Bill Murray
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Topic: Bill Murray
Posted By: manofmystery
Subject: Bill Murray
Date Posted: January 28 2009 at 00:40
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Bill Murray is my God and while he might not be everybodies no one can deny his exceptional acting ability (because if they do While I love him in everything (he even shined in that stinking pile of dung "Charlie's Angels" [bonus points for making Lucy Liu cry]) I had to make a pick so: As a golfer who considers Caddyshack the most brilliant/hilarious comedy of all time I can't help but go with Carl Spackler. Bill's ability to improvise lines not only extended his screen time but it made Carl one of the most quoted movie characters of all time. "Bark like a dog for me"Let me also recommend to everyone a seemingly lost film (especially surprising considering the cast): Mad Dog and Glory - an outstanding little film in which Bill Murray plays opposite Robert De Niro. The two play off of each other so impressive in roles which you might think would be reversed: Murray as mobster Frank Milo and De Niro as weak police photographer Wayne Dobie.
If I left off your favorite then post it. -------------  Time always wins. |
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Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: January 28 2009 at 01:36
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Great until he started over acting.....Broken Flowers was major over acted, directed, the works.
Scrooge was his best  ------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: January 28 2009 at 02:22
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though I have a lot of nostalgia for his role in Meatballs, I voted for Bob Wiley, a tour de force |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: January 28 2009 at 05:03
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Then there's his worst character, that lounge singer guy on Saturday Night Live.
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Posted By: TheCaptain
Date Posted: January 28 2009 at 09:02
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Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria! Although it was hard to choose. There are few actors who have so many wonderful characters. ------------- Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal. |
Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: January 28 2009 at 09:05
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I'm not the most familiar with movies or specifically all of these parts, but I saw that Phil Connors had no votes so I just had to give that at least one. "PHIL? PHIL CONNORS?!" ------------- 
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Posted By: Chris H
Date Posted: January 28 2009 at 10:04
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He was decent at best on SNL, and his acting was worse. ------------- Beauty will save the world. 
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: January 28 2009 at 10:59
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Raleigh St. Clair and Steve Zissou
Wes Anderson makes Bill Murray a God.
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Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: January 28 2009 at 11:05
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Chris H wrote:Posted By: 1800iareyay
Date Posted: January 28 2009 at 11:13
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This is so impossible. I thought it was hard to pick a favorite Scorsese or Kubrick movie, but Bill Murray is one of the best actors ever. Period. He can handle over the top humor, subtler dark comedy, and outright heartwrenching drama. I hear he's an a****le in real life, but I don't care. Easily one of my five favorite actors. Let's see, what to pick: he's dynamite in Caddyshack, Scrooged is awesome, he's the only consistently god aspect of Rushmore and Life Aquatic. He's awesome in Royal Tenenbaums and even Stripes, which starts so great and ends so terribly. Umm, gotta go with Venkman. I have never not found every line he drops in those movies not funny. |
Posted By: BroSpence
Date Posted: January 28 2009 at 11:31
| I had to take baby steps to vote for Bob. Bill is the man. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: January 28 2009 at 11:39
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I voted for Thompson because of the line that went something like this
"GET THE GODDAMN TAP OFF THE PHONE, WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE MESSING WITH HERE, CHILDREN?" shouted into the phone. With the NSA spying on
all our phone calls, I've been tempted many times to do that. I did
like Johnny Depp's Thompson better. A little less clownish. The
Venkman character will probably attract the most votes as I think it's
his best known character. That was the one with the "dogs and cats
living together" line, right? ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: TheCaptain
Date Posted: January 28 2009 at 16:16
You needn't worry about that. He crashes parties at random http://www.nypost.com/pagesixmag/issues/20081207/Bill+Murray+NYCs+New+Party+Boy?page=1 - (http://www.nypost.com/pagesixmag/issues/20081207/Bill+Murray+NYCs+New+Party+Boy?page=1 ) and all of the accounts from people who were hosting such a party said he was a really cool guy. Also, whenever I hear "PHIL!? PHIL CONNORS?!" I always think "PHIL?! PHIL COLLINS?!" Is there something wrong with me? Answer: Yes ------------- Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal. |
Posted By: Chris H
Date Posted: January 28 2009 at 17:09
Hey, that's just one man's opinion.
I even said he was decent on SNL. See! ------------- Beauty will save the world.
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