The whole film is still a joy, maybe improbable and even ludicrous at times yet I watched it rapt all these years later. Favourite bits from so many: short-lived girlfriend Shirley Eaton going for gold polished Bond being dismissive of the brandy at the Bank Of England much to M's pleb puzzlement the debut of the special Aston Martin and Q's workshop the narky golf match between Bond and Goldfinger Bond's close but rather unnecessary laser shave at Goldfinger's HQ his various encounters with feisty Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman) the gangster with the pressing engagement and Shirley Bassey's title song was by miles the best Bond song ever. He tracks him down first to Geneva then Kentucky in a sparkling sequence of adventures, occasionally involving bumping into Goldfinger's memorable Korean hatchet-man Oddjob with the odd hat. Bond, played by dashing Sean Connery for the third time, has to find out what unpleasant gold-smuggling chap named Auric Goldfinger is up to and put a stop to it. It starts with a shocking electrocution and then into the classic saucy gold credits before the scene is set with Goldfinger himself. Almost sublime - this James Bond film had it all, from adventure to romance to thrills.
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