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The theories of Bond films! Why did Goldfinger host a gangster briefing before killing them all?

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  • thedovethedove hiding in the Greek underworld
    Posts: 6,002
    Lets jump back to the earlier films and one of the gold standards of Bond films...GF.

    A classic Bond movie with all the elements. Including a scene that has left us all scratching our heads...the gangster briefing scene.

    What is your theory on why Goldfinger flies in the hoods from across America. He briefs them on Operation Grand Slam and asks that they delay their payments. He then kills them all, doing society a solid and likely pissing off the crime families in the process.

    Why does he take this step, other than the film needed him to so that he could explain his plot. Course he could have explained things to Bond on the veranda of his home. Yet he creates a model of Fort Knox and flies in some notorious figures from across America.

    Have at it,

    Why did Goldfinger host the gangster briefing in GF?
  • slide_99slide_99 USA
    Posts: 801
    Auric's version of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre- wipe out everyone in one hit. They had played their part, and he didn't need them anymore. They'd just be liabilities. Briefing them on the plan was just his way of getting them to drop their guard.
  • DEKE_RIVERSDEKE_RIVERS
    Posts: 2,276
    He needed to test if the gas worked.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited August 2 Posts: 18,686
    Yeah I feel like the traditional theories on this are:
    1. He wanted to test the gas
    2. He wanted to show off in front of a lot of people
    3. He's mad
    I guess those pretty much work, but it is a little unsatisfying maybe. Especially when you have Mr Solo being killed in an entirely separate and quite expensive way, when you could have just had him sit in the corner and get gassed with the rest of them if you're planning to kill everyone. The only explanation is really 3), which is a bit rubbish really. But hey, it's fun. Just don't let me see anyone complaining that the plot of Skyfall doesn't make sense! :)
  • LudovicoLudovico
    Posts: 15,944
    Like other people said, he wanted to test the gas, just to be sure. I also think he might have made the model and prepared his pitch before he decided to kill the mobsters, as precaution.
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