Thunderball (1965) | How Woke Is It?

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Thunderball1965

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What We Think

Thunderball stands as a time capsule of pre-woke filmmaking: unapologetically traditional, with clear heroes and villains, and no narrative hijacking by modern ideological trends. This is pure, vintage Bond, before Hollywood discovered the DEI checklist.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

In our view, 'Thunderball' keeps its focus squarely on traditional spy drama, with characters fitting the narrative without obvious identity-based box-checking. Bond is still Bond, and side characters serve the story rather than an ideological agenda. Forced representation and contemporary ideological themes are essentially absent.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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What is this?

The film celebrates traditional masculinity, nationalism, and Western morality, with James Bond as a quintessential man’s man. Family, religion, and social norms are presented positively or left unchallenged. No obvious cultural subversion or modern reinterpretation here, just classic 1960s values.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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What is this?

Thunderball reflects the mainstream Western views of its era, but it doesn’t actively mock or villainize traditional perspectives because, well, they are the foundation of its story. Alternative worldviews are not a focus, but neither are they caricatured as villains in a modern woke sense.

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