Andrew:
Hello readers! It’s Day 3 of our 7 Days of 007, and tonight we
concluded our Sean Connery portion of the series by watching the 1964 classic Goldfinger.
Sarah, what were your thoughts on it?
Sarah: I
liked From Russia With Love better.
A: And why
is that?
S: I can’t
quite put my finger on it. I think it’s because I had a hard time with the
villain being this chubby white guy from England. I had a tough time because
he’s more like the intelligent banker who likes his gadgets versus a villain
with some brawn that can hit you where it hurts, like we saw with Robert Shaw’s
villain in From Russia With Love.
A: To play
Devil’s advocate, Goldfinger’s plan was to hit everyone where it, arguably,
hurts more – fiscally. He wasn’t
trying to take over the world, he was just trying to get rich.
S: Yes,
there are very different bad guys in these first few movies. I think I like the
taking-over-the-world bad guys better for James Bond. It’s just personal
preference, and I’m aloud to have a personal preference.
A:
Absolutely.
S: I will
say though, Pussy Galore is by far the strongest Bond girl so far. She’s a
take-no-prisoners girl, although she’s wooed by Bond, but let’s be honest what
woman isn’t? Yet she’s still kicking ass and taking names later, and I think
that shows a shift in the way women were portrayed in the films and maybe even
culture at the time. It was very interesting.
A: Ok, so
you weren’t a fan of Auric Goldfinger as a villain, but what did you think of
his henchman, Oddjob?
