- For your perusal, I present here the lyrics to Thunderball, followed by their correct interpretation:
- He always runs while others walk.
- The film features an overabundance of sped-up footage. Is Benny Hill on that boat?
- He acts while other men just talk.
- Foreshadowing the Roger Moore years?
- He looks at this world and wants it all,
- Specifically, he wants it all to be safe from being nuked by SPECTRE.
- So he strikes like Thunderball.
- Which is the name of the secret project to disrupt SPECTRE's plans.
- He knows the meaning of success.
- Beating up a man disguised as a widow and riding a jetpack to safety.
- His needs are more so he gives less.
- He almost gets killed by a spinal traction machine.
- They call him the winner who takes all,
- He beats Emilio Largo (Adolfo Celi) at cards and shooting and then steals his mistress.
- And he strikes like Thunderball.
- I'm no atmospheric scientist, but I'm pretty sure thunder does not come in balls.
- Any woman he wants, he'll get.
- Including Claudine Auger, Luciana Paluzzi, and Molly Peters.
- He will break any heart without regret.
- Such as Vargas' (Philip Locke) heart with a spear gun. "I think he got the point."
- His days of asking are all gone.
- Aside from the jetpack, he requisitions fewer crazy gadgets than usual.
- His fight goes on, and on, and on.
- The underwater fight sequence goes on, and on, and on.
- But he thinks that the fight is worth it all,
- Lots of paradivers are killed to save...Miami?
- So he strikes like Thunderbaaaaaaalllllllll!
- Like the song, the film was pretty jazzy and entertaining, but the ending was a bit drawn-out.
- Sometimes you have to do a silly review.
- I hardly need to mention that Thunderball is performed by Tom Jones.
- In addition to the usual cast, the film also featured a guy named Rik Van Nutter as Felix Leiter and Martine Beswick as Paula.
