51 replies to this topic

[DanMan]

Alright, since we have it for the first three movies lets move on to the fourth, Thunderball. What do you give it on a scale from 1-10? I give it a 9. It's my favorite Connery movie and the underwater scenes are fantastic.

[Jeff007]

Thunderball is one of my all time favourites. I give it a ten, hands down. I love the fact that it is set in Nassau. And Claudine Auger in a bikini...well, enough said. The baccarat scenes are incredible and the ending is unforgetable. I think Sean really finds his mark with this one. He is cool, calm and collective. And Adolfo Celi is one of the best villians ever.

The best Connery Bond. IMO

[Doubleshot]

10/10

The perfect Bond film, in my opinion.

[_JW_]

9/10

It IS an amazing Bond film, but I take a point off because the ending with the raft is just soooo incredibly cheesy... (But then again, so is the entire Bond series of films, aren't they?) Also the worst Felix to appear in a Bond film.

Other than that, Connery is at his very best as James Bond. Great fight and action scenes, and my favorite one-liners of all the Bond films. "I think he got the point" "She's just dead" BWAHAHAHA! Classic stuff.

[freemo]

9

The film is pure class from start to finish. I agree with everything Jeff said. And don't forget some of the best one liners ever.

Oh yeah, and as soon as I strike it rich, I'm off to the Bahamas.

[Dr Noah]

I give it 7/10 as it's slow in parts, plus all those continuity mistakes/alternative scenes etc are just sloppness on the film-makers part.

[M_Balje]

I give the movie 5.0 and the dvd a 10

[Righty007]

I give it a 4. The best part of the movie is when Bond uses the jetpack. I also liked the title song and the other Q gadgets. I think the movie is boring especially the underwater scenes.

[kevrichardson]

ThunderBall is one of my top Bond films . The underwater stuff is just right in my opinion . a 9/10 . Plus a great John Barry score too .

[SirMiles83]

A 9 out of 10, Connery's best performance as Bond IMO.

[Double-Oh-Zero]

8/10. Great film, but, as stated already, there are some small continuity errors, but they don't detract too much from the film. Some parts are also rather slow and boring, namely, the underwater scenes before the end battle. Also, I think you can start to detect a bit that Connery is getting fed up with the role. Still, an excellent film, and I still envy the rest of my family for being able to travel to Nassau.

[ChandlerBing]

I give it a ten out of ten. It actually moves pretty fast. Connery is at the top of his game. Largo is mean, Domino is hot, the perfect Bond.

[Daltonitus]

5.

It sent me to sleep once, and that's not good.

The pre-titles is great but the main film is slow and lacking...

[ray t]

it is the greatest bond of all. no doubt about it.

a 9.5 out of 10...

an epic with romance, intruige and a sense of world-wide alarm. bond will likely NEVER sell as many tickets as thunderball sold

its number 1

[Carver]

7/10. Its a great film, ones of Connery's best, but like others, I do find it boring in some places, and sometimes I find the scenes change to quickly, and without ending properly, like the sex scene with the nurse lady, it ends way too quickly for me. Still a great film though:).

[booyeah_]

20/10. Thunderball is my personal favorite. Connery proves he's the best Bond with lines like "I think he got the point", Claudine Auger is the best Bond girl, and Adolfo Celi plays a good villain. I admit, it does move a little slow at times but it's still great!

[Fraternal]

I am not a big fan of Thunderball, I give it 4 out of 10.

[DieAnotherDay57]

I thaught that it was an amazing bond movie and the under water scene was amazing . It really had so much in it that was amazing.

[booyeah_]

Thunderball is Connery's favorite Bond movie.

[OOSe7en]

"From Russia With Love" has been stated to be Connery's favorite Bond movie.

[YOLT]

7.5/10 for me, its a very good film but it really is boring in the last 15mn.

[FireKiss]

quite right doubleshot, it deserves a 10, its the perfect Bond film, its got everything. Glamour, locations, excitement, sex, etc. Any film could have these things, but in Thunderball everything is put together in just the right way, thank you Terrance Young.

[General Koskov]

9.9999999999999999999999999999999999999999 out of 10 (because I will not allow any film to rival OHMSS in my scoring).

I think the reason TB (that's 'Thunderball', not 'Tuberculosis') is found to be slow is because of the 'sliding' scene changes and fading in and out. No matter how fast the action is, a film can be edited to seem fast or slow. And I sort of like that in Thunderball, it's an epic, and so should be epically long.

I can only hope 'The Long Days' lives up to my expectations!

[007.5]

I've never liked Thunderball. It's down there with TMWTGG, AVTAK and DAF as one of the worst Bond movies. I give it a 3 out of 10. It feels like a showcase for underwater special effects rather than a Bond movie.

[DanMan]

I love the brassy feel the movie has to it. It's always fun to watch.

[JimmyBond]

Favorite Bond film period (if I had to choose one that is), I'd say 50/10!! The film has a nice quick pace to it (I can never unerstand how anyone could find it boring), and Barry's score is second only to his score for OHMSS.

[booyeah_]

Originally posted by OOSe7en
"From Russia With Love" has been stated to be Connery's favorite Bond movie.

I got my info from
http://us.imdb.com/Bio?Connery,%20Sean

"Said that "Thunderball" (1965) was his favorite Bond film."

[1q2w3e4r]

Nah, he's said before in interviews. Perhaps there on the DVD that FRWL was his favourite because it had good strong characters, a good story and was a thriller.

TB is great definantly rivals FRWL and OHMSS probably 8.5-9 Pretty much a perfect movie. Also arguably the best written. Most of Connery's lines are all one liner's throughout the film. There good too. Makes me cringe when i see the new ones.

[OOSe7en]

Depends where you look I guess. Seems to me that FRWL was Connery's favorite ...

http://216.239.37.10...&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

http://216.239.37.10...&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

[booyeah_]

Originally posted by OOSe7en
Depends where you look I guess.  Seems to me that FRWL was Connery's favorite ...

http://216.239.37.10...&hl=en&ie=UTF-8[/url]

http://216.239.37.10...&hl=en&ie=UTF-8[/url]

Well, maybe you are right. Didn't know about the JFK trivia.