I agree. It perfected the formula that carried the series for the next twenty years, then they forgot how to do it anymore and there hasn't been a really good Bond film since.
Hamilton is rightly recognised for his contribution to the Bond films but he also directed two of my favourite movies, the incredible Battle of Britain (still one of the best war movies ever)
and the under-appreciated Remo: The Adventure Begins.
Another alumni from the golden age of British films has left us.
True to my preferences, I reminisce upon the pre-Bond monochrome cinema (before John Barry came in ruined the scene).
Please keep in mind Guy Hamilton's 1959 The Devil's Disciple and The Colditz Story (1955).
I haven't yet seen some of Hamilton's earliest efforts, but a number of them are on region 2 DVD, such as The Ringer, The Intruder (1953) & An Inspector Calls.
But did Goldfinger and diamonds are forever - easily two of the best Bonds.
Battle of britain was a phenomenal, huge project - they assembled an airforce of Ww2 planes which ended up one of the largest in the world at the time.
Battle Of Britain presented itself in such a way it looked much bigger than it really was. They were all Heinkels - great though it was to see them, the other aircraft types from both sides which featured in the actual battle were simply not there to be seen. It wasn't until I was old enough to realize these things that they came to be seen as operationally forgiveable omissions. Some great lines . . . "you can teach monkeys to fly better than that . . ."
But it wasn't just BOB, as we are hearing. Not by a long shot.
Hamilton is rightly recognised for his contribution to the Bond films but he also directed two of my favourite movies, the incredible Battle of Britain (still one of the best war movies ever)
and the under-appreciated Remo: The Adventure Begins.
RIP.
The first of which was coproduced by Bond producer Harry Saltzman.
Hamilton is rightly recognised for his contribution to the Bond films but he also directed two of my favourite movies, the incredible Battle of Britain (still one of the best war movies ever)
and the under-appreciated Remo: The Adventure Begins.
RIP.
The first of which was coproduced by Bond producer Harry Saltzman.
Hamilton is rightly recognised for his contribution to the Bond films but he also directed two of my favourite movies, the incredible Battle of Britain (still one of the best war movies ever)
and the under-appreciated Remo: The Adventure Begins.
RIP.
I usually watch Battle of Britain as part of my own St. George's Day celebrations.
I agree. It perfected the formula that carried the series for the next twenty years, then they forgot how to do it anymore and there hasn't been a really good Bond film since.
Certainly a hallmark in cinema, and no doubt helped by Hamilton's direction.
I watched GOLDFINGER again tonight. One of the best scenes in the movie is the golf scene---too bad the later Bond movies never had an equivalent scene. One of a number of mistakes in the movie is exploding an atomic bomb in the Fort Know gold vault wouldn't just irradiate the gold---it would destroy it. One of the continuity problems is the clock on the atomic bomb which reads "007" seconds left, but the dialogue says three seconds left (they added the "007 seconds after the movie was finished but forgot to redub the dialogue to match the clock). Also, in the scene where Pussy Galore's Flying Circus lands, the first female pilot to get out of her plane is not among the five pilots that walk up to Pussy. Perhaps another mistake is when Bond removes the small tracking device from his razor handle aboard Goldfinger's jet, the tracking device is too big to fit in the handle (I would have to view this scene again to confirm it actually came from the handle).
I watched GOLDFINGER again tonight. One of the best scenes in the movie is the golf scene---too bad the later Bond movies never had an equivalent scene. One of a number of mistakes in the movie is exploding an atomic bomb in the Fort Know gold vault wouldn't just irradiate the gold---it would destroy it. One of the continuity problems is the clock on the atomic bomb which reads "007" seconds left, but the dialogue says three seconds left (they added the "007 seconds after the movie was finished but forgot to redub the dialogue to match the clock). Also, in the scene where Pussy Galore's Flying Circus lands, the first female pilot to get out of her plane is not among the five pilots that walk up to Pussy.
If you know a perfect movie, please let us in on it.
I'm not taking excessive shots at GOLDFINGER---as I said before, it's my favorite Bond movie---but I like to pick out mistakes in movies. It's a pastime of mine.
But he directed some of the most banal Bond films, Goldfinger notwithstanding, though I've never been a big fan of that one either. Diamonds is probably the worst Bond film and Man with the Golden Gun nearly ended the series, though Lee and Moore were grand together.
Sorry to be the umpteenth person to show this poster, but if Hamilton had only directed this one film in his whole career I'd still hold him in very high regard.
It was one of those rare moments when the subject matter, cast, score, script and direction amalgamate into something rare and special - a damn near perfect film.
One of a number of mistakes in the movie is exploding an atomic bomb in the Fort Know gold vault wouldn't just irradiate the gold---it would destroy it.
So? Either way, it would achieve what Auric Goldfinger wanted...to make America's gold supply useless and increase the value of his gold supply many times over.
I watched GOLDFINGER again tonight. One of the best scenes in the movie is the golf scene---too bad the later Bond movies never had an equivalent scene.
It's not only the best scene in the movie (a movie with a lot of great scenes) but it's also the best scene in the book. (The book covers all eighteen holes!)
