Connery's Lacklustre Performance in YOLT?

ZorinIndustries

I've always found that his reactions to other characters' lines lack a certain inflection that he had in films past, especially GF.

"Tanaka?"
"Oh, Heaven forbid."

Lines like this could have had a bit more inflection. A particular GF line I can recall is his conversation with Tilly Masterson.
"A double blowout! I've never seen one of those before!"

And later on
"I apologize, Goldfinger!"

Just bits and pieces of his earlier performances show more inflection, like he's putting more effort into his delivery. I thought these kinds of deliveries were missing in YOLT. He just seems a bit more monotone than his extraordinary potential.

Does that make sense?

chrisisall

ZorinIndustries wrote:

Does that make sense?

Yeah, I can see what you're saying. I don't disagree. But I *like* his slightly more world weary Bond in YOLT!

AlphaOmegaSin

Come to think of it, was there any need for the opening Scenes of DAF to be dubbed?

chrisisall

AlphaOmegaSin wrote:

Come to think of it, was there any need for the opening Scenes of DAF to be dubbed?

Yeah, the guy wouldn't say "Cairo".

Silhouette Man

chrisisall wrote:

AlphaOmegaSin wrote:

Come to think of it, was there any need for the opening Scenes of DAF to be dubbed?

Yeah, the guy wouldn't say "Cairo".

Yes, that's very strange indeed - like most of the rest of the film then! ) -{

AlphaOmegaSin

chrisisall wrote:

AlphaOmegaSin wrote:

Come to think of it, was there any need for the opening Scenes of DAF to be dubbed?

Yeah, the guy wouldn't say "Cairo".

You have to Punch him first

Thunderpussy

I wonder where they had in mind before having to dub Cairo ?

AlphaOmegaSin

Bit strange them dubbing Connery though -{

Thunderpussy

Well he does have a slight accent ! You've probably never noticed
It takes a very highly tuned ear like mine to even notice. )

AlphaOmegaSin

Well, his Accent is more broad now. Must be the Hearing Aids working properly then? :v

Thunderpussy

It is odd though, at a guess, I say Connery wasn't available for
Filming so perhaps a body double was used and then his voice
Added ?

lueth2048

Maybe Bond's attitude in You Only Live Twice was 'why am I investigating the disappearance of American and Russian spacecraft? Where is the CIA and KGB?'

chrisisall

lueth2048 wrote:

Maybe Bond's attitude in You Only Live Twice was 'why am I investigating the disappearance of American and Russian spacecraft? Where is the CIA and KGB?'

) )

Thunderpussy

) It's the American's problem. Let them clean it up ! "

chrisisall

Thunderpussy wrote:

) It's the American's problem. Let them clean it up ! "

Precisely. -{

Thunderpussy

Although if WWW3 did kick off, it wouldn't be good for Britain either. )

chrisisall

Thunderpussy wrote:

Although if WWW3 did kick off, it wouldn't be good for Britain either. )

We have no interest in WWIII (unless we start it).

Thunderpussy

) just noticed I had one too many Ws,

chrisisall

Thunderpussy wrote:

) just noticed I had one too many Ws,

Wild World War....

Thunderpussy

I love the Wild, Wild, West.

AlphaOmegaSin

Britain and Europe was Piggy in the Middle during America and Russia's Spat.

Virgil37

Let's just imagine that Daniel Craig gained a few pounds,lost all his muscle mass and had to wear an obvious hairpiece. Now, let's imagine that he made a Bond movie where the set (a volcano, for instance) was the star, not him. Now let's imagine that halfway through the movie, the action stopped on its tracks and Craig was forced for a solid 15 minutes to wear an even more ridiculous hairpiece and take part in a motionless ceremony of some sort (a marriage for instance).

Imagine Daniel Craig's performance under those circumstances and now compare it in your mind with CR. Because that is exactly what happened to Connery on YOLT. He was bored,angry and tired and it shows, specially in the Japan scenes shot on location where he was at his most bored, angry and tired.

Blackleiter

chrisisall wrote:

Thunderpussy wrote:

I watched it again this morning. and sorry but Connery
Isn't firing on all cylinders. He is a professional so gives
A good performance, but he'd mental already left the series.

Because this is the interrnet, this is where I am required to tell you that your opinion is wrong. )
Seriously though, one aspect of Connery's Bond I most appreciated from DN & FRWL was his sort of solemn demeanour. There was a seriousness to him that sort of faded in GF & TB. All of a sudden he seemed to be having the time of his life (when his life wasn't in actual danger, anyway). In YOLT I see a return to the earlier Bond, not as carefree, more serious, slightly darker.

They're all wrong, of course, but give them time. The youngsters will come around! )

AlphaOmegaSin

We will come around one Day

Thunderpussy

..... Once the drugs wear off )

AlphaOmegaSin

Weed? What Weed?! )

chrisisall

Blackleiter wrote:

They're all wrong, of course, but give them time. The youngsters will come around! )

Yeah, we were young once too.
Just not as wrong... )

Gassy Man

Virgil37 wrote:

Let's just imagine that Daniel Craig gained a few pounds,lost all his muscle mass and had to wear an obvious hairpiece. Now, let's imagine that he made a Bond movie where the set (a volcano, for instance) was the star, not him. Now let's imagine that halfway through the movie, the action stopped on its tracks and Craig was forced for a solid 15 minutes to wear an even more ridiculous hairpiece and take part in a motionless ceremony of some sort (a marriage for instance).

Imagine Daniel Craig's performance under those circumstances and now compare it in your mind with CR. Because that is exactly what happened to Connery on YOLT. He was bored,angry and tired and it shows, specially in the Japan scenes shot on location where he was at his most bored, angry and tired.

Oddly enough, I'm not sure Daniel Craig would fare poorly under the conditions you describe. His Bond is already much less animated than Connery's, and in a strange way, he might actually do better as a result. That's not a slam against Craig -- his is the best Bond since Connery -- but a commentary on how different their acting styles are.

With Connery, though, he also was generally resentful of the films at that point, and his relationship with Broccoli was getting worse, so it doesn't surprise me than he turned in a less-than-stellar performance all around. But I do think Connery prefers the scenes where there is interaction with other actors to the ones where he is merely a presence and having to react to the situation in a scene, which is a lot of what he is doing in YOLT.

chrisisall

Virgil37 wrote:

Let's just imagine that Daniel Craig gained a few pounds,lost all his muscle mass and had to wear an obvious hairpiece.

Gosh, that would be terrible. I'm just glad that in his last 60's Bond Connery only gained a little weight yet still looked very fit for the role and wore a hairpiece so good that it was only many years after I saw YOLT that I found out it WAS a hairpiece! -{ B-)

Thunderpussy

As a kid and a teen, and even now to be honest. I never
Ever Noticed Connery's wig !