(taken and edited without permission from http://t1.images.live.com/images/)Okay...so here's the situation. You're alone at a bar in say, Key West. The thick hot air hangs like a blanket pulled too early from a dryer. The only light in the bar is the electric blue of broken down jukebox and the holiday lights hung around the shelves of liquor. The bar is nearly empty. Six drinks in, you rock on your wooden bar stool. Out of the darkness, you hear a deep Scottish brogue, "Howshe about a Shcotch, shir?"
Tell me you wouldn't.
Anyhoo...Connery is the litmus test of our club. Each New Year's Eve, we go round and round in our discussion of possible candidates. We always come back to the same question. Can the dude hang with Sean Connery? Usually, the answer is a resounding no.
First off, the man is the epitome of damn handsome man-ness.
Secondly, he's got the body of work. He hits the man holy trinity: submarine movie (Hunt for Red October), medeval movie (First Night), and spy film (D'uh). He's got the geek factor as he was Indiana Jones' father. He was in The Untouchables and has one of the all time best lines ("...you bring a knife to a gunfight..."). He's got the war film in Bridge Too Far. He also has the grumpy reluctant teacher in Finding Forrester.
Sure, he's got made some dubious career choices (League of Extraordinary Gentleman? Highlander II? WTF?), but we try to make conscious decisions to vote in candidates on their merits, not their brief forays into B-movie mediocrity.
Internet Movie Database Entry
Wikipedia Entry
Sean Connery Official Website
Tell me you wouldn't.
Anyhoo...Connery is the litmus test of our club. Each New Year's Eve, we go round and round in our discussion of possible candidates. We always come back to the same question. Can the dude hang with Sean Connery? Usually, the answer is a resounding no.
First off, the man is the epitome of damn handsome man-ness.
Secondly, he's got the body of work. He hits the man holy trinity: submarine movie (Hunt for Red October), medeval movie (First Night), and spy film (D'uh). He's got the geek factor as he was Indiana Jones' father. He was in The Untouchables and has one of the all time best lines ("...you bring a knife to a gunfight..."). He's got the war film in Bridge Too Far. He also has the grumpy reluctant teacher in Finding Forrester.
Sure, he's got made some dubious career choices (League of Extraordinary Gentleman? Highlander II? WTF?), but we try to make conscious decisions to vote in candidates on their merits, not their brief forays into B-movie mediocrity.
Internet Movie Database Entry
Wikipedia Entry
Sean Connery Official Website
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