Robin Williams

[electrogirl]

Hook, brilliant? But they had Peter grow up! Peter doesn't grow up! He certainly doesn't grow up to be a big hairy chubby man who's obsessed with money! They made Peter grow up! How can anyone who has the slightest appreciation of Peter Pan have him grow up?

Heh, there is. You do have a way with words.

It's totally unfair, because I bet he actually isn't like that, but he definitely has that vibe sometimes. ('Vibe' may not have been the best word to use there, but I can't be arsed to think of any other. Again, 'arsed' may not have been the best choice of words).

Have any of you seen the film Moscow on the Hudson? He was bare chested in that. I saw that film when I was about 11 and it scarred me for life. It was like Invasion of the Bodysnatchers, where the Bodysnatchers come from a planet of bearskin rugs.

Thanks! I think..

Robin's naked chest? Oh god.

I think I saw him doing some saucy standup once and it made me feel weird and wrong.

Oh and as for the giant baby, that scarred me for life. They used to show Mork and Mindy in the school holidays and when the baby came it blew my mind. What the FUCK is that?!

It's weird because in Saved By The Bell, Mr Belding used to have dream sequences where he was dressed as a baby too. That stayed with me aswell. Preety weird.

And as for Hook, yeah there is totally loads wrong with it. The bit where Tinkerbell becomes big and wants to kiss Peter....

But I loved it in the film when I was little, and I loved the bit with the fakefood because it always lookes so yum. And I love the set, and Dustin Hoffman is a brilliant Hook.

If I watched it for the first time now I'd probably shout and retch all the way through it.

 

[electrogirl]

I really did get upset at Hook when I was a kid, because I loved the Peter Pan story (partly due to time spent at Great Ormond St), and that film was made by people who liked the money-making potential but had only barely heard of the story. Honestly, Peter Pan growing up to be Robin Williams. Way to destroy childhood dreams.

I'm starting to agree with you now...

 

[London_Calling]

Yeah but have you seen Hook?

Is that Spielberg??? If there's one Director who . . .

No is the answer. I'd feel too soiled.

 

[isitme]

I always felt a bit weird about fancying tinkerbell

she was really hot in that, but you know, what could you do with her if she was the size of your penis?

all types of wrong

 

[soulman]

I find him unspeakable; he singularly manifests more than any other actor that crass, faux, unearned sentimentality that oozes from Hollywood’s every orifice. That small smile, that slight angling, the inappropriate humility . . God I hate it so much. Just so fucking cheap.

He's a good actor. He's got it off to a tee.

 

[dodgepot]

why do you say that? he's supposed to be a pretty nice guy

nice guys can be nonces too, you know.

he so obviously is.

 

[strung out]

i dont think he is

 

[dodgepot]

why? why do you think he's not a nice guy?

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

she was really hot in that, but you know, what could you do with her if she was the size of your penis?

i have that manga

 

[scifisam]

i have that manga

Is that what your tagline says?

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

no

my tag line is "ecchi na no wa ikenai to omoimasu - tabun" translated as "i think perversity is a bad thing - probably"

ecchi na no wa ikenai to omoimasu is the catchphrase of andou mahoro


see 33 seconds in

 

[scifisam]

no

my tag line is "ecchi na no wa ikenai to omoimasu - tabun" translated as "i think perversity is a bad thing - probably"

ecchi na no wa ikenai to omoimasu is the catchphrase of andou mahoro


see 33 seconds in

I was joking, Shippy.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

i lost my seance of humour in a tragic accident at a connect 4 championship

 

[Ranu]

Maybe you could use a ouija board to try and find it again?

 

[shagnasty]

Didn't i read somewhere that he is due to have heart surgery.If so i wish him well.

 

[shagnasty]

Just checked the web and he had the surgery in early march and is making good progress

 

[8den]

I'm starting to agree with you now...

NOOOOOOOO!!!!! Don't. Maggie Smith as an elderly Wendy, Hoffman as a past it Hook? Awesome.

In many versions of the play Peter stays and falls for Wendys Granddaughter. Theres no strict cannon.

I think Hook is brilliant overlooked film, in the original play Peter promises to come for wendy every spring but keeps forgetting, whats so hard to believe that peter forgets about Pan and starts playing at being a grown up and becomes too good at it. Its a charming film, and a definitive sunday afternoon hangover favourite.



The Fisher King is on the other hand one of my all time favourite favourite films. It's rich it's, beautifully shot, has fantastic performances from Jeff Bridges, Mercedes Rulle, Amanda Pulmer, and Robin Williams, And both Q and Niles from Fraiser. Brilliant dialogue "Do you speak english dipshit", oh and a great tom waites cameo at the head of my all time favourite scene in a movie (the ballroom dancing in the train station (abuse that T mobile and you're fucked).).

He's made some dire movies, but I'll forgive him anything for those two.

 

[ViolentPanda]

He's good in "The Fisher King" and "The Night Listener".

 

[mhendo]

I thought that The Fisher King was an outstanding movie, and that Williams was excellent in it. It helped, of course, that he had an excellent director and an amazing cast alongside him.

Other Williams movies i've liked include Good Morning Vietnam, Awakenings, and One Hour Photo. I thought he was really good in all of them. Didn't like Mrs. Doubtfire at all, although i think that had more to do with the movie than with Williams' performance. Overall, i like him.

 

[kabbes]

God, it's years since I saw The Fisher King, but I do remember loving it. And I agree that One Hour Photo, Awakenings and Good Morning Vietnam were brilliant films with great performances by Williams. And I liked Dead Poets Society, despite the fact that it is clearly manipulative shlock.

 

[Santino]

I saw Good Morning Vietnam again a few months ago and it was disappointing. It feels very much like Hollywood emotional-button-pushing by numbers now.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

I liked Dead Poets and Good Will Hunting. Haven't seen either in years, though.

But I watched some of that 'What Dreams May Come' and it was one of the few films I was actually unable to finish watching. Dire.

 

[Badgers]

I like The Fisher King a lot
Dead Poets is ace
Good Morning Vietnam was one I liked a lot but not seen for over 10 years now

 

[Badgers]

Good Will Hunting

I forgot this one.
Was working at the cinema when it came out so saw it 3 or 4 times.
Still like it

 

[kabbes]

I saw Good Morning Vietnam again a few months ago and it was disappointing. It feels very much like Hollywood emotional-button-pushing by numbers now.

Interesting. I saw it when I was about 18, at which time I was a lot less atuned to Hollywood emotional-button-pushing by numbers. I think I'll avoid watching it again to keep happy memories.

 

[kabbes]

I forgot this one.
Was working at the cinema when it came out so saw it 3 or 4 times.
Still like it

I don't even remember Williams in Good Will Hunting, which doesn't say a lot for his performance.

 

[Belushi]

A great stand up back in the day, some of the movies are okay but generally too much schmaltz.

 

[Santino]

The warning signs were there when he played himself in an episode of Mork & Mindy as some kind of saint who couldn't say 'no' to anyone and just wanted to be loved.

 

[London_Calling]

Bah! I loose a projectile turd at him.

 

[The Octagon]

I don't even remember Williams in Good Will Hunting, which doesn't say a lot for his performance.

He did win an Oscar for it, if that helps jog your memory.

He was brilliant in One Hour Photo.

Primarily he's best as a stand-up or chat show guest though.