THUNDERBALL - Your 3 Favourite Scenes

No 'end credits' answers.

1. Bond sees Fiona in his bath.
Sharp dialogue and awesome performances by Connery and Paluzzi. Very sexy scene.

2. Chase through the Junkanoo
Wonderfully atmospheric, colourful and dangerous. I really dig street chases in the Bond films especially when there is some sort of parade/festivity happening. The sound design is awesome as well, and remains that way until Fiona's death at the Kiss Kiss club. And Bond's one liner is brilliant.

3. "What sharp little eyes you've got" / "Wait till you get to my teeth"
Again, sharp dialogue and focused performances (and voice over work!) makes for a very sexualised scene, enhanced by the beautiful cinematography. Helps make Thunderball one of the best looking James Bond films.

1. Domino spears Largo
I thought it was a nice change of pace for the Bond girl to be the one who kills the main baddie.

2. The PTS Fight
While a bit sped up is still a brutal little fight plus Bond tossing the flowers on Bouvar's corpse was a nice touch.

3. Bond goes shooting with Largo
Good exchange between Bond and Largo. Some of my favorite scenes are when Bond and the villain are cordially trying to outdo each other and here is no different.

So many to choose from, Thunderball is rich picking in this department...

1. Fiona in the bathtub...one of the sexiest and funniest scenes in Bond (or maybe even the cinema)

2. Bond goes looking for Paula at Palmyra "fool's he's got you shooting at one another"

3. "You mind if my friend sits this one out...she's just dead!"

1. Street chase up to Fiona's death

Bond appears a little rattled, for fear of his life and after Fiona in the hotel room effectively questioned his manhood. Women hearing heavenly choirs and all that bilge. You've also got on the lighter side, albeit trivially, that British girl who he takes to dance who upon seeing Fiona cries: "You could've told me your wife was here!"

2. Bond and Domino on the beach.
Cold and hard as Bond tells Domino about her brother. Right up to Bond spearing Vargas.

3. SPECTRE
I suppose it's open for parody (the mid/late sixties when spoofs of Bond took off), the bad guys sat around the table, bad guy in chief with his white cat but the set is fantastic, Largo is smooth, the way he looks on as the traitor is killed and indeed, the dispatching of the traitor. After four films (three if we discount Goldfinger), we get a measure of just how SPECTRE operates.

Hilly KCMG wrote:

1. Street chase up to Fiona's death

Bond appears a little rattled, for fear of his life and after Fiona in the hotel room effectively questioned his manhood. Women hearing heavenly choirs and all that bilge. You've also got on the lighter side, albeit trivially, that British girl who he takes to dance who upon seeing Fiona cries: "You could've told me your wife was here!"

2. Bond and Domino on the beach.
Cold and hard as Bond tells Domino about her brother. Right up to Bond spearing Vargas.

3. SPECTRE
I suppose it's open for parody (the mid/late sixties when spoofs of Bond took off), the bad guys sat around the table, bad guy in chief with his white cat but the set is fantastic, Largo is smooth, the way he looks on as the traitor is killed and indeed, the dispatching of the traitor. After four films (three if we discount Goldfinger), we get a measure of just how SPECTRE operates.

Love these as well! The second scene you mention is one of Connery's best scenes as Bond, and I love the opening shot as Largo walks into the SPECTRE meeting. Great set design too!

Hilly wrote:

You've also got on the lighter side, albeit trivially, that British girl who he takes to dance who upon seeing Fiona cries: "You could've told me your wife was here!"

Did you know she plays poker with Bond in the Bahamas in CR?

You know I didn't. When I watched it the other day I kept thinking that one of these women (either the Japanese lady with Le Chiffre) or Bahamas/Montenegro with Bond was from a previous film but thought it was Ruby from OHMSS.

Learn something knew everyday. :)

Bond and Domino on the beach, it's Fleming's Bond really. "Dirty work but somebody has to do it."

1. PTS..Bond escapes wearing a jetpack (no well dressed man should be without one) the baddies are right on his tail so Bond gives them a facefull of H2O from the DB5...roll titles and one of the best songs in the series....brilliant!

2. Blofelds team briefing, Blofeld is counting his coffers and decides one of his team is being less than honest, the villain is literally reduced to dust.

3. Search for the vulcan, Bond and Felix in the helicopter flying over Palmyra, beautifully shot with great John barry music,

No one has mentioned any of the underwater scenes.
I feel sorry for anyone who finds them 'boring'.

1: The theft of the Vulcan and stashing the bombs (Barry's atmospheric music makes the trudging through the water work);
2: As Lachesis mentioned, sneakin' about Palmyra;
3: The climactic scuba battle. One of my all-time favorite denouements.

So there.

Aren't TB's underwater scenes lengthy because u/w filming was a fairly new thing at the time and they were keen to make extensive use of it?

AMC Hornet wrote:

No one has mentioned any of the underwater scenes.
I feel sorry for anyone who finds them 'boring'.

1: The theft of the Vulcan and stashing the bombs (Barry's atmospheric music makes the trudging through the water work);
2: As Lachesis mentioned, sneakin' about Palmyra;
3: The climactic scuba battle. One of my all-time favorite denouements.

So there.

Please don't feel sorry for me, it's not necessary.

Blunt Instrument wrote:

Aren't TB's underwater scenes lengthy because u/w filming was a fairly new thing at the time and they were keen to make extensive use of it?    

Correct.

AMC wrote:

As Lachesis mentioned, sneakin' about Palmyra

Barry's music really enhances this scene!