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@DRush76
Grant was a sadistic psychopath. It makes perfect sense he would take his time with Bond and humiliate him.
He thought he had the drop on Bond and was going to make some more money with the sovereigns. He just didn't count on Bond's resourcefulness and cunning.
That is a good point, but, if we have this problem here, then we must have this problem with every other film... What is casually known in mainstream audiences as 'Bond Villain Stupidity' is a defining trait of Bond, IMO. Villains getting cocky and overconfident, giving Bond an opportunity to use his intelligence to escape and overpower the villain. The villain dies from his own vices. It is very fitting.
Regarding the Lektor, one also thinks that Kronsteen is not so smart after all... It's because of his dumb plan that the Lektor is given to the British. If not for SPECTRE's plan spectactularly backfiring they would not have anything.
Remove the reference to Frwl in maintitles
-Redo the grappling hook trick in a way that doesn't look fake.
-Make the sound of the tracking system in Bond's car less annoying. It is really really grating.
-Remove the old lady in the car chase. Tonally out of place.
-Have the gangsters not overreact during their deaths.
The only bad back projection was at Miami. Bond all but rapes Pussy Galore but I've already talked about how chauvinism defined Bond in the 60s and how Connery sort of gets it away with it. Again these are all minor gripes. GF still holds up as a classic so once again it is all small potatoes.
This is one big problem I have with FRWL.
Once the Soviets realised the Lektor was compromised that would be it. All Lektors would be binned and a new machine implemented. Even though it would be a lot of hassle and expense, at the height of the Cold War they simply couldn't tolerate this device falling into enemy hands, even if SPECTRE did retrieve it for them. Also would've thought the yanks would've paid pretty highly to get hold of one if its so valued but it is never mentioned that Blofeld is even exploring this.
Aside from the oft mentioned terrible hand wave the only other one I can think of is the terrible cut when the tear gas grenade goes off while the camera is still on Bond.
Q states it will go off 'in their face' so why the hell don't we see it?
That is a really puzzling edit, you're right. I think Raymond Benson also brings it up in his Bond Bedside Companion book.
Me, too. I wouldn't even replace the blue jumpsuit. I love GF as is.
Therefore, I would change nearly everything after that scene. I haven't given it too much thought, but for starters I'd prefer if Bond escaped Goldfinger's residence after learning about Operation Grand Slam. I would then have him, along with the military, launch a bid to stop the operation, which continues on to the final confrontation at Fort Knox.
I would also eliminate all the goofy bits which truly annoy me, including Connery's funny faces in the plane toilet and in the cell. Make him more determined, serious and concerned to escape.
I've always felt GF was a film better suited to Moore on account of these silly bits, but realize I'm in the minority.
Not totally,i agree with you,been saying the same for ages.
It's a tough call. I just would have preferred a little more 'pace' and 'tension' during that entire stud farm sequence, which just seems to go on forever. I'm not too keen on the flying circus as well, which seems so '60's kitsch' in the way it's presented.
My top Bond film.
............................. Just kidding bitches! :) Nothing comes to mind right now for my changes.
That was seriously bad...as was in the PTS when Bond fires his rope launcher over the wall and you can see it is blatantly coming from somewhere else as it shoots overl...lazy stuff.
Why are you tempted then? If the falling over was 'convincing', that would in fact be bad acting. They portrayed expertly people instructed to fall over.
I would have liked to have seen Bond sneaking around Auric Enterprises more, maybe even sneaking inside to steal documents and such. That's about it.
Where is that thin white rope coming from?
God knows but it is below and ahead of Bond's gun...
I'm tempted because it is done so laughably. The plain flies over and a second later everyone falls down. How is the gas diffusing down that quickly?
They are lucky the Flying Circus pilots are total bimbos (albeit ones with pilot's licences) as one look at this pantomime would tell them something is awry.
Another one - the ejector seat shot.
This is the money shot of the DB5 chase and what do we get? A long shot in the dark? Any chance we could get a shot properly displaying the gadget in all its OTT glory?
SP's is better but still way too quick to tell what is going on.
The bomb has a fairly obvious off switch, that Bond doesn't see.