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Sean Connery has died
- tarasn 6y agoRIP. The best James Bond!
- HenryBemis 6y agoRIP (the best James Bond.. a fantastic actor!!)
- Andrew_nenakhov 6y agoThe best James Bond is George Lazenby. Sean Connery was fantastic in "The Man who would be a king" and in "The last crusade".
- Veen 6y agoYes, and the best “Bond girl” is Diana Rigg, also in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, and who also sadly died recently.
- tannhaeuser 6y agoSadly, Connery didn't play roles at the age Diana Rigg did (eg Lady Olenna)
- wyclif 6y agoDiana Rigg is absolutely my fave Bond girl. Those eyes could melt the coldest male resolve...
- odiroot 6y agoI have to agree with you here. I grew up with Brosnan but Lazenby has more class to me. On the other hand Connery defined Bond.
- wyclif 6y agoAgree; Lazenby is vastly underrated and in fact he played Bond in what I consider the best film in the series, On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
- pratio 6y agoAs if 2020 wasn’t worse enough, i was hoping he’d live till the last daniel craig film
- agumonkey 6y agoMakes me wonder, are there any cameos in Bond movies ?
- maxerickson 6y agoRowan Atkinson appears in "Never Say Never Again" as a character that is almost Mr. Bean. It's not really a cameo though. Minnie Driver had a cameo in "Goldeneye", and Madonna had a small role in one of the Brosnan flicks. Richard Branson also appeared in one of the Brosnan films. Other than that, it's mostly production folks: https://www.007museum.com/Bond_cameos.htm https://www.007museum.com/Bond_cameos.htm
- agumonkey 6y agoI meant ex-bonds in a bond movie
- leephillips 6y agoWhen George Lazenby looks into the camera and says, “This never happened to the other fellow,” that’s a cameo by reference.
- willcipriano 6y agoThey tried to have a reoccurring comic relief character in Sheriff John W. Pepper but it only lasted two films. He played a sheriff or prison guard in a number of films of that era as well.
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- 02020202 6y agothe mayans were off by 8 years.
- JWoolfenden 6y agoshurely shome mishtake :(
- joe_momma 6y agoThe guy defined what it meant to be classy, hip, and bad ass all at the same time. Mere mortals can barely do just a single one of those.
- psychometry 6y agoClassy... except for when he talked about physically assaulting women and how that's no big deal.
- mc32 6y agoI think one has to separate the person from the art. It’s the same with book “burnings”: because now the author has an unpopular opinion. It’s ridiculous.
- eganist 6y agoThe art also degraded women routinely as a matter of practice. I love the film series, but man, misogyny is deeply rooted in the franchise's foundations. https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/10/james-bond-misogynist-daniel-craig https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/10/james-bond-miso... edit: interesting, went from +2 to -1 in a minute. Going to take this time to point out Hacker News's routine degradation of women as well now that it's on full display again.
- xiphias2 6y agoI wish he hadn't stopped making films at 70, but I can understand that he wanted some peace.
- kilroy123 6y agoSame here. It's a shame The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was his very last.
- zentropia 6y agoIt was hist last because it was a shame.
- zentropia 6y agoIt was his last because it was a shame.
- baq 6y agoGosh that movie could’ve been so much more.
- xiphias2 6y agoMaybe I should be ashamed of myself, but I even liked that movie :) At the same time I felt that Sean's lines were jusy too predictable, that took away a lot from the performance.
- jhbadger 6y agoApparently he had been offered the role of Gandalf (which ultimately went to Sir Ian McKellen) in the LOTR movies but turned it down!
- Felger 6y agoWill watch the hunt for Red October tonight in His memory, it's still time, still October !
- boraoztunc 6y agoRed October night! I'm also in.
- typerandom 6y agoYesh. Will do that as well.
- odiroot 6y agoCan I come? Will bring snacks.
- xwdv 6y agoBring shnacks.
- GeorgeSBurgess 6y agoThe October Revolution was on the 7th of November using the Gregorian calendar. It is mentioned in Jack Ryan's presentation to the Joint Chiefs.
- Darmody 6y agoMay he rest in peace. What a great actor.
- tannhaeuser 6y agoRIP Also loved his performances in The Name Of The Rose, and 70's weirdo films Robin And Marian and Zardoz. Not a fan of newer Bond films after Roger Moore's which I thought took it too seriously and lacked comedy.
- cheschire 6y agoI feel like Daniel Craig delivered some witty comedy in his portrayal even if the films themselves were very gritty. But yeah, I felt like it was absolutely absent from Pierce Brosnan's Bond.
- RyJones 6y agothe commentary track for Zardoz is epic. Apparently, Connery was able to pocket some per diem because he lived close to the film set.
- cmckn 6y agoI love his Bond films, just pure fun. And, god, he was sexy. They don’t make ‘em like they used to! Few favorites: - You Only Live Twice (1967) - Never Say Never Again (1983) - Goldfinger (1964)
- Krasnol 6y agoI'm not even gay and I thought the man was sexy!
- agumonkey 6y agoSean Connery is eternal. Farewell mister.
- hprotagonist 6y agoYou cannot die, Highlander! You are immortal!
- bigmattystyles 6y agoI love it, he plays an immortal being born in Egypt yet has a Spanish name and speaks with a Scottish accent. Though I guess it's easier to wrap your head around those bits since he's immortal and has had time to live different lives than explaining why a Soviet submarine commander speaks with a Scottish accent.
- RyanOD 6y agoAbsolutely love this movie + the soundtrack. Takes me back to being a teenager.
- at_a_remove 6y agoWhenever someone of this stature goes, I tend to gather together their films, what I have of them, and work through them. So here I am looking at Outland (which isn't as terrible as Harlan Ellison said but goodness it isn't great), Zardoz, In the Name of the Rose, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (it's fun, I will grant it that), Time Bandits and was left wondering: what films had his iconic performances? What's a good sample to understand the range he had? I grew up with the Bond films so they're very much background to me, almost hard to notice in a way. Any recommendations?
- baq 6y agoAdd Red October to your list.
- purple-again 6y agoThe Rock! I consider it his best film but opinions are of course opinions.
- jaclaz 6y agoI wouldn't underestimate the thief character he played in "Entrapment" (though the movie in itself was IMHO so-and-so), which is clearly derived/has connections with the one in "The rock". And there are some memorable quotes: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137494/quotes/?tab=qt&ref_=tt_trv_qu https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137494/quotes/?tab=qt&ref_=tt_... I like the "It's impossible. But doable." and the "I'm never late. If I'm late it's because I'm dead."
- Monroe13 6y agoUntouchables
- bshimmin 6y agoI think it's probably important with Connery just to accept him as the man and actor that he was, rather than worrying about his range - whether he was playing Bond, or King Arthur in the execrable "First Knight", or a Russian submarine commander, he was always the same handsome, suave man with an unmistakable Scottish accent: that, in itself, was his great achievement. But he definitely wasn't a method actor or particularly dynamic.
- Waterluvian 6y agoI'm trying to decide if Red October or The Rock makes a better Halloween movie.
- aries1980 6y agoThe Name of the Rose is more creepy. Or the Highlanders.
- kubanczyk 6y agoOh noes, now I'm going to watch a movie starring Nicolas Cage and it's your fault.
- disown 6y agoNicolas Cage starred in a lot of good movies. He also made a lot of bad films. The Rock happens to be one of the good ones.
- tyingq 6y agoLove his stage presence, but do check out his interview with Barbara Walters. He had some seriously crazy views on how to treat women. https://youtu.be/oo0d1zTAFKA https://youtu.be/oo0d1zTAFKA
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- eganist 6y agoI mean, the Bond character didn't really help either. Much as his original take on Bond is a marvelous one for what it is, Bond was always written as an absolute jerk to women. https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-48512928 https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-48512928 Might explain why he fit the role so well.
- mc32 6y agoOne thing that annoyed me with his acting is as he got older his particular lisp got stronger and it gets harder to not notice. In his early movies it was merely a peculiar speech pattern.
- eganist 6y agoOf all the reasons to pick on him (and I don't think there are many, but the few that exist are pretty big), I'm not sure picking on him for a speech impediment that was beyond his control is particularly kind.
- mc32 6y agoThat’s a good point, I’m being picky, however I can’t not notice it and it overwhelms his later performances (in my ears). De mortis nil nisi bonum...
- eganist 6y agoIs it possible for you to move past it? Not that you have to, just wondering if it's possible. I did pretty well understanding his later films; what you mentioned never occurred to me until you mentioned it.
- morpheus1729 6y agoRIP.Much loved and will be sorely missed.
- hestefisk 6y agoI love Red October. Fantastic movie. Also I will never forget his role as Indiana Jones’ father. The scene where he scares away the birds with his umbrella in order to take down a German Messerschmidt.
- Someone 6y agoNitpick: it wasn’t a Messerschmidt. It wasn’t even a German design (https://indianajones.fandom.com/wiki/Pilatus_P-2 https://indianajones.fandom.com/wiki/Pilatus_P-2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilatus_P-2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilatus_P-2 says it first flew on April 27, 1945, so it must have time-travelled to be able to attack Indiana Jones in 1938.
- brightball 6y agoHe really was great in that role.
- secondcoming 6y agoI'll always remember him for Zardoz
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- rbanffy 6y agoI was about to say nobody mentioned Zardoz. One of the weirdest movies I've ever seen, and I say that as a compliment.
- pmoriarty 6y agoI would rate Zardoz to be the best movie that Connery was in. It's widely panned as schlocky B-grade scifi, but it's actually pretty interesting and more profound than most A-grade films that garner much higher critical acclaim. Sure, there's plenty of cheese in that film, but it doesn't make it any less great... more great, in my view.
- fuzzfactor 6y agoZardoz seemed so futuristic when it came out, without being entirely serious. Looking back to when it was made in 1974, that's a lot closer to 1939 than it is to 2020.
- Bluestein 6y agoMerchant Navy, milkman, nude model, lifeguard, truck driver, bricklayer, boxer, bodybuilder, street brawler (he once beat a gang of four while hanging out with Michael Caine, and another time, he defeated six people in a street fight.) ... ... and, finally, backstage maintenance worker at the King’s Theatre in Edinburgh. The rest is history.- A 20th century icon.- RIP.-
- mlthoughts2018 6y agoDon’t forget he was also an unapologetic advocate of spousal abuse, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mzXkbJwrN38 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mzXkbJwrN38
- sgt 6y agoI guess you are perfect?
- ljm 6y agoAny living person can hold a reprehensible point of view, and as much as I may disagree with it, I really can't stand this attitude of writing people off because of a flawed perspective. That doesn't mean I support spousal abuse by association, it means I recognise he has a shitty point of view amongst all of his other flaws, as well as his qualities. There isn't a single person in history that can meet this standard of 'goodness'. Not you, nor I, nor anyone. So yeah, let's acknowledge people for all that they are, good and bad, but let's not reduce people to a two dimensional caricature of themselves based purely on what is now considered unacceptable.
- mlthoughts2018 6y agoWhat a ludicrous point of view. The world has a lot of good people in it. There is do defensible reason for celebrating unapologetic bad people. Honest mistakes, sure. Character flaws, ok. Blatant endorsement of spousal abuse on a major news program with no retraction or apology ever? Get real.
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- ReptileMan 6y agoThis was the guy in the red leather fetish suit from Zardoz right?
- meerita 6y agoHe won me on the Indiana's Jones movies. I was a kid back then. After that I watched almost all movies where Sean was present. RIP.
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- kthejoker2 6y agoI once helped Mr. Connery print something. I was staying at the Beverly Hills Hilton in 2004 during Oscars week. I was in the business center on the Internet (this was the dark ages before ubiquitous hotel WiFi and personal devices.) Someone comes in, and then a few minutes later says in a completely unmistakable voice “Excuse me, do you know how to print this?” I immediately jumped into parental IT support mode, it was a pretty easy thing to do, he said, Thanks, and (this is the awkward thing) continued to stay in there on the computer while I had to do the whole “pretend to be normal around Sean freaking Connery” for the next 20 minutes. I couldn’t even bring up the courage to mention my childhood favorite, Darby O’Gill and the Little People … PS the reason I was there was to film an episode of Jeopardy, and I told Alex what had transpired (he loves those skits) and he was pretty pumped, he asked if I’d pop him in the mouth and tell him “that’s from Trebek” if I saw him again. RIP Sean Connery, a great actor!
- timrichard 6y agoReading these comments, I remembered an achievement award presented to him by Mike Myers. Very well done (and pretty touching at the end). https://youtu.be/KQYp8xJ4kpo https://youtu.be/KQYp8xJ4kpo
- tmd83 6y agoThe ending was the best and it seemed like Connery teared up a little at the end too.
- molticrystal 6y agoI was first introduced to him as Indiana Jone's dad, and I loved him in the screenplay of the Hunt of the Red October. Will miss you Sean Connnery! They say imitation and parody are the sincerest forms of flattery, in his honor here is one of the many great SNL Celebrity Jeopardy skits with Darrell Hammond playing Sean Connery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVpt3erH7ms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVpt3erH7ms
- rob74 6y agoYeah, Connery and Harrison Ford were really hilarious in that movie! And I have the impression Connery thoroughly enjoyed not having to play the action hero for once...
- kentf 6y ago"If you fancy a journey, I recommend Fort Walton, Kansas." "I was thinking of Maui" "Forget Maui."
- known 6y agoRIP Sir. I compared every James Bond Actor with you;
- elliotpage 6y agoHe was only borrowing my Humvee :<
- every 6y agoMy favorite reaction from MetaFilter on this topic: "I am both shaken, and stirred." https://www.metafilter.com/189252/When-your-head-comes-away-from-your-neck-its-finished#8003061 https://www.metafilter.com/189252/When-your-head-comes-away-...
- scop 6y agoTrebek wins
- guylepage3 6y agoOne of the most distinct voices of my lifetime and a great actor. Definitely will be missed.
- willcipriano 6y agoI recently re-watched most of his films as I created a programming language that emits error messages based on his accent[0]. I was unable to find a single film that he was involved in that I did not enjoy. Some actors not only practice their craft well but also only seem to put their stamp on films that are worth the audiences time. [0]Example: "shtirred: filter requiresh a function and a lisht ash input!" - http://connerylang.org/ http://connerylang.org/
- GauntletWizard 6y agoI would suggest not watching Sir Billi[1], then, because it’s atrocious. [1]https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0851471/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0851471/
- Kye 6y ago“To the stars Bowen, to the stars.” https://twitter.com/FoxAmoore/status/1322542679176187904 https://twitter.com/FoxAmoore/status/1322542679176187904
- U8dcN7vx 6y agoIt's good to be the king.
- therockspush 6y agoYou're the man now dog. RIP
- timonoko 6y agoWhy "Please Hurt Me Robin" is not a thing?
- tartoran 6y agoI will probably be downvoted to death but I am not particularly impressed by Sean Connery. He wasn’t a bad actor by any means but nothing resonates with me, all known his movies are commercial stints and I couldn’t see any depth to his acting other than the known Sean Connery type we’re familiar with. Actors that weight heavier on my scale are for example Rutger Hauer or Jeremy Irons or even the recently cancelled Kevin Spacey. Sean Connery was the posterboy for that genre and didn’t go beyond that. I liked his look though and he seemed to get sexier and sexier as he got older but that’s about it
- chimen 6y agoCouldn't stand his accent :)
- justinzollars 6y agoSean Connery is a class act. Tonight The Hunt for Red October and Goldfinger.
- choeger 6y agoFarewell, Mr. Connery. Thanks for being such a great actor and filling all these roles so we'll!
- neverminder 6y agoGreat actor, even a greater man, a true legend. "There is nothing like a challenge to bring out the best in man" - Sean Connery.
- dystopianhell 6y agoHe did retract it 2006. You types can look up evidence that fits your agenda but not what is also out there in the matrix that would make you retract your crap.