I saw this as a kid on TV back in the 70s . The disco volante splitting into a floating gun platform and a hydra foil is still the coolest thing I've ever seen .
Though it is pretty silly to keep firing when you're a sitting duck and a military ship is firing at you.... but that's Bond villain goons for you - never know when they're beaten...
Wow. I must have watched the very same broadcast. I remember my little playground buddies and I talking about that very scene when it aired on TV the night before. Funny how I didn't remember the half-conscious babe tied to the bed though...
My favorite scene out of all the Bond movies, even with the technical gaffes. Connery at his violent best as 007 along with John Barry’s memorably frenetic score make this a classic Bond moment!
02:32 that man dutifully bringing champagne upstairs, apparently blissfully unaware that his comrades not only failed the Thunderball Operation but are also under attack by both the US Navy and Agent 007.
Perfect situation for an old school villain. They’re gentlemen, well educated and come from nobles or old money families. With their actions they didn’t want to increase their fortunes but only control the World.
The original Bond films were in a class by them selves. Great acting, first class production values and truly magnificent soundtracks. They set the gold standard for the genre and have never been surpassed.
@explorer806 Absolutely true, out of all of Connery's films, I feel that From Russia With Love holds up the best because it was more realistic and believable. Especially the fight scene with Shaw on the train, still one of the best in the franchise that still holds up well today.
I actually got to meet the man running the boat in this movie. His name was Grant and he was a cruise ship captain in real life and he was the one who had the credentials to run it. Funny who you can bump into.
Wow, Largo really has no problem throwing his henchmen under the bus. "Jettison cocoon!" and they are left to fend for themselves. And still they open fire on the vastly superior approaching fleet to cover Largo's escape. Undeserved loyalty.
I would really like a remake of this that deviates less from the books. I get why they did it in the 60s but today you could show Specter as the interesting Kabal it is instead of making one person interesting and the rest basically faceless henchmen that are for no given reason willing to die for your cause even though you just abandoned them. Also could actually go with the larger underwater battle as a final showdown instead of a simple brawl on a ship.
Rest in peace Claudine Auger aka Domino Derval she was and always will be one of the most beautiful Bond girls to have ever set foot on this earth her legacy lives on forever for the rest of time,Lord Colton Of Gallifrey
Even in this movie she's not the best looking IMO. The redhead S.P.E.C.T.R.E. assassin Fiona (Luciana Paluzzi) outshines her in looks and as an actress. But you do specify "Bond girl" so, OK.
My favourite bit in this scene is the poor bastard coming up the stairs with a bottle of champagne, obviously blissfully unaware that a goddamn brawl is going down on the bridge. And Bond then proceeds to beat the absolute crap out of him and throws him overboard!
I wish they'd edit out the slide whistle from the car stunt in TMWTGG. That's my major gripe with any old Bond movies that comes off the top of my head
By their shocked reactions, it appears that the Disco Volante’s deck crew at the aft cocoon section probably didn’t have a clue of anything about the ship’s separation feature and were deliberately ditched and left behind powerless to fend for themselves, while the top villain, Emilio Largo and his command crew make a clean getaway in the hydrofoil. That’s backstabbing the expendables at its best! At least Domino got her sweet revenge! 💋.
er no, It was Rodriguez PT 20 hydrofoil. Cruising speed of 33 knots, max 38 knots. The film was sped up and if you were able to hold onto a foil, it would not be able to take off, as simply getting a plastic bag over the foil is enough to prevent it from creating lift.
That guy randomly coming up the stairs with a bottle of Champagne always cracks me up. Like, did he not notice the intense brawl going down? And not only that, Bond goes out of his way to hunt him down and beat him to a pulp before throwing him out.
It's amazing how a little thing like speeding up your footage to make everything appear faster drastically reduces the tension of the scene. This went from having great stakes to being benny hill
"Sir, the enemy is firing at us with a frigate carrying Twin 4.5 cannons" "Man the .30cals! That'll sink them" "Sir, we won't be able to penetrate their armour at this range. At almost any range." "Tommy, use your Sten Gun, that'll show them" "Sir, I hate you."
I believe there was an RN officer during Japan’s invasion of Hong Kong who refused to surrender his small vessel as well and only fought back with a couple of machine guns. He died of course, but he certainly didn’t dishonour his command and gave the Japanese a taste of resolve they were going to face for the next four years.
@@deeroberts8090 well he’s Scottish which is in Britain and also ‘’second least British?’’ Well what about the Aussie and the Irishman? (He wasn’t born in N Ireland) surely that would make him 3rd ? Anyway you haven’t got a clue what your talking about so be quiet
@@deeroberts8090 not the least fit, he moved like a cat, a PERFECTIONIST, in every movement. Roger Moore moves like a tortoise, and not one that wins a race. He was lesser fit only after this movie, which this movie was better than his next two
@@actioncom2748 I've often wondered what perks all these goons of Bond villains get. An extra week off at Christmas? Triple overtime? Private medical treatment....?
Emil Largo, like Auric Goldfinger, seemed to see his henchmen as disposable. He wasn't even bothered that they'd all be killed by the navy so long as he could escape.
Emilio Largo had a shit henchman Vargas who basically did nothing in the film, they could have Atleast gave him a memorable henchman Like OddJob To Goldfinger, Jaws to Stromberg/Drax, Red Grant to Klebb/Blofeld etc.
@@qasimhussain1678 Vargas was killed with a harpoon gun and got the point lol. However, the fight on the Disco Volante is still great as Largo is really prepared to take on Bond hand to hand, and comes close to killing him.
@@Glenn1967ful That’s only thing decent about him getting killed with Harpoon gun and got the point but apart from that he does nothing memorable, who would you say are the worst Henchman in the bond series?
@@Glenn1967ful Ohh Yhh his name was Whisper, Mr Big had great Henchman though like Tee Hee and Barond Samedi was decent but creepy, any other crap/wasted Henchman that spring to mind?
Saw this in the Center Theater on Main Street on St. Thomas. They sold out the house and then sold standing room tickets. People were sitting in the aisles and standing along the walls. Truly "The Biggest Bond of All!"
@@josefnilsson6635 impossible, Bond threw him with a life ring thing, he should have floated so he would have been visible then taken to a hospital or something
It’s the way this movie goes from the super badass underwater fight scene that holds up surprisingly well, to the over the top sped up boat shots that totally break your immersion, that kills me every time. Champagne Guy is the icing on the cake. 😂
Yes I agree, this sped up boat fight was a poor choice, they should have taken their time and had Sean Connery fight like he did against Robert Shaw in FRWL. If they took their time and really choreographed this fight scene better without speeding up the film this movie would have been absolute perfection.
Thunderball was a truly massive boxoffice success..........and at the time went into the all-time top ten box office list. In fact even today over 55 years later, and many thousands of films since released. TB taking inflation into account is still i believe in the top 30 films of all time!
It is the golden standard for any Bond movie! If they had given Connery what he deserved, then he would have stayed and the next 3 movies would have been box office hits as well. We wouldn't have had Lazenby in the fabulous OHMSS.
Largo was one of the coolest of the Bond villains; The piratical eye patch, the white dinner jacket, the pet sharks & the Disco Volante....what isn't there to like??
Sean Connery is James Bond. The rest are all impostors especially the current bland blonde Bond who doesn't know whether he's Bourne, Rambo or Statham.
Don't you just love how Bond is somehow able to hold onto the fin of the Disco Volante's hydrofoil despite the tremendous rush of the water against him?! The force of the water rushing against him would have knocked him off the hydrofoil's fin (unless of course he possessed the strength of King Kong)!
Someone in the production said the series as a whole was b to move in a Bond as "superman" direction. Someone else described it as an "adult comic strip". When you think about it Bond is the last knight. He would have the strength of 10. This REALLY came out in Lazenby's excellent Bond which seemed to have unlimited 💪 Remember how he military pressed that goon over his head and tossed him into the others in the pretitle fight on the Tracy sur mer Beach in the South of France? We knew we were in for a more athletic Bond. No more epicureanism. Even Tracy's rented Cougar "muscle car" said it all.
Hey he was also able to somehow overcome Bambi and Thumper in the pool after they kicked the shit out of him in Diamonds Are Forever in the only good scene, well other than the cake scene, lol.
They should've seen bond climbing on the boat, he was literally right at the window climbing on the boat but overall this scene is still a epic finale though to this movie. I honestly think thunderball is better than never say never again which is a remake of this movie.
Very good job fellows!! I saw this as a kid on TV back in the 70s. The disco volante splitting into a floating gun platform and a hydra foil is still the coolest thing I've ever seen.
“Right, so we need a special boat made for the villain of the film. I’d like it to be a half catamaran, half hydrofoil affair, with the ability to split apart. And each part must function independently as well as together.” “Sounds like an interesting model project.” “No.” “What?” “We’re not making a model of it.” “...what?” “We’re making an actual boat that can actually do all of that.” “...but that kind of boat doesn’t exist!” “That’s why we’re making one.” “But we’re filmmakers, not ship-builders!” “...so?” And thus this awesome experimental boat was made!
@@Foxfire_forty-nine I guess yeah, makes a nice change. Altho I suppose it's the same with Goldfinger in that Bond was the one who finally persuaded them to turn fully to his side
My favorite Bond film and my second favorite fight scene after the fight on the train in From Russia with Love. I was with my father the first time I saw this movie and I think of him every time I watch it now.
Fun fact: "Thunderball," the novel, was actually based on a screenplay Flemming conceived with two other writer. When the screenplay went nowhere, Flemming turned it into a book which later became the movie. The two other writers sued for credit and won partial rights to Bond and "Specter." This began a years-long legal battle to stop a second, parallel Bond movie, which eventually was made as "Never Say Never Again," which used the same basic storyline as "Thunderball." (Remember too that the rights to "Casino Royale" had also been sold and appeared first as a television show with Barry Nelson as Bond, and later as a spoof with Woody Allen and David Niven.) The whole situation was finally resolved when Eon Productions obtained all rights to Bond, which is how we got a legit "Casino Royale" as well as "Spectre."
I wonder how many times Connery has had to fight in very small spaces. The cameraman/men should get special credit for these scenes. I'm thinking of the fight in the train cabin too. Are there more?
*one of the best James bond's film..goldfinger,from russia with love,thunderball,the spy who loved me,for your eyes only,moonraker,are the best 007 films to me*
May 21, 2023----I remember this movie as we were living in leasure City while we were stationed at Homestead AFB, Florida and I was in elementary school delivering the Miami Herald. There was a newspaper contest, with me and some other boys getting to see this movie for free with our newspaper distributor as our chaperone. Didn't happen as Mom/Dad wanted to go out so I volunteered to babysit my 2 brothers and 2 sisters so they could go.
As poor as the effects look today, if you look past that, there’s an incredible fight scene, with some of my favourite music; Thunderball is definitely my favourite film
If you really enjoy this watching especially as a Bond Fan, to be honest you don't care about the effects, it's nice to see exactly how it looked back then
"So then the boat breaks the sound barrier! How do they manage that?" "Unclear." "So, then I guess Bond's gonna have a hard time catching Largo, now, huh?" "Actually, it'll be super easy; barely an inconvenience!" "Oh, really?"
Bond, hero of safety: 4:25 - "Get down!" (before it explodes, just to increase the chances you will get ear damage by the energy of an underwater detonation) 4:32 - "ah, let's get a good look while fiery, spiky or potentially harmful debris fall all around us"
I have seen this bond flim a thousand time and my answer is only one sean connery is james bond no one else is he started it no one is else we are talk about a legend who has be in the flim industry for 40 years sean we own you a lot you have be entertaining the public for 40 years a star who has be top of his profession for 40 years in the flim industry sean no one replace you and beat you the skill in the flim industry you put in the talent sean thank you i would have paid a lot of money to meet you i have seen all your flims and enjoy all your flims sean a legend never dies you are you will live for ever you are no longer with us the legacy will live for ever you are on longer with us but it my way showing my respect for your work thank you are james bond no one else is rest in peace thank you sean
Look up William Fairbairn and his book "Shooting to Live", Bond and other characters don't use their sights because the top firearms instructors of that they believed that it was better to align your gun with the center of your torso whilst facing and staring at your opponent because it was thought that using sights in an instant at close quarters took too long.
The other guy that jumped with James we didn’t really know what happened to him afterwards, but I assume that he just survived 😊 Because he seemed like a nice guy
Even as a kid when I first saw this I always spared a thought for the loyal goons who took on the royal navy guns with assorted small arms on a floating target buoy.
Another spectacular action scene from the classic Bond film played by the greatest Bond actor. They don't make exciting scenes like this anymore. Now we have nothing but drama and CGI in the Bond films to please the new generation of moviegoers. Not to mention the bland blonde actor who is Bourne wannabe.
RIP claudine auger and Sean Connery you two will be sadly missed by millions of fans who are always there to support your talents
Rest in peace, Sean Connery
You will be always the true James Bond for me.
Roger Moore had a different style but just as good.
One and only?
@@easycheesygaming1015 I updated my comment
@@philla0076 thanks
goldfinger is rhe best bond movie, sorry,
I saw this as a kid on TV back in the 70s . The disco volante splitting into a floating gun platform and a hydra foil is still the coolest thing I've ever seen .
Even nearly half a century later with newer tech it still is - in relation to that time!
Though it is pretty silly to keep firing when you're a sitting duck and a military ship is firing at you.... but that's Bond villain goons for you - never know when they're beaten...
I just realized that the Disco Volante may have inspired the G.I.JOE Battle Platform and COBRA Hydrofoil. Both arrived in 1985.
Wow. I must have watched the very same broadcast. I remember my little playground buddies and I talking about that very scene when it aired on TV the night before. Funny how I didn't remember the half-conscious babe tied to the bed though...
What scene are you referring to?
My favorite scene out of all the Bond movies, even with the technical gaffes. Connery at his violent best as 007 along with John Barry’s memorably frenetic score make this a classic Bond moment!
In tickets sold alone this was the most attended Bond film ever in the franchise and deserved too-brilliant movie-RIP Sean Connery and Claudine Auger.
It was. It was only beaten by Skyfall, but Thunderball was a far superior film.
@@pwareham61 Thunderball was the apex of the Bondmania.
02:32 that man dutifully bringing champagne upstairs, apparently blissfully unaware that his comrades not only failed the Thunderball Operation but are also under attack by both the US Navy and Agent 007.
LOL!!! Indeed 😄 What the heck was that??
Watched the film last night and laughed my ass off and then came here just to look for a comment referring this haha.
It was explosive champagne!!!
Perfect situation for an old school villain. They’re gentlemen, well educated and come from nobles or old money families. With their actions they didn’t want to increase their fortunes but only control the World.
Yeah I had just noticed that myself!
The original Bond films were in a class by them selves. Great acting, first class production values and truly magnificent soundtracks. They set the gold standard for the genre and have never been surpassed.
Some of the production values weren't that great. Nearly all the dialogue is dubbed on, ropey back projection and speeding up film that fools no-one.
Totally agree.
@explorer806 Absolutely true, out of all of Connery's films, I feel that From Russia With Love holds up the best because it was more realistic and believable. Especially the fight scene with Shaw on the train, still one of the best in the franchise that still holds up well today.
I actually got to meet the man running the boat in this movie. His name was Grant and he was a cruise ship captain in real life and he was the one who had the credentials to run it. Funny who you can bump into.
Wow, Largo really has no problem throwing his henchmen under the bus. "Jettison cocoon!" and they are left to fend for themselves. And still they open fire on the vastly superior approaching fleet to cover Largo's escape. Undeserved loyalty.
That's very much like current events with a fascist criminal throwing all his henchmen under the bus!
I would really like a remake of this that deviates less from the books. I get why they did it in the 60s but today you could show Specter as the interesting Kabal it is instead of making one person interesting and the rest basically faceless henchmen that are for no given reason willing to die for your cause even though you just abandoned them. Also could actually go with the larger underwater battle as a final showdown instead of a simple brawl on a ship.
Never Say Never Again was a remake and they had a big underwater battle at the end.
I'll bet the henchmen were thinking, "come back!"
@@linda1lee2 You sound vaccinated.
Rest in peace Claudine Auger aka Domino Derval she was and always will be one of the most beautiful Bond girls to have ever set foot on this earth her legacy lives on forever for the rest of time,Lord Colton Of Gallifrey
I'm 27 and I find her insanely attractive haha. I can only imagine what a 27 year old back in 1965 must've thought of her.
ALEXtheGREAT I'm 26 and feel the same way. One of the most gorgeous Bond girls in the whole series.
Even in this movie she's not the best looking IMO. The redhead S.P.E.C.T.R.E. assassin Fiona (Luciana Paluzzi) outshines her in looks and as an actress. But you do specify "Bond girl" so, OK.
*she was wonderful..one of the most beatiful bond girl of all time*
Raquel Welch in the beach scene is my favorite.
That backhanded slap sending Largo into orbit just kills me lol
Definitely smacked him out the park😂
😂😂😂
it was merited
2:18 Bond had the crap knocked out of him!!!!!!!
@@Reggie17581 Largo got in some good body shots
My favourite bit in this scene is the poor bastard coming up the stairs with a bottle of champagne, obviously blissfully unaware that a goddamn brawl is going down on the bridge. And Bond then proceeds to beat the absolute crap out of him and throws him overboard!
Nise. Movie
"We've still got one bomb aboard"
😂😂😂
That’s what you get for not reading the room!
Poor guy even tried running away from the brawl too 😂
Other than the shots of the unmanned wheel and sped up window stuff, the hand-to-hand stuff is fantastic for the time.
Many people picked Goldfinger as the best Bond movie but Thunderball to me is just end-to-end excitement and thrills.
Mine too, Thunderball have everything in a Bond movie.
Agree 💯
INDEED ✔️✔️✔️
Agree with you! As I have grown older, I have grown to appreciate so much more! Great film.
To me it will always be You Only Live Twice
I hope they never "fix" the editing of the older Bond movies, the speeded up shots add a lot of charm in my opinion
I wish they'd edit out the slide whistle from the car stunt in TMWTGG. That's my major gripe with any old Bond movies that comes off the top of my head
@@Thicc_Cheese_Dip also the ridiculous song in VTAK at the opening skateboarding sequence. Should have stook with John Barry's excelent score.
I got to agree, having *_California Girls_* (and not even at the actual speed) was just stupid.
@@andrefilipe147 John Barry didn't score it
Can they edit out those cringeworthy jungle scenes from Octopussy
This was the first Bond film I ever saw, aged 9 on 16mm. I've always loved this scene.
I love this ending. It has the effects, the pace, the music and the setting.
I was on the edge of my seat as the were about to crash into that back projection
R.I.P. Claudine Auger as Domino-one of the most beautiful girls ever in a Bond film.
By their shocked reactions, it appears that the Disco Volante’s deck crew at the aft cocoon section probably didn’t have a clue of anything about the ship’s separation feature and were deliberately ditched and left behind powerless to fend for themselves, while the top villain, Emilio Largo and his command crew make a clean getaway in the hydrofoil. That’s backstabbing the expendables at its best! At least Domino got her sweet revenge! 💋.
Considering how Spectre punish failure, they got better karma.
I was thinking just the same, regarding Largo dumping them!
Most jumped off and if I were one of them readily surrender with the view that I wasn't being paid enough for that!
And largo also got the point
@@troyandrew6154 That's putting it rather mildly.
They actually broke the sound barrier in a boat
How?
Yeah the knots were escalat'N'/!!! 🛥🚤⛴
Ludicrous Speed!
ASS kids we called that funny Motion'/!!!
er no, It was Rodriguez PT 20 hydrofoil. Cruising speed of 33 knots, max 38 knots. The film was sped up and if you were able to hold onto a foil, it would not be able to take off, as simply getting a plastic bag over the foil is enough to prevent it from creating lift.
That guy randomly coming up the stairs with a bottle of Champagne always cracks me up. Like, did he not notice the intense brawl going down? And not only that, Bond goes out of his way to hunt him down and beat him to a pulp before throwing him out.
Your right. Like the captain chair he picks up and throws. Um aren't those bolted down lol?
Oddly enough he might have survived.
Clearly Bond was offended by the poor vintage.
It's amazing how a little thing like speeding up your footage to make everything appear faster drastically reduces the tension of the scene. This went from having great stakes to being benny hill
Lol 😂🤣. If only they could re-edit this to normal speed it would be better. This whole scene takes you out of the movie.
I ended up laughing real hard when the final fight came on.
Rip Sean! Thanks for the many years of fantastic memories!
Saw this movie bunking off school and have been a fan ever since!
"Sir, the enemy is firing at us with a frigate carrying Twin 4.5 cannons"
"Man the .30cals! That'll sink them"
"Sir, we won't be able to penetrate their armour at this range. At almost any range."
"Tommy, use your Sten Gun, that'll show them"
"Sir, I hate you."
And yet his henchmen happily fights a warship even though he has abandoned them
Excellent commentary.....
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I believe there was an RN officer during Japan’s invasion of Hong Kong who refused to surrender his small vessel as well and only fought back with a couple of machine guns. He died of course, but he certainly didn’t dishonour his command and gave the Japanese a taste of resolve they were going to face for the next four years.
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Rest easy, Sir Connery. You'll always be the greatest Bond
Absolutely. None comes even close
Damn straight. The original and the best.
Sure, the least fit and second least British lol
@@deeroberts8090 well he’s Scottish which is in Britain and also ‘’second least British?’’ Well what about the Aussie and the Irishman? (He wasn’t born in N Ireland) surely that would make him 3rd ? Anyway you haven’t got a clue what your talking about so be quiet
@@deeroberts8090 not the least fit, he moved like a cat, a PERFECTIONIST, in every movement. Roger Moore moves like a tortoise, and not one that wins a race. He was lesser fit only after this movie, which this movie was better than his next two
that back handed slap to Largo was just awesome
I can still remember being 12 years old with my friends in a theatre watching this movie on the big screen. I guess you could say Bond was my idle.
RIP SIR SEAN CONNERY You always a great actor.
Love these old bond movies...much better than the new ones.
My hats off to the SPECTRE agents who decided to stay behind to fight the US Navy.
They had to know that was going to be a desperate battle .
Well with the way SPECTRE treats their employees they knew they were probably dead either way 😂
@ActionCom Haha I see your comments everywhere.
Desperate? More like futile and suicide. But given how SPECTRE treats its people, as pointed out they were dead anyway
I think the Captain of the cocoon was still yelling "Keep Firing" after he jumped into the water.
@@actioncom2748 I've often wondered what perks all these goons of Bond villains get. An extra week off at Christmas? Triple overtime? Private medical treatment....?
Emil Largo, like Auric Goldfinger, seemed to see his henchmen as disposable. He wasn't even bothered that they'd all be killed by the navy so long as he could escape.
Emilio Largo had a shit henchman Vargas who basically did nothing in the film, they could have Atleast gave him a memorable henchman Like OddJob To Goldfinger, Jaws to Stromberg/Drax, Red Grant to Klebb/Blofeld etc.
@@qasimhussain1678 Vargas was killed with a harpoon gun and got the point lol. However, the fight on the Disco Volante is still great as Largo is really prepared to take on Bond hand to hand, and comes close to killing him.
@@Glenn1967ful
That’s only thing decent about him getting killed with Harpoon gun and got the point but apart from that he does nothing memorable, who would you say are the worst Henchman in the bond series?
@@qasimhussain1678 Most have been memorable, but the most useless one was the grossly overweight one used by Kananga in Live And Let Die.
@@Glenn1967ful
Ohh Yhh his name was Whisper, Mr Big had great Henchman though like Tee Hee and Barond Samedi was decent but creepy, any other crap/wasted Henchman that spring to mind?
Bond wie immer Weltklasse. Die meisten Bond-Filme sind heute Kult! 👍👍👍🤟🤟🤟
Saw this in the Center Theater on Main Street on St. Thomas. They sold out the house and then sold standing room tickets. People were sitting in the aisles and standing along the walls. Truly "The Biggest Bond of All!"
One of the greatest final scenes in the franchise.Superb!
"I can't swim!"
"Never to late to learn!"
He was never seen in the movie again. I can only assume that he drowned, slow learner i guess.
@@josefnilsson6635 impossible, Bond threw him with a life ring thing, he should have floated so he would have been visible then taken to a hospital or something
@@justisolated5621 Indeed! But how come he was not rescued with them, & what became of the chap with the champagne who Bond kicked off.
And THUS...you never see him again. That's why Bond is an assassin.
@@josefnilsson6635 the next scene is literaly the end, there is not much time to see that guy again
It’s the way this movie goes from the super badass underwater fight scene that holds up surprisingly well, to the over the top sped up boat shots that totally break your immersion, that kills me every time. Champagne Guy is the icing on the cake. 😂
Yes I agree, this sped up boat fight was a poor choice, they should have taken their time and had Sean Connery fight like he did against Robert Shaw in FRWL. If they took their time and really choreographed this fight scene better without speeding up the film this movie would have been absolute perfection.
Thunderball was a truly massive boxoffice success..........and at the time went into the all-time top ten box office list. In fact even today over 55 years later, and many thousands of films since released. TB taking inflation into account is still i believe in the top 30 films of all time!
Yes, but Connery was very upset for his salary, comparing with the producers winnings.
It is the golden standard for any Bond movie! If they had given Connery what he deserved, then he would have stayed and the next 3 movies would have been box office hits as well. We wouldn't have had Lazenby in the fabulous OHMSS.
It was the most profitable bond film, until Skyfall.
@@ΓεώργιοςΔρύλληςThat's always bugged me, I would have loved Connery in OHMSS
Unless I'm mistaken, "Thunderball"(1965) still holds the all-time record for ticket sales in the history of the Bond film franchise!
The editing just makes this scene funny
One if the best endings to a James Bond Movie Ever!! And I love the Fight and the Music on this scene also
Thunderball has always been my favorite Connery Bond movie.
Especially the soundtrack. 👍💪
Largo was one of the coolest of the Bond villains; The piratical eye patch, the white dinner jacket, the pet sharks & the Disco Volante....what isn't there to like??
RIP to a movie legend, Sean Connery.... forever 007
I love that the sound effect of the Disco Volante splitting from the 'cocoon' is the same sound effect used for rocket launches in Thunderbirds.
I love how Largo is not afraid to get his hands dirty Thunderball will always be my fav Sean Connery 007 film
He got in some good body shots on .007
I always loved the scene when he kills Vargas with the harpoon,100 % Connery.
Sean Connery is the best. Ever best James Bond. Oh we all miss him.
Sean Connery is James Bond. The rest are all impostors especially the current bland blonde Bond who doesn't know whether he's Bourne, Rambo or Statham.
@@jmcasas17 OK BOOMER
Don't you just love how Bond is somehow able to hold onto the fin of the Disco Volante's hydrofoil despite the tremendous rush of the water against him?! The force of the water rushing against him would have knocked him off the hydrofoil's fin (unless of course he possessed the strength of King Kong)!
Someone in the production said the series as a whole was b to move in a Bond as "superman" direction. Someone else described it as an "adult comic strip". When you think about it Bond is the last knight. He would have the strength of 10. This REALLY came out in Lazenby's excellent Bond which seemed to have unlimited 💪 Remember how he military pressed that goon over his head and tossed him into the others in the pretitle fight on the Tracy sur mer Beach in the South of France? We knew we were in for a more athletic Bond. No more epicureanism. Even Tracy's rented Cougar "muscle car" said it all.
@@tracywilliams7929 bullshit
Hey he was also able to somehow overcome Bambi and Thumper in the pool after they kicked the shit out of him in Diamonds Are Forever in the only good scene, well other than the cake scene, lol.
They should've seen bond climbing on the boat, he was literally right at the window climbing on the boat but overall this scene is still a epic finale though to this movie. I honestly think thunderball is better than never say never again which is a remake of this movie.
this was a great film which as kids in the 60s we saw in the cinema 2/6 in the circle, Mr Largo one of the all time greats, RIP,
Which cinema was that? 2-6?
Largo: Jettison cocoon.
After a hundred yards-
Pilot: Cocoon away.
The best action sequence of the film.
Very good job fellows!! I saw this as a kid on TV back in the 70s. The disco volante splitting into a floating gun platform and a hydra foil is still the coolest thing I've ever seen.
“Right, so we need a special boat made for the villain of the film. I’d like it to be a half catamaran, half hydrofoil affair, with the ability to split apart. And each part must function independently as well as together.”
“Sounds like an interesting model project.”
“No.”
“What?”
“We’re not making a model of it.”
“...what?”
“We’re making an actual boat that can actually do all of that.”
“...but that kind of boat doesn’t exist!”
“That’s why we’re making one.”
“But we’re filmmakers, not ship-builders!”
“...so?”
And thus this awesome experimental boat was made!
That made me chuckle. I can imagine the actual conversation going something like that.
And all that effort was for a couple scenes. That's how you knew Bond had entered the blockbuster big leagues back then
One of the best films ever and bond scene Connery, at his masterful best
I disagree, one of the weakest films in the series imo
@@sonnykingcomposer Your entitled 2 your opinion
Isn't it interesting how the woman saves Bond and kills the main villain?
@@Foxfire_forty-nine I guess yeah, makes a nice change. Altho I suppose it's the same with Goldfinger in that Bond was the one who finally persuaded them to turn fully to his side
In my opinion Thunderball was the best in the Connery era, for plot, villains, locations, and of course the Bond girl, Domino...
for me, one of the all time classic hand to hand combat scenes for James Bond
My favorite Bond film and my second favorite fight scene after the fight on the train in From Russia with Love. I was with my father the first time I saw this movie and I think of him every time I watch it now.
This movie scene should be done 4k version to youtube. I'll waiting this moment!!
Well, I think Largo’s finally got the point at 3:50!!! 😂😂😂😂
He did. But Domino got the last laugh.
@Nathan Cena Then she got Bond's point 😉
Love Thunderball, brutal and full of well plotted action....
Fun fact: "Thunderball," the novel, was actually based on a screenplay Flemming conceived with two other writer. When the screenplay went nowhere, Flemming turned it into a book which later became the movie. The two other writers sued for credit and won partial rights to Bond and "Specter." This began a years-long legal battle to stop a second, parallel Bond movie, which eventually was made as "Never Say Never Again," which used the same basic storyline as "Thunderball." (Remember too that the rights to "Casino Royale" had also been sold and appeared first as a television show with Barry Nelson as Bond, and later as a spoof with Woody Allen and David Niven.) The whole situation was finally resolved when Eon Productions obtained all rights to Bond, which is how we got a legit "Casino Royale" as well as "Spectre."
In light of today’s news this holds even more significance. To THE BEST of Bonds (in my humble opinion) Rest In Peace, Sir Sean 💔😔
His hairpiece sure held on well for a mostly underwater movie!
In the middle of the fight that guy trying to deliver champagne I can’t 😂😂
The guy coming up with the champagne feels like something out of Airplane!
I watched this movie on widescreen cinemascope in cinema. The explosion and the stereo sound effect of the stole away Disco Volante was so real !
Can we take a min to appreciate how insane and experimental Peter Hunts editing work was for 60s blockbuster?
A lesson in what NOT to do when you’re working with limited VFX. 😂
Imagine the guy who played the man with the champagne watching the film as an old man feeling so proud.
’k
He died for real when making the scene 😜
When that yacht separated from the hydrofoil!!! That was so cool!!! And the fight scene with the henchmen and the MI 6 agents!! Pow!! Sock!! Pow!!
I wonder how many times Connery has had to fight in very small spaces. The cameraman/men should get special credit for these scenes. I'm thinking of the fight in the train cabin too. Are there more?
Bond vs Peter Franks in DAF
2:35
007 Gotta go fast! Gotta go fast!
Gotta go faster, faster, faster, faster, faster!!!
Film Director: "Now how do we make the boat go super speed?"
Producer: "Speed up the film?"
Director: "Genius."
At least it's not ludicrous speed, or plaid speed.
*one of the best James bond's film..goldfinger,from russia with love,thunderball,the spy who loved me,for your eyes only,moonraker,are the best 007 films to me*
Wait how did the henchman with the champagne not hear the fight as he was coming up?
That slap hurt him more than harpoon 🤣
0:57 This rear guard action was epic
May 21, 2023----I remember this movie as we were living in leasure City while we were stationed at Homestead AFB, Florida and I was in elementary school delivering the Miami Herald. There was a newspaper contest, with me and some other boys getting to see this movie for free with our newspaper distributor as our chaperone. Didn't happen as Mom/Dad wanted to go out so I volunteered to babysit my 2 brothers and 2 sisters so they could go.
One of the best and funniest fighting scenes ever!!
As poor as the effects look today, if you look past that, there’s an incredible fight scene, with some of my favourite music; Thunderball is definitely my favourite film
YES
If you really enjoy this watching especially as a Bond Fan, to be honest you don't care about the effects, it's nice to see exactly how it looked back then
Such a charming James Bond, Sean Connery. Even for future comic series he suits better than anyone else...
RIP Sir Sean Connery († 31.10.2020)
I wonder if George Lazenby saw this in the theater?
"So then the boat breaks the sound barrier! How do they manage that?"
"Unclear."
"So, then I guess Bond's gonna have a hard time catching Largo, now, huh?"
"Actually, it'll be super easy; barely an inconvenience!"
"Oh, really?"
Bond, hero of safety:
4:25 - "Get down!" (before it explodes, just to increase the chances you will get ear damage by the energy of an underwater detonation)
4:32 - "ah, let's get a good look while fiery, spiky or potentially harmful debris fall all around us"
But you avoid the shrapnel by diving down...
Domino should have one-liner'd "Say Hi to my brother for me, Largo!"
sped up window stuff always cracks me up
Saw this as a kid at 14 with the re-release in 1968…. And became a diehard Connery fan afterwards….
That's the yacht at 1A I want to ride in front with... Whole new meaning to sitting ducks..!
One of the best maritime action scenes in James Bond history
I have seen this bond flim a thousand time and my answer is only one sean connery is james bond no one else is he started it no one is else we are talk about a legend who has be in the flim industry for 40 years sean we own you a lot you have be entertaining the public for 40 years a star who has be top of his profession for 40 years in the flim industry sean no one replace you and beat you the skill in the flim industry you put in the talent sean thank you i would have paid a lot of money to meet you i have seen all your flims and enjoy all your flims sean a legend never dies you are you will live for ever you are no longer with us the legacy will live for ever you are on longer with us but it my way showing my respect for your work thank you are james bond no one else is rest in peace thank you sean
2:53 I always laugh at this bit, bloke just getting kicked out.
2:59
The best BOND film ! Along with Goldfinger also. The two coolest 007 films !
I'm convinced that the James Bond adventures take place in an alternate universe where gun sights were never invented.
Look up William Fairbairn and his book "Shooting to Live", Bond and other characters don't use their sights because the top firearms instructors of that they believed that it was better to align your gun with the center of your torso whilst facing and staring at your opponent because it was thought that using sights in an instant at close quarters took too long.
The other guy that jumped with James we didn’t really know what happened to him afterwards, but I assume that he just survived 😊
Because he seemed like a nice guy
Special effects are fab. 👍
Even as a kid when I first saw this I always spared a thought for the loyal goons who took on the royal navy guns with assorted small arms on a floating target buoy.
That’s not the Royal Navy. It’s the U.S Navy and Coast Guard.
Another spectacular action scene from the classic Bond film played by the greatest Bond actor. They don't make exciting scenes like this anymore. Now we have nothing but drama and CGI in the Bond films to please the new generation of moviegoers. Not to mention the bland blonde actor who is Bourne wannabe.
You're such a whimp
The only thing I disliked about this movie were those sped up shots...
4:19 That´s why you should know how to swim. You never know when you need it :D
Lago: Put smoke to say where on fire.
U.S. Navy: We're not fooled!