# The Worst Sean Connery Movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 26, 2009, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-sean-connery-movie/501067 "2009-06-26T14:09:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-sean-connery-movie/501067/41 "2009-06-27T01:06:11Z")
> [@Roadfood](#): > > I, too, liked **The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen**. I honestly don’t understand why some people seem to hate it so. Sure, it wasn’t anything great, but it was fun. I could name scores of movies that were far dumber, with plots that made far less sense. I think that’s the crux of the problem, actually. It _should have_ been a fantastic movie, but instead it was only blandly passable. I think it’s the let-down aspect that gives it that terrible reputation. I am voting for Highlander 2. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-sean-connery-movie/501067/42 "2009-06-27T01:15:26Z")
> [@delphica](#): > > I think that’s the crux of the problem, actually. It _should have_ been a fantastic movie, but instead it was only blandly passable. I think it’s the let-down aspect that gives it that terrible reputation. It could have also been the fact that the film is completely incoherent, incredibly poorly shot (the editor made Michael Bay look restrained), and a slapdash effort by everyone involved in the production of the film. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-sean-connery-movie/501067/43 "2009-06-27T01:22:16Z")
Definitely **Zardoz**. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-sean-connery-movie/501067/44 "2009-06-27T03:16:38Z")
_Highlander 2_. **RickJay** is entirely correct on that one. There isn’t a moment in it that isn’t actively painful. _Zardoz_ on the other hand is fun, Fun, FUN! I, too, own it on DVD and treasure it for its glorious ridiculousness :p. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-sean-connery-movie/501067/45 "2009-06-27T04:41:49Z")
Dammit, I must hunt down that Zardoz movie. It looks like a scream. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-sean-connery-movie/501067/46 "2009-06-27T04:46:46Z")
Another vote for Zardoz (the [Agony Booth recap](http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/Zardoz_1974.aspx) is hysterical, though). ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-sean-connery-movie/501067/47 "2009-06-27T05:25:32Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Oh, c’mon…First Knight is not only the worst Sean Connery movie ever, it’s in the Top 5 Worst of All Time. I mean really – King Arthur facing a crossbow firing squad? I was gonna say that. I have never walked out on a movie in the theater, I have never watched only part of a movie at home – except [_First Knight_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113071/). If a movie is truly awful, I’ll start deconstructing it; just what is it why I don’t like this offering. _First Knight_ was just too damn dull to even find that amusing. I mean, it’s got Sean Connery, it’s got Richard Gere, it’s got Julia Ormond, it’s about King Arthur; it sounded great. But about forty-five minutes into it I snapped it off, intending to pick it up again the next evening – and never did. Two days later, back to Netflix it went. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-sean-connery-movie/501067/48 "2009-06-27T14:01:34Z")
If League had been called “Alliance of the Super-Victorians”, it would have been a much better movie, just like if Tim Burton’s PotApes had been titled “Simian World”. Alas, the existence of LXG means that it’ll be a long time before the LEG graphic novels get a proper film treatment. Yes, I do want a Hyde-raping-Griffin-to-death scene! To the OP, Zardoz for sure. Doesn’t mean it’s unwatchable, though. Hmmm, for that, I might change my vote to The Avengers. ---
**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-sean-connery-movie/501067/49 "2009-06-27T14:45:03Z")
My vote is with _Highlander 2_… \… I’m one of the people who rather wishes this hadn’t been made, (and sometimes jokingly pretends it wasn’t)… the original Highlander is a movie that (mostly) works despite itself (and the Queen soundtrack goes a long way). The sequel is… I mean, why? Why pitch it as a sequel but completely disregard / deviate from the original… the human genetic “sport” Immortals are revealed as aliens from the planet Zeist?! Polite word fail me. 🙂 _Zardoz_ on the other hand doesn’t come close to the worst (IMO). It is a 70’s psychedelic optical art piece, and yes it’s probably better watched stoned (and certainly may have been written while under the influence), 😃 but it also has some interesting ideas and concepts around the Eternals; their eugenics experiments, own personal decadence and decay, and eventual downfall. (Must find a copy) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-sean-connery-movie/501067/50 "2009-06-27T14:57:25Z")
_Zardoz_ gets points for sheer weirdness. _LXG_ is just stupid on an ordinary big budget level. I haven’t seen _Avengers_ so I’ve gotta go with _Highlander 2_, which is unwatchable. ---
**Author:** ![RhapsodyInBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RhapsodyInBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RhapsodyInBlue)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-sean-connery-movie/501067/51 "2009-06-27T21:51:52Z")
> [@Oswald\_Bastable](#): > > They made a Highlander 2! :eek: How could I have missed that… Consider yourself lucky! Not only did they make Highlander 2, they made Highlander 3 and Highlander 4. At least Sean Connery had the good sense not to dig himself any deeper into that hole. Highlander 2 remains the low point of his career, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-sean-connery-movie/501067/52 "2009-06-27T21:52:58Z")
> [@Just\_Some\_Guy](#): > > Ugh! No, it’s another terrible movie that he’s been in. It’s been a couple decades since I saw _Robin and Marion_, but I’ve seen it twice and it’s a good film. My memory, in fact, has it rated as very good. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-sean-connery-movie/501067.md?page=2)