Review of Thunderball

Thunderball (1965)
7/10
Another Good Bond From "The Bond" Sean Connery
14 December 2008
At this point of Bond it was still a movie a year and this was the 4th in the series. By this point of course Bond had already reached Major Stardom status and the directors and actors needed new exciting adventures to partake in. He had already done so many exciting things in the good but a little boring "Dr. No" the absolutely stunning movie "From Russia With Love" and the classic and not as classic as number 2 "Goldfinger" and the audience was expecting for each Bond film to be bigger and better then the last. What they decided to make for a popular film was Thunderball.

In this Bond film, Bond has many more gadgets then previous films, and who can forget the great escape he did in the short but exciting entry into the film and from there we see some of the best action in any Connery film before and after this. Anyway Sean gives another great performance in this movie and the end underwater fighting scene is dramatic and the action very well directed and acted by all of the crew alike. They really put their heart and soles into keeping this movie great.

As for the Bond girl, she is another Bond girl that does n't actually does much and most of the time runs around in the bikini, but really that IS Sean Connery Bond, and even though he is a sexist we must all remember the different time Bond lives in.

Overall, this Bond film is not up to the standards of previous films "From Russia With Love" and "Goldfinger" but I do prefer it over "Dr. No". I rate this film 70%.
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