Goldfinger (1964)

Written by Potential Kermode on February 16, 2017

James Bond wears a strap on plastic seagull hat

This entry is widely recognised as the template for all the Bond films that followed - and we can see why in the opening sequence. James Bond ( Sean Connery) in disguise wearing a strap on plastic seagull on his head.

It's a Roger Moore Bond movie nine years before Roger Moore! I love the ludicrous Bond movies such as Goldfinger and Octopussy - two of my favorites. Octopussy has Roger Moore riding a plastic crocodile and Goldfinger has Sean Connery wearing a strap on plastic seagull hat!

Thunderball, a year later, continued the ludicrous fun with Connery's Bond riding a jet pack and fighting cross dressing assassins.

It's a shame that in 2006, the franchise died and became something utterly bland with the advent of the Craig era.