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  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    5 - Ramirez in Highlander. Connery did it for the money, but I have fun with his role in the first film of the dreaded series.

    4 - Ramius in Hunt For Red October. I love the film, and Connery is fabulous in it!

    3 - Henry Jones in The Last Crusade. Connery opposite Ford and directed by Spielberg. Wow!

    2 - Malone in The Untouchables. Great performance!

    1 - Connor in Rising Sun. Connery is absolutely awesome in it.
  • StirredNotShakenStirredNotShaken Toronto
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    1: John Mason (The Rock)
    2: Malone (The Untouchables)
    3: Henry Jones (The Last Crusade)
    4: Connor (Rising Sun)
    5: Mark Rutland (Marnie)
  • Zorin61Zorin61
    edited October 2013 Posts: 418
    1. Shalako
    2. Marnie
    3. Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade
    4. The Hunt for Red October
    5. The Rock
  • TheWizardOfIceTheWizardOfIce 'One of the Internet's more toxic individuals'
    edited October 2013 Posts: 9,117
    1. The Hill
    2. The Offence
    3. The Man Who Would Be King
    4. The Name of The Rose
    5. Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade.

    Love The Rock too but just cant fit it in.
  • WillyGaloreWillyGalore
    edited October 2013 Posts: 6,396
    TheWizardOfIce wrote:
    1. The Hill
    2. The Offence
    3. The Man Who Would Be King
    4. The Name of The Rose
    5. Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade.

    Love The Rock too but just cant fit it in.

    Good to see some more love for those three films :-)
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    @Zorin61, surely Marnie wasn't a film Connery did post-Bond. ;-)
  • WillyGaloreWillyGalore
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    @DarthDimi. Is it supposed to be post-Bond roles then?
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    WillyGalore wrote:
    @DarthDimi. Is it supposed to be post-Bond roles then?

    Anything after DAF I would think.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    Oops, I'm sorry, guys. My mind was elsewhere. Post-Bond is what I had originally had in mind but then I decided against it.

    I apologise, @Zorin61. Excellent choices. Please ignore my clumsy remark.
  • WillyGaloreWillyGalore
    edited October 2013 Posts: 6,396
    Murdock wrote:
    WillyGalore wrote:
    @DarthDimi. Is it supposed to be post-Bond roles then?

    Anything after DAF I would think.

    Wasn't sure as it doesn't state that in the title of the thread just "the 5 best non-Bond roles" and if we're doing this for all the actors (other than GL obviously) it's gonna be tough to come up with 5 for DC!
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    Untouchablesh
    Indy 3
    The Rock
    Entrapment
    The Hunt for Red October

    Honourable mention: NSNA ;)
  • TheWizardOfIceTheWizardOfIce 'One of the Internet's more toxic individuals'
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    QBranch wrote:
    Untouchablesh
    Indy 3
    The Rock
    Entrapment
    The Hunt for Red October

    Honourable mention: NSNA ;)

    Really?
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
    edited October 2013 Posts: 12,480
    Ah, Sean!

    1) The Man Who Would be King
    2) The Untouchables
    3) The Hunt for Red October
    4) The Rock
    5) Highlander

    (I have not seen The Name of the Rose, The Hill, or The Offense yet; I need to!)
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    TheWizardOfIce wrote:
    Really?
    Actually, I haven't seen any of Connery's films in years, bar Bond and Last Crusade. Perhaps it wasn't Sean I remember being the better part of Entrapment after all!
  • Zorin61Zorin61
    edited October 2013 Posts: 418
    DarthDimi wrote:
    Oops, I'm sorry, guys. My mind was elsewhere. Post-Bond is what I had originally had in mind but then I decided against it.

    I apologise, @Zorin61. Excellent choices. Please ignore my clumsy remark.

    No problem. I was beginning to think i needed new glasses again ;-)
  • 00130013
    edited October 2013 Posts: 1,817
    5. The Untouchables
    4. The Russia House
    3. The Name of the Rose
    2. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
    1. The Hunt for Red October

    Honorable mention: A Bridge Too Far
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    1.) The Untouchables
    2.) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
    3.) The Hunt For Red October
    4.) The Rock
    5.) First Knight (I've seen this film once many many years ago, ashamed to say I haven't seen a lot of his other work, pre and post Bond, because I'm sure something else would take its place.)
  • Baltimore_007Baltimore_007
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    #1 The Rock
    #2 The name of the rose
    #3 The hunt for Red October
    #4 Entrapment
    #5 The Anderson tapes
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    LIST 1: The 007 most intelligent Bond girls
    LIST 2: Your 007 favourite OT sequences by Maurice Binder
    LIST 3: Your 007 most annoying moments in a Bond film
    LIST 4: Rank the Aston Martin cars from the Bonds
    LIST 5: 007's 007 coolest moments
    LIST 6: Rank the non-Barry/Arnold scores
    LIST 7: Your 007 most sexy moments in the Bonds
    LIST 8: The 6 best moments of Bond in London
    LIST 9: The 007 best uses of the Bond Theme
    LIST 10: The 5 worst faces made by the Bonds
    LIST 11: Your top 10 PTS
    LIST 12: The 6 best scenes in OHMSS
    LIST 13: David Arnold's 6 finest moments in the Bonds
    LIST 14: The five nicest folks who ever played a part in a Bond film.
    LIST 15: Ranking the Glen directed Bonds.
    LIST 16: Rank the Blofelds (including NSNA and FYEO)
    LIST 17-65: The 5 worst moments in DN - The 5 best moments in SF.
    LIST 66-71: The 5 best things about Connery's Bond.- The 5 best things about Craig's Bond.
    LIST 72: The 5 best non-Bond roles for Sean Connery.

    <font color=orange size=5><b>LIST 73</b></font>

    <font color=green size=6> <b>Name 7 still living directors you want to do a Bond film.</b></font>
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    7 - Matthew Vaughn

    6 - Tomas Alfredson

    5 - Paul Thomas Anderson

    4 - Wes Anderson

    3 - Michael Mann

    2 - Christopher Nolan

    1 - David Fincher
  • WillyGaloreWillyGalore
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    1 - David Cronenberg

    2 - Tomas Alfredson

    3 - Paul Thomas Anderson

    4 - JJ Abrams

    5 - Michael Mann

    6 - Christopher Nolan

    7 - Edgar Wright

    Please no one suggest QT ;-)
  • StirredNotShakenStirredNotShaken Toronto
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    1. I want Campbell to do Craig's final film.

    2. I'd like to see Tarantino do an unofficial one. Sorry Willy! It'd be a fun romp!

    3. I think a John Woo Bond film would be interesting. He'd need to be able to work under a different formula, though. Storytelling wise and such.

    4. If Nolan can be faithful to the formula, use Arnold instead of Zimmer for the score, and use actors/actresses not named Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, anyone else he uses in every film he makes, he'd do an excellent Bond film.

    5. Total fantasy: a Scorsese Bond film. It'd be unique. I don't know how much Id like it, though.

    6. Michael Mann. Again, changes to his formula and he can make an excellent Bond film.

    7. I feel like Oliver Stone could make a good one. I'm not sure why but I can just see it.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    1.) Michael Mann (My dream Bond film. I would love for it to happen, even with his current style, because it would be so unique.)




    2.) Christopher Nolan (Look at Inception, he is fit for a directing job.)

    3.) David Fincher (With how all of his other films are, he could deliver one hell of a dark film.)

    4.) Steven Spielberg (He's great at action, drama, storytelling, he would be a great choice.)

    5.) Ridley Scott (He's made non sci-fi films, and I think he could deliver a good product.)

    6.) Quentin Tarantino (I apologies, as well, Willy, but I would be lying if I said I wasn't curious as to how a QT Bond film would turn out.)

    7.) Matthew Vaughn (After his 'X-Men: First Class' bar scene, I would love to see what he could do at the helm of a full Bond movie.)
  • 00130013
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    7. Christopher Nolan
    6. Martin Scorsese
    5. Ridley Scott
    4. Alfonso Cuarón
    3. Roman Polanski
    2. James Mangold
    1. Matthew Vaughn
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    @0013, I didn't think about Cuaron. 'Children of Men' was excellent, and if he helmed a Bond film with a big fight sequence/shootout, I would love to see one of those long shots again, just like the finale.
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
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    Oooooh, directors!

    1) Christopher Nolan
    2) Michael Mann
    3) Alfonso Cuarón
    4) Matthew Vaughn
    5) Martin Scorsese
    6) Kathryn Bigelow
    7) Danny Boyle
    8) Ben Afleck
    9) Luc Besson
    10) Daniel Barber
  • WillyGaloreWillyGalore
    edited October 2013 Posts: 6,396
    4EverBonded wrote:
    Oooooh, directors!

    1) Christopher Nolan
    2) Michael Mann
    3) Alfonso Cuarón
    4) Matthew Vaughn
    5) Martin Scorsese
    6) Kathryn Bigelow
    7) Danny Boyle
    8) Ben Afleck
    9) Luc Besson
    10) Daniel Barber

    Good choices there.

    Could you imagine if Kathryn Bigalow got the gig? They would literally self immolate over at DCINB ;-)
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
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    Thanks, Willy. I tried to think who could be creative and stay true enough to Bond. I do like Afleck as a director. I threw in Barber because of Harry Brown, of course.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    I don't pay as much attention as I should when it comes to who directed what, so it was a struggle to list seven:

    Martin Campbell + Bond = GoldenRoyale.
    Ridley Scott- An impressive resume.
    Chris Nolan- Batman aside, Memento and The Prestige have me sold.
    Steven Spielberg- Well, because it's Spielberg.
    Martin Scorsese- I recently watched 'The Departed'. Awesome film there.
    Matthew Vaughn- Kickass, Layer Cake. That's good enough for me.
    David Fincher- Great resume, plus look at the list of music videos he's directed. I'm sure he and Daniel Klienman would ensure a killer title sequence- not that the latter needs any help achieving that by himself.

    I'm not saying it would be a good idea, but I'd also be curious to see QT's take on Bond. Perhaps Ben Affleck will make the list when I see Argo. Imagine what a Paul Verhoeven Bond film would look like. The gunbarrel sequence alone would be bloodier than the whole of LTK and QoS combined! :))
  • M_BaljeM_Balje Amsterdam, Netherlands
    edited October 2013 Posts: 4,534
    re: LIST 73 Name 7 still living directors you want to do a Bond film.

    1. Shekhar Kapur (The Four Feathers) with Hossein Amini as single writer (The Four Feathers,Drive, Shanghai)) or with Michael Schiffer (The Four Feathers, The Peacemaker, Crimsontide)
    2. Cameron Crowe (Vanilla Sky)
    3/4. John Madden (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Debt) or Matthew Vaughn (Layer Cake, Stardust.) with the writers mix with Jane Goldman (James Bond Supports International Women's Day) and Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy). Vaughn and those 2 wrote the by John Madden directed The Debt.
    5. Andrew Davis (The Guardian, Collateral Damage)
    6. Richard Kwietniowski (Owning Mahowny)
    7. Michael J. Bassett (Solomon Kane)

    or what about those..

    8. Kathryn Bigelow / Alfonso Cuarón
    9. Peter Sollett (Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist)
    10. John Stockwell (Cat Run, Crazy/Beautiful)
    11. Bernard Rose (Mr Nice (2010) & The Kreutzer Sonata (2008.)
    12. Maxime Alexandre (Belgium Directer. Working at some movies as Directer of photopgrahpy for Michael J. Basset.)

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