by sussexpob » Sun Nov 01, 2020 1:28 pm
If you asked me to name a list of my 25 top worst films I have ever seen, I think Connery would be a dominating force. The Rock is the worst film ever made. Highlander would possibly be second depending on my mood, but certainly in the next 3. Medicine man was an abomination. A Good guy in Africa (IIRC the name correctly)was an overtly racist film, even in the 90s. And that before we get to the Avengers..... and then there are films like Rising Sun or Entrapment, that were merely bad.
But weirdly, apart from his turn as Ramirez in Highlander which was pathetic, he's not the reason these films are bad. He's half creditable as the old school hard man in the Rock, its cage who stinks that up. It seems like a theme... he acts his part quite well, but the films are always on the road to nowhere.
I get the feeling he was a goodish actor with a terrible agent. Or maybe he struggled for work as his looks and youth drifted from him, and had to take bad scripts to get films. Maybe a 20 year old would think Rob De Niro was a trash actor uniquely in terrible films, had they cared only to watch films released in their life times.
So I will cut him some slack.
2010 French Open fantasy league guru 2010 Wimbledon fantasy league guru 2014 Masters golf fantasy guru 2015 Players Championship FL Guru 2016 Masters Golf Fantasy Guru
And a hat and bra to you too, my good sirs!