[MarkL]

I miss John Candy a lot more.

John Candy's comedy had a very gentle edge, and he was quite a good actor. Movies like "Only the Lonely," and "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" showed what a talented actor he was, who could really touch your emotions.

Mark

[Richard Kimball]

I agree. In Uncle Buck, you knew he had great affection for the kids. Neither Farley, Belushi, or Chase could have pulled off the scene where he's going through his brother's wedding album, and finds the group photo where his brother's wife has folded the picture so that he's not visible. There's a quiet kind of "just got punched in the gut" expression on his face. Murray could pull off that kind of scene, but Candy and Murray had more actual acting skills than the others.

That's not to say that Belushi, Farley, and some others didn't have a kind of genius; it's just that they needed to restrict themselves to roles that played to their character. It's kind of like Curly from the 3 Stooges. I couldn't imagine him ever playing a dramatic role, but there was never anyone else that could have pulled off some of his scenes. I don't think anyone else could have pulled off that scene of Bluto looking in the sorority house window with that little double eyebrow raise and made it as funny.

On a side note, Jane Fonda gets a lot of kudos for acting ability, but I've never seen a movie where you believed she actually cared for anyone. Even in "Barefoot in the Park", you never believed she cared about her husband.