Connery's Performances Best to Worst?
DieAnotherDay
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Sean Connery is not my personal favourite Bond for the simple reason that I just don't feel he was consistent enough throughout his 6 (official) Bond films. How would you rank Connery's performance in order from best to worst.
My list would go:
From Russia With Love - I feel Sean had developed the character of Bond a lot since Dr. No and was fully comfortable in the role by now. He made Bond into a very believable killer in this film and gave - in my opinion - his darkest and best performance
Dr. No - It was obvious that Sean was still figuring out how Charming or Sinister to play the character in this film but I still feel he gave a very solid performance and made James Bond into the Legend he is today
Goldfinger - The only reason this isn't at the top of the list is because Bond actually and very little to do in this film in all honesty but Sean certainly gives as good a performance as he could but I just feel this Bond is a little more lighter and slightly less cold hearted than before (although that could have a lot to do with the script)
Thunderball - This is my favourite film from the Connery era but I cannot deny that his performance is slightly lacking throughout this film. you can tell Sean is just starting to get slightly bored of the part and plays the character a little more grumpy and impatient that before, especially towards Felix Leiter.
You Only Live Twice - Well, Sean gives a half-arsed but not all that bad performance as Bond in his fifth outing and although I do really enjoy the fun side of this film, there is no getting away from the fact that bond comes off as a bored, grouchy secret agent here and it somehow slows the whole picture down.
Diamonds are Forever - I find this film embarrassing to watch if I'm honest. The film is lousy and this isn't helped by Sean's frankly awful performance as Bond here.....in fact he is playing a caricature of Bond here. He somehow looks in his mid-fifties and seems much less fitter than before, I know a lot of people say he looks like he's having fun in the role here but frankly it looks to me like he just can't be bothered and turns bond into something of a laughing stock.
My list would go:
From Russia With Love - I feel Sean had developed the character of Bond a lot since Dr. No and was fully comfortable in the role by now. He made Bond into a very believable killer in this film and gave - in my opinion - his darkest and best performance
Dr. No - It was obvious that Sean was still figuring out how Charming or Sinister to play the character in this film but I still feel he gave a very solid performance and made James Bond into the Legend he is today
Goldfinger - The only reason this isn't at the top of the list is because Bond actually and very little to do in this film in all honesty but Sean certainly gives as good a performance as he could but I just feel this Bond is a little more lighter and slightly less cold hearted than before (although that could have a lot to do with the script)
Thunderball - This is my favourite film from the Connery era but I cannot deny that his performance is slightly lacking throughout this film. you can tell Sean is just starting to get slightly bored of the part and plays the character a little more grumpy and impatient that before, especially towards Felix Leiter.
You Only Live Twice - Well, Sean gives a half-arsed but not all that bad performance as Bond in his fifth outing and although I do really enjoy the fun side of this film, there is no getting away from the fact that bond comes off as a bored, grouchy secret agent here and it somehow slows the whole picture down.
Diamonds are Forever - I find this film embarrassing to watch if I'm honest. The film is lousy and this isn't helped by Sean's frankly awful performance as Bond here.....in fact he is playing a caricature of Bond here. He somehow looks in his mid-fifties and seems much less fitter than before, I know a lot of people say he looks like he's having fun in the role here but frankly it looks to me like he just can't be bothered and turns bond into something of a laughing stock.
....and the best he ever managed was a sermon on the mount.
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