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Sunday August 25, 2024

What is Sean Connery Known For?

Yeah, no, not that. 

“And you are...?” “Mason. John Patrick Mason.”

We do get one James Bond in there, the first, the one that made all the rest possible, rather than, say, “Goldfinger,” which grossed the equivalent of $600 million in 1964, or “Thunderball,” which grossed the equivalent of $700 million in 1965. Does the KFA (Known For Algorithm) take into account box office? Shouldn't it on some level? Particularly since Amazon owns both Box Office Mojo and IMDb? And it indicates, you know, popularity? Known-forness? BTW, I still need to write the piece on the ways Amazon has screwed up Box Office Mojo. The site is only about 20% usable now.

“Untouchables” makes sense, he won the Oscar there. “Name of the Rose”? I guess. I'd look for a place for “The Man Who Would Be King,” which has a 7.8 rating with 56k votes. “Hunt for Red October” maybe? “Robin and Marian”?

But you begin with Bond. Every obit on Connery led with that. It was in the headline. If someone ever asked you, “Who's Sean Connery?” you'd probably respond, “Well, he was the first James Bond,” rather than “He was in 'The Rock' opposite Nicolas Cage.”

Me, I'd go:

  1. “Goldfinger”
  2. “Dr. No”
  3. “The Untouchables”
  4. “The Man Who Would Be King”

But what do I know? I'm not an algorithm.

Posted at 09:13 AM on Sunday August 25, 2024 in category Movies