Blofeld's trap for Calvin: Watching the 1967 Casino Royale re-edited by the guy who did Quantum Of Solace whilst listening to the Goldfinger theme in a room full of double-taking pigeons.

The Goldfinger theme is catchy as hell: GAAAULFINGAHH The Oddjob Hitchcock joke killed me xDD

Calvin doesn't like the Goldfinger song and requires ear muffs to listen to it....and that goes against the mainstream view...and, natch, Bond hates the Beatles and requires ear muffs to listen to them. Synchronicity.

RiP Honor Blackman. But being in Bond you'll be remembered forever.

In the novel, Goldfinger was a resident of the UK but he was born and raised in Riga, Latvia.

I think the reason people like the Goldfinger song so much is how much it personifies gold... I mean think about it; it's bold, in your face, exciting, beautiful and dangerous in a sort of cold, blunt sense. the high pitch winds backing it up are almost... seductive, for lack of a better word. Yes it is incredibly loud, but think about if you could open a door to a vault filled with billions and billions of dollars of shimmering gold bullion... If you could take the emotion you would feel that first moment you looked inside and translate it to a sound, it would be the first 30 seconds or so of that song.

"Ejector seat? You must be joking!" "I NEVER joke about my work 007!" That's my favourite Bond exchange to quote out loud. Yeah, he's cross because he stole GF's woman and then GF stole her back. I think what a lot of commentators miss is that things like this are hardly a positive take on men. Cinema audiences were finally introduced to the "laser".

Calvin's impression of James in the car made me laugh wildly lol

Regarding the golf game at 8:50, they're scoring the game on a hole by hole basis (match play, like the Ryder Cup). Bond had just sunk his putt, so Goldfinger had to putt to half the hole, but because he missed (distracted by the gold bar) he lost the hole, so there was no need to finish the hole and sink his putt.

RIP Sean Connery He will always be the best Bond to me

he does not use her as a human shield, rather he lets the assasin to hit her because he knows that she is on one hand with the assasing, meaning she is the bad one.

5:16 my favorite part of this is how the hand goes into frame in chop position, mimicking the gun slides into frame trope. Spielberg takes a mild swipe at this in Catch Me If You Can, where they do the gun trope three times in a row, each with a musical sting, and it turns out the cops got there too late anyway.

Really, Calvin? That song bothers you? It's a classic Bond theme song I had ever heard. I can hear this melody tune while I was walking through the streets.

“I suppose she’ll be warm for a few hours more” 😂🤟

"If that's his original ball then I'm Arnold Palmer."

I am waiting to hear Cal comment on Connery's absolute gorgeous maleness, but maybe he's just not Cal's type. Connery was a good 50% of the sensation of the series: he spoke well, he moved like a panther, he looked believable making love or war, and he did have just enough eyebrow for for a bit of sardonic humour. Connery was the bomb.

Today I’m in the world of Calvin Dyson. Binging your videos today. Big fan! I love the Bond community, the positivity, camaraderie, and overall awesomeness!

Shirley Bassey: "GOOOOOLDFINGAAAAAA!"

Great movie, one of my favorite in the series. It has everything, great plot, awesome villain, wonderful Bond girl, epic henchman. There is nothing I don't like about this film.

Loved the musical nod to Hitchcock

In the book, Goldfinger emigrated to England, gaining British citizenship. Bond presumed that he was a Balt.

8:38 imagine missing a shot that easy

Interesting take on the Goldfinger theme. I'm among the large majority that likes it. Specifically for me, some of it has to do with the swagger, all too apt for a gold-obsessed criminal mastermind. But what sells it is the instrumentation, which is much easier to pick up in karaoke versions. And in the best ones, at least if one fills in the voice, it can sound like three melodies at once... even what one might consider the harmony. The muted trumpet's sassy brassy accompaniment to Bassey adds a deliciously jazzy touch, while the strings can lend a strangely melancholy touch for compelling contrast. John Barry knew his stuff, and he was genius at smashing any number of genres together into smashing-good adventuring music. It's like he took Mack the Knife and, especially with the instrumentation, lent it an unabashedly Romantic aspect.

The Goldfinger theme does make an excellent alarm though

Damn it! There's always sometthing I mispronounce in haste... Still, it's not as bad as when I called Holly Goodhead Holly Goodnight.

lol -- I always took Bond's weird smile and delivery in the car with Tilly to just be a "This situation is so silly: I know your BSing, and you know I know you're BSing, yet we're gonna keep on as if everything's kosher." xD

Goldfinger...English naturalised citizen. It's in the novel.

I like Goldfinger-fun and comic-bookish (but not unnaturally campy)-plus u learn the villain’s plan along with Bond himself

Little bit of trivia Connery stress during the laser scene was due to the fact he wasn't acting, the cutting effect was from a blowtorch from beneath the table and the touch was moving up much higher that what the film crew told Connery was the point it would stop at

I disagree, I love it when Bond songs go extravagant, as long as it sounds powerful and impactful. It sounds intense and seductive like you can feel the absolute lust of gold itself.

I just started recording the game footage today :D so, if I can get all the footage recorded by the end of the week I can start writing and editing next week... So maybe a couple more weeks? I'll probably put out another quick top 10 video in the meantime though! And glad to hear you're enjoying the videos :D

As always intelligent observations, constructive criticism and well edited and funny too. Nice one Mr D!

You have to understand that back in the 60's, people had TERRIBLE mono speakers on their shitty turntables. So a good brass section would sound warm & mellow by that standard!

Calvin - Why are the reviews of YOLT and OHMSS set to private?

My favourite moment of this film is the fight beetween Bond and Goldfinger at the end! I love it💜 Great film....

true though about the reason Bond was pissed off about that girl being suffocated with gold.

" I suppose she'll be warm for a few hours more" Brilliant Calvin and the Wacky Races theme during the car chase has made me start to see my number one Bond movie in a different light. On a more serious note i rate this as my number one for reasons which i know have been given by many other fans over the years. This was Connery at his best as with Moore it took three movies before he really settled into the role.

I think Connery looks genuinely terrified is because he was genuinely terrified; IIRC, there were people beneath where Connery was with a blowtorch, and they were supposed to stop going at a certain point, which they didn't.

Back then each Bond film had a major and unique theme, I'm not talking about music, plus one or two sub-motifs. Thus each entry stood out distinctly from the others. Goldfinger was the gilded Bond movie with spectacular action that took place just a few blocks over from where you live. Also, compared to nowadays, the films were made with an appealing sort of minimalism.

"He looks like he's genuinely nervous and anxious about this!" That's NOT acting, Cal. Underneath the table, there sits a man with an acetylene blowtorch. One false move, and Sean Connery would have ended up with "two fried eggs."

Clearly you need to listen to heavy metal to condition your ears.

Been a huge fan of Bond since I was very young and I'd watched the series over and over countless times. Then in 2010 I was planning another series viewing but I wanted to do something different this time so I thought I'd write reviews and blog them then I though why not do video reviews instead! :D

great reviews man. i always enjoy hearing different perspectives on all bond films. i've watched most of the bond reviews on youtube and along with yours, i have learned to appreciate some films even more and entirely change my opinion of certain films. thanks.

the caddy is played by Gerry Duggan and he has actually done a few films but mostly tv shows

One of my personal favourites of the series, great review as always, looking forward to Part 2, hoping to continue my own reviews soon! :)

Ohhhhhhhhh, you CANNOT crap on the classic Shirley Bassey theme song!

"There's still time !" You killed me

My dear Calvin, I would have thought you’d mention the fact that the girl we see, in the pre-title sequence of Goldfinger, whose eyes reveal the presence of the heavy played by stuntman Alf Joint, is in fact Nadja Regin who also play’s Kerim Bay’s girlfriend in From Russia With Love! But whatever! You do mention a lot of other fascinating information! And I do love your reviews, so please carry on!

5:00 I could be me but when Bond said "Ear Muffs" I thought he was referring to really fancy head phones. As in "This is the only way to listen to the Beatles" much like how "You can only drink Dom Perignon when it's below 58 degrees Fahrenheit".

Let me know when you do and I'd love to watch them! Always great to see what other folks think about cinemas greatest spy :D

Because of this film (and several other Bonds, Harry Potter, UFO, etc.) we made Black Park a stop on our 2018 Crimbo trip to London. VERY memorable. A lovely spot.

I'm working on a review series, and I'll be doing Bond reviews in the future. You have been an inspiration. You're making Ian Fleming cry with pride.

Calvin I think Bond feels about the Beatles the way you feel about Bassey's Gold-FINGAHH lol I do love the song though! Glad you're updating your old reviews!

Ahahah that oddjob hitchcock joke is really funny

Such a great vid Calvin!! Found myself laughing at so many points!! I agree with what you said and some great impersonations!! That air announcers voice!! Haha!! Will you be doing a review of the more current Bond games?

I don't know how true it is,but I heard the reason Connery sells the laser scene so well is because there's someone beneath the table with a welding torch for the effect of the laser cutting through it

Fun fact: in the plane fight scene at the end, Goldfinger has a golden gun. Ten years later they made The man with the golden gun

The greatest Bond theme of all

That’s hilarious because after I watched gold finger a few years ago I immediately looked the song up on KZfaq and listened to it on loop for 2 hours 😆 also when is it loud?

Thanks for the Wacky Races music! Hilarious!

One of the best in the series

This is why my family has banned me from taking my fake bar of nazi gold on our mini-golf games.

Goldfinger is the best Bond film, and my opinion will never shift. I love it. Everything about it set the golden standard for what other Bond films had to live up to.

On the other hand I've discovered that the Goldfinger song makes an effective alarm.

Say all you want about the theme song, I happen to love does deep brass noises in the song. Once again, I think this song somewhat signifies a James Bond theme.

you played that killer a bit too well hahahaaha

how der you say that about the Goldfinger theme song Calvin!

Harsh on the song. This song sets the template (or at least the expectation) for all future Bond title songs. Which is to say, if the song “Goldfinger” had not been a success, there would have been no set-piece title songs on any of the subsequent films. No “Thunderball”, no “Live and Let Die”, no “Nobody Does It Better”, no “All Time High”, no “The World Is Not Enough”. Your review rightly points out where other tropes in this film become tropes for all Bond films, so why the absence of credit for the song, regardless of its dynamic oomph.

I used to live in Miami, and I have been to the hotel used in goldfinger, and it has changed a lot.

OK, one more thing before I stop bothering this video....Bond is pissed off about Jill's death because he's pissed off with himself for letting it happen. Bond let his guard down, became too flippant with Goldfinger and Jill paid the price. Aki's death was an accident; the poison was meant for Bond but she copped it instead by a twist of fate as they were both sleeping.

6:56 Fun fact: The guy sitting next to Bond also appears in A Hard Day's Night (the man that rides the train regularly, twice a week).

I used to hate the Goldfinger song... but it grew on me. Now i sing it in the shower at full belt.

...Goldfinger is too loud? *THUNDERBALL IS JUST AS LOU- NO, THUNDERBALL IS LOUDER THEN GOLDFINGER!!!*

"Too loud and brassy", you couldn't have worded it better!

When Bond gets out of the water at the start of the film he is in a dry suit, not a wet suit. That is why the tux is not wet.

Wacky Racers and James Bond: _My Childhood in a Nutshell_

Either YOLT parts one and two and OHMSS or the either way around, have been taken down, just wanted to let you know.

"Goaaaad fingaarrr-arr!"

I love, love, love Goldfinger. My favorite of the franchise.

Connery was a legit awesome golfer. Love that scene.

I dont know what isn't clicking with this one for me.

I knew the Aston was something to love

I lost it at 11:43, hysterics got the better of me xD

When will the Everything or Nothing Review come out? BTW Big fan of your videos. you have truly inspired me to be a fan of Bond.

Calvin, I understand and forgive you for not liking the theme song. It is music style of an earlier time. The theme song and sequence I imagine is probably one of the last parts completed, so it can capture the tone of the completed movie, (no back-up for this, just my own logic). This movie was the biggest Bond movie yet made at the time, so they were looking for the “biggest” theme song! “Goldfinger” was definitely the biggest, loudest, brassiest of all, making it Bombastic to your ears. For us older fans Goldfinger is a classic.

Regarding the comment about mouth movements not matching what Goldfinger was saying (circa 12:02), one thing that probably helped the least was the fact that German actor Gert Fröbe knew very little English.

My dad likes goldfinger alot more than me he is the one in my family whose favourite Sean Connery James bond film is gold finger

Great Re-review! Margaret Thatcher must have been an airport announcer before getting into politics! ;)

I remember when I watched this how weird it was that no comment was made about the giant gash in the side of Tilly's car. Oh well guess a double blowout is just too rare to ignore.

Surely, the fact that the laser would cut Bond in half, gonads first, has nothing to do with his tension. Not at all. I mean, it's not like he uses them on a regular basis or anything.

what came first? Goldfinger`s Rolls-Royce or Speed Racer`s train-car?

I think in that opening scene it is implied that she is in on the attack so I don't really think using her as a human shield was an un-bondly thing to do.

That's what happens when you listen to the bond music without earmuffs.

Have you heard the version of Goldfinger sung by Anthony Newly? If so, what are your thoughts on it?

At 11:35 I think Bond is acting funny because he knows she's lying and wants her to know he knows. Obviously he recognises the case as one for a hunting rifle not a pair of ice skates. LOLing over your impression though - keep up the good work!

12:23 my god sir you have made my day

3:50 I mean it *is* quite loud.

5:19 that slap was so brutal it simply knocked Bond out

Thsnks to this review, I now question your taste in music. At least you have that in common with Bond.

It was weekly back when Cavin first did this.