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Angus Jung wrote:"The Man Who Knew Too Little." That one was such a bomb, nobody even remembers it.

The one where he and Geena Davis rob banks. "Quick Change"? That was bad.

I actually enjoyed these films quite a bit. They may not be among Bill Murray's best, but they're certainly not bad.

Bill rules. It's heartwarming to see that everyone agrees.

154 wrote:badass.

he even made 'coffee and cigarettes' not a complete waste of time!

ok, so he made some cheesy stuff in the 80s.. but definitely not crap.

i wanted to say something like this but don't need to.

"quick change" is awesome. there's a lot of great jokes in it, especially while they are robbing the bank. possibly randy quaid's best peformance after cousin eddie. hahaha.i bet i could get that on dvd for like 5 bucks.

"mad dog and glory" and "the man who knew too little", you can have those.

My dad went to grade school with Bill Murray and likes to tell these ridiculous stories about him. One time Bill's band was playing next door to my dad's house and my dad's dad (my grandpa) was inside of his house taking care of my 8 month old uncle. My grandpa was kind of an angry guy and when he heard music he called the police. The police told Bill Murray's band to turn the volume down or they would be arrested. So, during the set intermission or whatever, Bill, the singer of the band, went to each amp and turned it up as loud as it could go. Then, when the band went on for the next set, they obviously started playing really loud and the police were called again. Bill jumped into the crowd and ran away while the rest of the band spent the night in jail.

NOT CRAP

Ghostbusters is great; one of my favorite movies (probably for nostalgia). Ghostbusters 2, Scrooged, and Groundhog Day are all fine movies, particularly because of Bill Murray. I really really like his work. I'll grudgingly admit to liking Lost in Translation and Rushmore well enough.

I do not understand why everyone is so reverent about Caddyshack, though. People, this is a godawful movie. It is just horribly, painfully unfunny. I'm surprised I haven't seen more people here lauding the similarly unbearable Stripes.

Still, Bill Murray is completely NOT CRAP.

placeholder wrote:I do not understand why everyone is so reverent about Caddyshack, though.

Quite a few of my friends are crazy about Caddyshack. I hadn't seen it, so I bought the video for cheap somewhere. It was kind of funny at times, but overall it wasn't all that funny, & was dated in ways that made it less funny rather than more funny.

Bill Murray is not crap though, especially when he grabbed the basketball in Rushmore. And he did one of the funniest things anyone has ever done:

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/77/77jnickwinters.phtml

tmidgett wrote:
_ he plays a really funny guy who is too beaten down to actually get there anymore. he implies funny without making funny very much. which ends up being funny, and sad, and great.


Goddamn if this ain’t an astute observation I don’t know what is.

cheers, lad

i was heartened when i read pretty much this point in roger ebert's review. we must be right.

one thing about _caddyshack_: the pacing of the movie is against all tenets of modern-day comedic filmmaking. it is leisurely, downright languid compared to, oh, _old school_ or the south park movie or anything else. even for its time--_blazing saddles_ and _animal house_ are way faster paced. maybe _slap shot_ has similar pacing.

you have to take it as it comes, from that long sequence toward the beginning, w/chevy chase talking to the caddy kid as he golfs. the characters are built pretty slowly, but they have all these great one-liners as they get put together. i just think it's a very, very well-written, well-acted, funny film.

Bradley R. Weissenberger wrote:

stewie wrote:

Dylan wrote:...his performance in Lost In Translation

But that movie. Goddamn, that movie. Something about it just pissed me off. It wasn't his performance (he did very well) but that movie annoyed me from start to finish.

Did you see this movie at the theater or on video?

Because theater people tend to like it. Video people tend to dislike it.

Yep, saw it on TV at home (thank you Comcast On-Demand). Honestly, I doubt I would have liked it in the theater either, but I'd be interested to hear why you think that would make a difference.

stewie wrote:I'd be interested to hear why you think that would make a difference.

Do you want the short answer or the long answer? I'll leave it up to BRW to provide the long answer.

Short answer: Scarlett Johannson's derriere. This might seem like a crass answer, but I remember it was a wonder to behold on the big screen. I thought to myself "This is a hell of a way to start a movie..."

mattw wrote:Short answer: Scarlett Johannson's derriere. This might seem like a crass answer, but I remember it was a wonder to behold on the big screen. I thought to myself "This is a hell of a way to start a movie..."

people tell me i look just like Scarlett Johannson (well, Scarlett Johannson looks just like me...) which is kind of creepy seeing as how i'm a guy and all...my boobs aren't that big though...