tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375691158383831389.post4922659158539407781..comments2024-03-29T00:26:04.243-07:00Comments on Shmegalamonga: Robin Williams (1951-2014)Diacanuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10546351653341768549noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375691158383831389.post-32447333531898534182014-08-16T09:17:17.894-07:002014-08-16T09:17:17.894-07:00I've seen "Moscow On The Hudson", an...<br /><br />I've seen "Moscow On The Hudson", and "Insomnia", now.<br /><br />Both are great, but of the two, I'd recommend "Moscow".<br /><br />Diacanuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10546351653341768549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375691158383831389.post-86276747542624560452014-08-12T17:39:00.556-07:002014-08-12T17:39:00.556-07:00I go back and forth with "Good Will Hunting&q...<br /><br />I go back and forth with "Good Will Hunting", and "Good morning Vietnam".<br /><br />Diacanuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10546351653341768549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375691158383831389.post-73761189747025757382014-08-12T17:35:41.873-07:002014-08-12T17:35:41.873-07:00I'd go with "Garp".
That one's r...<br /><br />I'd go with "Garp".<br />That one's really great.<br /><br />"Hook", mehhh...it's more I have happy associations with it.<br /><br />I have to see "Insomnia", and "Moscow On The Hudson".<br /><br />Diacanuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10546351653341768549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375691158383831389.post-20068564454451956122014-08-12T17:29:24.666-07:002014-08-12T17:29:24.666-07:00Hey, if you think *you* felt like a louse, I'm...Hey, if you think *you* felt like a louse, I'm the guy who used to propose that there's an age where you stop finding Robin Williams funny, just like there's an age when you stop believing in Santa Claus. I also claimed he had been in three times as many bad movies as good ones, said that his full-frontal bit in "The Fisher King" was one of the most disgusting things I'd ever seen in a movie, and have mentioned the rumor that he used to swipe stuff from lesser-known stand-up comics for his act. <br /><br />Also, for years I thought that was a Williams-soundalike that did the voice of the bat in "FernGully." I was stunned to find out it actually was Robin Williams. And that was the same year as "Aladdin." Wow, is that part of the reason he got into that fight with Disney? <br /><br />Geez, I was hard on the guy. To be fair, with the "you'll stop believing in him when you get older" bit, I was mostly referring to the goofy-voice-schtick he'd do in every single interview, and I can't be a liar now that he's dead and take that back. <br />I also didn't blame "Dead Poets Society" on him. Awful movie, but not really because of Robin, it's all the other stuff. <br /><br />What I really need to do is go watch his more acclaimed stuff from back before Disney. I haven't seen "Popeye," "Moscow On The Hudson" or "The World According To Garp." <br /><br />I wonder if "Hook" was really as bad as I remember it. Spielberg really got raked over the coals for that one and I sort of retroactively decided when I was older to go with the crowd on that one. I don't think I minded it at all when I saw it in theaters when I was 9. <br /><br />He was pretty good as the bad guy in "Insomnia." There's also "One Hour Photo." <br /><br />Poor guy, that Sarah Michelle Gellar show he was costarring in flopped pretty badly I take it. Maybe that was part of it. <br /><br />Is it "bullshit" to remember the guy's good stuff with an inflated sun-glow when he dies? I dunno if I can really blame me, you, or humanity in general for that. Maybe if we were talking about Walter White or somebody, but not some celebrity comedian. <br /><br />Whelp, RIP for the good stuff then Robin. Guess I'll try to avoid the ugly obligatory suicide debates on the Internet for the next few weeks.Billdudehttp://www.billdudery.comnoreply@blogger.com