007, License to Be Incompetent?

August 6th, 2007 in Movies by mkohary 0

An interesting take on the James Bond classic Goldfinger:

The dirty secret at the heart of Goldfinger

And you know what?  He’s right.  :)

(Don’t get me wrong.  I love Bond films.  Even the bad ones, because campy can be fun.  But the films did get awfully ridiculous as time went on, and with Pierce Brosnan (whom I also like), formulaic.  Daniel Craig’s turn in Casino Royale happily reinvigorated the series, but at the expense of abandoning most of the franchise’s traditional devices, many of which were established in Goldfinger.  It was an expense that, in my opinion, was necessary if the series were to survive with any dignity at all.)