Analysis
Symbols and Tropes
Hero's Journey
Ever notice that every blockbuster movie has the same fundamental pieces? A hero, a journey, some conflicts to muck it all up, a reward, and the hero returning home and everybody applauding his or...
Setting
United States, SwitzerlandAfter a brief introduction in an unnamed location (one filled with heroin, so it's either Colombia or New Hampshire), Bond spends his time flitting between the United Stat...
Point of View
Just as Bond zig-zags across the globe in pursuit of Goldfinger, the plot of the film bounces around like a bullet from Bond's iconic Walther PPK ricocheting off a gold bar. Goldfinger's plot is le...
Genre
Spy Action Adventure James Bond is the grandfather of spy movies. And considering how many women he gets with, he might be the grandfather of a lot of little spies, too. The third film in the franc...
What's Up With the Title?
Goldfinger is one of few Bond titles that feature the name of the villain, putting him up alongside the ranks of Dr. No (1962) and Octopussy (1983)—no relation to Ms. Galore.Goldfinger, by the wa...
What's Up With the Ending?
Crash LandingJames Bond adheres to the philosophy "go big or go home," and since Goldfinger is set in the United States, far from 007's native England, he has to go big. Really, really big. One of...
Shock Rating
PG-13Goldfinger's chock full of double-entendres, suggestive dialogue, and a character named Pussy Galore. That alone is enough to give this film a PG-13 rating.There are also many violent scenes,...