Discussing GOLDFINGER | A Bond Fan Conversation with Calvin Dyson 

I genuinely wish these two would set up their own duo channel for more frequent stuff. They are fantastic together.

Seriously?!!?!?? I can't believe we're getting this so soon after the Diamonds Are Forever "debate". This is FANTASTIC. I simply cannot wait. Both of your channels are great, but when you two team up, well, it's GOLD!!!

Keep these “debates” coming, please. 🙏 I love hearing y’all talk about the Bond films. ♥️

Kind of incredible how well this movie holds up 60 years later!

My favorite Bond film and my second most favorite movie of all time. (Raiders of the Lost Ark). This is the movie that made me a lifelong Bond fan. And I LOVE Dawn Raid at Fort Knox. One of my go to soundtrack cuts. Please don’t hate me.

The dynamic duo is back! My two favorite Bond reviewers.

After rewatching all Sean Connery Bond movies, i find Goldfinger on the top of my list from SC as an actor. Complete Bond movie, got it all what it needs to be perfect! Style, Class, Locations, Girls , Poker, Drinks, Cars , real espionage !

My favorite Bond movie for so many reasons.

That intro was superb!!

David, it’s Ken Adam. Not Adams. Thankfully Calvin kept getting it right. Very very very enjoyable episode with you both. “ Do you expect me to say Ken Adam ? No Mr Zaritsky, I expect you to die “

I used to think this movie was highly overrated but the more that time passes the more I grow to love it

I love Goldfinger. Movie and the villain alike. This type of evil plan - he wants to do something unspeakable to boost the gains of his legitimate business - is probably my favourite film plot.

Miss Galore is definitely one of the best bond women.

So great to see you guys back together. Especially so soon after there was quite a gap between The World is Not Enough, and Diamonds Are Forever. Looking forward to giving this a watch.

Strongly disagree Calvin. The transition from the cold open to the title them is perfect. The silence, Connery delivering a joke after almost dying and then BOM BOM! Gooey Pizza! That's one of my favorite Bond moments

Nostalgia. If you're David's age or, like me, older (DOB 1961), nostalgia is expressly or implicitly a factor in any discussion of Bond films. The first five are absolute time machines that transport us older folk back to a place in time that is no more, but which we fondly remember. Goldfinger, of course, is in that category.

I LOVE the soundtrack to this film. I love the big brass sound. It is so bombastic, so Bond-like. It's the best of the lot. Everything about this film is pure comic book and it just hits the right notes throughout. Not just the music, but the lighting, the color, the opulence, the characters. It's pure pop corn gold. There is no other Bond film that is as iconic as this film. Having said that, it doesn't make my top ten list of Bond films!

28:48 yeah, the 1st 3 films weren't in wide-screen. I saw Goldfinger on the big screen and then Thunderball at the cinema the next day - there was a big difference.

The way I see Goldfinger is, it has absolutely the best theme song and title sequence, that part is - there is only one word - outrageous - and it sets up the film so well. Goldfinger does live up to the song - he's outrageous. He is my favourite Bond villain, funny, charismatic, ruthless. His henchman Oddjob is outrageous. He's my favourite Bond Henchman - the way he crushes that golf ball - pure cinema. Pussy Galore - just the name is outrageous and she is one of my favourite Bond women, after Fiona Volpe (2) and Tracy (1). She's charismatic, competent, cool and with the perfect sprinkling of arrogance. Bond's car is outrageous. I was 7 when the movie came out and I, like every boy I knew, had a Dinky model of it. That idea, of an ejector seat - outrageous. Connery as Bond here is charismatic. It's his most difficult role as Bond since for half the movie he's a prisoner. But even then, he constantly takes the initiative and ultimately defeats Goldfinger via his hold on Pussy. He is also confident, cool and charismatic. The Ken Adam sets - he'd outdo this movie in You Only Live Twice but none the less, it is pure style. It is the ultimate James Bond movie. It is not my personal favourite but everything in Bond hangs of just two movies - this one and Dr No. Of the two, this in my mind makes the greater contribution. I agree with you entirely, for me the best of Bond is pure fun. I happen to think of OHMSS as fun, though - yes it does end in tragedy but the journey is so terriffic.

Used to watch this the most of the 007 movies when I was young. Despite a few questionable logic gaps, it remains a classic quintessential watch. Will be fun to watch the discussion.

I feel like this is the movie where Bond really and finally became a huge part of popular culture. And I wasnt even born in the 60s!

My Two Cents: - I can't find a quote but I heard even Guy Hamilton had an issue with the scenes at Auric Stud. The film does grind to a halt after moving at a brisk pace (Like Thunderball! 😝). Things really don't pick up again until the finale but even then, it's not that good. In the novel, it was absolutely chilling to arrive to a town that appears to be dead. In the movie, I just see soldiers fainting on cue. That's why GF doesn't make number one for me. Most of the last third of this movie drags. - Goldfinger is arguably one of the few times that James Bond is actually acting like an agent for an intelligence gathering agency or a "spy". They get information and pass it along and that's what Bond does throughout most of the film. - There's a chilling aspect to Barry's music when the soldiers are being knocked out at Fort Knox. The music sounds emphasizes the fact that to Goldfinger, he's doing as much destruction as a building being erected. The massive loss of life? To quote the man himself: "American motorists kill that many every two years." - I also agree that Auric Goldfinger is the best Bond villain both on a surface level and a substantial level. Physically, he looks highly unusual which is a great thing when you want an actor to play a villain. On a substantial level, you feel the deep resentment Goldfinger has towards Bond. He is well aware of how he looks and he has to pay women in order to be seen with him. When you take that into account, it's no wonder why Goldfinger wants to castrate Bond via laser, it's personal attack. That sort of pettiness, combined with his grotesque appetite for Gold, actually makes him more interesting than the other Bond Baddies that are generally not much more than cloak and dagger. Auric seems more human. I also feel the same about Max Largo from Never Say Never Again. There's a pettiness and humanity their too.

Just began watching, but have to say that intro was amazing 🎉

I've just put on From Russia with love seriously the music is so good. I love this film so much it's top 3 or top 2 Classic Genius

Great film, the blueprint for all Bond films.

Goldfinger is the best example ever of a movie which IMPROVED the plot of the book. The book plot was... Unreliable.

That's incredible, I was literally just revisiting your Thunderball debate! Great discussion lads, really good points all around. I had no idea Calvin could do a decent Connery impression, that was very good! The thing about the long sequence where Bond is held prisoner, it appears that Goldfinger holds all the cards. We don't necessarily know how Bond is going to get out of this, so the stakes are raised.

My favorite Bond film. 🔥🔥🔥 I love the debates and discussions between you two! :D

I usually roll my eyes and think "kids today..." with some of Calvins views but I agree with much of what he says in this one.

I wanted to watch you and Calvin today, but there was so much going on in my house. I finally got to see the both of you, and it was fantastic! Goldfinger has always been my favorite Bond film, even though I know there were more polished Bond films. But it is just so much fun to watch, no matter how many times I have seen it.

Awesome. Looking forward to it. The definition of the template of a Bond movie. Great film

The strange thing is even though Goldfinger is a masterpiece, I never reach for it like I do many other Bond films. I still enjoy it quite a bit, though.

Can't wait for this. To prepare I'm going to watch some of the previous discussions again.

Great discussion, guys. Really loved that. I did roar at the Masterson sister's gravestones! Tragic both sisters dying but the escapist feel doesn't make you think that. It's more a case of, oh she's out of it now, and you think of the actress walking away with her paycheck. Goldfinger is wonderful. Top 3 for me.

Honor Blackman was older than Connery, that's true. She was 39, Connery only 34. However, she was a good actress, so no problem here.

That intro. The editing of the snare hits with odd job, the breaking of the pencil, and Dink was top notch 🫡

Wow this was such a amazing suprise and it was brilliant as always from you both, your such huge bond fans and my favourite you tubers, keep them coming guys

Yay! Love this series so much🤘🏼 going through a really hard time right now and rewatching them all and this was a great surprise!

Loved this as I love all of them! Always look forward to these 👏

Give Golden Gun some love in the next episode :) It has great villains with unique and personal story relating to Bond, lovely scenery and a lot of fun :)

Recently discovered both your channels and am so happy to see you both still collaborating, please PLEASE keep it up!

My first Bond movie I watched in the 70's and my favourite. My best scene is Bond on the table with the laser pointing between his legs, just the sound the laser makes it so creepy and suspenseful. Also has a great villain Auric Goldfinger, Odd Job, named because he did odd jobs, Pussy Galore. Amazing ken Adam sets of Fort Knox and lots of Gold. Soundtrack is amazing and that Bassey song needs to be bold and brash to match up to the movie. Only downside i can think of is it's not shot in widescreen. Great review you two :)

Top work on the editing Joe, and as always a great discussion chaps!

This was my first Bond film. I technically saw Spy Who Loved Me earlier but i was far too young to follow the plot or know what was going on. This is fhe first movie i remember actually following the plot of when i was like 8.

Always a top 5 for me

Guy Hamilton isn't a step back from Terence Young, he's more like a jump to the left :)

I also rank Thunderball above Goldfinger.

A fantastic conversation guys. I throughly enjoyed it.

Thus us my 2nd favourite connery bond film after from Russia with love,

love the outfit David. I've got Goldfinger vying for number two with From Russia with Love, behind OHMSS. John Barry's score creates the light , fun atmosphere

Got turned onto both of your channels in the past few months and am hooked. I've been a Bond fan since I watched The Man with the Golden Gun with my mom when I was a kid. She was a Bond fan because she like Connery. Been hooked on Bond ever since. Currently doing my first read through of all the books. Just finished Goldfinger, and I loved it. The books have really been adding to my enjoyment of Bond. Keep up the great work, guys.

Loved the Conversation and new subjects around Goldfinger! Its my fav Connery Bond Film!

Thank you, great vlog! For nostalgic and emotion reasons Goldfinger remains my #1 Bond film. 60 years! Say it ain't so Mr. Bond!

BTW, I love when you two get together to discuss Bond. It's fun and insightful. Keep up the great work.

Yes Calvin! Numero Uno villian.

I remember seeing that car with the gadgets in use as a 7 year old and I was never the same afterward. One of those movies I can't imagine life without...

Always has been My favourite Bond film because it was My first. My Cousin took me to see it in Birkenhead in the 60's and as we arrived early we waited in the Circle foyer listening to the sound from when Pussy Galore is seduced. That meant I heard John Barry's stunning music cue 'Raid on Fort Knox' and I've been hooked ever since.

David with the gadgets always gets me!!

Wow, David REALLY stepped up his editing game for this one. Bravo! 👏🏻

Seen Goldfinger so many times, but saw it on the big screen at the Prince Charles cinema back in Feb. Still a great Bond film (if somewhat overrated - it's 6 in my rankings) and surprised how humorous it really is. Everyone at the cinema was laughing at the "Man Talk" scene, a lot of the Miami sequence, Bond interacting with Moneypenny and Q, golf scene, Bond's one liners all the way up to Goldfinger's death. That made my row and the row behind me laugh like idiots! Similar to when I saw Licence To Kill on the big screen a few years back. The darkest, grittiest Bond movie. And yet certain scenes made people laugh!

Perfect timing, I watched goldfinger 2 days ago. I'm rewatching all official bond films in order over the course of the month. Sorry to tell you this but I do feel goldfinger is massively overrated

The Bond Experience + Calvin Dyson. Name a better duo, I'll wait.

Nailed it. Why Connery and Moore are my favorites! Fun.😉😄 🍸

GOLDFINGER is one of the very best. 🙌🏻

It's matured like a fine barrel of talaska Goldfinger is in my top 5 James Bond Adventures In no particular order Goldfinger Skyfall Spectre The man with the golden gun From Russia with love

An Easter weekend treat 👌

Gentlemen, Mr Frobe was German; his name is pronounced Frober [without the final R]. I loved the discussion, though; thank you both.

Christmas came early!

Ynow I really like the idea of Bond working for Goldfinger like in the book, but the book does it so weirdly where he's not even undercover lol.

If you had lived through the release of the James Bond films, you would know that "Goldfinger" had more of an impact than any other film in the past 60 years.

The ass slap to the music in the intro deserves a mention, great music too

Great intro 🕺 💃🏾

Regarding the aspect ratio, the first three films are presented in the 1.66:1 aspect ratio, which, at the time, was the European standard theatrical aspect ratio.

Great discussion on my all time favourite 007 Film

Fast work, you two!

Calvin Dyson and David Zaritsky: The best duo since Mr Wint and Mr Kidd.

Something that was not mentioned, is that Goldfinger is the only Connery Bond that doesn't feature SPECTRE. Auric is his own man; we couldn't see him working for anyone else.

I would have to ask myself why I would suggest this as a first must watch for someone. It would be because of first impressions. Opening sequence, Bond completes a mission, pow, q the music. It has the clothing styles of Bond. It has a good basic villain and henchman vs Bond. Bond converses with M, and Q, and the car is introduced with gadgets. It would leave the person wanting to see the next one. Then I would suggest other ones they are now primed for.

I love the techno intro music 😂😂

Love the intro music!

Golden!!! 🤩 👏

Also one of the best moments from this movie: the absolute confidence of shaving on a plane lolol

Calvin, you should watch 'Es geschah am helllichten Tage' (It happened in broad daylight), 1958. I'm Sure you know this was Gert Fröbe's 'calling card' for 'Goldfinger'. But his performance herein is really terrifying.

Goldfinger just makes me feel good. We need more Bond films like that again.

Well done guys 👍

Great video as always! One thing though: I don't think that's Gert Frobe's real voice in that clip. It sounds too close to Eric Pohlmann, who voiced Blofeld in From Russia With Love and Thunderball.

Simply the best

Such... a cold.... FINGER! There are Saturday night movies, and there are Sunday movies, and this is the latter for me.

Great commentary from the two most expert Bond aficionados. Maybe we should put in some cutoff for older Bond films vis-à-vis newer ones. Seems unfair to compare for a ranking, a film from 1962 and one from almost 2022. Goldfinger: He’s a great villain. A smart mastermind, without being an all-out psycho like, unfortunately, so many Bond villains. Goldfinger gassing the gangsters: I have always felt that, while Goldfinger was always prepared to kill them, he doesn’t really make a final decision until he gets push back from Mr. Solo. In the film, Goldfinger doesn’t even come back to talk to the gangsters having, imo, just decided that they aren’t worth the trouble.

Goldfinger is iconic Bond.Proberly get 500k views because its Goldfinger 👍

Fun Factor Is Calvin's Memorabilia, David's Display Archives.

AND! Fun fact, Shirtley Eaton starred in 3 episodes of "The Saint" including the pilot! Epic!

Goldeneye, OHMSS, Goldfinger, Liv Daylights, Skyfall, Casino, LALD, FRWL, Octopussy, Spy are my top films. So Goldfinger right there. But I love the parts where Bond is trapped. It is unique in that, Bond must figure things out under the villians watch, traps, etc. Bond does what he needs to do to get the job done. So in that way, I love this film in that. Like he gets out of the cell, to find out Golddfingers scheme which the gangsters. Then he’s back under the villians watch again, and must find ways to get the full scheme. But yes I love Goldfinger, it has everything I love in a Bond film, and does it in it’s unique way, of having Bond sorta trapped at times. Great villian, great henchman, great Bond girl, great villian scheme, great opening scene, love the soundtrack. I love Bond matching wits over a game of golf. It’s unique, like matching wits over a game of Backgammon, and in Sothebys auction. I love Bond sitting on the porch, figuring Goldfingers schemes, drinking Mint Julips. I love Goldfingers intro, as a sleezy, cheating , weasel over a card game. And Goldfinger being kinda a country bumpkin guy, yet a scheming villian. Love it. Goldfinger is right there in my top villians. Trevelyan still my top, but Goldfinger, Silva, Tellys Blofeld, Kananga, Largo, Kahn. But enjoy your debates like this. I really miss Joe Darlington and Scott’s reviews. But love the Bond community.

19:50 Diamonds Are Forever is still the best Shirley Bassey Bond song

I think the whole "Easy answer" sentiment on Goldeneye is right on the money. So easy to like, as it's really the first bond blockbuster. More polished, rich, iconic, etc. Easy to go along for the ride and to recommend. And yet, From Russia With Love remains my favorite of the connery era. That rough, lived-in look, tone, and feel. I think spy thriller, i think FRWL. I'm honestly splitting hairs though. It's either/or whenever i revisit 60s bond more times than not

Do you guys know what watch golfinger wore? On the gold bracelet

awesome

Welcome to MN David. Unless that was a joke.

Yes boys

Excellent point Calvin, ala License To Kill!!!