RIP Robin Williams

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oh whoops

I do remember an unfortunate double-feature on the VCR of "Man On the Moon" with Reese Witherspoon and "Toys".

Kids don't wanna learn about dinosaurs, man, if you wanna appeal to kids you have to do impressions of people they've never heard of

Man in the Moon isn't bad.

man i was soooo psyched for toys before it came out, convinced myself it was genius at the time

It wasn't.

Toys, on the other hand....

written by Barry Levinson and his wife, costarring LL Cool J, what could go wrong

the references to the toys trailer in the springfield film festival episode of the simpsons must be one of their most obscure ref points now

spring Smoochy on yr kids, they'll grow up fast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j39lYCi2itI

https://www.screenused.com/images/toys/15415_5.jpg

the references to the toys trailer in the springfield film festival episode of the simpsons must be one of their most obscure ref points now

― da croupier, Wednesday, August 13, 2014 3:28 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This is pointed out in the DVD commentary, something along the lines of, "See, ok, there was this movie called Toys, and it was kind of a flop..."

Also, the episode is "Burns' Heir."

not everybody on ilx was voting age in 1993

neither was I

ooohhhh right it was the ad for his heir, not for his movie, my bad

sorry shakey, i just assumed your inability to understand why anyone would see a massively successful family film released in 1993 was an age thing

Alex Belth of Deadspin liberally quotes Kael's reviews of RW's work. I am kinda shocked she liked The Fisher King (in that post-retirement interview). I think she's dead on re GMVietnam and Awakenings.

http://thestacks.deadspin.com/robin-williams-he-left-something-on-the-stage-for-us-1619840741

I could barely finish The Fisher King but she's right about Ruehl, Bridges, and Plummer.

"Death to Smoochy" is so overrated in certain circles. Just because something is cynical doesn't inherently make it good.

yeah, witness The Wolf of Wall Street

i tried to watch death of smoochy but i hate devito's directorial style (much the same reason i hate later mike nichols)

that pic with bellow!

it's not a real movie thread till someone points out that pauline kael didn't like some movies

he has such an odd voice -- not just the way he uses it, but the actual timbre of his voice -- that i was forever wondering what strange part of the country produced that accent. of course, he's from chicago. he just talks like no one else. talked. RIP.

when as a kid I realized who Bono was I thought Robin Williams could play him.

xps lol, i know, she's instant flame-bait. while dissing Good Morning Vietnam, she also has to crap on Planes Trains and Automobiles too

i find one-hour photo pretty much unwatchable. it's not that over-art-directed, studied solemnity that seems to afflict a lot of features made by music-video directors.

by a lot i guess i mean, mark romanek's and anton corbijn's.

xp Alfred, my little group of high school friends initially referred to Bono as 'Mork From Cork'.

I just found OHP unwatchable because it was too uncomfortable. I hate being made to squirm in my chair.

Video directors also tend to overscale scenes.

guy dies, wankers crawl all over youtube taking stuff down. i'm not happy. butthatsjustme.

Video directors also tend to overscale scenes.

― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, August 13, 2014 3:43 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

overscale, or just overwork

fincher is guilty of this too in a way, but he's a lot smarter than those other guys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wCUcepbflA

one hour photo is amazing, i love movies that make me squirm in that way. not gore, but deep creep. one of the most profoundly disturbing movies i've ever seen. love it.

agree.

Just watched The Fisher King again, maybe for the first time since its original run. Wow, I forgot just how Gilliam-y it is, to the extent I can't believe it was a hit. ( was it?) Anyway, performances are so good all around. Forgot so much of this, from the train station waltz to Williams going the Full Robin.

I saw it in rep a few years ago as part of a Jeff Bridges series, and I don't think most us were ready to see Williams' Wang up on the big screen.

Richard LaGravenese wrote it, and he's good at unexpected and oddly timed exchanges b/w characters. The stuff involving Plummer-Williams-Ruehl-Bridges is terrific. The rest is too Gilliam-y, a director I don't much like.

it's not a real movie thread till someone points out that pauline kael didn't like some movies

― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, August 13, 2014 3:59 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Since the seal's been broken, she liked both The Best of Times and The Survivors. Do I need to see these?

the former? yes

The latter? Yes.

When Robin Williams was in Seattle filming World's Greatest Dad, he crashed a comedy night at Rebar: http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/robin_williams_crashes_laff_hole

He was also a regular donor to the West Seattle Food Bank: http://westseattleblog.com/2014/08/remembering-robin-williams-his-west-seattle-food-bank-benefits-also-how-to-get-help-if-you-need-it/

The stuff involving Plummer-Williams-Ruehl-Bridges is terrific.

isn't this the entire cast

aside from whoever plays the burning equestrian avatar of psychosis

I saw Toys at the cinema. I think I remember really liking it at the time, tempted to rescreen.

Am guessing I would swiftly regret it tho.

now wondering how come he never played a Burton batman villain

was he not in line to play the riddler at some point? before carey?