Friday OT #2 - Chewing The Scenery

[madguy30]

Han Solo was way more interesting than Luke Skywalker.

And Darth Vader might be the most interesting of any of them.

Although...is he a secondary character?

 

[harimad]

A few on my list, with samples scenes.

Jack Nicholson (George Hanson), “Easy Rider”

Robert Shaw (Quint), “Jaws”

Chris Copper (John Laroche), “Adaptation”

Shaw in Jaws, definitely winner there. I haven't actually watched the other two movies, so I'll have to reserve judgement. In Jaws, just those three guys, Shaw, Scheider, and Dreyfuss, loved them together.

 

[harimad]

OMG, his rumbling voice as he waxes on about America being recreated every few decades with steam rollers, but baseball being the thread that ties every version together, how the years are defined... chills to my spine. So classic.

 

[3GenClone]

Does Robin Williams' Genie in Aladdin count?

 

[SCyclone]

OMG, his rumbling voice as he waxes on about America being recreated every few decades with steam rollers, but baseball being the thread that ties every version together, how the years are defined... chills to my spine. So classic.

He had my favorite line in that movie, one that I use quite frequently:

"We got a learning disability here?"

 

[harimad]

Does Robin Williams' Genie in Aladdin count?

Does a Cave of Wonders crumble if you touch anything other than the lamp?

 

[SCyclone]

 

[BoxsterCy]

Matt Damon in "Thor - Ragnarok"...

LOL JK.

Bill Murray in Zombieland.

Oh, reminded me of the best one I have seen lately, director Taika Waititi doing Korg in Ragnarok. Had me rewinding scenes to rewatch.

 

[VeloClone]

Polly Holliday as Flo on "Alice." Flo got most of the good one-liners ("Kiss my grits!!") in this show. But her own spin-off ("Flo") didn't do so well, only lasting a season and a half, I believe. As with a lot of sit-coms of that era (and this era), it suffered from poor writing/not being funny. "Alice" went on for many years without the wisecracking Flo, but in my opinion, never had the same kick as it did with Holliday in the cast.

I met Linda Lavin (Alice) and her then husband Kip Niven once. Lavin can curse up a blue streak that would make a sailor blush.

 

[3GenClone]

Some others:

Alan Rickman's Severus Snape from the Harry Potter films

Claude Rains as Captain Louis Renault in Casablanca

 

[coolerifyoudid]

Rocket in GOTG.
Bullet-toothed Tony or Brad Pitt in Snatch (great movie)
Rick Moranis in Spaceballs
Alan Rickman in Dogma (pretty much any supporting character in any Kevin Smith movie)

 

[coolerifyoudid]

Every role played by Gary Oldman or Alan Rickman

 

[drlove]

When I read about the making of it, I thought it was fascinating how loose the script was and they just relied on the actors' improvisational skills.

From what I understand, the script for the scene where Chevy Chase hits the golf ball into Bill Murray's shack was basically "Chevy Chase hits a ball into Bill Murray's shack". They pretty much improvised that whole scene.

that was also the only scene they were in together in the movie.

 

[VeloClone]

Marty Feldman as Igor in Young Frankenstein.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

These two. Every time they were onscreen!

 

[jcyclonee]

Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight

and Jack Nicholson as The Joker in Batman.

 

[CloneLawman]

Does a Cave of Wonders crumble if you touch anything other than the lamp?

Are you talkin' code?

 

[CloneFan65]

that was also the only scene they were in together ever.

FIFY

 

[VeloClone]

Stephen Root in Office Space.

 

[jcyclonee]