The Sean Connery Thread - The Complete Bond

am747am747 Posts: 720MI6 Agent
I like the RM thread so here is one for Connery, one of my fav Bonds. I feel that he is the complete Bond as he has shown excellence in a wide acting range - action, humor, seriousness, anger, etc. His films are iconic.

I have read comments where some people have said that he looks disinterested in his "nth" film. I don't think it is an accurate comparison as a) apart from Moore no one has done so many Bond films, and b) being the pioneer, he is trying different things depending upon the story and the tone of the film

Coming to his films, they are all iconic and unique. Most of the elements/sequences from his films have been rehashed in other films. Below is my current rating for his films:

1. FRWL
2. DN
3. GF
4. TB
5. YOLT
6. DAF

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  • HatThrowingHenchmanHatThrowingHenchman Russia With LovePosts: 1,834MI6 Agent
    One of the things I like about SC is that he is the stereotype of a man. How he walks, how he talks and how he just takes the girls. His films are the most glamerous ones, too.
    "You see Mr.Bond, you can't kill my dreams...but my dreams can kill you.Time to face destiny" - "Time to face gravity"
  • am747am747 Posts: 720MI6 Agent
    edited December 2015
    It is hard to beat such style - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xDj3NRYTU8

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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Even as an old bloke with a beard, my wife still thought he was
    " Sex on legs" :D
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • welshboy78welshboy78 Posts: 10,292MI6 Agent
    Love them all except DAF

    Those first 4 are gold - wish I had been about back then :)
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  • am747am747 Posts: 720MI6 Agent
    Even as an old bloke with a beard, my wife still thought he was
    " Sex on legs" :D

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  • welshboy78welshboy78 Posts: 10,292MI6 Agent
    Even as an old bloke with a beard, my wife still thought he was
    " Sex on legs" :D

    My mrs prefers the older connery then the younger
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  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,596MI6 Agent
    am747 wrote:
    Even as an old bloke with a beard, my wife still thought he was
    " Sex on legs" :D

    SeanConneryTheRock2.jpg

    Are you one of those people who believes Connery is actually playing Bond in The Rock?
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  • eric7064eric7064 USAPosts: 343MI6 Agent
    My mom and sister also think the older Connery is much more attractive.

    And the whole Connery playing Bond in the Rock is a very interesting theory and was fun to envision on my last watch of that film.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Connery is simply an Icon, young or old he just oozed what an
    Alpha Male should be. Cool, decisive always in control. Even
    In real life Connery was " The Man" the well know story of him
    Knocking out a local London ganster who had a gun on him at
    the time, what a Legend! {[]
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • am747am747 Posts: 720MI6 Agent
    Matt S wrote:

    Are you one of those people who believes Connery is actually playing Bond in The Rock?

    I haven't seen The Rock in a long time but Connery usually appears to me as 007 :)) .... Take The Entrapment, Indiana Jones, etc. for e.g.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    According to an interview with Connery at the time, he did say
    he played it like a retired Bond. :)
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • am747am747 Posts: 720MI6 Agent
    According to an interview with Connery at the time, he did say
    he played it like a retired Bond. :)

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    PS Can we add The Rock to the list of retired Bond films :))
  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,596MI6 Agent
    edited December 2015
    am747 wrote:
    Matt S wrote:

    Are you one of those people who believes Connery is actually playing Bond in The Rock?

    I haven't seen The Rock in a long time but Connery usually appears to me as 007 :)) .... Take The Entrapment, Indiana Jones, etc. for e.g.

    There are actually parts of his character in The Rock that imply he is Bond. The Rock is on the level of Never Say Never Again. He's playing Bond but it's not a Bond film. It's kind of like how it's can be believed that Patrick McGoohan played John Drake in The Prisoner, even though it's not mentioned explicitly.

    I don't think of Connery as Bond in Indiana Jones, or in many other films like Zardoz.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    He moved faster as a retired Bond, than I do now :))
    He also has some brilliant lines in " The Rock" -{
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • am747am747 Posts: 720MI6 Agent
    Matt S wrote:

    There are actually parts of his character in The Rock that imply he is Bond. The Rock is on the level of Never Say Never Again. He's playing Bond but it's not a Bond film. It's kind of like how it's can be believed that Patrick McGoohan played John Drake in The Prisoner, even though it's not mentioned explicitly.

    I need to revisit The Rock :007)
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Your "best"! Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and f*ck the prom queen.

    this is not combat, it's an act of lunacy, General Sir. Personally, I think you're a f*cking idiot.

    "Patriotism is a virtue of the vicious," according to Oscar Wilde.

    Well, it's certainly more enjoyable than my average day... reading philosophy, avoiding gang rape in the washrooms... though, it's less of a problem these days. Maybe I'm losing my sex appeal.
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • welshboy78welshboy78 Posts: 10,292MI6 Agent
    Also need to rewatch The Rock but I really hate watching Cage!
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  • eric7064eric7064 USAPosts: 343MI6 Agent
    Love Cage! National Treasure is a great film!
  • welshboy78welshboy78 Posts: 10,292MI6 Agent
    eric7064 wrote:
    Love Cage! National Treasure is a great film!

    Leaving Las Vegas is my fave of his.

    Just his more recent stuff put me off him for some reason

    Think maybe since I saw the shocking Wickerman remake!!!!
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I read that Cage was in trouble with the tax man, so just did any film that
    was offered to him.
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • eric7064eric7064 USAPosts: 343MI6 Agent
    All of his movies of late have been trash. I dont know what hes been doing.
  • welshboy78welshboy78 Posts: 10,292MI6 Agent
    eric7064 wrote:
    All of his movies of late have been trash. I dont know what hes been doing.

    He seems on another planet of late!!
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  • GoldHildingGoldHilding WinnipegPosts: 58MI6 Agent
    How late are you referring to? He hasn't acted in 12 years!
    I read that Cage was in trouble with the tax man, so just did any film that
    was offered to him.
  • GoldHildingGoldHilding WinnipegPosts: 58MI6 Agent
    Oh I think you referring to Cage not Connery. Coincidentally the last time Cage "acted" was 12 years ago.
    How late are you referring to? He hasn't acted in 12 years!
    I read that Cage was in trouble with the tax man, so just did any film that
    was offered to him.
  • am747am747 Posts: 720MI6 Agent
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  • The Wicker ManThe Wicker Man EnglandPosts: 434MI6 Agent
    Now THAT is James Bond. 8-)
    1.ohmss 2.cr 3.frwl 4.ltk 5.gf 6.tswlm 7.sf 8.op 9.tld 10.dn 11.lald 12.tb 13.fyeo 14.ge 15.mr 16.yolt 17.tnd 18.avtak 19.sp 20.twine 21.qos 22.tmwtgg 23.daf 24.dad
  • heartbroken_mr_draxheartbroken_mr_drax New Zealand Posts: 2,073MI6 Agent
    SC is my 2nd favourite Bond because of the presence he brings to the films, yep, he starts losing interest from TB on, but his performances in DN, FRWL and GF are fantastic.

    He is very good looking, and as a guy, I even find his good-looks something that adds a magnet to the screen!

    Like Roger Moore, he makes those films as good as they are - IMO the Lazenby, Dalton, Brosnan and Craig films could be acted by someone else. With RM and SC's ones, no way.
    1. TWINE 2. FYEO 3. MR 4. TLD 5. TSWLM 6. OHMSS 7. DN 8. OP 9. AVTAK 10. TMWTGG 11. QoS 12. GE 13. CR 14. TB 15. FRWL 16. TND 17. LTK 18. GF 19. SF 20. LaLD 21. YOLT 22. NTTD 23. DAD 24. DAF. 25. SP

    "Better make that two."
  • am747am747 Posts: 720MI6 Agent
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,061MI6 Agent
    I remember seeing that cover as a little kid & noticing the rip in his wet suit. I had no idea who he was, but I watched Sea Hunt on TV hence my attention to all things underwater.
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
    #1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
  • am747am747 Posts: 720MI6 Agent
    chrisisall wrote:
    I remember seeing that cover as a little kid & noticing the rip in his wet suit. I had no idea who he was, but I watched Sea Hunt on TV hence my attention to all things underwater.

    happy memories for you {[]
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