11 Things You Learn Rewatching Thunderball

7. The Underwater Action Is (Mostly) Boring

If you're likely to remember anything about Thunderball from the last time you watched it, it's that it's got a LOT of water in it. Almost all the major set-pieces revolve around water in some fashion, with approximately 25% of the final film actually taking place underwater.

Unfortunately, it's far too much of a muchness, with these sequences generally dragging on far too long (because moving underwater takes time), being too repetitive, and suffering from visual incoherence. The dark lighting of the water combined with sloppy editing means it's not always possible to know quite what's going on.

Except for the dizzying climax, the film's underwater action is slow and unexciting, in sharp contrast to the delirious set-pieces from Goldfinger in particular.