Sean Connery Appreciation
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Hacked off is one thing, but threatening to ruin a mans career and the verbal assault he received from Bale was way over the top. To me it indicates either a complete lack of self control or an overly inflated opinion of your importance. We all get peved with people at work, but if someone behaved like that in a normal work place they'd be out on their ear. But he knew he could get away with it, so he treated someone like a bit of dirt, I can't therefore help but feel the guy has a serious character flaw.
In many ways you see the same in resturants. Customers showing off my treating waiters like pooh and trying to belittle them. However lovely their other qualities may be, I just can't stand being near them.
It's the nature of acting. Some actors are just so into it. It's not personal.
Yes, I can. I enjoy watching the Rock, just as I enjoy watching Lethal Weapon despite the presence of the neo-fascist Mel Gibson. The problem is, however, that there are loads of people saying how awesome he is, and how he's 'the man', after having watched a video of him bragging about beating his wife. But not only that, people are laughing about the proclamation itself, and many appear to think that it makes him even cooler!
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Yes, I can. I enjoy watching the Rock, just as I enjoy watching Lethal Weapon despite the presence of the neo-fascist Mel Gibson. The problem is, however, that there are loads of people saying how awesome he is, and how he's 'the man', after having watched a video of him bragging about beating his wife. But not only that, people are laughing about the proclamation itself, and many appear to think that it makes him even cooler!
I'd rather assumed that the laughing about it wasn't actually intended as condoning it but more of an attempt at irony or a double-bluff as it were.
I didn't get that feeling, I have to admit.
I must be bored to be lulled in responding to some of these comments 
The video is funny because:
a) He has no problem, without any shame, saying that he disagrees with someone on the subject, which is generally a controversial and harrowing one;
b) The expertly comical timing of "........... I think it's absolutely right".
c) He doesn't condone punching women mercilessly without reason, he is 'just' saying he would raise a fist if pushed to his limit by a provocative woman. It's obviously still a bad thing, but it doesn't cancel out the humour of points a) and b).
Shame on you for making me type that out! :/
After a bunch of truly silly captions, does this not seem, considering the content of the video, to be slightly tongue in cheek?
The video is funny because:
a) He has no problem, without any shame, saying that he disagrees with someone on the subject, which is generally a controversial and harrowing one;
b) The expertly comical timing of "........... I think it's absolutely right".
c) He doesn't condone punching women mercilessly without reason, he is 'just' saying he would raise a fist if pushed to his limit by a provocative woman. It's obviously still a bad thing, but it doesn't cancel out the humour of points a) and b).
Shame on you for making me type that out! :/
I must be bored to be lulled in responding to some of these comments
After a bunch of truly silly captions, does this not seem, considering the content of the video, to be slightly tongue in cheek?
The video is funny because:
a) He has no problem, without any shame, saying that he disagrees with someone on the subject, which is generally a controversial and harrowing one;
b) The expertly comical timing of "........... I think it's absolutely right".
c) He doesn't condone punching women mercilessly without reason, he is 'just' saying he would raise a fist if pushed to his limit by a provocative woman. It's obviously still a bad thing, but it doesn't cancel out the humour of points a) and b).
Shame on you for making me type that out! :/
Hmmmm.
I thought the 'smoking gun' was about how 'cool' Connery was, I must admit I didn't watch the video and just assumed it was Connery being a cool....I still haven't seen the video but I can't imagine how any advocation of beating women whether he perceives it being justified or not, can be seen as being 'cool'.
Connery is a fine actor, but as a man? I am not so sure if he holds such views as slapping women just because they are argumentative loons.
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