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Quite :))
Agreed. Completely.
I actually dont mind Rosie,i have no problem with her at all..but i realise im in the minority.
Thanks well, I think the plot is so horrible that none of it makes sense and I'm not able to buy into the story. Then the action I mean action isn't everything far from it but it's just terrible with sped up footage and unitresting scenes. The Bond girls are amazing but not enough to save this film. The difference between this film and saw frwl is that I really like the story of frwl so I'm able to enjoy how the scenes play out but with thunderball I never get into the story so just end up getting bored. Bond isn't particularly cool in this either he's at his best in the two films prior .
But she was certainly nice to look at.
:-O
In fact, I think there should be a photo of Connery from TB in the Oxford dictionary next to the word 'cool'. TB may be slow (you're right on that), but Connery is the definition of uber-cool in this film imho.
@barryt007
imdb.com/list/ls056652724/
Just to simplify things and put old IMDb to some use after all. However, subject to more frequent change than the list seems to suggest.
You are not alone,i love that scene too ;)
NSNA has grown on me over the years. There was a time I couldn't stand the score, but we've had such substandard rubbish since Barry retired that the NSNA score is almost tolerable now, in comparison to the official entries. The same goes for the title track, again with reference to some recent efforts.
It's a well executed scene! They definitely ratchet up the tension. And despite the fact that they're technically playing a video game, it's a form of mental combat in which they're both receiving physical punishment. It feels almost like something Gardner might have devised for Bond in the 80s by way of channeling Fleming. I also like that they're playing for world domination, and of course the payoff is Bond winning his dance with Domino, which feeds into him telling her about her brother. All rather well done I think.
In fact what I'm missing in the discussion is the fact that NSNA was much more of a spoof of all things Bond at the time than all of the official movies. The balding, chubby Connery made fun of the three-years older Moore's pretense of youth. The kitchen fight ending with the urine sample overkill made fun of all exaggerated fights of the official series that ended with Bond winning by some deus-ex-machina twist. The first-ever black Felix spoofed the ever-changing personality of Leiter. Barbara Carrera's character, while being every bit as attractive as Luciana Paluzzi's Fiona, satirized the quintessential Bond women yearning for James and being pissed if he ignored them.
The contemporary press realised that quite well and, at least in Germany, were overall in favour of NSNA as compared to OP. Apart from the fact that just about everybody took it as proof that Connery, even pretending to be close to retirement, simply embodied Bond better than Moore. Apologies to Roger whom I like very much as a person, but they were right.
-Old past it Bond in SF?. Check
-Irrelevent '00 section in SP? Check
-Black Felix in CR? Check
-Crazy nympho henchwoman in GE? Check
-New M changeover in SF? Check
-No GB at the start, no Bond, James Bond, no martini, no Bond theme? Check
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Never noticed that to boot. Good spot!
Two different beasts. One of the 60s, the other of the 80s. Remarkable really how different the two films feel. Moving the action to the south of France and Africa was a smart way to go. In fact the only parts of NSNA that really give me TB vibes are the segments at Shrublands and the stealing of the warheads. Other than that, NSNA might as well have had originally named characters.