Goldfinger (EP04)

In this episode, we’re shaken but not stirred with the 1964 James Bond classic GOLDFINGER.

 

After Shane kicks things off with his love for the game Goldeneye and his disdain for Daniel Craig (3:13), we begin the case for keeping it on the pedestal with why Sean Connery might be the best Bond ever (7:16). We discuss how Goldfinger works as a satire of male culture in the 60s (12:49), and why Pops thinks both Odd Job (15:37) and Bond’s Aston Martin (20:49) are awesome. We move on to the case for knocking it off the pedestal with the movie’s overt and borderline embarrassing misogyny (23:18). We wonder whether or not Bond hates the Beatles (29:55), examine the myriad problems with the ending (36:34) and Shane struggles to wrap his head around why Bond movies are so popular (42:14).