Sean Connery: The king is dead

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Sat Oct 31, 2020 9:43 pm
by netzerkaiser
I remember my dad telling me he worked wih his brother on lorries, early '60's, & there's this loch in Scotland & theres this phenomenon rarely seen that they both experienced where the sky lights up as mirror image, 'mirage', of the loch..
RIP big man..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htN9uMirfrw
Re: Sean Connery: The king is dead

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Sun Nov 01, 2020 7:41 pm
by ZiziMinuscule
My favourite S. Connery's role was William of Baskerville in "The Name of the rose". And Yours?
Re: Sean Connery: The king is dead

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Sun Nov 01, 2020 8:01 pm
by ZiziMinuscule
I've never been fan of the Bond series, but it's true, S. Connery's Bond films are masterpieces in their genre. Same for Roger Moore's Bonds.
Re: Sean Connery: The king is dead

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Sun Nov 01, 2020 8:39 pm
by netzerkaiser
ZiziMinuscule wrote:I've never been fan of the Bond series, but it's true, S. Connery's Bond films are masterpieces in their genre. Same for Roger Moore's Bonds.
But the humanity he shows in this, Zizu, & Chris Lamberts performance too... its fucking beautiful... let no man deny!
Re: Sean Connery: The king is dead

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Sun Nov 01, 2020 10:57 pm
by Angel Eyes
I am 007 aficionado. Connery was my first Bond, saw all of his 007 films in the '70s in cinemas, mostly as double features (this was pre home video). They say your first Bond is your favourite Bond... Maybe that's true, but Connery defined cool and the role. Women wanted him, men wanted to be him. Subsequent Bond are okay, but none will ever fill his shoes. As an actor he was much more than Bond: The Hill, The Great Train Robbery, Robin and Marian, The Rock, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Hunt for Red October, The Untouchables... He was exceptional in just about every role he took. I was very sad to hear of his passing. Yes, he was a misogynist, but I chalk that up to the era in which he grew up.
Re: Sean Connery: The king is dead

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Sun Nov 01, 2020 11:25 pm
by Iddaoeeok
The Man Who Would Be King.
Re: Sean Connery: The king is dead

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Mon Nov 02, 2020 2:48 am
by netzerkaiser
Iddaoeeok wrote:The Man Who Would Be King.
I forgot! How could I forget! That Welsh song berween the bridges! Thanks Brother!
Re: Sean Connery: The king is dead

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Mon Nov 02, 2020 2:50 am
by netzerkaiser
netzerkaiser wrote:Iddaoeeok wrote:The Man Who Would Be King.
I forgot! How could I forget! That Welsh song berween the bridges! Thanks Brother!
And then that crazy sci-fi movie with an impossibly beautiful Charlotte Rampling around 1975!
See, we do have something in common!

Re: Sean Connery: The king is dead

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Mon Nov 02, 2020 3:10 am
by netzerkaiser
Angel Eyes wrote:I am 007 aficionado. Connery was my first Bond, saw all of his 007 films in the '70s in cinemas, mostly as double features (this was pre home video). They say your first Bond is your favourite Bond... Maybe that's true, but Connery defined cool and the role. Women wanted him, men wanted to be him. Subsequent Bond are okay, but none will ever fill his shoes. As an actor he was much more than Bond: The Hill, The Great Train Robbery, Robin and Marian, The Rock, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Hunt for Red October, The Untouchables... He was exceptional in just about every role he took. I was very sad to hear of his passing. Yes, he was a misogynist, but I chalk that up to the era in which he grew up.
The Hill was one of the most powerful anti-establishment movies I've ever seen. It touched your guts - like Cool Hand Luke.
Re: Sean Connery: The king is dead

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Thu Nov 12, 2020 7:28 pm
by netzerkaiser
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qros3Bsrb9AHe didn't care, did he? Respect grows by the day.
Re: Sean Connery: The king is dead

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Fri Nov 13, 2020 1:42 am
by mr mystica
He was a chauvinistic wife beater.
That deseves to be mentioned, not just the idolization. Just sayin`....