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Post by number13 on Oct 31, 2020 13:28:18 GMT
A genuine star in the best traditions of the movies' 'Golden Age'; across so many years and so many roles, he filled the screen with his presence.
For me and so many others he is the James Bond, now and always.
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Post by Timelord007 on Oct 31, 2020 13:29:14 GMT
Sad day for Bond fan's as Sir Sean Connery has died aged 90, my personal favourite actor to play James Bond besides his other back catalogue of movies, Outland, Hunt For Red October, Indiana Jones & Last Crusade, The Presidio, The Untouchables, The Rock etc......
R.I.P Sean & thank you for the many years of movie enjoyment you've brought me especially as James Bond 007 you made my dark times growing up a bit lighter.
Nobody did it better, a true icon.
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Post by theillusiveman on Oct 31, 2020 13:41:18 GMT
Oh man just when I thought 2020 could be worse
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Post by grinch on Oct 31, 2020 13:43:56 GMT
Oh dear. Not only is he what many consider the definitive version of Bond being equally as charming as he was ruthless but he had so many memorable characters over his long career.
My personal favourite role of his is that of Spaniard... sorry Egyptian Juan Sánchez-Villalobos Ramírez in Highlander.
“In the end, there can be only one.”
Never were there truer words spoken.
RIP Mr Connery
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Post by johnhurtdoctor on Oct 31, 2020 13:45:15 GMT
RIP the world's most famous wife beater.
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Post by mark687 on Oct 31, 2020 13:53:13 GMT
Bond, Ramirez, Costner and Cage shower upper.
Cheers for legacy you leave
RIP
Regards
mark687
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Post by Timelord007 on Oct 31, 2020 14:01:37 GMT
Gutted, Sean was my favourite Bond, also love his movies Outland & The Rock especially the quote his character Mason says below.
"Personally i think your a fu.king idiot"
Dr No.
Honey.
Are you looking for sea shells.
James Bond. No I'm just looking.
Goldfinger.
Pussy Galore. My name is Pussy Galore.
James Bond. I must be dreaming.
And a quote I've used when dating women from You Only Live Twice.
James Bond Oh the things i do for England.
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Post by mark687 on Oct 31, 2020 14:13:08 GMT
Gutted, my favourite Bond, also love Outland & The Rock especially the quote his character Mason says below. "Personally i think your a fu.king idiot" I love the Rock for him and Ed Harris Everyone else is treating as a run around Action er and both seem to have gone " Hang on there's a little plot in this our characters need depth and have similar back stories and they play this mutual respect that really lifts the film. Regards mark687
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Post by grinch on Oct 31, 2020 14:45:27 GMT
It doesn’t work in terms of continuity but I always liked the idea of John Mason being an older “James Bond”
The years spent imprisoned would have mellowed him out and made him less ruthless whilst still possessing his signature charm and wit.
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Post by sherlock on Oct 31, 2020 15:03:47 GMT
RIP to an icon.
‘C’ (the actual Chief of MI6) has paid tribute-
(Yes the chief of British spies has a public Twitter account)
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Post by muckypup on Oct 31, 2020 15:28:04 GMT
to be honest i feel we lost the man a long time ago, hero to many in the 60's 70' and 80's
but unlike Rodger Moore who aged into a kindly funny old gentleman who people grew to love even more, Connery went the other way
i will remember the movies he left us with great fondness (well maybe not the avengers) he was a great actor but perhaps not the same for the man.....
rest well and our hearts and thoughts are with his family & those who loved him.......
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Post by grinch on Oct 31, 2020 15:42:04 GMT
I also rather liked his turn as Alan Quatermain in my admittedly guilty pleasure of a film The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2020 16:34:01 GMT
Personally I quite liked the films 'League of Extraordinary Gentlemen' & 'The Avengers' and would like to see the full Directors Cut of the latter see light of day. I remember that it was the box office and critical failure of the former that led to his retirement. As Michael Caine has said as a lifelong friend, Connery still wanted to play the romantic lead in big films, whilst he himself was happy to play older supporting roles (such as in the Christopher Nolan films) which explained the absence of Connery in the last decade and a half whereas Caine experienced a very late stage comeback.
He made some brave choices in the 1960's & 1970's in order to break free from Bond, such as The Hill, The Offence, The Anderson Tapes & Zardoz. The provided rewards in the 1980's & 1990's where he had a resurgence and a true Imperial Phase, with the likes of Outland, Time Bandits, Highlander, The Name of the Rose, The Untouchables, Indiana Jones...the list just went on. When most of his 1960's contemporaries were in the doldrums, he was back to being as big a box office draw as he was in his Bond days.
Its fair to say he was in a good place to enjoy his retirement too, being based in Barbados. Farewell, to the first and still the definitive, James Bond. RIP.
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Post by shutupbanks on Nov 1, 2020 1:51:33 GMT
I never really rated him highly as an actor but within his range he was excellent. Loved him in Highlander, Red October, Outland and as Bond, of course, but he was terrific in Name Of The Rose, Untouchables and Last Crusade. Thank you, sir. I might read my Charlemagne and remember...
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Post by shallacatop on Nov 1, 2020 7:45:00 GMT
Connery leaves behind a great legacy of work and when the film really suited him, he stole the show.
He’s not my favourite Bond, but it’s undeniable the impact that Connery had on the role and the franchise and making it a success on the big screen. I’ve been reading the Bond books over lockdown and you can tell when Dr No came out in terms of how Bond is portrayed in the books; he becomes half Scottish and is written more like Connery’s Bond than the literary incarnation. That shows the impact he had on Fleming of all people. The run of Dr No, From Russia With Love & Goldfinger is fantastic, defining the franchise for decades to come and truly altering cinema.
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Nov 5, 2020 19:09:30 GMT
To me this was an absolute shocker when we heard it at work
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Post by johnhurtdoctor on Nov 5, 2020 20:44:04 GMT
To me this was an absolute shocker when we heard it at work Why? He was 90.
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Nov 6, 2020 11:29:00 GMT
To me this was an absolute shocker when we heard it at work Why? He was 90. Because we'd set up alerts on the work tablet for news of Boris's announcement. 30 Seconds later it came through that Connery had died. Thats what made it more Shocking
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