Posted on 08/14/2014 9:04:35 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
My kids LOVE World’s Greatest Dad which is ironic because the scene where he discovered his dead son hung always made them cry. He had to dig deep to play that so convincingly and yet took the chance of his own family going through that.
I still remember “Moscow on the Hudson” and very fondly. As a compare/contrast between the late-era Soviet Union and chaotic NYC it does allow Robin Williams to be much less frenetic and more nuanced from his “Mork & Mindy” character. Particularly haunting to me is the eloquent sad face he displayed in his homesickness that I have seen again in so many of his more recent photos.
I pray that the generous God will forgive this tortured soul.
One of his best performances ever, but I think the fact that it’s a Gilliam film, and most people don’t “get” Gilliam makes it get less recognition than it should. Still, brilliant director, brilliant script, and brilliant performance from Williams on that one.
RV was just horrible.
My favorite Williams scene was in “Good Morning Vietnam”
He had just quit as the DJ, and was driving and came across some troops, obviously on their way to a fight, and they stopped him, and begged him to do his schtick, which he does...but at the end, he knows where they are going and tells them very poignantly “be careful up there”.
That showed how great he was at going from playing that wacky persona to becoming incredibly poignant. Nobody could pull that off quite like Robin could.
Despite his many, many flaws, I shall miss him.
I wasn't a huge fan of his "serious" roles.I mentioned "Awakenings" because it was an outstanding film in which he was OK.To me he was a comedian...and at his best he was an outstanding one.He appeared in several good "serious" films,films which stood out for reasons other than his performance.
But I haven't seen "One Hour Photo".Who knows...perhaps I'd like it.
Robin William’s death has brought upon much more sadness to this country than the fact that all the sacrifices that US soldiers have made is now a waste and millions of innocents are persecuted.
It’s tough to say anything connected to him is not getting as much attention as it deserves.
“What Dreams May Come” is missing on this. That was one of the most underrated of all. Probably because of the religious undertones.
Same here.But mine was "what's the difference between the Army and the Cub Scouts? Cub Scouts don't have heavy artillery".
I have no alimony payments so maybe I am unclear as to the extent of that burden but it is harder to imagine someone like RW under such financial pressures.
Many other films had RW in various roles but he does not appear in the credits. Dead Again was very good - RW is a ex-therapist working as a store clerk advising Kenneth Branaugh in his realization that he is a reincarnated person - very good flick.
“What does three up and three down mean to you, Airman?”
“End of an inning?”
+++
(And you will cry your eyes out.)
A lot of soldiers are saddened because despite his political leanings, Williams always supported the troops.
I recommend 1 Hour Photo highly. Very underrated film. I wish there was a dvd release of the versionthey released for the Sundance Film Festival as it was a much better version than the version they released in theaters. The guy Romanek reedited the film in a dumbed down way for the theaters. They also cut out a great opening narration from Robin Williams explaning the red eye effect that really set the tone pf the mmovie. Also you dont know he gets arrested until the end of the movie not like the theatrical version where he gets arrested right at the beginning of the film, so there is no suspense with the final version.Also a much better soundtrack in the original version.
Take a chance, its very good.
I was never a huge fan of Robin Williams and liked him in a few roles. I fully understand and appreciate the amount of laughter he gave to the world and am not knocking that in the least.
Just overall I wasn’t a huge fan of his style of humor. But then again a lot of very popular comedians are not my style of humor.
I admired William’s contribution to the USO and his other charitable works, too.
If anyone knows of a source to get the roughcut version of 1 Hour Photo please post here. I saw it on the internet back then probably a torrent . Ifile. I lost the version i had years ago on one of my computers hard drives and it got lost in the shuffle.
The scene with the...certain-shaped cookies is hysterical. But it would probably give many around here the vapors.
“I have no alimony payments so maybe I am unclear as to the extent of that burden but it is harder to imagine someone like RW under such financial pressures.”
Well, he had multiple divorces, and rich people tend to get hit very hard when it comes to alimony. The alimony is generally set at a level to keep the other partner in a similar lifestyle to whatever they were in at the time of the divorce, and that usually doesn’t change if the alimony payer’s income drops off.
Of course, he also had kept a multimillion dollar estate and had a well known drug problem, so those could have contributed more than the alimony payments to his situation, who knows?
Aye.
The really sad thing is that apparently he was feeling down because of having to do roles he didn't really want to — I wonder if somebody in his life had said something along the lines of Hey, the troops love you, and it's obvious you love them too, so why don't you finish this stupid crap up and do a couple USO tours where you'll really be appreciated
if it would have been enough.
Sometimes it's that simple to give somebody a little hope.
I enjoyed that movie, and I remember my amazement at how much body hair Robin Williams had. He was half gorilla.
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