Women are like horses that need to be tamed and broken in order to be ridden. Term of endearment? Verbal tic? I wish he'd stop doing it, it takes away a lot of my enjoyment of these novels.Ģ.) Misogyny - Women are horrible drivers. It's disturbing, and I can't really see any rhyme or reason behind it. He just refers to women as 'bitches' quite frequently. It doesn't matter whether he likes them or not. SPECTRE gets hold of an atomic bomb and threatens to detonate it in a major city if he doesn't receive £100,000,000.ġ.) Bond calling women 'bitch' all the time. This is a bit different from the previous 8 Bond novels.

Bond began to scream, weakly, while the sweat poured from him and dripped off the leather cushions to the floor. In one of the scenes when Connery is swimming with the sharks, one of the animals got past the plexiglass border and according to the film's stunt coordinator, the actor only just got out of the water.Ī voice said quietly, close up against his ear, 'You will not meddle again, my friend.' Then there was nothing but the great whine and groan of the machine and the bite of the straps that were tearing his body in half. The underwater scenes are cool and the villains were superbly cast and performed. *** I re-watched the 1965 Terence Young film starring Sean Connery as Bond and was again reminded how much I liked this one. This begins with some attention to Bond as a physical operative. Bond is a THREE pack a day smoker and a heavy drinker and M is worried about his ace. Almost a token scene, but would it be Bond without ultra-cool at the card table?īond with a health problem. Broccoli’s casting in the films always entertains but they got the idea from Fleming and his creation of Domino is inspired. Some of the earlier Bond novels were oddly cerebral and even romantic, Thunderball is all about the fight scenes and there are many good ones. spy, SPECTRE is rolling the dice on a big and dastardly plan and its up to our hero to save the day.Īction. We actually get a villain double billing as SPECTRE agent Largo is the central antagonist and we meet Blofeld as the arch-enemy behind the scenes. (especially Donald Pleasance’s portrayal of him in You Only Live Twice). While Fleming has come up with several great villains before, we are finally introduced to THE criminal, Blofeld, the Number 1 of SPECTRE – and who was without a doubt the template for Austin Powers parody Dr. First published in 1961, this was the 9th Bond novel for Ian Fleming and is a rip roaring good time for fans.Ĭriminal villain mastermind.

Thunderball by ian fleming