Sean Connery - Genuis or crap?
 

I've just read this on the Guardian website and wondered what you think:

http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/...316512,00.html

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Is he meant to be a critic, sounds to me he just has an anti Connery thing going on, me, I've enjoyed just about everything Mr C has done, albeit some of them may have been roles for a man a few years younger but hey, he still got the job done. Sad to see him hanging his cap, :(

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That's what I thought - yeah, he's done some utter rubbish over the years, but surely that's been outweighed by the good stuff:

Highlander allows Highlander 2 + Finding Forrester
The Rock allows Medicine Man + Entrapment, that sort of thing.

I even thought that The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was good - so what if he's always the same character, it's what he does!

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He has been in some good films and some bad films. The thing is, whatever film he's in, he is just Sean Connery being Sean Connery. :zzz:

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True, and making a bundle to boot :p: nice one

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Very very tue :)

A russian sub captain with a thick scottish accent - brilliant :D

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very true - although one where he did seem to break that mould, was Zardoz - remember that?

http://www.badmovies.org/movies/zardoz/

- very funny if not taken too seriously ;)

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I was going to mention Zardoz as well :D

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i thought the person who wrote the article may have been having a bad day whilst writing that ;)

i quite liked the league of extraordinary gentlemen, though, so I can't really agree with the totally negative attitude the critic has there :)

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Surely Highlander beats that one :D - I can just picture the meeting:

'Hmm, we need someone to play a 500 year old Scot - I know, Christopher Lambert!'

'Errr, he's French'

'Yes, I know, but he can do a Scottish accent. Right, who can we get to play to play our Egyptian, Ramirez?'

'Hmm I can't think of any Egyptian actors off the top of my head sir'

'No, it's alright - I've got it! Sean Connery - he'll be perfect for the role!'

'So, let me see sir. We've got a French Scotsman, and a Scottish Egyptian with a Spanish name? It's gonna be huge'

'Hmm, talking of huge, let's get Brian Mays hair to do the soundtrack!'

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I don't care about his poorer movies. He's the definitive James Bond, and that's good enough for me. He deserves God status for that alone ! ;)


Jon

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:tu: :tu:

As a massive JB fan I'd have to agree. While reading the books, you could imagine Connery as Bond - fantastic.

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Please will someone rep Nugget for the above posting because I have to spread it about some more.He's made me spill my tea. :rofl:

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Done

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I can't. I gotta spread it about first! And he really deserves more than one for that! :D

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Sorry Coggy, I'll make you another one :D

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Sean Connery - Genius or crap ?

He sure as hell ain't a genius, that description should surely be reserved for the likes of Einstein, Hawkins, Aristotle, Plato, Leibniz, da Vinci, Darwin, Mozart, etc, etc. :rolleyes:

He may be a quite good actor and, even though I am male, I can see how he is attractive to women, great 'presence'. :erm:

So...not genius, not crap either, just a creditable actor. :cool:

Now Burton...there was a great actor (still not genius though). :)

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Couldnt agree more.

Connery is my favourite actor as Bond.

And yes it's true he's done some crap movies, but name one actor, who's been around as long as him who hasnt.

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Funnily enough, I imagined Timothy Dalton when I read the books.

IMO, Dalton was far more accurate.

Back on topic. I don't know whether I would say that Sean Connery was a great actor. I do know, however, that I enjoy what he does (which as far as I am concerned is the main point).