New Posts For Thread: Is Sean Connery a good actor?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30972393/is-sean-connery-a-good-actorI reckon he's vastly overrated, his acting range is very limited. When you look at actors like Leonardo di Caprio or Eddie Redmayne etc, they're in a different league altogether.Maybe it's me, but I don't think of him as charismatic at all and not a very good actor either. He's not got anything like the Charisma of Nicholson, Brando, Pacino, Bogart, Eastwood and loads of others. Perhaps he is very good looking, he definitelyhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30972393/is-sean-connery-a-good-actor?post_id=553277047#553277047Maybe it's me, but I don't think of him as charismatic at all and not a very good actor either. He's not got anything like the Charisma of Nicholson, Brando, Pacino, Bogart, Eastwood and loads of others. Perhaps he is very good looking, he definitelyWed, 27 Dec 2017 08:40:59 -0600Yesh.Not really.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30972393/is-sean-connery-a-good-actor?post_id=553262743#553262743Yesh.Not really.Fri, 22 Dec 2017 17:26:49 -0600Interesting bit of trivia. His brother, Neil Connery, starred in an Italian produced Bond pastiche called "Operation Kid Brother" (aka "OK Connery"). Never seen that film (he was dubbed in it anyway, according to IMDB, due to having appendicitis at thttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30972393/is-sean-connery-a-good-actor?post_id=553262707#553262707Interesting bit of trivia. His brother, Neil Connery, starred in an Italian produced Bond pastiche called "Operation Kid Brother" (aka "OK Connery"). Never seen that film (he was dubbed in it anyway, according to IMDB, due to having appendicitis at tFri, 22 Dec 2017 17:17:27 -0600How many "blokes" like watching films with Connery in in later years because it reminds them of how they used to love the sixties Bond films?And that they all wanted to be him? Millions, I'd say.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30972393/is-sean-connery-a-good-actor?post_id=553262599#553262599How many "blokes" like watching films with Connery in in later years because it reminds them of how they used to love the sixties Bond films?And that they all wanted to be him? Millions, I'd say.Fri, 22 Dec 2017 16:49:50 -0600You'd have to do a lot of searching to find anyone claiming Connery was as good an actor as Brando !You have actors who 'play the same character' over and over , and actors who can play totally different roles convincingly.Connery obviously in the fohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30972393/is-sean-connery-a-good-actor?post_id=553254653#553254653You'd have to do a lot of searching to find anyone claiming Connery was as good an actor as Brando !You have actors who 'play the same character' over and over , and actors who can play totally different roles convincingly.Connery obviously in the foWed, 20 Dec 2017 19:21:22 -0600All great shouts - Jack Nicholson would be in my top 3.Gregory Peck and Orson Welles from the early days as well.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30972393/is-sean-connery-a-good-actor?post_id=553253713#553253713All great shouts - Jack Nicholson would be in my top 3.Gregory Peck and Orson Welles from the early days as well.Wed, 20 Dec 2017 13:48:02 -0600I don't really see why folks think Connery has charisma either really - he just comes across as a bully and not a very good communicator. Roger Moore - who freely admitted his acting limitations - was a wonderful raconteur and had much more charismahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30972393/is-sean-connery-a-good-actor?post_id=553252595#553252595I don't really see why folks think Connery has charisma either really - he just comes across as a bully and not a very good communicator. Roger Moore - who freely admitted his acting limitations - was a wonderful raconteur and had much more charismaWed, 20 Dec 2017 08:25:30 -0600Connery nowhere close to being in those guys' league IMO.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30972393/is-sean-connery-a-good-actor?post_id=553252563#553252563Connery nowhere close to being in those guys' league IMO.Wed, 20 Dec 2017 08:20:34 -0600Russell Crowe. Great actor with charisma.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30972393/is-sean-connery-a-good-actor?post_id=553252553#553252553Russell Crowe. Great actor with charisma.Wed, 20 Dec 2017 08:19:11 -0600Jack Nicholson - another great actor with charisma.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30972393/is-sean-connery-a-good-actor?post_id=553252541#553252541Jack Nicholson - another great actor with charisma.Wed, 20 Dec 2017 08:16:17 -0600