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<blockquote data-quote="Imaculata" data-source="post: 8229878" data-attributes="member: 6801286"><p>Well, to be more specific. I think he really shows some of his acting chops in the following scenes. Spoilers for those who haven't seen Jumanji.</p><p></p><p>[spoiler]When he explains to the kids the horrors that the game contains, and warns them not to take it lightly.</p><p></p><p>When he finds out his father loved him very much, and ran his own business into the ground trying to find his son.</p><p>[/spoiler]</p><p></p><p>Especially in the latter scene he gives a powerful performance.</p><p></p><p>I also like his work in <strong>What Dreams May Come</strong>, which is a polarizing movie that a lot of people seem to have very strong opinions about.</p><p></p><p>He's also great in <strong>Mrs Doubtfire</strong>, another movie that deserves special mention for being a lot better than it should be. You see, my parents had a divorce shortly before Mrs Doubtfire came out. As a young kid it is very difficult to understand why your parents can't be together any more. But Mrs Doubtfire is able to be honest about it, and explain it in a beautiful way, without a cliché Hollywood ending. At the end of the movie, the divorced parents don't get back together. And that's often how it goes in real life.</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]81Ns7ZR0UgA[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>In one of the final scenes of the movie, Robin Williams basically directly addresses kids watching the movie, and it is so well written. </p><p></p><p>It's a shame that arguably one of the best acted scenes in the movie was cut:</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]JzWnu4AMJEw[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>To any kid who has ever experienced their parents going through a divorce, this is exactly what it is like. Both actors deliver a fantastic performance here. And I also love how the scene is directed, starting from the point of view of the kids, then to a view down the stairs, and then a close up. It really is a shame we lost Robin Williams so early, since he was a lot more than just a comedian, as this scene shows.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Imaculata, post: 8229878, member: 6801286"] Well, to be more specific. I think he really shows some of his acting chops in the following scenes. Spoilers for those who haven't seen Jumanji. [spoiler]When he explains to the kids the horrors that the game contains, and warns them not to take it lightly. When he finds out his father loved him very much, and ran his own business into the ground trying to find his son. [/spoiler] Especially in the latter scene he gives a powerful performance. I also like his work in [B]What Dreams May Come[/B], which is a polarizing movie that a lot of people seem to have very strong opinions about. He's also great in [B]Mrs Doubtfire[/B], another movie that deserves special mention for being a lot better than it should be. You see, my parents had a divorce shortly before Mrs Doubtfire came out. As a young kid it is very difficult to understand why your parents can't be together any more. But Mrs Doubtfire is able to be honest about it, and explain it in a beautiful way, without a cliché Hollywood ending. At the end of the movie, the divorced parents don't get back together. And that's often how it goes in real life. [MEDIA=youtube]81Ns7ZR0UgA[/MEDIA] In one of the final scenes of the movie, Robin Williams basically directly addresses kids watching the movie, and it is so well written. It's a shame that arguably one of the best acted scenes in the movie was cut: [MEDIA=youtube]JzWnu4AMJEw[/MEDIA] To any kid who has ever experienced their parents going through a divorce, this is exactly what it is like. Both actors deliver a fantastic performance here. And I also love how the scene is directed, starting from the point of view of the kids, then to a view down the stairs, and then a close up. It really is a shame we lost Robin Williams so early, since he was a lot more than just a comedian, as this scene shows. [/QUOTE]
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