Never Say Never Again is a Waste

The first 1000 people who use the link in my description will receive a 1 month free trial to Skillshare Premium!: https://skl.sh/eyebrowcinema06211 Support me on Patreon for early access (and more!):   / eyebrowcinema   Never Say Never Again as forever been an outlier in the James Bond franchise, too far removed to be a proper Bond movie but also too close to really be anything else. In this video essay, I take a look at the bizarre Thunderball remake and consider its failings as a film, as a Bond film, and as an opportunity to do something unique. Follow me on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/danpgsimpson... Filmography: https://letterboxd.com/pgcooper/list/... Works Cited: License to Thrill: A Cultural History of the James Bond Films. James Chapman. 2007. Music Featured: Secret Tapes 9 by Mystified Setup With an E by Small Colin Fragmented Pianos by Mikael Lind Carnival by smallertide Symphony No. 1: Hope? by Steve Combs Love Him by Loyalty Freak Music And Never Come Back by Soft and Furious Both Flanks by Small Colin Serial Killer by John Bartmann Tender Moment by John Bartmann More Eyebrow Cinema: Being John Malkovich and the Office Movies of 1999 -    • Being John Malkovich and the Office Movies...   The Plot Holes of Vertigo (and why they don't matter) -    • The Plot Holes of Vertigo (and why they do...   The Decay of Cinema -    • The Decay of Cinema   Chris Benoit and Separating the Art from the Artist -    • Chris Benoit and Separating the Art from t...   Sleepless in Seattle - Crying at Action Movies -    • Sleepless in Seattle - Crying at Action Mo...   Star Wars Can't Move On -    • Star Wars Can't Move On   Contextualizing Insomnia - Nolan's Secret Gem -    • Contextualizing Insomnia - Nolan's Secret ...   Movie Theaters and the Value of Inconvenience -    • Movie Theaters and the Value of Inconvenience   Action and Pacifism in Castle in the Sky -    • Action and Pacifism in Castle in the Sky |...   How Terence Young Made James Bond -    • How Terence Young Made James Bond   Hierarchies of Violence in The Shining -    • Hierarchies of Violence in The Shining   The Curious Case of Forrest and Benjamin -    • The Curious Case of Forrest and Benjamin