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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 9602987"><p>This thread got us back on our Bond kick (was showing the wife the Connery years). Last night we watched Thunderball. I forgot how much underwater action there is in this one. I might have just been in a funny mood but the overall silence during those scenes and the slower motion of being underwater created kind of an odd effect for me (and I noticed my wife getting a little drowsy when they underwater action went on too long at points). Largo is a fun villain. The locations were all great. I liked watching all the underwater sequences simply because it made me wonder what kind of technological developments they may have been capitalizing on this film (I have no idea, but I remember watching a lot of movies and shows from this era where underwater action was important). My wife commented on how modern she thought Domino looked (just in terms of appearance, meaning her features struck her more like a model or actress we would see today than in the 60s). I do think it got a little lost in some of the locations at times.The movie is around 2 hours and 10 minutes, and I think it would have been a better movie if that had been edited down (maybe it would have lost something, as it kind of allows you to hang out in the Bond universe but I just felt this was a film where some scenes could have been shorter)</p></blockquote><p></p>