Resht in peace

[Illaveago]

I was a bit shocked to see it on the news just now .
I still like watching his old Bond films, he was also in "The Man Who Would be king" with Michael Caine.
He had a pretty good innings.
RIP .

 

[Tail End Charlie]

I think his best film is The Untouchables.

 

[jowwy]

He’s a wife beater...........but all you remember are his films, go figure

 

[ColinJ]

He’s a wife beater...........but all you remember are his films, go figure

I knew that the day would come when I agreed with you!

 

[jowwy]

I knew that the day would come when I agreed with you!

Even a stopped watch is right once a day

 

[Mr Celine]

The only authentic Scottish accent in Highlander. Unfortunately he was playing a Spaniard.

 

[ColinJ]

Even a stopped watch is right once a day

Or even twice a day if it is an old-fashioned one!

As for SC...

 

[AndyRM]

It's not like Connery is alone in his questionable behaviour, yet enjoys enduring popularity.

To be clear, I'm not condoning it, but it's a strange old thing when folk don't want to admit the flaws of their heroes.

 

[Kryton521]

Yes a fine actor. Bad that he thought or felt it was Ok to, "only slap women with an open hand". Certainly not the best Bond, personal opinions will be just that.

"Death will take us all.........."

 

[steveindenmark]

RIP. By far the best Bond. Plus he rode a Moto Guzzi 😁

 

[Unkraut]

I was sad to hear this. I suppose Connery's greatest role, the one that stretched his acting talent to its limits was his appearance in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves as King Richard.

 

[slowmotion]

He was brilliant at hamming it up and I enjoyed the films that I saw. That's good enough for me.

RIP

 

[Archie_tect]

90's a good age.

 

[Pale Rider]

By far the best Bond.

It's nice to say nice things when someone dies, but I wonder if this statement stands up to scrutiny.

Roger Moore did a decent job, as did Daniel Craig, Timothy Dalton, and even George Lazenby.

The conclusion could be the character of Bond as created by the writers, producers, and directors of the films, as opposed to the books, was good fun and worked well on the big screen.

Who played him was largely irrelevant.

 

[Bonus]

My fav Connery film was "The First Great Train Robbery". Second was probably "Highlander".

As far as James Bond is concerned, I find them all to be different enough from each other that you can't easily compare them. I'm sure it also depends which actor you saw playing Bond first and how old you were at the time. The first Bond film I saw at the pictures was "Live and Let Die" and it certainly left an impression on me. Plus it had the best Bond theme song ever :-)