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I'm trying to think of movies other than Marnie where I liked Connery.

posted 6 years ago by brux (14666)
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I am just not and never have been a fan of any of the Jim Bond movies, or the idea, although finally today we seem to have villains of the magnitude of James Bond villains with the Russian Oligarchs and the hard-line Republicans. Since they are practically the same mindset, I don't get why American Republicans who want a hard line nationalist authoritarian oligarchy don't just movie to Russia? Is it only to do with the weather?

Anyway, Marnie, was a great movie and Connery was good in it. Oh ... and Zardoz was brilliant as well but in a different way. Any others? What are your favorities. The Man Who Would Be King was good, but so 3rd wall broken it fails to be a real favorite.

[–] lemontrees (12) 6 years ago

He's very good in A Bridge Too Far. The scene where they are discussing drop zones can be watched over and over again. All the scenes in that film with him in are excellently done in my opinion.

[–] slimone (7996) 5 years ago

Untouchables.

[–] brux (14666) 5 years ago

unwatchable ;-)

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Jessie in Family Business (1989)
Roberts in The Hill (1965)

[–] brux (14666) 5 years ago

i'll have to check those out. The ones they made to cash in on his celebrity, others mentioned here are to me not worth watching, but those sound interesting. There was a point there where he was in so many movies ... but then he was upstaged by Michael Caine who is all over the place even still.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Robin & Marian

[–] whynotwriteme (7119) 5 years ago

Robin & Marian and also The Man Who Would Be King and Zardoz. Mid-1970s Connery was the best.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Agreed.

[–] Jones70 (6195) 5 years ago

Anderson tapes, and murder on the orient express

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

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[–] brux (14666) 5 years ago

I liked the movie "The Man Who Would Be King" pretty much, but Connery and Caine seem like Laurel and Hardy in it now watching it again.

i will have to check out Wind and the Lion, don't know how I missed that one.

[–] Jones70 (6195) 5 years ago

highlander, the rock, finding forrester, wrong is right, time bandits, outland, and the presidio were all pretty enjoyable imo.

[–] brux (14666) 5 years ago

Sorry, no offense, but I hated all those nothing manufactured corporate movies.

[–] GotWood84 (384) 5 years ago

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[–] Interlepos (1783) 5 years ago

You should go for The Avengers (1998). The movie is brilliant and weird in all the right ways.

[–] brux (14666) 5 years ago

No Offense, but I really hate that comic book garbage

[–] Interlepos (1783) 5 years ago

Comic book?

[–] Interlepos (1783) 5 years ago

But for the record, I was of course joking when I mentioned this famous flop as a good movie. A seriously wonderful Connery film you should check out, that I don't see mentioned here:

The First Great Train Robbery (1979).

There is a scene towards the end of this movie on board a train that is pretty mind blowing because Connery is doing his own stunts, which seems highly dangerous.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

He's probably thinking of the Marvel "Avengers" stuff.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

That movie has nothing to do with comic books. It's based on the British TV show from the 1960s.

[–] brux (14666) 5 years ago

Steed and Emma ... that was a great show in the 60's when I was a kid.