>ITT: movies that make you go "damn I totally forgot that movie existed I saw it so long ago maybe I should give it another watch sometime"
I always meant to watch this and for some reason never did
>>63182580
Go ahead, it's still shit.
>>63182580
>>63182609
don't
>Connery is offered role of Gandalf
>turns it down because he thinks it's stupid kids shit
>Connery is offered role of Architect in the Matrix
>turns it down because he thinks it's stupid kids shit
>Connery is offered role of Quatermain in LOEG
>realizes how much money he's missed out on and decides to take it
>movie is a shitty, bloated CGI disaster and he quits acting forever
One has to laugh
>>63182624
>he thinks it's stupid kids shit
Not true. He didn't think that, he just didn't understand the scripts so he declined. He also didn't understand the script for League but he didn't want to make the same mistake a third time so he took the role.
>>63182641
>he just didn't understand the scripts
And this is the guy who was in Zardoz
>>63182624
LoEG came out b4 those two movies tho.....
>>63182668
Matrix came out in the late 90s, lotr came out in 2001, league came out in 2003.
>>63182668
Fellowship came out December 20, 2001
Matrix Reloaded came out May 15, 2003
LoEG came out July 11th, 2003
>>63182580
I remember my grandma bought me that movie so I have always liked it for that reason
>>63182733
That's nice anon
>>63182624
This can't be true, Connery would be awful in either of those roles
League is much like Wild Wild West in that its a supposedly infamously bad film thats actually alright.
Visual effects were pretty trash though
>>63182760
Don't really know or care about the Architect thing, but he was Jackson's and Boyen's first choice for Gandalf
>"In addition to a US$10 million per film salary, they offered Connery 15 percent of the box office for all three movies. In what would turn out to be a monumentally poor decision, Connery declined the part because he "did not understand the script".
>Connery said of the part, "I never understood it. I read the book. I read the script. I saw the movie. I still don't understand it. Ian McKellen, I believe, is marvellous in it."
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10849037
http://www.3news.co.nz/general/sean-connery-explains-turning-down-gandalf-role-2012111915#ixzz3sytvGEZS
>>63182760
I have always thought this myself. I know hindsight's 20/20 but seriously-Connery as Gandalf???
>>63182791
>15 percent of the box office for all three movies
holy molly
Wild Wild West and Mystery Men
>>63182580
But the queshtion ish....do I need the empire?
>>63182791
>I never understood it. I read the book. I read the script. I saw the movie. I still don't understand it.
>>63182791
He was wondering about why the eagles didn't throw the ring into the volcano.
>>63182850
JUST
>>63182791
Also, doing maths, he lost 437M$
>>63182904
wat tha fack??
>>63182791
>15 percent of the box office for all three movies
Holy shit.
>>63182920
man of steel was so much worse
>>63182920
>>63183087
Remember when people thought Superman Returns was too melodramatic? Now you get retards defending Man of Murder.
>>63183087
My nigga
>>63182904
>An old, skateboarding veterinarian Sir Billi goes above and beyond the call of responsibility fighting villainous policemen and strong lairds in a war to save an illegal fugitive—Bessie Boo the beaver.
What the fuck? Has anyone ever seen this?
shit, it's on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EB8QisFO4I8
>>63182904
>turns down Lord of the Rings
>takes this shit
>>63182935
>doing maths, he lost
money is near worthless to him at this point on a personal level. I guess one could counter that he could of burned off the 5 to 8 years it took to make the films and throw that coin at some personal pet project or whatever.
but he is older, has a ton of money, fame and of course his icon level run as James Bond. Why waste 5+ years on a project you are not really hyped about? Oh I could see say Burt Reynolds leaping at the money and the chance to really act in something and change his over image late in life. Yet they are not going to make an offer like that to him, or even offer the role at all.
>>63183379
>money is near worthless to him at this point on a personal level.
Might explain why his wife is being done for tax evasion
And how do you explain this >>63182904
>>63182887
underrated post
>>63183231
Do you think Sean Connery was actually aware that he was doing voice acting for this, or did the producers just lead him into a studio, record his ramblings, and then base a movie around it?
>>63183410
not the guy you're responding to, but I believe I remember something about that whole sir billi business being done quite a few years ago but not getting a release until recently, also it's some kind of scottish flick and everything scottish gives connery a huge clue.
>>63182624
Yes one has to laugh at a neckbeard NEET who'll be forgotten long, long, long before sean connery is, attempting to make fun of one of the best actors of all time, with a net worth of 120 million who popularised one of the most famous and profitable film series of all time.
One has to laugh.
>>63183546
He's the one that produced the film, having already voiced the character previously in a short.
>>63183410
He's the one that paid money for that to be made.
>>63183761
somehow that makes it even worse
>>63182904
>Director Sam Mendes confirmed that Connery was considered being cast in the Kincaide role taken by Albert Finney in Skyfall,[60] but stated the idea was shelved as being distracting to the film.
>>63182580
>>63182624
he didn't quit forever. he was in Sir Billi, which is an extraordinarily silly movie
>>63182791
>15 percent of all three movies
Everyone dodged a gigantic bullet but Connery. How much would that be; Like 450 million dollars? It's an insane amount.
![41SpcOvc1hL._SX940_[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/YOGYVtQ.jpg "41SpcOvc1hL._SX940_[1].jpg")
They used to play it on the TV at least once a year when I was a kid and it spooped the shit out of me.
>>63183880
>but stated the idea was shelved as being distracting to the film.
His dialogue was oddly distracting as is, given that if you see his scenes with the idea in mind that his character was supposed to be played by Sean Connery, it becomes fucking obvious.
When Bond first meets him he says something like "you're still alive?" as if we are supposed to know who he is, and gets corny one-liners such as "welcome to Scotland".
The movie had an ongoing theme of old Bond going back to his roots, so it would've fit right in. Instead it was just odd to have so much focus on such a random character.
>The film is Scotland's first CGI animated feature film
