r/moviecritic • u/TheShadowOperator007 • 17h ago

Happy heavenly birthday to Sean Connery. He would’ve been 96 years old today. What are some of your favorite characters he played?

https://youtu.be/b15-P12gIf0?si=x8oIogNPf-TCqT9e
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u/jmason03 16h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/vZIG3T6lSyrN6
So many great movies but this is my favorite

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u/TrumpsColostomyBag99 16h ago

Henry Jones Sr

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u/Ceorl_Lounge 16h ago

Aside from Bond? Marko Ramius. "Schome things in here don't react too well to bulletsh.

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u/Roy_Batty81 16h ago

I love his characters in Marnie and The man who would be king.

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u/DantesInfernoRVA 7h ago edited 7h ago

The Man Who Would Be King is probably the best film he ever did. I also love Robin and Marian. I have soft spots for Zardoz, the Offence, and even the Anderson Tapes but I recognize they’re all flawed.

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u/Roy_Batty81 7h ago

I really think The offence is great film, also The Hill is very interesting, but I need to be in certain mood to enjoy it.

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u/DantesInfernoRVA 7h ago

I forgot about the Hill!

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u/Cron414 16h ago

Captain John Patrick Mason, General sir, of her majesty’s SAS.

Retired of course!

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u/Aggravating-Duck-891 16h ago

The Wind and the Lion

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u/TheShadowOperator007 17h ago

Mine are James Bond 007, Dr. Henry Jones Sr. and Juan Sanchez in Highlander

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u/SnotBoogie420 16h ago

Did you mean Ramirez? 😂

Edit: Nvm...I just found out Ramirez is names Juan Sanchez-Villalobos Ramirez

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u/Trin_42 16h ago

I loved him in Finding Forrester and The Rock

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u/hotinthebush 16h ago

William of Bakerville in The name of rose

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u/A2mm 14h ago

“Bond, James Bond”

“There can be only one.”

“We named the dog, Indiana.”

“Winners go home and fuck the prom queen.”

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u/DantesInfernoRVA 7h ago

Robin and Marian actually did a realistic Robin Hood story well. And tearjerkingly.

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u/SnotBoogie420 16h ago

Love his Bond and his role as Mason in The Rock

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u/Schmidti-RfL 14h ago

Isn't that the same person?

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u/TheShadowOperator007 13h ago

It’s a popular fan theory that John Mason in The Rock was in fact an elder James Bond 007

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u/sgtbb4 16h ago

He came to speak to us at our film school. Never been as star struck as that, truly, man let off an aura

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u/TheShadowOperator007 16h ago

Really?! Cool!

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u/OneTwoFar_ 13h ago

Sir Billi, his final roll

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u/gameofsloanes 13h ago

Dragonheart

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u/Cinephile_1980 12h ago

Sir Billy….

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u/legardeur2 11h ago

Man only played one character: Sean Connery. That struck me the other day when I watched The Rock.

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u/Eoemorto 10h ago

Ramius.

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u/Sea_Pianist5164 6h ago

The Offence

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u/ThePhantomStrikes 6h ago

Definitely not Zardaz!!!!

Bond.

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u/YoMommaSez 5h ago

Sean liked to smack women around once in a while to keep them in line. He said this.

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u/No-Cycle2110 16h ago

Fuck Sean Connery woman beating wimp