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I find almost all of the films he made after 1990 were rather disappointing...

posted 3 years ago by christomacin (4527)
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The Hunt for the Red October and The Russia House were both made in 1990. I think it was mostly downhill after that. I know some of these films are popular, but I didn't care for them. Some of them had potentially but they just don't work for me:

Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
Medicine Man (1992)
Rising Sun (1993)
A Good Man in Africa (1994)
Just Cause (1995)
First Knight (1995)
DragonHeart (1996)
The Rock (1996)
The Avengers (1998)
Playing by Heart (1998)
Entrapment (1999)
Finding Forrester (2000)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
Sir Billi (2012)

The early 1980s were a pretty fallow period for Connery as well. His career started to pick up again with The Name of the Rose and he had a second golden age between 1986 and 1990.

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[–] Jones70 (6195) 3 years ago

I found Rising Sun, The Avengers and Entrapment to be descent. You did say ALMOST so i'm guessing The Rock and Finding Forrester were the ones that you didn't find disappointing.

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[–] christomacin (4527) 3 years ago

To be honest, I haven't seen Finding Forrester. However, I really didn't like The Rock. The idea was great... but the execution disappointing. I wish a master like John Frankenheimer had gotten a hold of that script.

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[–] Kowalski (57903) 3 years ago

WHAT KIND OF MASTER DIRECTS THE ISLAND OF DR MOREAU AND REINDEER GAMES?

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[–] christomacin (4527) 3 years ago

The kind that directs The Manchurian Candidate, The Birdman of Alcatraz, The Train, Seconds, or Seven Days in May maybe? Some of his later films like French Connection Part II, Black Sunday and Ronin were pretty solid as well. He did just fine when he had a good script and actors to work with. He would have cut out most of the bullshit from the script of The Rock, methinks.

By the way, Frankenheimer was only brought in to direct the execrable Island of Dr. Moreau at the very last minute and only after the original director was fired midway through filming, and only because the studio promised to produce a few movies he wanted to make as a reward. Nothing could have saved the film by the time he was brought on board... he was just hired to salvage as much out of the film as possible. Not his baby.

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[–] Kowalski (57903) 3 years ago

BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ IS TOP TEN ALL TIME FLICKS FOR ME...SO I GUESS FRANKENHEIMER GETS A PASS FOR PLAYING SILLY REINDEER GAMES WITH BEN AFFLECK.🙂

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[–] christomacin (4527) 3 years ago

Yes, and please see my note above about how Frankenheimer came to be involved in Dr. Moreau film. He was doing a favor for the studio in exchange for getting some things made he wanted to direct.

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[–] bozo_500 (12211) 3 years ago

You can't really count Robin Hood as was literally a cameo (albeit probably the greatest cameo in movie history) and although The Rock was Michael Bay it was a huge hit and alot of people love the movie and Connery was fantastic in it (although the film would've benefitted from another action director like John McTiernan)

The rest.. yeah pretty much everything else was very disappointing , although some of Avengers and League of Gentleman was interesting imo (although most hate them)

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[–] christomacin (4527) 3 years ago

I didn't care for The Rock. To me, it was Exhibit A in what I didn't like in Connery's 90s efforts.

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[–] Ripkens25 (1901) 3 years ago

I suppose if you didn’t like the script or direction in The Rock, to each their own. But Connery was cool as hell in that movie. Don’t blame the actor...he brought his A game. Many people consider The Rock the greatest action movie of all time.

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[–] christomacin (4527) 3 years ago

I don't blame Connery. I am saying the film was disappointing precisely because he gave his all in it and it still didn't work for me. Connery WAS a hard working actor who took pride in his work and usually did give 110% in whatever he was in.

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[–] TMC-4 (19408) 3 years ago

The Rock (1996) Review | Sean Connery's Last Great Action Role?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtuh8tx9NS0

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[–] Jones70 (6195) 3 years ago

It doesn't speak very highly of him as an actor that you didn't think he made any of those movies better just by being in them.

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[–] christomacin (4527) 3 years ago

That's not true. He did make them better, just not better enough to overlook their flaws. No actor can overcome a weak script entirely.

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[–] Cristianos (266) 3 years ago

Dragonheart was a decent medieval fantasy, and it's an understatement to say Drago looks dated. It's saved by one memorable theme by Randy Edelman. The Rock was Michael Bay at his best. You need to see Finding Forrester because it has a very good performance from Sean Connery.

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[–] christomacin (4527) 3 years ago

I've heard Finding Forrester was OK. All I know is the "You're the man now, dawg!" line. What about "Playing by Heart"? That's got John Barry music and an all-star cast.

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[–] Cristianos (266) 3 years ago

I haven't seen "Playing by Heart". You might to take a look at "The Russia House". From what little I remember, it was a good Cold War thriller.

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[–] christomacin (4527) 3 years ago

I like most of Connery's mid-80s to 1990 films (yeah the early 80s were pretty bad for him). This includes "The Russia House" and of course "Red October" (same year). It's the rest of the 90s and beyond I am less fond of.

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[–] johnmarti59 (2356) 3 years ago

Finding Forrester (2000) is one-off Connery's worst. It should have been called Finding another movie.

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[–] johnmarti59 (2356) 3 years ago

There's not one movie on your list that I like. Those are some really bad movies.

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[–] Esterhowse (468) 3 years ago

He has had such an odd career. He has made way more terrible movies than good ones.

I wonder if that is true of most actors though.

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[–] BourbonKing (5612) 3 years ago

For his age and for the era of Hollywood in the 90s it was amazing that he continued to work. Most of his contemporaries were relegated to narration work or "old geezer" roles yet he kept portraying men with some extent of virility despite their age.

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[–] Jones70 (6195) 2 years ago

Are you referring to Gene Hackman, Michael Caine, Clint Eastwood, Charlton Heston, Burt Reynolds, Paul Newman?

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[–] BourbonKing (5612) 2 years ago

Sean Connery.

Everyone else you listed are of different ages, so I'm not sure what your point is

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[–] Jones70 (6195) 2 years ago

Eastwood and Hackman were both born the same year as Connery.

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[–] Jones70 (6195) 2 years ago

I was asking what contemporaries you were referring to.

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