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Posted on 12/20/16 at 9:37 am to jamalsdeck
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Robin Williams was excellent as a serious actor
He really was. A lot of people look at movies like Mrs. Doubtfire and Patch Adams as comedy, but both had serious undertones and subplots (divorce, child estrangement, terminal disease, mental illness) that he pulled off brilliantly.
He was also really good in the first part of Hook when he had to play serious adult businessman Peter who abhors make-believe and is kind of an a-hole.
Posted on 12/20/16 at 9:41 am to Feral
Hell, he was a great tragic. Character in Jumanji. One of the GOAT actors, comedic or otherwise.
Posted on 12/20/16 at 9:43 am to OlGrandad
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Jackie Gleason as Minnesota Fats in The Hustler.
I'll add Jerry Lewis in The King of Comedy.
Posted on 12/20/16 at 9:49 am to madmaxvol
I watched Other People on Netflix over the weekend and Molly Shannon was awesome in it
Posted on 12/20/16 at 9:53 am to Bluefin
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Steve Carell in Foxcatcher
I can't believe I haven't watched this yet...I keep meaning to, and keep putting it off. Will watch sometime over Christmas vacation.
Posted on 12/20/16 at 9:59 am to madmaxvol
it's excellent
Posted on 12/20/16 at 10:01 am to madmaxvol
Robin Williams in What Dreams May Come.
Even more depressing movie knowing he committed suicide in real life.
One of my favorite Quotes from that movie.
"Is this an occupational hazard of soulmates? One's no good without the other?"
Even more depressing movie knowing he committed suicide in real life.
One of my favorite Quotes from that movie.
"Is this an occupational hazard of soulmates? One's no good without the other?"
Posted on 12/20/16 at 10:17 am to madmaxvol
Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting is obvious.
Posted on 12/20/16 at 10:21 am to madmaxvol
Jim Varney as the lead henchman in Three Ninjas High Noon At Mega Mountain
Posted on 12/20/16 at 10:25 am to smash williams
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Jim Carrey - The Truman Show/Eternal Sunshine
This for sure.
Posted on 12/20/16 at 10:27 am to mattgr1983
Robin Williams was just gifted. I don't even consider him a comedic actor like some others listed in this thread i.e. Carrey, Sandler, Ferrell.
Robin was just one of the best pure actors that ever lived IMO. His park bench speech in Good Will Hunting is perfection.
Robin was just one of the best pure actors that ever lived IMO. His park bench speech in Good Will Hunting is perfection.
Posted on 12/20/16 at 10:33 am to jamalsdeck
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I've heard it can be easier to do serious over comedy
Someone asked Vince Gilligan about that and he said that comedic people have better range. Funny people can do serious, but serious people can't do funny.
Posted on 12/20/16 at 10:50 am to madmaxvol
Jim Carey - Eternal Subshine of the Spotless Mind
Posted on 12/20/16 at 1:10 pm to UMRealist
Will Ferrell- Stranger Than Fiction
Posted on 12/20/16 at 1:38 pm to cgrand
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will Ferrell in stranger than fiction
Also really good in Everything Must Go
Posted on 12/20/16 at 1:43 pm to PowerTool
quote:I've heard this too.
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I've heard it can be easier to do serious over comedy
Someone asked Vince Gilligan about that and he said that comedic people have better range. Funny people can do serious, but serious people can't do funny.
I forget the movie (it was just 'ok'), but Steve Martin did a romance flick once. He was flirting with a gloves sales chick in a Macy's or something like that.
He played a single, sort of lonely older guy, and I just remember that he was excellent in it. Extremely expressive, but very understated performance. Really no comedy in it at all.
Posted on 12/20/16 at 1:55 pm to Scoob
Most actors agree, comedy is the most difficult genre to do successfully.
Posted on 12/20/16 at 2:06 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
Vince Vaughn in Rudy
Posted on 12/20/16 at 2:09 pm to CoachCredeur
Vince Vaughn in Clay Pigeons
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