Favorite Robin Williams Movie.

[Brother Jack]

My personal favorite is Hook. It is the first movie I ever remember seeing and it came to represent my childhood in innumerable ways. It kind of sparked my love of film and my love of music in John Williams' masterful score. It does have undeniable flaws but I maintain that there is real magic to it, at least for kids like me who saw it first at the perfect age.

 

[Thundarr]

Man, am I that old, only one other person mentioned Popeye. Also, maybe not a movie, but Mork and Mindy!

I think a few people mentioned Popeye, including myself. And I also mentioned Mork & Mindy. I'm gonna be watching episodes of the show on You Tube in a few minutes as a matter of fact.

 

[MrMaooz]

Mrs. Doubtfire

 

[psylockolussus]

Aladdin!

 

[Sexy Magician]

Watching Aladdin now. What a blast!

Watched One Hour Photo last night, still a great movie.

 

[:eek:]

The best I've seen are probably Dead Poets Society, Good Morning Vietnam and Insomnia

 

[GremlinZilla89]

The Fisher King. Such an underrated gem of a film.

 

[jmc]

Shame on me for having never seen Good Morning Vietnam. I've seen at least half of his films he's been in, so narrowing down a favourite is difficult. I think Genie is the role he was made for, if ever an animated character took on the characteristics of the actor portraying it it was Genie, he more or less ad-libbed the entirety of the script.

 

[theMan-Bat]

The Survivors.
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.
Popeye.
The Fisher King.
Dead Poets Society.
Hook.
One Hour Photo.
Awakenings.
Mrs. Doubtfire.
Good Morning Vietnam.

 

[kedrell]

Good Morning Vietnam is the only film in his career that I thoroughly love. The rest have some high and low points but I never completely loved any of those others. I adore GMVn.

 

[Tanin]

The Final Cut

 

[The Joker]

Mrs. Doubtfire.

 

[AnneFan]

Mrs. Doubtfire.

A classic Robin Williams film.

 

[P Supreme]

Aladdin & Popeye

 

[Eddie Dean]

It's clearly World's Greatest Dad, you heathens.

Or The Best of Times!

 

[BatLobster]

My personal favorite is Hook. It is the first movie I ever remember seeing and it came to represent my childhood in innumerable ways. It kind of sparked my love of film and my love of music in John Williams' masterful score. It does have undeniable flaws but I maintain that there is real magic to it, at least for kids like me who saw it first at the perfect age.

I have a very similar experience/point of view on Hook. Say what you will, but there's something about that movie.

 

[Brother Jack]

I have a very similar experience/point of view on Hook. Say what you will, but there's something about that movie.

Hear, hear. It's hard for me to put my finger on it exactly and there is admittedly a lot of nostalgia that comes into play when I watch it. But there is an intanglible quality to it. The way the music drives the story and plays into the imagery, the closeups. Innocence is a word that comes to mind about it. And Williams himself gives an impressive performance given its range, especially at the beginning when he's playing against type. It never felt like he was giving a "Robin Williams" type of performance ala something like the Genie.

 

[EssayM]

Childish as it is, I'm going to go with Aladdin. Robin Williams was born to be a cartoon character.

 

[-Arya-]

The Birdcage will always be a personal favorite of mine.

 

[Two-Face]

Good Morning Vietnam and Mrs. Doubtfire.

 

[Travesty]

The hate that Death to Smoochy got truly bewilders me. Williams is a laugh riot in it.

Spoiler

"You better grow eyes on the back of your ****ing head, you horned piece of ****. Because I'm not gonna sleep until worms are crawling up your foam rubber ass. Going on safari, mother****er. SA-FA-RI. *Elephant noise*"

Gold.

I had no idea it got hate? Heh, all of my friends loved it. I used to watch it all the time when it first came out on DVD.

 

[Boom]

I had no idea it got hate? Heh, all of my friends loved it. I used to watch it all the time when it first came out on DVD.

It was panned by critics and it bombed at the box office. Robin Williams even received a Razzie nomination for his role. Which is ****ing absurd.

If you haven't seen Death to Smoochy, add it to your list immediately.

"The balls on that fuchsia ****!"

 

[BatLobster]

Hear, hear. It's hard for me to put my finger on it exactly and there is admittedly a lot of nostalgia that comes into play when I watch it. But there is an intanglible quality to it. The way the music drives the story and plays into the imagery, the closeups. Innocence is a word that comes to mind about it. And Williams himself gives an impressive performance given its range, especially at the beginning when he's playing against type. It never felt like he was giving a "Robin Williams" type of performance ala something like the Genie.

For me I think it's held up because while it's a movie I loved as a kid and have nostalgia for, at heart it's a movie about finding your inner child and shaking off all the cynicism that comes with being an adult (no wonder critics panned it lol). I love that message, and the movie also has my favorite John Williams score outside of Star Wars. It's my favorite movie version of the Peter Pan story in general.

 

[The Joker]

A classic Robin Williams film.

Classic greatness.

What an amazing talent he was.

 

[regwec]

Yeah, in an earlier age he would have been a hero of the Shakespearean or the Jacobean stage. His skill with voices and physical comedy would have made him just as famous then (relatively speaking) as he was in our time.