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Sean Connery has died

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Re: Sean Connery has died

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Whenever 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?

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Love 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

I 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

Might explain why he fit the role so well.

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#29
I 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.

Re: Sean Connery has died

#30

The 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.

Classy... except for when he talked about physically assaulting women and how that's no big deal.

I 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.

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