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.
I'm halfway, got the bad hip already.
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#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
The art also degraded women routinely as a matter of practice.
I love the film series, but man, misogyny is deeply rooted in the franchise's foundations. https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/10/james-bond-miso...
edit: interesting, went from +2 to -1 in a minute. Going to take this time to point out Hacker News's routine degradation of women as well now that it's on full display again.
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#33Love 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
One thing that annoyed me with his acting is as he got older his particular lisp got stronger and it gets harder to not notice. In his early movies it was merely a peculiar speech pattern.
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#34I'll always remember him for Zardoz
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#35Merchant Navy, milkman, nude model, lifeguard, truck driver, bricklayer, boxer, bodybuilder, street brawler (he once beat a gang of four while hanging out with Michael Caine, and another time, he defeated six people in a street fight.) ...
... and, finally, backstage maintenance worker at the King’s Theatre in Edinburgh. The rest is history.-
A 20th century icon.-
RIP.-
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#36As if 2020 wasn’t worse enough, i was hoping he’d live till the last daniel craig film
Makes me wonder, are there any cameos in Bond movies ?
Rowan Atkinson appears in "Never Say Never Again" as a character that is almost Mr. Bean. It's not really a cameo though.
Minnie Driver had a cameo in "Goldeneye", and Madonna had a small role in one of the Brosnan flicks. Richard Branson also appeared in one of the Brosnan films.
Other than that, it's mostly production folks:
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#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
The art also degraded women routinely as a matter of practice. I love the film series, but man, misogyny is deeply rooted in the franchise's foundations. https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/10/james-bond-miso... edit: interesting, went from +2 to -1 in a minute. Going to take this time to point out Hacker News's routine degradation of women as well now that it's on full display again.
So I’m not saying you _have_ to like his art. But merely they are not one and the same. It’s okay to not like him or his characters, but it’s not okay to conflate the two.
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#38Love 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
One thing that annoyed me with his acting is as he got older his particular lisp got stronger and it gets harder to not notice. In his early movies it was merely a peculiar speech pattern.
Of all the reasons to pick on him (and I don't think there are many, but the few that exist are pretty big), I'm not sure picking on him for a speech impediment that was beyond his control is particularly kind.
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#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
The art also degraded women routinely as a matter of practice. I love the film series, but man, misogyny is deeply rooted in the franchise's foundations. https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/10/james-bond-miso... edit: interesting, went from +2 to -1 in a minute. Going to take this time to point out Hacker News's routine degradation of women as well now that it's on full display again.
So I’m not saying you _have_ to like his art. But merely they are not one and the same. It’s okay to not like him or his characters, but it’s not okay to conflate the two.
I don't think anyone was conflating the two, but your point stands regardless.
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
One thing that annoyed me with his acting is as he got older his particular lisp got stronger and it gets harder to not notice. In his early movies it was merely a peculiar speech pattern.
Of all the reasons to pick on him (and I don't think there are many, but the few that exist are pretty big ), I'm not sure picking on him for a speech impediment that was beyond his control is particularly kind.
That’s a good point, I’m being picky, however I can’t not notice it and it overwhelms his later performances (in my ears).
De mortis nil nisi bonum...