History YMMV / GoldFinger

* SequelDisplacement: Many people start the Bond series with this one. Or think this is the best, among ''22''.

* CargoShip: Goldfinger and how much he loves gold.

** This is explained if you listen to Goldfinger's next line. He says something to the effect of seperating his gold from Mister Solo. Considering the fact that he personally owns multiple smelting facilities, [[FridgeBrilliance he was likely going to melt hte car down, seperate out the gold and other metals, and thus totally get rid of all evidence.]]

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Both Gert Frobe and Harold Sakata were quite well-liked by the cast and crew.

** Also, RingoStarr married a Bond girl (Barbara Bach from ''TheSpyWhoLovedMe'').

* GrowingTheBeard: While ''DrNo'' and ''FromRussiaWithLove'' are still well thought of it was ''Goldfinger'' that was the first Bond to be a huge hit at the box office, establish most of the tropes common to the series and show how flat out awesome Bond could be.

* HilariousInHindsight: [[TakeThat "That's as bad as listening to]] TheBeatles [[TakeThat without earmuffs."]] Guess [[PaulMcCartney who]] recorded the theme to ''Film/LiveAndLetDie''?

** In all fairness however, this line may have been a take that aimed not at the Beatles themselves, but rather the hordes of screaming fangirls at their concerts and shows.

* YouFailEconomicsForever: The book's Goldfinger simply wants to steal the gold; trouble is, dumping the entire US Federal Reserve on the open market would just devalue gold to the point of worthlessness. Movie-Goldfinger instead wants [[spoiler: to make ''his'' gold more valuable by reducing the amount of transferrable gold in existence elsewhere]].
** The book's Goldfinger is less concerned with the wealth as performing the world's first "masterpiece" of crime. As well as enriching the Soviet Union with whatever portion of the gold stocks could be successfully smuggled out on a Soviet warship coincidentally making a port visit in Virginia.
*** During this time-period, dumping a lot of gold on the market wouldn't have ''just'' devauled gold to the point of worthlessness - thanks to Bretton-Woods, it'd either have caused inflation or a collapse/rushed re-jigging of the then-used monetary system. Since this specific gold was part of what was used to keep Bretton-Woods running, the second is more likely. Of course, Book-Goldfinger's ''gain'' from either result is rather... uncertain, to say the least, especially since both results would have decreased the value of gold.

* HilariousInHindsight: [[TakeThat "That's as bad as listening to]] TheBeatles [[TakeThat without earmuffs."]] Guess [[PaulMcCartney who]] recorded the theme to ''LiveAndLetDie''?

** And guess who would later [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NUpOovSItA cover] "In My Life"?

* HilariousInHindsight: [[TakeThat "That's as bad as listening to]] TheBeatles [[TakeThat without earmuffs."]] Guess [[PaulMcCartney who]] recorded the theme to ''LiveAndLetDie''.

* GrowingTheBeard: While DrNo and FromRussiaWithLove are still well thought of it was Goldfinger that was the first Bond to be a huge hit at the box office, establish most of the tropes common to the series and show how flat out awesome Bond could be.

* UnfortunateImplications: Averted in the film. In the novel, Bond (and apparently Fleming as well) does not have a very high opinion of Koreans.
** Also averted by keeping Pussy Galore's lesbian tendencies strictly in the realm of implication. In the book, she's a lesbian, and Bond bangs her into righteousness.

** Also averted by keeping Pussy Galore's lesbian tendencies strictly in the realm of implication. In the book, she's a lesbian, and Bond bangs her into righteousness.
* YouFailEconomicsForever: The book's Goldfinger simply wants to steal the gold; trouble is, dumping the entire US Federal Reserve on the open market would just devalue gold to the point of worthlessness. Movie-Goldfinger instead wants [[spoiler: to make ''his'' gold more valuable by reducing the amount of transferrable gold in existence elsewhere]].
** The book's Goldfinger is less concerned with the wealth as performing the world's first "masterpiece" of crime. As well as enriching the Soviet Union with whatever portion of the gold stocks could be successfully smuggled out on a Soviet warship coincidentally making a port visit in Virginia.