
Connery made the right choice!
#1
Posted 09 March 2004 - 04:25 AM
#2
Posted 09 March 2004 - 04:26 AM
#3
Posted 09 March 2004 - 04:45 AM
#4
Posted 09 March 2004 - 01:10 PM
#5
Posted 09 March 2004 - 02:11 PM
#6
Posted 10 March 2004 - 02:47 PM
I especially like the one about how they get on just fine without him...
#7
Posted 10 March 2004 - 02:49 PM
"Oh, hardly relaxing, but most satisfying!"
"We do function in your absence, Commander!"
Ha, ha.
I don't know whether to be scared or not that I typed those quotes from memory.
#8
Posted 10 March 2004 - 03:00 PM
#9
Posted 10 March 2004 - 03:02 PM
Can't see Connery in Moonraker, though. Or Spy. Jaws? Fuhgetaboutit.
#10
Posted 10 March 2004 - 08:08 PM
Indeed.I still would have loved to have seen him in Live and Let Die and The Man With The Golden Gun. Live and Let Die would have worked for his machismo and physicality versus Kananga, similar to what he did versus Largo. Golden Gun could have played on his age and style versus Scaramenga. With Moore, it was kind of "Eh, ok, it's the guy playing Bond," but with Connery it would have meant something deeper and more personal seeing these two guys go head to head.
Can't see Connery in Moonraker, though. Or Spy. Jaws? Fuhgetaboutit.
I'm, not even sure Connery would have been okay in The Man With The Golden Gun, obviously the script would probably have been changed around, but even though Moore hadn't settled into the role in that film fully, I thought he had a decent grasp of it, not sure what Connery would have done.
#11
Posted 11 March 2004 - 02:23 AM
#12
Posted 11 March 2004 - 04:02 AM
Although Sean was, and is, very professional actor, I would much rather see an enthusiastic actor play James Bond than an actor who can hardly hide his contempt for the producers and is only there for the King's ransom they paid him.
#13
Posted 11 March 2004 - 07:36 PM
I agree with your sentiments, Triton, but Sean Connery really should have left after Thunderball. I am well aware that during the filming of YOLT Connery was having marital problems and that he was hounded by the Japanese media, but I still regard his performance in YOLT as unprofessional. I am less critical of his performance in DAF. He looks more interested to me, and I believe that he adjusted his performance to suit the more jokey nature of the film.It was for the best that Sean Connery left after Diamonds Are Forever[/]. However much I adore Sean Connery in the James Bond role, it was clear during the making of [I]You Only Live Twice in 1967 that Sean Connery had enough of working for Broccoli and Saltzman.
Although Sean was, and is, very professional actor, I would much rather see an enthusiastic actor play James Bond than an actor who can hardly hide his contempt for the producers and is only there for the King's ransom they paid him.
#14
Posted 11 March 2004 - 08:15 PM
I've heard that Connery was more laid back and he seems more into the role in DAF. Some fans disagree with this, but I think it's pretty apparent. In YOLT, he probably just wanted to get it all behind him; in DAF, he was to get paid even more if the shooting schedule ran over, so it's apparent he was more relaxed in the role.I agree with your sentiments, Triton, but Sean Connery really should have left after Thunderball. I am well aware that during the filming of YOLT Connery was having marital problems and that he was hounded by the Japanese media, but I still regard his performance in YOLT as unprofessional. I am less critical of his performance in DAF. He looks more interested to me, and I believe that he adjusted his performance to suit the more jokey nature of the film.
And he was probably a little more interested in being able do the jokes as opposed to moving from action scene to action scene in YOLT.