Anyone watching a Robin Williams movie this week?

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I'm thinking about What Dreams May Come. Never saw it.
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Sanctorian wrote:I'm thinking about What Dreams May Come. Never saw it.

Great cinematography in that movie, but the story was a bit lame, I thought.

Good Morning Vietnam! Now that's a great movie.
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His best two movies are "Insomnia" and "The World According to Garp."

"Patch Adams" has to be one of the worst movies ever made.
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Everybody Wang Chung wrote:His best two movies are "Insomnia" and "The World According to Garp."

You thought those were better than Mrs. Doubtfire, Good Will Hunting and Dead Poet's Society?
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Some Schmo wrote:
Everybody Wang Chung wrote:His best two movies are "Insomnia" and "The World According to Garp."

You thought those were better than Mrs. Doubtfire, Good Will Hunting and Dead Poet's Society?


I liked all of those movies, but for some reason "Insomnia" and "Garp" left me with some pretty powerful impressions. Especially, "Garp." I'm still haunted to this day by a couple of scenes from that movie.
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Everybody Wang Chung wrote:
I liked all of those movies, but for some reason "Insomnia" and "Garp" left me with some pretty powerful impressions. Especially, "Garp." I'm still haunted to this day by a couple of scenes from that movie.


I never heard of Garp. I'll put that on my to watch list.
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Nobody mentioned "Hook." I can't say I liked Robin Williams as Peter Pan. I thought, "Awakenings," had some important truths in it.
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I liked a lot of his movies. Who could have played a better Popeye (or a better Olive Oyl than Shelley Duvall)?

I think if I had to choose one to rewatch it would be "The Fisher King".
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Quasimodo wrote:I liked a lot of his movies. Who could have played a better Popeye (or a better Olive Oyl than Shelley Duvall)?

I think if I had to choose one to rewatch it would be "The Fisher King".

Right on! Neither can I imagine better choices to be cast in those two roles!
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Everybody Wang Chung wrote:His best two movies are "Insomnia" and "The World According to Garp."
Some Schmo wrote:You thought those were better than Mrs. Doubtfire, Good Will Hunting and Dead Poet's Society?
Everybody Wang Chung wrote:I liked all of those movies, but for some reason "Insomnia" and "Garp" left me with some pretty powerful impressions. Especially, "Garp." I'm still haunted to this day by a couple of scenes from that movie.

My trio of Williams' movies were: Insomnia, Dead Poet's Society and The Best of Times (with Kurt Russell).
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