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Blaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to movies@lemm.eeEnglish · 5 months ago

What is your favorite Robin Williams role?

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What is your favorite Robin Williams role?

Blaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to movies@lemm.eeEnglish · 5 months ago
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    Perhaps controversial as I never see it mentioned, though I love Robin Williams in What Dreams May Come. He plays wonderfully a slowly breaking man finding hope in and within darkness. It’s a movie of many messages and meanings, with a lot of symbolism.

    It’s far from his most popular movies and yet I cannot help but love it all the same.

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      I absolutely love “What Dreams May Come”.

      I think it may have been the first serious role I saw him in.

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    Birdcage

    • Boozilla@sh.itjust.works
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      Awesome movie!

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    One Hour Photo.

    It’s not my favorite per se, but it was so unexpected given all the other roles we know him for.

    • thesohoriots@lemmy.world
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      Perfect exchange, no notes.

  • entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org
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    Bicentennial Man. What a great film

    • Steve@communick.news
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      It is my favorite movie.
      I relate too much, to a robot trying to understand and become a human.

    • Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world
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      Mork and Mindy is magnum opus.

  • PunnyName@lemmy.world
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    Always and forever Genie from Aladdin.

    • IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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      Should I call you ‘Al’? … or ‘Din’? … or how bout just ‘Laddy’!

      definitely one of my favourite Williams characters

    • Balthazar@lemmy.world
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      Being a cartoon freed him from any physical constraints and allowed him to go wild.

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    PETAH PAN

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      BANGARANG!

  • maegul (he/they)@lemmy.mlM
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    Good Will Hunting comes to mind as one that hasn’t already been mentioned.

    As one of his non comedic roles, I’d say he kills it and kinda steals the show.

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    deleted by creator

    • cowfodder@lemmy.world
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      I went into that movie having only seen the poster. What a fucking ride!

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  • TheImpressiveX@lemm.eeM
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    The Genie, obviously.

    • midnight_puker@sh.itjust.works
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      As if it even needs to be said.

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    What Dreams May Come

    There’s a scene where he’s angry that his wife has gone. He screams into his mentor’s face, “suicides go to hell?” it’s a devastating scene. he’s the only person who could deliver that line.

    his mentor is wrong, by the way. he and his wife find each other again. it’s got a beautiful ending.

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    The Fisher King.

    • Snot Flickerman
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      He fucking kills it in this as Parry. Severely underrated film. Jeff Bridges also kills it in this film. Actually, almost everyone in the film kills it.

      Probably the most accessible Gilliam film.

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      I don’t really remember anything about this movie because it’s been more than thirty years since i saw it. But i remember i liked it.

    • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukM
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      I saw that in the cinema when it came out, blew me away. I kinda don’t want to watch it again in case it lets me down.

    • Dessalines@lemmy.ml
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      Ooof, good movie.

  • IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world
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    Probably Good Morning Vietnam.

    • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukM
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      I think that best channelled his cocaine energy.

  • Dagwood222@lemm.eeBanned
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    Robin and Steve Martin once did ‘Waiting For Godot’ at Lincoln Center.

    Apparently there’s no video avaialble

    • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
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      OK

  • satanmat@lemmy.world
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    No one has said “Dead Poets Society “

    !!???!!

    He was so amazing and empathetic; just outstanding. Made me WANT for a teacher like him

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    Is there any film in which he wasn’t absolutely stellar?

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      The Adventures of Baron Munchausen comes to mind. Kind of one-note performance, really, but to be fair to him it’s not a deep character.

      Oh fuck, also Toys! That fucking stinker of a film.

      • 🇸‌🇵‌🇪‌🇨‌🇺‌🇱‌🇦‌🇹‌🇪‌🇷‌@lemmy.world
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        I was literally coming into this thread to say that was my favorite role of his.

      • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
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        It’s whimsical, Leland.

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