Paid Members Jazzy G Posted October 31, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted October 31, 2020 Wow, this just broke. BBC News - James Bond actor Sir Sean Connery dies aged 90https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54761824 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Not the best Bond and worst performance to win a supporting actor Oscar Sean Connery had pashed on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted October 31, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted October 31, 2020 This one probably deserves it's own thread. RIP Sir Sean Connery.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamaras-Tash Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Good innings that, reading that article I cant believe he got an oscar for The Untouchables it must have been slim pickings that year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Red Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 14 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said: Not the best Bond and worst performance to win a supporting actor Oscar Sean Connery had pashed on Cheers Lance! Sad to read about this but it’s not a surprise and he had a great innings. Holds a place in my heart for the Highlander films more than he did for Bond, also had a great twilight career run of blockbusters which were great fun such as The Rock. His best moment for me was as Henry Jones Sr.  Spawned a generation of shite impressions, his Bond was a bit rapey, but if we don’t hold him up as Scotland’s most successful actor then it has to be Gerard Butler or Ewan McGregor which just isn’t worth thinking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted October 31, 2020 Author Paid Members Share Posted October 31, 2020 Let's not forget his finest hour... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators neil Posted October 31, 2020 Moderators Share Posted October 31, 2020 Hunt for the red october was his best film. Don't agree? Fight me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Surf Digby Posted October 31, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted October 31, 2020 Yeah, Red October was a corker. I've still never seen Zardoz. I think I've actually got a VHS of it tucked away somewhere that;s never felt fresh air on its flap. Might have to dig it out and play it alongside Goldfinger (which I meant to watch the other week after Nolan's passing). Farewell Sir Sean. I'm not sure whether you were less a convincing Spaniard than you were an Irish American, but your deadpan delivery of "Our situation has not improved" will carry on being quoted plentifully by me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 25 minutes ago, Bicurious Dad said: Cheers Lance Good arrowsh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patiirc Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 I think Outland needs airing tonight 90 is a good innings and deffo a screen presence for the ages RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Some Guy Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 45 minutes ago, jazzygeofferz said: Let's not forget his finest hour... I am never getting back the time I sunk into watching this awful, awful film. I saw it over 25 years ago and I'm still furious about it. Regardless, Connery is one of the few actors who transcended whatever material he was given. A true icon of cinema.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted October 31, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted October 31, 2020 I stuck together a Twitter thread about Connery and will also ignore all Untouchables related blasphemy. I mean, really. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Red Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 It is slightly sad that the end to his cinematic legacy was the dreadful League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, a film he only took on due to regret over passing on Lord of the Rings (Gandalf) and The Matrix (he claimed Morpheus but it's been speculated it was actually the role of The Architect) because he didn't understand the scripts. The whole ordeal sent him into retirement as he had such a stressful time that he didn't want to ever go through it again. He was only 73 at that point, so it's safe to say Stephen Norrington deprived us of possibly a few more great twilight performances from Connery, the hack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Only saw The Man Who Would Be King a couple of years ago, and I'd probably now rank that as my favourite film of his that I've seen (which, admittedly, doesn't include Red October). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 1 hour ago, Devon Malcolm said: also ignore all Untouchables related blasphemy. I mean, really. Nah m8. To liken it to another of his films with Super Kev, it’s like Costners performance as Robin Hood. An absolute ton of fun with no attempt of an accent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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