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www.moria.co.nz - : Thunderball was the fourth James Bond film. If Thunderball had been the first or the second Bond film it might be a greater entry in the series than it seems. Alas it had the misfortune to be the entry that came straight after Goldfinger (1964). Goldfinger was the very zenith of the Sean Connery Bonds, the one film where not only all the elements of the formula ended up working perfectly, but one that in fact essentially defined the formula. more...
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3/5
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www.monkeyboyreview.co.uk - : Compared to the first three Bond films, this fourth outing had a shed-load of money spent on it. Trouble is, there's actually not that much in the way of notable stuntwork. What there is, is not bad, but once you've seen one underwater fight sequence you've seen 'em all. And there's a lot of 'em. more...
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3/5
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movie-reviews.colossus.net - : By the time Thunderball, the fourth in the ''official'' James Bond film canon, was released, the ''Bond Formula'' had already been perfected. It goes something like this: take the suave 007 (always impeccably dressed and ready with a witty one-liner) and add several beautiful, scantily-clad women, at least one exotic locale, a few neat gadgets, multiple polished action sequences, a megalomaniac villain, and a musical score by the inimitable John Barry. These elements, taken together, made Bond a huge success in the 1960s and have kept him riding a crest of financial profitability for more than three decades. more...
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3/4
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