You Only Live Twice Vs. Goldfinger
jamesbond59
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I have recently ordered both movies from Amazon (still waiting) and will watch them both, though I must say I am starting to enjoy the old Bond compared to the new movies.
Which movie would you say was the better Bond movie?
Goldfinger stars the SMERSH Treasurer Goldfinger trying to blow up all the gold in Fort Knox so that his own gold would increase 10x, while You Only Live Twice was about some wacky character on an Island trying to start WW3 by injesting space rockets.
Which movie would you say was the better Bond movie?
Goldfinger stars the SMERSH Treasurer Goldfinger trying to blow up all the gold in Fort Knox so that his own gold would increase 10x, while You Only Live Twice was about some wacky character on an Island trying to start WW3 by injesting space rockets.
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"It's not difficult to get a double 0 number if your prepared to kill people"
Really absorb the brilliance of Goldfinger for a 1964 film and then watch just how quickly the standards dropped with YOLT
If talking in film terms Goldfinger is one of the best. Possibly the best. (Don't check out my film favourite list - I never started/finished/bothered and it's botched) Whereas YOLT is saved from being the worst by Moonraker. Connery is too old, Felix is too brash (would they really have become friends? Felix is like a plodding ex-cop PI), Vegas is too trashy and Jill Ireland is a moose. Wint & Kidd are great entertainment, but hardly worthy adversaries, and Blofeld is practically a drag act - something the director must have thought towards the end when he gets him to dress up as a women and leave the casino. In all a load of rubbish with too much American garnish. I love going to America, and have very good American friends. But all that is sh*t about the states ended up in that film.
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Jill Ireland was the actress wife of Charles Bronson, and appeared in several of his films. She was previously married to Man From UNCLE David McCallum.
However, I do believe thesecretagent has got a little off-topic here and is clearly referring to DAF!
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I like both of these movies. YOLT for it's settings, the Toyota 2000, the main title song, the battle at the end and the lovely Japanese ladies.
Goldfinger for it's excellent villan, great henchman, THE ICONIC Bond car of all, the excellent music score and iconic title song.....Shirley kicks ass big time with this song.
In fact these 2 movies, along with Thinderball, have my favourite title songs of ALL TIME for Bond movies.
It is for these reasons that I rank YOLT at the bottom of my favourite Bond films list. But, like all Bond movies it is fun to watch. In my opinion, GF is far superior to YOLT. GF is fresh and exciting, whereas YOLT seems like an obligation to produce another Bond film and make it bigger than the one before.
Indeed. Just like TSWLM. Another excercise in eager to please tedium. Even the much maligned MOONRAKER looks more impressive thirty years on. -{
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"He would have given him wings, Mr. Kidd"
I'm Moore of a man who's last great outing was TMWTGG. I think when Harry went off to the big bad Walther PPK in The Sky the Bond films lost their defining edge between keeping their feet firmly on the ground and orbiting into outer space.
Cinematically speaking that is.
"He would have given him wings, Mr. Kidd"
..dont forget the iconic scene when the girl turns to gold..
or AVTAK , TND , DAD etc...pick your poison
Goldfinger epitomizes everything that Bond became. This is probably the reason that I have started to grow tired of it-and the fact that it slys away from the fast paced world of Terrence Young. However both films are still filled with unforgettable moments-very special thanks to Ken Adam.
This is an interesting comparison. Connery's era at both ends of the story spectrum. One refined and controlled-the other overblown and less focused. YOLT's saving grace its its vision and charm. This is what holds it above things like DAF.
I don't like YOLT because ; it didn't have a very good bond girl, plot is terrible , and how blofeld was portrayed was bad.There still was some good parts though . Of course we get to see blofeld' s face 4 the first time. And the song is good . I think that is about it.
I think GOLDFINGER is the superior film but mostly because of the first half. The first half of the film is very well put together thriller with a fine pace, save the distraction of Tilly Masterson when Bond persues Goldfinger in Geneva. Of course there is the casting of Gert Frobe as Auric Goldfinger. He is just electric on screen, not chewing up too much but calm, collected, and just plain brilliant. We can't forget about OddJob either, quiet and sinister and intensely loyal. However as we get to the secound half, the pace sort of starts to slide. The scenes at Auric Stud, save Goldfinger's fantastic speech, were rather tedious. Connery as Bond lost alot of the edge he had in just the first half of his film, he gets a bit too relaxed. The assault on Fort Knox and on the depository left much to be desired as well. I guess Pussy Galore manages to salvage much of the film but still, the faults are noticable.