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Thunderball is now in the books. I'm rating it a 7. A little drop in quality from Goldfinger, but enjoyable nonetheless.

We pass the two hour mark for the first time, but the pacing doesn't suffer much. The underwater battle scene at the end is a little long winded, but other than that I have few complaints in that regard.

Largo is a decent enough villain, but the least memorable of the films so far. He lacks the quirks of Goldfinger, the physical threat of Grant or the mystique of Dr. No. Of course, there's some nice exchanges with Bond, particularly when the latter keeps dropping the word 'spectre' in the casino. I like Domino a lot as a Bond girl, and her 'turn' (so to speak) is far more natural than that of Pussy Galore. I feel both her and Fiona Volpe are nicely developed characters.

I loved the atmosphere in the scene where they're sneaking the body out of the sanatorium at night. Great music and use of lighting - it helps build tension effectively.

I don't mind the theme song, although it never made much of a mark for me. I'd forgotten how it went to be honest.

A few tidbits - I've always loved Bond stealing that single grape before leaving the room in the sanatorium early on in the film. Never fails to make me smile - does anyone know if this was an ad lib of sorts? Also, I swear there's a stuffed dog in the road when Bond is trying to flee from Volpe and her agents during the Junkanoo. Sort of looked like it was positioned to urinate, but perhaps I'm imagining that too.