First and best James Bond now gone, RIP Sean Connery

[lyman]

sad day for 007 fans, may he RIP

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[Johnny P]

He was James Bond. The others were just pretenders.

[Gun Smoke]

Maybe his casket will have a bunch of gadgets on it so he can tunnel out of the ground, fly off into space or at least explode and kill any would-be grave robbers.

[bdm]

He was the best James Bond i didn't like any of the other ones

[dryheat]

I never liked Roger Moore in anything.

[Mark in Ottawa]

He so strongly defined the role that almost everybody else just looked like they were playing at it. The one possible exception is Daniel Craig who is so strong on the screen that he comes close

[M1Tommy]

He so strongly defined the role that almost everybody else just looked like they were playing at it. ......

Yep, definitely was 'the James Bond" others try to measure up to.
He was also a sailor, enlisted in the Royal Navy, '46-49.
He had been very ill for a long while. May he rest now, in peace.
Tommy

[holdover]

It is like the first time you hear a song, all the others who try to sing it don't sound right. Saw all of his James Bond movies from the very first in the early 60s, no one else can size up to the original, Bond, James Bond.

May he Rest In Peace

[Art]

I remember Fay Wray saying that being in the original "King Kong" was a blessing and a curse. She said she made over 70 movies, some of which were very good but mostly forgotten, but no one would forget her in "King Kong."

Sean Connery was indeed the definitive James Bond but he made almost 100 movies from the 1950s to the 2010s. A few you may remember: "Darby O'Gill and the Little People - 1959; "The Longest Day" = 1962; "Marnie" - 1964; "The Hill" - 1965; "The Mollie McGuires" - 1970; "Murder on the Orient Express" - 1974; "The Man who Would be King" - 1975; "A Bridge too Far" - 1977; "Highlander" - 1986; "In the Name of the Rose" - 1986; "The Watchman" - 1987; "The Untouchables" - 1987; "The Presidio" - 1988; "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" - 1989; "The Hunt for Red October" - 1990; "The Russia House" - 1990: "Rising Sun" - 1995; "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" - 2003, and a lot more.

[Gun Smoke]

He so strongly defined the role that almost everybody else just looked like they were playing at it. The one possible exception is Daniel Craig who is so strong on the screen that he comes close

Personally I can't stand Daniel Craig, at least playing Bond. I'll always sterotype him as that wimpy charactor in "Road to Pedition".

Agree though that Connery set the standard---everyone else that followed just played the part.

I grew up during the 60's but just didn't get into all the 007 fantasy. To me the main characters were the women (most of them anyway).

[lyman]

Personally I can't stand Daniel Craig, at least playing Bond. I'll always sterotype him as that wimpy charactor in "Road to Pedition".

Agree though that Connery set the standard---everyone else that followed just played the part.

I grew up during the 60's but just didn't get into all the 007 fantasy. To me the main characters were the women (most of them anyway).

I saw Road to Perdition years ago, and don't remember a thing about his role, guess I need to re watch it,

he was good in LayerCake, and a few other movies,

but remember , he was playing a role,


I think he is a close second to Connery, and I do enjoy his movies,

I really like the way the writers decided to add little (and not so) easter eggs here and there and keep the story somewhat similar, but add a lot of backstory ,

[tmark]

He is the one and only James Bond!

[SUPERX-M1]

I liked some of his movies. Some very good performances. Apparently, he was a difficult man. He is on a few lists. Women, money. Well, most of us have a few flaws. Just have to try to get out of the way when necessary.

[Griff Murphey]

Connery had two tattoos probably from his Royal Navy days;

“Scotland Forever”
And
“Mum and Dad”

Says a lot right there.

[retread12345]

I really enjoyed his performance in THE UNTOUCHSBLES and in THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER