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I was going to write a Bondologist piece on this subject-matter entitled "The Commanding Nature of Sean Connery as James Bond" but it's on the back burner currently.
I agree with this. I always thought his anger was appropriate, professional in a way. When he slaps Tatiana for instance, he is treating her as an enemy agent, his anger is calculated, focused. I find Connery far more believable as a spy in his early Bond movies (until TB) than his late ones.
@Dragonpol was making a perfectly salient point. Just because you may disagree with someone, which is a view you are also entitled to, does not give you the right to tell other another member what opinions they should or should not share with the rest of us.
Well, it was only an idea that I was throwing out there, @Richardo. I doubt it will ever be written as I've so much other stuff to do in any event. So no need to worry about that.
If only your posts would remain 'unwrit'.
The scene in Dr No that really sticks out is when he gets angry with the Policeman in Strangeway's house over the radio.
He's being extremely curt towards the policeman when he says "and it'll stay dead" but that's not expressing anger towards him.
The worst occasion is when he is at Pussfellows and barks questions at Quarrel, who by now has shown himself to be an ally. It does seem quite racist.
I wonder why they left it like that - must have been intentional?
Pound for pound perhaps the most unsavory and ugliest moment in the series history. Bond is attempting to extract info from Tiffany and quickly lashes out when she contemptously says he "sounds like a cop."
Ugly as it is, there is no denying it is an electrifying moment that completely sums up the darker nature of Bond's character.
For him to react that violently is a confirmation of the fact that the only insult that can truly rattle Bonds armor is to refer to him as a "stupid policeman" as Dr.No once had.
In a film as lightweight as DAF the moment is like a clap of thunder and it offers us the insight that even our beloved 007 can be ugly and petty. A very telling moment.
"Welcome to hell, Blofeld."
I could be wrong but I always heard that as Felix shouting to the henchman, not Bond?
That was definitely Connery's voice. Unmistakable as a vintage Solera ;)
That's the funniest bit of Connery's career!
Addiction to what, pray tell, @Thunderfinger?
Thanks for expanding on that. A good point I'd not thought of before.
Connery as Bond. There truly is nothing better in the history of cinema.
Yes, I agree that he was a very hard act to follow. He was most brilliant in Dr. No which I watched recently.