Groundhog Day - wonderful, wonderful movie. Deserved an oscar.
GhostBusters - he's the reason this film works
Scrooged - Admittedly the second half is weak in comparison to the first, but still good
Lost In Translation - Should have got an oscar. Again.
I've seen most of his stuff with Wes Anderson and am not that keen on the films (nothing wrong with his performances). Not keen on Broken Flowers or Stripes or some of his mediocre 90's stuff (The Man Who Knew Too Little for one).
Loved Bill Murray since I was a kid, with Ghostbusters and Scrooged etc. But I have to say my absolute favourite film of his is Lost in Translation. I can't even put it into words just why, but I adore it.
Loved Bill Murray since I was a kid, with Ghostbusters and Scrooged etc. But I have to say my absolute favourite film of his is Lost in Translation. I can't even put it into words just why, but I adore it.
Lost In Translation is such a weird film. I've found a lot of people who love it but can't explain why. It's a film where pretty much nothing happens, but it's just a really good film!
But I have to say my absolute favourite film of his is Lost in Translation. I can't even put it into words just why, but I adore it.
I disliked that film because I didn't appreciate how much and constant it enforces Japanese stereotypes. Examples: Bill Murray in a lift where he's at least five inches taller than all men in the lift. Ha ha ha(!) A crazy woman in a cosplay outfit? Ha ha ha(!) A nutty ad director who doesn't speak English? Ha ha ha(!) Oh, look at those who cannot pronounce 'l' and 'r' right. Ha ha ha(!) Aw look, so passive and submissive. Ha ha ha(!) It goes on and on and on and bleeding on.
I do realise it's all through the Americans' eyes, but when the prejudice is so constant and full on, it becomes a film that unwittingly worships UATs (Ugly American Tourists). I felt this keenly because I really wanted to like the film as I enjoyed Coppola's The Virgin Suicides. I was relieved when I learnt that my family and friends hated the film for being so stereotype-ridden. It doesn't help that most of us understand both languages, so we don't get the "feeling lost in an unfamiliar country" thing. OK, I don't agree with some who considered it a racist film, even though it seems like it is, but I think it's more accurate to say it's a film that relishes in its self-centreness and prejudices.
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Groundhog Day
Scrooged
GhostBusters - he's the reason this film works
Scrooged - Admittedly the second half is weak in comparison to the first, but still good
Lost In Translation - Should have got an oscar. Again.
I've seen most of his stuff with Wes Anderson and am not that keen on the films (nothing wrong with his performances). Not keen on Broken Flowers or Stripes or some of his mediocre 90's stuff (The Man Who Knew Too Little for one).
Plus his cameo in
....waiting for Hyde Park. apparently he was the only actor considered for playing FDR ......
groundhog day has got to be a tour de force. very clever movie really about the filmmaking process .....
Lost in Translation
Scrooged
Kingpin
Ghostbusters
Cameo in Get Smart
The best cameo in Get Smart is from Bernie Kopell who played Siegfried in the original tv show
Groundhog Day
Caddyshack
Scrooged, dunno why because I hate that song at the end, but I have to watch it every crimbo season.
Lost In Translation is such a weird film. I've found a lot of people who love it but can't explain why. It's a film where pretty much nothing happens, but it's just a really good film!
He isn't in K-9
I adored his performance in Ed Wood. Sadly no one as mentioned it yet. Also loved him in The Royal Tenebaums.
But Groundhog Day was the best he's done in my opinion. Closely followed by Ed Wood.
Ghostbusters
Lost in Translation
Stripes was quite funny as well
What about Bob
Kingpin
I disliked that film because I didn't appreciate how much and constant it enforces Japanese stereotypes. Examples: Bill Murray in a lift where he's at least five inches taller than all men in the lift. Ha ha ha(!) A crazy woman in a cosplay outfit? Ha ha ha(!) A nutty ad director who doesn't speak English? Ha ha ha(!) Oh, look at those who cannot pronounce 'l' and 'r' right. Ha ha ha(!) Aw look, so passive and submissive. Ha ha ha(!) It goes on and on and on and bleeding on.
I do realise it's all through the Americans' eyes, but when the prejudice is so constant and full on, it becomes a film that unwittingly worships UATs (Ugly American Tourists). I felt this keenly because I really wanted to like the film as I enjoyed Coppola's The Virgin Suicides. I was relieved when I learnt that my family and friends hated the film for being so stereotype-ridden. It doesn't help that most of us understand both languages, so we don't get the "feeling lost in an unfamiliar country" thing. OK, I don't agree with some who considered it a racist film, even though it seems like it is, but I think it's more accurate to say it's a film that relishes in its self-centreness and prejudices.
Yes he is, he plays the main character!
(Well, not the dog, the detective)
Followed by:
Ghostbusters
Caddyshack
Ed Wood
What About Bob?
Groundhog day
The Royal Tenenbaums
(Hated Lost in Translation.)
No, that's James Belushi.
My fave BM films have to be Scrooged, Lost in Translation, Ghostbusters, The Royal Tenenbaums and Little Shop of Horrors
Kingpin
Rushmore
The Royal Tenenbaums