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I agree with you entirely... Goldfinger is the definitive "Bond" movie... it set the standard for the series and contains a host of classic Bond moments and introduced a number of motifs that would continue in later films (Q's workshop briefing of 007, a gadget laden car, a car race, the presence of gold, amongst others). The scene in which Bond wakes up on the kitchen floor and discovers his beau covered in gold paint is, for my money, the most iconic moment in any Bond film (so much so that The Sneaker Pimps used a sample of the incidental music in 6 Underground).
Whereas Goldfinger is the best "Bond" film, From Russia With Love is the best film. It's edgy, fast and dark, and Red Grant (Robert Shaw) is in my opinion the greatest of all the henchmen. From Russia With Love is a masterwork of the spy genre, as you so rightly said. Not a second is wasted, and the dialogue, action and script is firm and without fat.
As for the best opening, I presume that you are referring to the pre-opening credits teaser. A difficult question... the first of these was Grant stalking Bond in a SPECTRE maze in From Russia With Love, and I really don't think it's been bettered. Of course we have to return to the issue of best "Bond" opening vs best opening. For the latter I choose From Russia With Love without hesitation. For the former, I'd probably say Goldfinger (where Bond plants plastique and then emerges from the lake and takes off his wetsuit to reveal a white tuxedo) although I'm rather partial towards Live and Let Die (the murder of a delegate at the UN meeting, Baines being killed in the voodoo ritual) and Octopussy (the 00 agent disguised as a clown, being stalked by twin knife throwers after his faberge egg).
I agree with what you said - Bond is best when it is lean and ingenious (breathing underwater with canes in Dr No, deadly watches and poison spike shoes in From Russia With Love). Die Another Day was a boring farce, with almost no saving graces. If the Bond team ever hope to get back to the heights of Bond they'll have to turn things around dramatically for the not-particularly awaited Casino Royale.
So who do you think was the most attractive Bond girl?
Whereas Goldfinger is the best "Bond" film, From Russia With Love is the best film. It's edgy, fast and dark, and Red Grant (Robert Shaw) is in my opinion the greatest of all the henchmen. From Russia With Love is a masterwork of the spy genre, as you so rightly said. Not a second is wasted, and the dialogue, action and script is firm and without fat.
As for the best opening, I presume that you are referring to the pre-opening credits teaser. A difficult question... the first of these was Grant stalking Bond in a SPECTRE maze in From Russia With Love, and I really don't think it's been bettered. Of course we have to return to the issue of best "Bond" opening vs best opening. For the latter I choose From Russia With Love without hesitation. For the former, I'd probably say Goldfinger (where Bond plants plastique and then emerges from the lake and takes off his wetsuit to reveal a white tuxedo) although I'm rather partial towards Live and Let Die (the murder of a delegate at the UN meeting, Baines being killed in the voodoo ritual) and Octopussy (the 00 agent disguised as a clown, being stalked by twin knife throwers after his faberge egg).
I agree with what you said - Bond is best when it is lean and ingenious (breathing underwater with canes in Dr No, deadly watches and poison spike shoes in From Russia With Love). Die Another Day was a boring farce, with almost no saving graces. If the Bond team ever hope to get back to the heights of Bond they'll have to turn things around dramatically for the not-particularly awaited Casino Royale.
So who do you think was the most attractive Bond girl?
posted by Kenyon at 1:36 am
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