tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14575780.post1642525681303830610..comments2024-01-31T18:37:07.424+00:00Comments on The Agitation of the Mind: The Man Who Would Be KingNeil Fulwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14686296295535235988noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14575780.post-52404068026919996632010-08-27T11:44:47.056+01:002010-08-27T11:44:47.056+01:00Hi, Kimberley. Thanks for commenting. I'm with...Hi, Kimberley. Thanks for commenting. I'm with you on 'Name of the Rose': definitely the last great movie on Connery's CV. I wish he'd continued with the more challenging characters such as the troubled detective in 'The Offence' rather than the more by-the-numbers roles in, say, 'The Rock' or 'Rising Sun'.Neil Fulwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14686296295535235988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14575780.post-5554330451795498782010-08-26T23:09:31.991+01:002010-08-26T23:09:31.991+01:00I have an unnatural love for this movie. Great pos...I have an unnatural love for this movie. Great post, Neil! It's great to see other bloggers celebrating Connery's acting accomplishments.<br /><br />Like yourself, I was disappointed with the direction Connery's career took late in life. I think the last film that I really enjoyed him in was probably The Name of the Rose. I admittedly loved the book but I really thought Connery was terrific in it. He's been wasted a lot in lackluster films.Kimberly Lindbergshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17605498572070631516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14575780.post-88023510930295724332010-08-26T18:01:20.792+01:002010-08-26T18:01:20.792+01:00Good call. Connery was still in that phase when he...Good call. Connery was still in that phase when he seemed to be making choices as a riposte to his iconic period playing Bond (other great anti-Bond turns include 'The Hill' and 'The Offence') and Caine where he was making films for something other than the money and an exotic holiday abroad (a fact he freely admits in his autobiography). Sad that Connery never had the late period character-actor career revival that Caine's enjoyed with his turns for Christopher Nolan and his work in, say, 'Children of Men'.Neil Fulwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14686296295535235988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14575780.post-48330246392001835372010-08-25T23:45:22.288+01:002010-08-25T23:45:22.288+01:00This was made at just about the right time. Earlie...This was made at just about the right time. Earlier, Huston might have been pressured to contrive a happy ending for both men. Later, Dravot would most likely be portrayed as a hateful monster and his pal would probably lead the natives against him. Perhaps Caine would get the girl on film as he did in life. Anyway, Huston's film is a wonderful evocation of a time when you could imagine common soldiers imagining themselves kings by their own hands. That's the sort of dream we deny ourselves today, and rightly so, but movies like these keep the dream both alive and in its place.<br /><br />The verification word is "salat." That seems right, somehow.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.com