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Things i would have changed in...... Thunderball

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  • sunsanvilsunsanvil Somewhere in Canada....somewhere.
    Posts: 260
    Milovy wrote: »
    - Cut about 20 from the run time (mostly underwater stuff).

    This is really interesting because thats one of the things I really really like about the film.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,226
    Not much I'd change about TB, myself or any of the early Connery films for that matter. I'd say keep the original Barry TB music during the end credits in all prints. The DR NO version seems tacked on. Maybe work in the "Bond James Bond" somewhere - the casino provided a good cue for it. Then again, the film works without it.
  • MilovyMilovy
    edited May 2017 Posts: 676
    sunsanvil wrote: »
    Milovy wrote: »
    - Cut about 20 from the run time (mostly underwater stuff).

    This is really interesting because thats one of the things I really really like about the film.
    The footage certainly makes the film unique. To be honest, the only scene I would severely shorten is Bond finding Derval's body underwater - it's boring because we already know about the body.

    Other than that, a nip and a tuck to the underwater footage would make all the difference in the world. It's more engaging if you really focus on the procedure of what's happening underwater, but it's still so slow... Like watching something happen in slow-motion.
  • IncompetentHenchmanIncompetentHenchman
    Posts: 1,817
    I just remembered: that traction table 'deathtrap' has NOT aged well...
  • Comte_de_BleuchampComte_de_Bleuchamp
    Posts: 382
    IncompetentHenchman wrote: »
    I just remembered: that traction table 'deathtrap' has NOT aged well...

    Why? Its a well filmed sequence imo. Intentionally humorous as well.
  • IncompetentHenchmanIncompetentHenchman
    Posts: 1,817
    Comte_de_Bleuchamp wrote: »
    IncompetentHenchman wrote: »
    I just remembered: that traction table 'deathtrap' has NOT aged well...

    Why? Its a well filmed sequence imo. Intentionally humorous as well.

    It seems rather 'unrefined' to a modern eye, for lack of a better word.
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