Author's note: The following review was published on Spanish language in August 11th, 2019. It may contain spoilers.
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Third adaptation of the book sage by Ian Fleming and third film starred by the legendary Sean Connery, Goldfinger introduces us a new adventure of the mythical agent 007. This time, the villain is a precious metals industry's tycoon with mad scientist airs named Auric Goldfinger (interpreted by Gert Fröbe); even though the guy was involved in a large scale gold ingot smuggling, that was only a facade for a most sinister activity: blowing up the Fort Knox vault with an atomic bomb, with the aim of disabling those reserves and increase the value of his personal reserves.
Sean Connery is known as the first actor to play James Bond, a recognition of his own merit because he gave Bond a charm that surely the Bond of the books has along with his impeccable charisma. A detail that must be highlighted here is that Connery's Bond is not so easily dominated by emotions as has happened in Timothy Dalton's and Daniel Craig's Bond; Aaclear example of this is Bond's reaction to the reminder of M (played by Bernard Lee) that he should act professionally.
The acting of the cast was very good and versatile, at least in my opinion. The photography and the soundtrack were undoubtedly the best technical aspects of the film; in a way, it creates an air of nostalgia to see the green and colorful landscapes of Europe and the blue shores of Miami, at least in regard to the times before climate change. The melody of John Barry is today a reference in popular culture; there is no person who doesn't know it without mentioning James Bond.
The script was interesting, more so if it is the adaptation of the homonymous book; duddenly you are sitting there, thinking that Goldfinger is an obsessive madman with increasing his fortune by dishonorable means or that Bond and his allies were so naive as not to put more security to the airport when a criminal like Goldfinger is out there.
I don't know how difficult could be to get the Ian Fleming's books in Mexico, but I hope to get at least one in my hands for reading and reviewing it one day. For now, I'm content with its adaptations.
