GOLDFINGER

Gold standard for Action-Adventure cinema.

For action-adventure cinema, “Goldfinger” is the gold standard. This confident stylized film propelled Ian Fleming’s literary character from a popular hero of the decade to an icon of the century. “Goldfinger” cemented the character of James Bond as the first hero of the “baby-boom generation”. Simply put, “Goldfinger” is the original blockbuster. It is my favorite film because it straddles the line of being ultra modern (at least for that time) and being a throwback to classic hero mythology. Every time I watch this film I sit back in amazement at how uniquely and carefully crafted this film is.
By: Andrew Burgess