I'm watching all the _James Bond_ movies as they're currently streaming on Amazon Prime (at the moment of this review) and the two movies that preceded this one ( _Dr. No_ and _From Russia With Love_ ) were both considerably better than this one even though they were older. I don't want to reveal any spoilers so let me just suffice it to say that _Goldfinger_ had multiple "subplots" that ended with zero explanation…and that's always frustrating. Overall, this just wasn't a very good _James Bond_ story. And it certainly didn't translate to the big screen well at all. Much as I hate to, I have to give this one a big Thumbs Down in spite of Connery. He just couldn't carry this one.

Do you expect me to talk? No Mr Bond. I expect you to die. FUCKING ICONIC

Goldfinger, it's the film The film with the golden stars All five full stars Such a fun singer Beckons you to watch this film of fun So don't you run Golden music will pour in your ear And the girls will certainly make you peer For a golden girl knows when he's kissed her It's a scene of sex from Mister Sean Connery