I recently decided to watch and/or rewatch all the James Bond movies in chronological order. The fist one, Dr. No, wasn't great, followed by a slightly better From Russia With Love. Goldfinger and Thunderball are just much better movies, where it looks like they finally know where they want to go with this franchise. Sean Connery is also better as James Bond, even though the behavior of his character is borderline sexual harassment, something that wouldn't pass at all in modern days. I can't see his behavior, where he imposes himself to women rather agressively, very passable for a modern day hero. That said, the movie is from 1965, when the moral standards where different then now. Thunderball has a good plot, some good scenes which might be too long for some but I thought they were entertaining. The Bond girls, just famous for their short passages in the movies, are still candy for the eye. From the first four movies Thunderball is the best made and most interesting. John Stears got an Oscar for Best Effects and Special Visual Effects, which I can understand for 1965, but he would never win with that nowadays. It's ironic they give this movie an Oscar for this as there are enough scenes where it looks all really fake, but that's from the eye of somebody that watches the movie now and not in 1965. The spy gadgets are getting interesting, the plot is getting better, so looking forward to the next one. Next, You Only Live Twice!