#sir sean connery

[dopescissorscashwagon]

Sir Sean Connery

[the-imaginative-hobbyist]

Happy 28th to THE ROCK (1996), one of the best action movies of the 1990's in my opinion, and because I subscribe to the theory that John Mason is an older version of Sir Sean Connery's 007, I also consider it one of the best James Bond movies, too.

[flapperdame16]

5-25-24 MSI 007 science exhibit sean connery gadgets/ props

you only live twice suction cups 1967

thunderball underwater camera 1965

From russia with love shoes 1963

Mini plane model of the plane from goldfinger 1964

Goldfinger bullet proof vest 1964

Goldfinger homing device

[gentlemanstatesman]

What's not to like? It's a High Noon in space, with Sir Sean Connery!

Outland (1981)

[theactioneer]

Sword of the Valiant (Stephen Weeks, 1984)

[queer-ragnelle]

Crackship: Sean Connery as Green Knight and Richard Gere as hunky Lancelot.

This is perfect bc then Julia Ormond as Guinevere can go back to her lands without having to marry a super old man and everyone will be content! Also daaaamn Lancelot is so lucky bc Connery’s Green Knight is so fine.

[mashmouths]

we used to have sean connery kissing men in movies. we used to have sean connery running around glittered up tits out. we used to have sean connery getting cucked by his best friend in the whole wide world. we used to have sean connery period and look at us now..........

[rad-hound]

AU where instead of creating a counterfeit pin badge, the winged dagger Skull Face gives to Major Zero is real.

And then he either comes over so they could get blasted on the Major's Epic Sauce, sloppy kiss, or Skull Face double-crosses him anyways, and instead laces the real pin with the parasites.

[luegootravez]

Sean Connery in 'Goldfinger' (1964)

[supermarcey]

The Bonus Tubi Tuesdays Podcast – Sir Billi aka Guardian of the Highlands (2012)

[mikesfilmtalk]

Time Bandits (2024): What the Heck?

Seriously? Okay. So I don’t want to be “that guy.” The one who pooh-poohs the idea of remakes full stop, but Time Bandits (2024) what the heck? Who on earth thought this was a good idea? *Answers in the comment section below. Seriously. I want to put a face to this idea.* Outrage aside We know that Taika Waititi is going to direct one episode. So far so impressed. I have adored this man’s…

[dopescissorscashwagon]

Sir Sean Connery

[adamwatchesmovies]

Sir Billi (2012)

While I didn't enjoy this film, that doesn't mean you won't. No matter what I say, the people involved in this project did it: they actually made a movie. That's something to be applauded. With that established...

Unfortunately, Sir Billi will forever live in infamy as Sean Connery’s final role before passing away in 2020. No one could ask for a worse endcap to their filmography. Ugly, incoherent and unfunny, this film is a chore to watch and never even approaches “so bad it’s good” territory.

Outside the small town of Catterness in the Scottish Highlands, wildlife conservation officer (?) McKenzie (Ford Kiernan) is on an obsessive search for Bessie Boo, a beaver who escaped his capture and has since been adopted by a family of rabbits. When the rabbits fall into a river, it’s up to Sir William “Billi” Sedgewick (Sean Connery) and his anthropomorphic goat Gordon (Alan Cumming) to save the day.

This plot is utter nonsense. I scraped together a couple of sentences to make it seem like there’s a straightforward narrative, but it’s nearly impossible to follow what is happening in Sir Billi. I kept thinking that maybe the story was a limp-wristed attempt at bringing some sort of cause native to Scotland to light. I'm still not sure. As far as I can tell, beavers are a protected species over there and are only removed when they pose a threat to agricultural developments. I think this "issue" is the movie's foundation, which doesn't bode well. Bessie Boo and a bunch of other beavers are about to be moved to Norway but she escapes. Now, McKenzie is on the lookout. In fact, he’s been searching for this one beaver for at least a decade. He’s posted signs all over town to let everyone know that beavers are illegal. There’s a giant dam owned by the greedy Baron McToff (Alex Norton) that poses a threat to the animals when they fall in the water, a duck from the Southern part of the United States flying around, Sir Billi's daughter and grandson live in his ancestral home while he’s stuck rooming with a talking goat that pees himself and acts like a dog. It's all disjointed and attempting to follow along causes you to lose your mind.

Sir Billi is one of the ugliest animated movies I’ve ever seen, which makes the fact that it actually played in theaters mind-boggling and infuriating. This picture features a real celebrity in the form of Sean Connery but the visuals are worse than those you'd see from a first-year animation student. Filmmakers Sascha and Tessa Hartmann (whose names must appear fifty times in the credits) call out Connery's involvement over and over, as if being reminded of movies we'd rather be watching would somehow make this one better. They even go so far as to make him a ladies’ man, with the “attractive” Toni Turner (Amy Sacco, whose character’s cleavage is given way too much attention for a children’s movie) salivating all over him at every opportunity. Billi drives an Aston Martin, there are nods to Dr. No and a pre-credit title sequence that looks an awful lot like the ones you’d see during a Bond theme. It makes the images of Billi riding on a skateboard that much more perplexing. 

Sir Billi is the kind of movie you don’t even need to see to review. Take one look at that poster. Do you think you’d enjoy this? Could you even finish it? What if I told you the film ended with a song whose only redeeming quality is its ability to vanish from your memory the second it’s ended? Sir Billi is exactly what the 0-star rating was made for. (January 20, 2023)

[flapperdame16]

5-25-24 MSI 007 Science exhibit james bond

Thunderball jet pack 1965

[queer-ragnelle]

Terry English made that armor! He’s the guy who forged all the armor and weapons for Excalibur (1981). Adam Savage of Mythbusters has a whole series with Terry about his work which includes sketches of this exact Green Knight armor and axe he designed for Sean Connery! You can watch Sword of the Valiant (1984) for free here on my archive.

I feel like how dumb Gawain ends up looking in screen adaptations of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight depends entirely on how hard the costume designer goes on the titular Knight. Like, there's a definite point beyond which you've gotta be like, dude, look at him – of course he's gonna get back up.

[theactioneer]

Sword of the Valiant (Stephen Weeks, 1984)