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Thunderball 1965 ★★★½
A solid spy action film, timely because of the nuclear threat that loomed over the world at the time. Hiroshima was still in people's memory, Bay of Pigs was only a few years ago,... so why not have Bond save us from a nuke?
Sean Connery proves here why he is the definitive James Bond. He effortlessly finds just the right mix between cheekiness and dry wit. Having the right voice for that does not hurt either, mind you. This is also the time where the audience gets used to the banter with Q and the flirting with Moneypenny.
The sixties action may not look as big as in the CGI laden Dwayne Johnson days, but seein the airplane land on water is still pretty spectacular. And the pov shot from the shark's point of view seeing the water color red is a nice idea. Also, this was the Bond who spotted Russian spies because they drank the wrong color wine. Or, in this case, because of how they opened the car door.
The villain looks a bit cartoonish and cliché and I believe that the electric chair scene is being parodied in the first Austin Powers. Or second, can't remember.
Three and a half stars. Fun watch.
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