R.i.p Sir Sean Connery

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54761824

[andy-hughes]

Khandro - // You're all heart andy //

In case you didn't read my post properly - my criticism of Sir Sean is as an actor, and I believe my view is fair, even though it is not shared by a very large number of people.

As for his views on how he behaved towards women, I left that bit out.

The man was a one-dimensional actor, playing the same personality in every single film he acted in - dying does not alter that simple fact.

I fail to see what is 'heartless' about that - it is a viewpoint to which i am entitled.

[Ellipsis]

> I fail to see what is 'heartless' about that - it is a viewpoint to which i am entitled.

It's just that expressing it on his RIP thread is perhaps not in the best taste, even a bit heartless ...

[andy-hughes]

Ellipsis - //
> I fail to see what is 'heartless' about that - it is a viewpoint to which i am entitled.

It's just that expressing it on his RIP thread is perhaps not in the best taste, even a bit heartless ... //

Fair enough - point conceded, I will refrain from further comment.

[DTCwordfan]

RIP - I had the pleasure of meeting him in the BA 1st Class lounge at Gatwick - some tiny berk having the presumption to come up between him and the serving area and staring upward, his personal space invaded.

I leaned over and said "I hope that you don't get this sort of fan behaviour as it's incredibly invasive."

He came across and sat down and said, "Unfortunately, it's more common than you realise and I just have to live with it." We proceeded to have a 40 minute chat over a coffee and a glass of wine. A very nice guy and not pretentious, not at all. RIP.

[Peter Pedant]

// It's just that expressing it on his RIP thread is perhaps not in the best taste, even a bit heartless ...//

de mortuis nil nisi bonum as they put it 2000 y ago

[jno]

I have no problem with andy (or anyone) expressing a dissenting view but I do disagree with it. Connery was eager to get away from Bond - he returned just the once - but most of his work, from The Untouchables to The Offence to Robin and Marian, really wasn't anything like Bond at all. And as I've said earlier, his 1974-75 run of films was wonderful.

[JimF]

"but most of his work, from The Untouchables to The Offence to Robin and Marian, really wasn't anything like Bond at all"

But he played the same character in everything, because it was the only character he was capable of playing - himself.

[tonyav]

The proper James Bond. RIP Sean.

[237SJ]

From what I heard from some of my colleagues who met him, he was a bit of a *** really. But hey ho.

[Sqad]

Lol 237.....

[Bobbisox1]

I never liked any Bond film and didn't care for Sean Connery pontificating about British politics whilst choosing to live in the USA, that said, he was a fine actor and he will be sadly missed I'm sure

[jno]

I disagree. If you watch him sparring with Audrey Hepburn, and in love with her, there's nothing like that in the Bond films. He's a romantic leading man there, not an action man. And while he starts out in The Offence as if he's the same sort of one-mancrusader for justice as Bonn, he has a nervous breakdown over it: Bond could never show that sort of weakness, but Connery did.

[jno]

sorry, that was to JimF

[douglas9401]

Some of my best friends are Sean Connery.

Puhlease!

Pass the pretendy sick bag.

[anneasquith]

Everyone in Edinburgh is Sean Connerys cousin .

[Deskdiary]

He was certainly no Olivier, but, with the exception of Zardoz (anybody seen that?), I generally enjoyed the films I've seen him in, and the Scottish accent has never really bothered me - a Russian submarine captain with a Scottish accent is bananas, but it didn't stop my enjoyment of the film.

I'm happy to watch any of his Bond films whenever they are on TV as they're entertaining, and that's all I want from a film.

[tiggerblue10]

I didn't take much notice of his accent in HFRO. I just thought the plot was excellent with the twist at the end.

[JimF]

"Everyone in Edinburgh is Sean Connery's cousin."

Same with Billy Connolly in Glasgow and Bono in Dublin, in my experience!

[anneasquith]

Oh, I’m related to bono !!!!

[andy-hughes]

jno - // And while he starts out in The Offence as if he's the same sort of one-mancrusader for justice as Bonn, he has a nervous breakdown over it: Bond could never show that sort of weakness, but Connery did. //

You appear to be blurring a fictional character with the actor who played him.

You say 'Bond could never show that sort of weakness ...' - which is incorrect, he could show anything the writers and director decided he would show, that is now acting works, and if Sean Connery was required to act as James Bond having a breakdown, he would have done so.