Aw man. Sean Connery? Dead at 90

[MissB]

BBC breaking news.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-54761824

[Vogon_Glory]

1. 2020 The Year That Keeps Giving

Grief

[NorthOf270]

2. Oh fuck off

2020 needs to be shot into the sun.

[Karma13612]

16. I predicted on New Years Eve 2019

That 2020 was going to be great.

I like numbers and thought that 2020 was such a cool number. You get repetition, and best of all, it signifies perfect vision.

Well, that’s the last time I make that kinda prediction.

I agree, lets shoot this MF’r into the sun. Or better yet, into some far off galaxy, or a big black hole. My husband is the astrophotographer so he probably knows the name of a good one.

2020, I am so done.
2021, here we come.

[COL Mustard]

61. Problem Is, What Galaxy Would Want It?

RIP Sean. You were great.

[BannonsLiver]

80. I always feel like it's tempting fate to make predictions of great things on NYE

I once knew someone who said “this is going to be My year” on NYE who was dead by March. Ever since then I’ve steered clear of it. I hate NYE anyway. It’s amateur night.

[Karma13612]

108. Yea, my bad for sure!!!! I have learned my lesson. :-(. Nt

[Totally Tunsie]

95. Appropriately, your name is Karma.

We all know what that means!

[Karma13612]

109. Well, as I said above, I have learned my lesson.

No more predictions.

From now on, I will “wish” that the future is bright.

Stay safe!

[Alex4Martinez]

110. "Knock knock" "Who's there?" "Dishes" "Dishes who?"

.

"Dishes Sean Connery"


Rest in Peace, 007.


Courtesy Amy Hoggart in this clip at 0:55:

?t=55

[JDC]

3. Bummer

[ProfessorGAC]

11. Took My Thought!

Bummer.
One lesser known movie of his I really liked was Outland.
It's High Noon in orbit of Jupiter. I enjoyed the heck out of him in that.
Another one my faves is the The Presidio with Mark Harmon & Meg Ryan.
He was 90, so we probably weren't going to see him again, but I'll miss him.

[Roland99]

4. :(

[Blue Owl]

5. The Legend...

[lastlib]

115. Blemished forever by "Zardoz" (1974)

THE Suckiest waste of celluloid ever made.

OMG! that was a dreadful movie!

[FarPoint]

6. I didn't see a cause of death...

COVID-19 is up ....????

[Celerity]

37. no nt

[cwydro]

46. Well, he was 90...

[Silver Gaia]

7. Oh no.

[Karma13612]

8. Bond. James Bond

Damn.

I don’t think I ever saw him in anything that wasn’t spectacular.

[malaise]

12. THIS

A great actor

[Dr. Skull]

67. Not Really

Have you seen Highlander II?

[niyad]

71. Welcome to our DU family.

[yardwork]

9. RIP.

[TaylorWilliams]

10. Dammit

[Karma13612]

18. MMM good!

Talented, and sooooo hot!

Loved everything he did.

the Brits have a saying: “sex on legs”.

Yea, I think that fit him to a T.

[WinstonSmith4740]

23. I saw his "return" as Bond in "Never Say Never Again"

The was literally an audible sigh (obviously female) that went up in the theater when he delivered "Bond. James Bond." Sex on legs? Hell yes.

[Karma13612]

32. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍 nt

[not_the_one]

76. You want hot and sexy Sean Connery, check out ZARDOZ.

Connery created Bond that we expected to see, and was great, but he was really just a caricature. That character was supposed to be a caricature. Daniel Craig is the only one to begin to rival Connery, as Bond.

In Zardoz, set in the distant future, you saw a manly, unshaven (face and body) Connery, with long hair, braided, and an almost naked HOT body.

The plot left something to be desired, but I wasn't paying that much attention to the plot...

[nolabear]

87. RIGHT?? Godawful 70s camp but DAMN...

[Karma13612]

105. The perfect movie for Election day if I am

Fed up with the nonsense.

Thanks!

[bdamomma]

84. What

a good looking man too. RIP Sean

[blogslut]

13. He had a great, great voice

I've never seen "The Man Who Would Be King". I guess I need to do that now.

[Zoonart]

15. Great Movie..... forgot this one.

[Siwsan]

91. 'The Man Who Would Be King' and 'The Wind and the Lion' - two magnificent films

I also really enjoyed 'The Name of the Rose'. Very much off character for him and a very dark but well made film, IMHO.

[Chili]

111. one of my faves

The Man Who Would Be King. Loved it! Michael Caine!

And Name of the Rose too... young Christian Slater.

My other faves for him, of course Untouchables and IJ & Last Crusade.

He will be missed.

[TaylorWilliams]

97. I Always Liked This One

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[Zoonart]

14. Sorry to hear this......James Bond

WOW the legend:

All the 00 movies
Robin and Marion
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
The Untouchables
The Raiders of the Lost Ark movies
Outland
The Hunt for Red October
and let's not forget the exquisitely crazy Zardoz.

SO many more.
RIP 007

[WinstonSmith4740]

19. Robin nd Marion...

What an awesome movie. Gets me every time. RIP Sir James.

[Zoonart]

22. Gets me too...

When he shoots that arrow out the window so that Little John will know where to bury them. Mam.... waterworks.

[WinstonSmith4740]

29. I was telling my sister about that movie after I saw it the first time.

One of those "You've GOT to see this movie!" conversations. She's a huge Audrey Hepburn fan. Gave her the storyline, etc. But when I got to that scene I broke. Tearing up thinking about it now. But just to make you smile...remember when Marion was dressing him down because, "You never wrote!", and he came back with "I don't know how!"

Nah...didn't work. Still tearing up.

[Zoonart]

34. I DO remember that scene.

Lots of good dialog in that movie. One of my all time faves. Going to try to watch it today on one of the streaming platforms.
Just because.

[MissB]

38. Let me know what platform you find it on

I think I’ll have to watch it too

[Zoonart]

43. Don't see it free anywhere but maybe YouTube.

RENT
Amazon Video
$2.99
FandangoNOW
$2.99
Vudu
$2.99
Apple iTunes
$3.99 4K
Google Play Movies
$3.99 4K
YouTube
$3.99 4K
DIRECTV
$3.99

[Zoonart]

36. Oh... and when she goes under her

mattress and brings out Excalibur. It's swaddled like a child in her arms. JUST GOOSEBUMPS.

[WinstonSmith4740]

64. Rats!

Forgot about that one. Here I go again.

[wnylib]

41. It was Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

that Connery was in, not Raiders of the Lost Ark.

[Zoonart]

44. Yep... meant the Riders's franchise.

[wnylib]

53. Yeah, Raiders was the first movie in

Indiana Jones series. The Last Crusade, with Connery as Harrison Ford's father, was the third in the Indiana Jones movies.

[Zoonart]

54. yep

[FailureToCommunicate]

48. also: The Longest Day

[Hotler]

78. Man who would be king. nt

[TuxedoKat]

81. Great, great movie

with Michael Caine too. They worked so well together in that film.

[MrScorpio]

17. This year sucks

[Karma13612]

20. Yes it does.

[DinahMoeHum]

21. The best James Bond of them all.

Fair Winds, good sir. It was a helluva run.

[RobertDevereaux]

24. "NO, Mr. Bond. I expected you NEVER to have died."

[calimary]

25. Yeah. Saw that.

First thing I thought of was - he won’t be around to see how it ends.

But he just got a balcony seat. At a safe distance.

Sad, though, for the rest of us. Quite a life you had, sir!

When I was still working, I covered a press junket for “The Hunt for Red October.” I sat right next to him at our table. All I could think of while he was there was “SHIT! I’M SITTING NEXT TO SEAN CONNERY...”

Dayum...

[Duppers]

89. Damn, girl! Right next to him! Wow!

I'll keep my suggestive thought to myself.


Balcony seat is a nice metaphor.

[calimary]

96. That was a pretty cool job.

How do you make sure YOU get the good seat at these things?

Get there early, and position the seating strategically. For round-table occasions, we’d tip one chair inward against the table. That makes it look “reserved.”

Then, start setting up the microphones (starting with your own) pointed toward that tipped chair. Then everybody assumes that’s where the talent is supposed to sit.

For good measure, go to the other tables and set them up that way.

These things would be scheduled for the entertainment media all the time. We’d go to these junkets to cover some new movie and the PR people would assemble the lead cast members, the director, the scriptwriter, producer, and maybe chief stunt coordinator if it was some sort of action movie, special effects guru if it was one of those films, etc.

I was stunned to see how well and how consistently that trick worked! I always got a good seat.

Sometimes, though, the advantageous position was ACROSS the table from the talent, so you’d be, in effect, face-to-face with him or her and you could make eye contact and get your questions in more effectively. They’d see you and acknowledge you ‘cause you were right in front of them. And it amazed me to study the body language to see if the talent looked up at you when they were speaking to you, or they were mumbling down at the tabletop or just not really intent on connecting with the folks they were speaking to.

That was a pretty cool job. Demanding as hell. But hey, the perks could sometimes be mind-blowing, like - I got to sit right next to Sean Connery!

[Trumpocalypse]

26. 2020 is now officially

the worst year ever.

[Miigwech]

27. Well ... there is this

What no ZOOM? Sean Connery sean connery on slapping women

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JAMES BOND (SEAN CONNERY): The Women Beating Supercut

[MissB]

30. BBC's obituary put it well

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-13087132

In truth, his Bond is now a museum piece; the portrayal of women impossibly dated. The action scenes are still thrilling, but the sex too often bordered on the non-consensual.

Thankfully, it's been a while since 007 slapped a woman on the backside and forced a kiss. But Connery's performance was of its time, enjoyed by millions of both sexes and gave the silver screen a 20th Century icon.

He leaves behind him a body of work that any actor would be proud of and, not least, a vacancy for the title "Greatest Living Scot".

[Duppers]

92. That 1st clip was about his personal opinion...

not about a role he played...and it was very misogynistic.

[Miigwech]

100. This

there are lots that we chose to overlook when it comes to a persons life. Just saying ... who and what is always open for discussion and that changes over time.

Reflecting on Sean Connery’s life, it’s impossible to skate over his notorious attitude towards women.

.... https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/sean-connery-slapping-women-dangerous-opinions-man-time-3021169

[Duppers]

98. Thanks for this.

Unfortunately, his misogyny was my first thought.
He was a very handsome man and a good actor &, thankfully, I can separate those aspects of the man.

[Chili]

114. I had to separate it too.

I remember the issue of how he treated his wife (who, if I remember correctly, he met on the set of The Man Who Would Be King, but don't quote me). Separate, or never watch Last Crusade, Untouchables, Just Cause which... I haven't been able to do.

[Levaughn]

28. He was my flight once.

The Stewardess was swooning.

[bdamomma]

90. Welcome to DU

We are a family here, quite diverse Too!!

[uponit7771]

31. RIP Sir Sean

[tulipsandroses]

33. Good night dear Sir. Rest in Power

Fuck 2020!

[Chainfire]

35. When I was an adolescent in the 1960s

James Bond was the kind of man most boys wanted to be. The handsome hero who always got the beautiful women and saved the world. I got the beautiful woman, but I haven't saved the world....Connery was the essence of cool. I will miss him.

[ChazInAz]

39. As an actor, I really respected him.

The man was a natural.
He could have done a John Barrymore, and continued working, cashing in on his name and image until he became a sad joke. Instead, when his memory started to go during League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, he took his bow and stepped behind the curtain.
He left us with these memories of fine performances!

[milestogo]

40. He had a good long life.

[Celerity]

42. RIP

[FailureToCommunicate]

45. Awful news. It has left me shaken, AND stirred.

RIP Sean.

Recently rewatched The Longest Day. He was so young in that one.

[Happy Hoosier]

47. Not too many tears....

I remember when he said women need a good slap once in a while.

I lost respect for him then.

[Duppers]

99. Same here. He was sexist.

[Piasladic]

102. Speaking ill of the dead

Yeah. He was a pig. Thank god, there's no afterlife. (heh)

[Trumpocalypse]

106. That was 40 years ago. He more recently said this

I don't believe that any level of abuse of women is ever justified under any circumstances.
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12430892.i-dont-believe-that-any-level-of-abuse-of-women-is-ever-justified-under-any-circumstances-connery-speaks-for-the-first-time-after-cancelling-his-high-profile-appearance-at-holyroods-festival-of-politics-by-paul-hutcheon/

And this:

[Happy Hoosier]

107. Glad to hear it. NT

[mnhtnbb]

49. Oh, no, no, no.

Finding Forrester is one of my favorite Sean Connery movies. And he will always be James Bond, for me.

[JohnnyRingo]

50. RIP

Loved him in Hunt For Red October and, of course, he has been 007 to me since I saw Goldfinger at the drive in way back then.

Thanx for posting.

[Wounded Bear]

51. The Best Bond ever, the original...

with many other great roles and characters along the way.

[LW1977]

52. Please hang on Betty White

[Ilsa]

59. Amen to that. nt

[Totally Tunsie]

113. Shhhhhh - her name is not to be spoken so as not to tempt fate!

I won't even equate her initials to 2020!



ETA: Here's my earlier Post #104 in the same vein:

104. He set the pace. No other Bond like him.

As for 2020 with two months left to go, there are a few more "beloveds" that you damn sure better keep your grimy hands off. I won't even type their initials to tempt bad luck, but I'll be mighty pissed if you call them home.

[Ilsa]

55. He lost his sex appeal & my respect with his violent, misogynistic

Views and outspoken comments about women. I don't tolerate men like that. It fucking ruined his movies for me.

So for me, he's just another 90 year man that has passed, someone to be revered. May he rest in peace.

[Beringia]

56. Agree, zero tolerance for being abusive to women

[Happy Hoosier]

60. 100.

He was a sexist asshole.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

74. He had a much more successful career than any wife-beater deserves.

[mahannah]

57. The Hill

[Paladin]

82. Great war movie. Hope more people see it. (nt)

[DFW]

58. A friend of mine once called my wife "that Bond girl you married." He meant Connery's Bond.

Although he was great in everything I saw him in, two of my favorites were obscure ones:
Finding Forrester and Entrapment.

Completely different roles. In one, he played a famous author who lived like a recluse in a New York apartment, and in the other, he played a retired cat burglar who took an apt student, played by Catherine Zeta Jones, as his protégée to loot some "impossible to rob" place inside the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur.

He became an institution unto himself. He will never be replaced.

James Clyburn, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and Mick Jagger had better place themselves in bomb-proof, virus-proof cocoons for the rest of the year. We don't have a lot of people left to lose.

[Trumpocalypse]

66. Check out Wrong Is Right

If you get a chance.

[DFW]

68. I might just do that

I'll have to order it from the States though. Amazon is so thoroughly programmed here that if you try to order it from here, you get billed in Euros, and an EU-only DVD dubbed into German.

[PatrickforO]

62. May he have eternal rest and be surrounded by

perpetual light.

I will light a candle for Sean, and one for all of us, today.

[Tommymac]

63. Godspeed Mr. Connery

You were a flawed human being, but who isn't?

Thanks for the good memories, may the next plane bring you understanding and peace.

[ucrdem]

65. RIP Michael MacBride

[2naSalit]

69. He truly set the standard...

for actors and roles for decades.

RIP, Sir.

[Cyrano]

70. Sean Connery film that few know about. "Finding Forrester."

It was made in 2000 and he was, as always, great.

[Tarc]

75. Most today only know that movie as the source of the "You're the Man Now, Dog!" meme

https://yourethemannowdog.ytmnd.com/

[niyad]

72. Requiescat in pace.

He was such a great actor.

One thing I loved was him doing the voice of Draco in "Dragonheart" "

[iluvtennis]

73. We lost a great actor! Rest In Peace Mr Connery.

[bdamomma]

77. So sad

the original James Bond, RIP


Safe passage.

[BobTheSubgenius]

79. I remember I was about 12, and in the middle of reading all of the James Bond adventures.

The first movie came out, and I had to talk my father into taking me, because it had an age restriction. I was dumbstruck. Sean Connery was EXACTLY who I had pictured while reading the novels, and I had never heard of him before. It made me wonder if Ian Fleming had written the books with Sean Connery in mind.

I have never had that kind of reaction to a film to this day.

[MissB]

83. According to the bbc

Ian Fleming was initially against casting Connery for the Bond role. Broccoli argued for him.

[PCIntern]

85. My situation almost exactly except my mom wanted me to see Goldfinger

She even bought me the Mad a Magazine takeoff called 007 with music and lyrics penned to Oklahoma! I went to the Lincoln Drive In in Trevose Bucks County PA and the film changed the direction of my life in several ways.

[Blue_true]

86. 90 is a good life. If I live to be 90, I will do old man back flips on my birthday.

I love movies that he was in, he seemed to have been exacting in fully portraying the character that he played.

[BarbD]

88. Saw "Dr. No" in a New York theater when it opened. I was 25.

When he turned to the camera and said "Bond, James Bond" I swooned in my seat. Yes, 007 was sexist, but Ian Fleming was sexist. I read Ian Fleming because he was one of JFK"s favorite authors. Please note that in the 1960's intelligent women had to control their brain power lest they damage the male ego. It was difficult to thrive in the corporate world.

I am grateful that my four daughters and eight granddaughters have benefited from Title IX, Roe v. Wade and opportunities that were not available to me.

There will never be a James Bond like Connery. The outright sexist attitudes of 007 just make me smile now because they are so outdated. But, he was a hero and always beat the bad guys.

[jeffreyi]

93. Well, he had a heck of a good run.

All the toys and adventures a human could want in a long lifetime. R.I.P.

[Hotler]

94. Hi, my name is Plenty. Of course you are.

No I'm Plenty O'toole, named after your father perhaps.

[Spazito]

101. Great actor, a misogynist in private life...

I still love his movies but view him differently since the revelation of his misogyny.

[frogmarch]

103. Darby O'Gill and the Little People

will always be my favorite movie he was in.

[Totally Tunsie]

104. He set the pace. No other Bond like him.

As for 2020 with two months left to go, there are a few more "beloveds" that you damn sure better keep your grimy hands off. I won't even type their initials to tempt bad luck, but I'll be mighty pissed if you call them home.

[oasis]

112. I throughly enjoyed most of his work. A solid box office magnet.

Rest in Peace.