Favorite Bill Murray Movie

[charlie and algernon]

Poll question: Favorite Bill Murray Movie

[Danger Mouse]

1. Ghostbusters. Easily.

[siligut]

2. Groundhog Day.

Have the DVD and watch it anytime it is on TV.

[960]

3. What About Bob.

Hilarious. And I can always put it on for my *mom* to get her out of my hair -works just like Disney cartoons do for the kids.

[sarge43]

4. I love Groundhog Day and Ghostbusters,

but Tootsie is my favorite just for one defining Murray moment: When he catches 'Dorothy' with the dirty old man.

"You slut." (The expression, the tone of voice)

[charlie and algernon]

5. HAHA, remember Baby Oscar in Ghostbusters II?

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[InternalDialogue]

34. He (they) still has the same eyes!

That's the defining characteristic of that baby -- the weird, almost crossed eyes.

How did you find this out?

[Call Me Wesley]

6. Lost in translation.

Of course, the others were cute and funny, but I really liked what he did here. :hi:

P. S. Oh, and Coffee and Cigarettes!

[ghostsofgiants]

23. Bill Groundhog Day Ghostbustin-ass Murray

[Call Me Wesley]

24. Hey, I love the movies.

And I forgot to add 'Broken Flowers.' Great, great performance! Get it and watch it. ;)

[ghostsofgiants]

30. Pfftt, I own it on DVD.

I even mentioned it in my post below.

[InternalDialogue]

7. Quick Change.

I really liked Lost in Translation, and his older comedies are classics, but Quick Change appealed to me in a way the others didn't. I just thought his humor and emerging dramatic skills were melding at the right time in that film.

Edit to add my favorite quote from the movie:

Bank Guard: What the hell kind of clown are you?
Grimm: The crying on the inside kind, I guess.

[peekaloo]

35. Yes!

That was the line I was going to quote, too. :thumbsup:

[Yavin4]

37. Got My Vote As Well

My favorite quote: You could have given us some help, but you gave us so much more.

[blogslut]

8. Of those on the list, Zissou

Of those not on the list: Scrooged.

[Ohio Joe]

9. Other - Scrooged

Cross - A thing you nail people to

hahahahaha, too funny :D

[flvegan]

25. That was my choice as well.

[LostInAnomie]

41. Indeed

No one plays an asshole like Bill.

[bigwillq]

10. What about Bob?

I love that movie. :rofl:

[pokerfan]

26. Great movie

but I could only vote for one so Groundhog got my vote.

[JVS]

11. Where the Buffalo Roam

He puts Depp to shame

[RoyGBiv]

14. My vote as well ...

I don't agree he put Depp to shame. I like both portrayals and think Depp probably did more to capture the spirit of HST's writing if not his reality than Murray did. That is, I think Murray portrayed HST better while Depp concentrated on portraying the legend that HST became.

But this is my favorite role of Murray's by far.

[ghostsofgiants]

22. Good call.

[Forkboy]

27. I think was Depp was better, as he actually hung around with HST to get it right...and he did.

I do love Where The Buffalo Roam though, and think Murray did a pretty good job. The movie needed a more coherent and focused script. They tried to cram too many disparate parts of HST's history into it.

[JVS]

31. Murray acts more in accordance to actual footage of HST I've seen.

Depp inflates the act to a cartoonish level

[fNord]

38. Absolute. Depp seriously over-exaggerated HST's mannerisms and quriks.....

Whereas Murry captured the The man completely. He also looked more the part(except for the hair) because of the bloating and the half confident half paranoid look he maintained. Don't get me wrong, I love Fear and Loathing, and Depp did a great job. But as far as I'm concerned, Murry was the Better Thompson.

on a related note, I would have to give the it to Del Torro over Boyle for the role of the lawyer. Again though, both were great.

[Moondog]

12. Caddyshack is actually on now, as I type this. AMC, on the east coast at least.

[Drunken Irishman]

13. Ghostbusters.

And yeah, not even close.

[JVS]

15. He did that movie in order to get The Razor's Edge approved by the studio

[rvablue]

16. Razor's Edge!!! n/t

[MorningGlow]

17. Tough to choose

I voted for Groundhog Day because it's one of those movies I own AND watch every time it's on TV. (Every. Single. Time.)

But I just bought Lost in Translation on iTunes and watched it twice in a row.

Then again... :rofl:

I just showed MG Jr. Ghostbusters, and that one really holds up--haven't seen it in years, but I still loved it!

"Dogs and cats! Living together! Mass hysteria!"

[sarge43]

20. "OK. So she's a dog." n/t

[Brigid]

18. Caddyshack.

"Licensed to kill gophers, by the government of the United Nations."
"Cinderella story. Out of nowhere."

Priceless! :rofl:

[hibbing]

33. hehe

Hi,
This is a tough one for me.

"Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know." And he says, "Oh, uh, there won't be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness." So I got that goin' for me, which is nice.

Peace

[JVS]

19. BTW, Big Ern' McCracken is one of the greatest characters of all time

[peekaloo]

36. If Donald Trump were truly a man he'd go with Big Ern's hairstyle!

[ghostsofgiants]

21. I can't decide.

x(

Ghostbusters I & II, Lost In Translation, anything he's been in directed by Wes Anderson, Broken Flowers...so much good stuff.

[Common Sense Party]

28. Had to vote for Stripes to show it some love, but Caddyshack

and Groundhog are also in a three-way tie.

Honorable mention: "The Man Who Knew Too Little."

[Forkboy]

29. Life Aquatic is sublimely brilliant.

It took me a good thirty minutes to get where the movie was coming from, and then I loved it, and get more out of each repeated viewing.

[EndersDame]

32. Life Aquatic if we are looking at it from a Bill Murray perspective

Ghostbusters, however holds a special place in my heart. :)

[enigmatic]

39. Rushmore

[OmahaBlueDog]

40. I love Bill Murray in many roles -- but this is the scene I will always, always remember him for

Cut it out! Cut it out! Cut it out! The hell's the matter with you? Stupid! We're all very different people. We're not Watusi. We're not Spartans. We're Americans, with a capital 'A', huh? You know what that means? Do ya? That means that our forefathers were kicked out of every decent country in the world. We are the wretched refuse. We're the underdog. We're mutts! Here's proof: his nose is cold! But there's no animal that's more faithful, that's more loyal, more loveable than the mutt. Who saw "Old Yeller?" Who cried when Old Yeller got shot at the end? ...I cried my eyes out. So we're all dogfaces, we're all very, very different, but there is one thing that we all have in common: we were all stupid enough to enlist in the Army. We're mutants. There's something wrong with us, something very, very wrong with us. Something seriously wrong with us - we're soldiers. But we're American soldiers! We've been kicking ass for 200 years! We're 10 and 1! Now we don't have to worry about whether or not we practiced. We don't have to worry about whether Captain Stillman wants to have us hung. All we have to do is to be the great American fighting soldier that is inside each one of us. Now do what I do, and say what I say. And make me proud.

[LostInAnomie]

42. Any second he was on the screen during Kingpin.

A hilarious movie only made better by Murray as "Big Ern" McCracken.

[RandomThoughts]

43. I liked lots of his movies, really good comedian.

But this clip is really cool, sorta shows his attitude towards life. Doesn't seem to worry.

Letterman Interview
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5eBeKnZJP0

I like the movie 'what about Bob' as far as movies go.

And with the delightful sound of Christopher Cross, here is a clip :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxC6OGJfDso

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

44. Ghostbusters n/t