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RIP Sean Connery
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2020 6:40 am
by danielh41
Re: RIP Sean Connery
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2020 6:55 am
by Buffacuse
I watched The Untouchables again recently and he was superb--deserving of the Oscar he got. He defined Bond in a way that made it very difficult for those who followed...maybe not until Daniel Craig did anyone really embrace and take ownership of the role.
He also never got to see his dream of Scottish independence realized...I suspect that had he lived for a couple more years, he'd have gotten there.
RIP, 007.
Re: RIP Sean Connery
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2020 8:58 am
by silverscreenselect
My biggest regret about Connery (and Gene Hackman as well, who is still alive) is that they retired at a time when they could have given us several more memorable films. Jimmy Cagney did the same thing, retiring for over 20 years before agreeing to return in Ragtime.
Connery could have had his pick of virtually any older male role in the last two decades.
But he was a terrific actor and he made the 007 franchise what it is today.
Re: RIP Sean Connery
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2020 12:47 pm
by danielh41
silverscreenselect wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2020 8:58 am
My biggest regret about Connery (and Gene Hackman as well, who is still alive) is that they retired at a time when they could have given us several more memorable films. Jimmy Cagney did the same thing, retiring for over 20 years before agreeing to return in Ragtime.
Connery could have had his pick of virtually any older male role in the last two decades.
But he was a terrific actor and he made the 007 franchise what it is today.
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When I first saw
Skyfall, I wondered if the part played by Albert Finney had been originally written for Connery who refused to come out of retirement for it.
Re: RIP Sean Connery
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2020 5:50 am
by Estonut
Sorry to hear this.
RIP, sir!
Re: RIP Sean Connery
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2020 10:51 am
by SportsFan68
I was crazy about Sean Connery. You would have thought that he would have played a big part in my dreams, but somehow he never showed. Instead, I did have lots of espionage dreams, but they all happened locally with local players. How international espionage translated into a podunk town in Colorado -- well, that's the nature of dreams. I doubt it would have happened if I hadn't been so entranced with Connery.
Re: RIP Sean Connery
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2020 10:01 am
by earendel
To me Sean Connery IS James Bond and the others are but imitations. That said, he did have a few clunkers in his career, most notably Zardoz. I liked him in Darby O'Gill and the Little People (he sings!).
Re: RIP Sean Connery
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2020 11:23 am
by Buffacuse
Much as I loved him as Bond and some of his other roles, I can't quite get over the infamous Playboy interview where he said it was ok to hit a woman as long as you use an open hand.
And, now that I think about it, in the era of the Me Too movement, I'm a bit surprised more isn't being made of this...kind of a massive look-the-other-way reaction because we loved him so much.
Re: RIP Sean Connery
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2020 1:27 pm
by Bob Juch
earendel wrote: ↑Mon Nov 02, 2020 10:01 am
To me Sean Connery IS James Bond and the others are but imitations. That said, he did have a few clunkers in his career, most notably Zardoz. I liked him in Darby O'Gill and the Little People (he sings!).
I liked
Zardoz.