John Goodman

I saw Barton Fink last week and realised how much I enjoy any part he plays. I suspect there may be little difference between any of em but don't really mind that.

We were just talking about him on the Chicago thread last week. As big a fan I am of his work with the Coen Bros., I will probably have to vote for Roseanne.

he was so awesome in the big lebowski - but that was a trio of awesomeness: steve buscemi, jeff bridges, goodman.

Best thing in Barton Fink.

Barton Fink is very cool, but I forgot he was in Hudsucker Proxy!?

I'm like 80 percent sure he is not in the Hudsucker Proxy.

Was going to say "Where's Roseanne?" but I found it.

I saw maybe 6 episodes of "Roseanne," and that's the obvious winner.

if I was honest it'd easily be Roseanne or one of the Coen flicks, but I'm gonna go with one of my favorite post-golden age Simpsons moments.

[Meathook's pencil snaps]
Meathook: Miss Simpson? I killed my pencil.
Marge: Broke. You "broke" your pencil.
Meathook: I ... broke him.

The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) (as Karl Mundt) .... Rockwell Newsreel

This sounds like it's a voiceover role.

I think you are right, but isn't Karl Mundt the name of his character in Barton Fink?

Oh no it isn't. I feel like they've used that character name before.

I can't think of anyone who's been in as much outright garbage as John Goodman who I still have as much goodwill for.

Oh ok the suspected killer in Barton Fink was called "Madman Mundt."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Earl_Mundt

"So many social engagements, such little time."

ANYONE FOUND BIPEDAL IN FIVE WEARS HIS ASS FOR A HAT.

Gotta be Gale for me.

a tough un for me but had to plump for lebowski. so much quotable anger.

I took a weird student-taught class at Oberlin where we watched Barton Fink and the instructor spent hours explaining all these crazy references, including the fact that Karl Mundt was the name of a senator involved with HUAC which lead to the blacklist. Unfortunately, I can't remember any of his insights, but it made many strange aspects of that movie make better sense. Stuff about the detectives being German and Italian. Some discussion about it here:

http://www.aboutfilm.com/movies/b/bartonfink.htm

which misses the Karl Mundt reference but if you take Ebert's view and the ideas in the following paragraph, Karl Mundt represents America during the time.

barton fink probably has the best cast of any movie ive ever seen

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or you can just skip that arcana and realize it's a pretentious ripoff of The Big Knife, and one of the worst films of the '90s.

did you hear tarantino is remaking it with seth rogen in the john goodman role?

DR MORBIUS DID YOU ACTUALLY WATCH THIS MOVIE Y/N?

I saw maybe 6 episodes of "Roseanne," and that's the obvious winner.

-- Dr Morbius, Friday, October 26, 2007 1:17 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Link

has anyone seen The Babe? that was kind of a bomb, right?

I always confuse andtwat and n/a for their nearly identical levels of wit and panache.

Every Babe Ruth movie is a bomb, bcz every 30 years they say "Let's puke a script and get a fat out-of-shape guy to play Babe Ruth."

I wasn't being witty, I was seriously asking if you've seen Barton Fink.

bold claim there

perhaps overemphatically

I've seen every film I express an opinion on. The rest can be chalked up to your bad edjakation.

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MARK IT ZERO!

Give it up, Morbs. I talked shit about BF on a Coens thread and got shit in return.

shit begets shit

I don't have any idea what it is, but it appears to be his first credited role and it's called Jailbait Babysitter. Now I HAVE to see it.

anyway, he's great in Raising Arizona, Storytelling and True Stories. All films that have scripts instead of a cipher scriptwriter.

His roles have a consistency amongst them, but I think that it is one that comes from the inescapable fact that he is a LARGE man, in both personality and physique. You know that you would have no problem spotting him on a crowded street, in a packed bar. Unlike an actor like, say, Christian Bale, who can radically transform themselves physically, or someone like Don Cheadle, who can inhabit roles that are entirely different from each other, Goodman's work as an actor is ANCHORED by his LARGENESS. But, unlike actors who look to make an impression simply b/c of what they are doing instead of how they are doing it, Goodman takes his large canvas and paints different characters on it, instead of having the painting being defined by the canvas.

Hence, characters like The Babe (it sucked, but would his career have been complete without it?), Walter Sobchak, and Big Dan Teague seem to be, and probably often are, written for Goodman - and he takes them and inhabits them as no smaller man could.

Goodman is a Big Man Actor. He couldn't play a jockey, a shortstop or a midget. But it is what he does with his Big Man roles that makes him such a great actor.

Barton Fink is probably his best role. He seems rather criminally underused outside of the Coens' ouevre.

Roseanne. I used to imagine that Dan was my dad--he seemed like the best dude ever.

He's my favorite actor, so versatile and a real delight. I chose Roseanne because he's for reals in it, has a huge range, seems like real awesome and honest dad. Plus he made Christmas tree decorations out of a string of Schlitz bottle caps!

I was stuck with Evan Almighty on the plane flight back from Hawaii and I would look up at the screen every so often to see him on there, and think to myself, "You did not deserve this fate."

anyway, he's great in Raising Arizona, Storytelling and True Stories. All films that have scripts instead of a cipher scriptwriter.

-- Dr Morbius, Friday, October 26, 2007 12:20 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Link

raising arizona barely has a script beyond stringing together weird cliches

storytelling is perhaps the worst script ive ever seen filmed in my life, and goodman is awful & one-note in it

your taste in movies is horrible & you should never post on a film thread again

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I watched Raising Arizona again recently and revised me opinion of it considerably - its pretty mean-spirited, all of its jokes boil down to "poor white people, lolz!" Goodman doesn't have much to work with, its a one-note character (and a one-note story/script)

I totally forgot he was in Storytelling, which I probably enjoyed more than most people.

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nitwhat, I'm trying to figure out the 2nd-best cast you've ever seen, I'm betting Boondock Saints.

Raising Arizona is the only case the Coens have for a masterpiece. It's beautiful.

well, you know what, i bet YOU like boondock saints! oooh, slice!! booya!!

That documentary that was made about Saints was awesome.

that's silly, morbs, no one likes boondock saints

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If you think noone likes Boondock Saints you've never set foot in a Hot Topic.

my comment was not entirely serious, fellas, i know there are plenty of choads who like that stupid movie

His role in True Stories is a personal favorite of mine.

cant believe after 3 years morbz is still relying on this argument tactic

John Turturro
John Goodman
Judy Davis
Michael Lerner
John Mahoney
Tony Shalhoub
Jon Polito
Steve Buscemi
David Warrilow
Richard Portnow
Christopher Murney
I.M. Hobson

incredible

Wasn't King Ralph a #1 movie in England?

Tom Berenger
Charlie Sheen
Corbin Bernsen
James Gammon
Rene Russo
Wesley Snipes
Charles Cyphers
Dennis Haysbert
Bob Uecker
Steve Yeager
Peter Vuckovich

better movie too

he was the last good thing about the West Wing

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Saw this when I was a wee lad, wonder if it holds up now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yc8Fiulf4c

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voted monsters inc.

Awesome.

The Chinaman is not the issue, Walter.

i kinda feel like this is the first ILX poll i've ever seen where the results are almost exactly right. other than a few decent things that deserved at least one or two votes each.

no votes for the santa claus robot ;_;

wow movie-related threads suck