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post #51 of 75
11/30/06 at 6:34am
Connery's had three good roles in his career, Bond and The Untouchables, Red October, the rest he's coasted on his charisma.

Although I don't like him as much as some, I did love the Babs Walters interview where he said it was ok to slap a woman with an open hand.

Walters reaction was fucking priceless.
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post #52 of 75
11/30/06 at 6:37am
Connery's had three good roles in his career, Bond and The Untouchables, Red October, the rest he's coasted on his charisma.

Although I don't like him as much as some, I did love the Barbara Walters in the late 80's in which he said it was okay for a man to slap a woman with limited force, assuming that it was required to calm her down or "keep her in line."

Walters reaction was fucking priceless.
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post #53 of 75
11/30/06 at 6:39am
Connery's had three good roles in his career, Bond and The Untouchables, Red October, the rest he's coasted on his charisma.

Although I don't like him as much as some, I did love the Barbara Walters in the late 80's in which he said it was okay for a man to slap a woman with limited force, assuming that it was required to calm her down or "keep her in line."

Walters reaction was fucking priceless.
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post #54 of 75
11/30/06 at 6:47am
Connery definitely squandered his post Bond career on mostly junk. He's had his moments, but most of it is shit.

THat said I can't fault a guy who has the balls to say it's cool smack the ladies. His interview with Barbara Walters in which he said it was okay for a man to slap a woman with limited force, assuming that it was required to calm her down or "keep her in line. Sometimes they want a smack."

Walter's reaction was priceless.
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post #55 of 75
11/30/06 at 6:52am
Well fuck me four times.
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post #56 of 75
11/30/06 at 7:01am
I think that was four.
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post #57 of 75
11/30/06 at 7:27am
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Originally Posted by General Zod
Connery's had three good roles in his career, Bond and The Untouchables, Red October, the rest he's coasted on his charisma.
Don't forget his greatest role: Danny in The Man Who Would Be King. Perfection.

And he was a darn good Brother William too.
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post #58 of 75
11/30/06 at 7:32am
Good one.
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post #59 of 75
11/30/06 at 12:47pm
I liked him in Finding Forrester...sue me.
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post #60 of 75
11/30/06 at 1:18pm
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Originally Posted by General Zod
Connery's had three good roles in his career, Bond and The Untouchables, Red October, the rest he's coasted on his charisma.
He's got a loads of good roles.
ROBIN AND MARIAN, THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING, THE WIND AND THE LION, TIME BANDITS, HIGHLANDER, LAST CRUSADE, and honestly....ZARDOZ.
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post #61 of 75
11/30/06 at 1:24pm
Highlander and Last Crusade are great Connery performances, but I will always have a soft spot for his cameo in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. He probably got paid him over a million dollars to show up for 30 seconds at the very end just to remind everyone that British people actually have British accents.
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post #62 of 75
11/30/06 at 1:41pm
Even though he's Scottish.
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post #63 of 75
11/30/06 at 2:11pm
Scotland is part of Britain. It's why I said British instead of English.
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post #64 of 75
12/1/06 at 2:45am
Schwartz is correct by default, but no self-respecting Scot would agree to that on matters of principle.
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post #65 of 75
12/1/06 at 3:00am
I actually stopped and thought about it before hitting "post". I worked with some Scots last year, so I know how "those people" can be.
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post #66 of 75
12/1/06 at 3:19am
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Originally Posted by Paul755
I liked him in Finding Forrester...sue me.

So you're the one?

Punch the damn keys!
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post #67 of 75
12/1/06 at 3:21am
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Originally Posted by Schwartz
Highlander and Last Crusade are great Connery performances, but I will always have a soft spot for his cameo in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. He probably got paid him over a million dollars to show up for 30 seconds at the very end just to remind everyone that British people actually have British accents.
Which also proves he's a whore.
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post #68 of 75
12/1/06 at 3:23am
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Originally Posted by Schwartz
I actually stopped and thought about it before hitting "post". I worked with some Scots last year, so I know how "those people" can be.
I remember a converstion I was having with a Scottish co-worker where I proceeded to disembowel Braveheart for the total lack of historical accuracy. It was somewhere around that time that she spat in my face and told me to, and I shit you not, "go outside and play hide and go fuck yourself."

I think that's the second time I've been able to slip a Monty Python reference into the boards tonight.
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post #69 of 75
12/1/06 at 3:51am
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Originally Posted by Java
I remember a converstion I was having with a Scottish co-worker where I proceeded to disembowel Braveheart for the total lack of historical accuracy. It was somewhere around that time that she spat in my face and told me to, and I shit you not, "go outside and play hide and go fuck yourself."

I think that's the second time I've been able to slip a Monty Python reference into the boards tonight.
I might be an idiot, but what's the reference? I see a Rodney Dangerfield joke in there, but that's it.
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post #70 of 75
12/1/06 at 3:56am
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Originally Posted by Nexus-6
I might be an idiot, but what's the reference? I see a Rodney Dangerfield joke in there, but that's it.
John Cleese gave a giant eulogy at the TV broadcasted funeral of Graham Chapman, one of the other Monty Python cast members, that outlined all of the various uses of the "F" word.
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post #71 of 75
12/30/06 at 10:33am
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Originally Posted by Schwartz
Highlander and Last Crusade are great Connery performances, but I will always have a soft spot for his cameo in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. He probably got paid him over a million dollars to show up for 30 seconds at the very end just to remind everyone that British people actually have British accents.
Actually, half a million dollars, which he then turned around and donated completely to charity.
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post #72 of 75
1/1/07 at 7:23pm
Just another reason why Zod is on my "not to be taken seriously" list.
Connory would have been miscast as Gandalf,and it's just as well he did not accept.But to deny he has had a iconic career is stupid.Just the kind of thinkg a 18 year old fanboy trying to stir up shit would say.
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post #73 of 75
1/1/07 at 7:49pm
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Originally Posted by kain424
Actually, half a million dollars, which he then turned around and donated completely to charity.
Beat me to it. That's one of my favorite pieces of Connery trivia, which shows the sonofabitch ain't all bad. Am I the only one who wants to see a movie co-starring Sean Connery and Billy Connelly? I don't care as what, brothers, buddy cops, grumbling old feuding neighbors, anything that could give us a poster of the two leaning against each other looking out at the camera from lowered sunglasses.
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post #74 of 75
1/1/07 at 8:20pm
Thread Starter 
That would be fantastic.

You could throw Robbie Coltrane and Bill Patterson in the mix somewhere as well.
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post #75 of 75
1/3/07 at 11:48pm
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Originally Posted by Matt OCallaghan
Didn't Connery turn down the role of Morpheus in The Matrix for the exact same "I didn't get it" reasoning?
Lucky us!
Hmm. I was always under the impression that Val Kilmer was the only one who had been offered the role of Morpheus before Lawrence Fishburne.

As for Connery, I knew that he had been approached for LOTR before the first one even hit theaters. That said, I had always read that he had been sought after for the role of Saruman, not Gandalf. Now that I could see, although Lee was a better choice.
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