Jay 37,323 Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 https://variety.com/2022/film/news/bruce-willis-retiring-acting-apashia-1235219017/ Edmilson, JTN, Chen G. and 3 others 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,793 Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 Oh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTN 2,002 Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 Poor guy. It's probably for the best that he retires, considering how many terrible films he's been in lately. He is a very good actor who has a great legacy. Wish him all the best. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabulin 3,510 Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 Some context of his recent activity: Yavar Moradi and LSH 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,508 Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 He's a very versatile actor, who, unfortunately, got typecast by one film. His performance in THE SIXTH SENSE, is fantastic. JTN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Disco Stu 15,495 Posted March 30, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 30, 2022 I of course love him in Moonrise Kingdom. Great actor. Corellian2019, JTN and Naïve Old Fart 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,944 Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 3 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said: His performance in THE SIXTH SENSE, is fantastic. Its wonderfully un-Bruce Willis like! Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GerateWohl 4,344 Posted March 30, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 30, 2022 Yes, He just wasn't good at comedy. My favourite performance of his in a movie is probably 12 Monkeys. Raiders of the SoundtrArk, Naïve Old Fart and Yavar Moradi 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,508 Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 Top film! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SpaceCoyote 150 Posted March 30, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 30, 2022 12 minutes ago, GerateWohl said: Yes, He just wasn't good at comedy. My favourite performance of his in a movie is probably 12 Monkeys. I would disagree that he wasn't good at comedy. Moonlighting is how he got his big break, and the light touch he gives John McClane is what made Die Hard such a success. His greatest pure comedic performance is probably Death Becomes Her. Bayesian, JTN and Chen G. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,323 Posted March 30, 2022 Author Share Posted March 30, 2022 I've never seen a Bruce Willis performance I didn't like; I've also wisely avoided seeing all the direct to VOD crap he's known for these days Chen G. and JTN 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,344 Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 Just now, SpaceCoyote said: I would disagree that he wasn't good at comedy. Moonlighting is how he got his big break, and the light touch he gives John McClane is what made Die Hard such a success. His greatest pure comedic performance is probably Death Becomes Her. In the old Die Hard movies he is charming but not funny. I mean, I saw good comedies in which he played. But they never were funny because of him but despite of him. The Whole Nine Yards, Death Becomes Her, Bandits. But maybe we can agree, as a comedian he is as good as Christian Bale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,429 Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 Sad news, he's always been really good and a lot of fun. His best performances were McClane, James Cole, Butch Coolidge and Malcolm Crowe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,944 Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 6 minutes ago, GerateWohl said: In the old Die Hard movies he is charming but not funny. There are lots of different shades of funny. He doesn't make you guffaw, but he gets a few well-earned chuckles from the audience in Die Hard. Its not the most grounded of performances (in what's surely not the most grounded of movies) but its damn good fun! GerateWohl and JTN 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 That's sad for him and his family, he's only 67 and still in good shape. That's the kind of degenerative disease we don't wish even to our worst enemy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,508 Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 2 hours ago, GerateWohl said: ...maybe we can agree, as a comedian he is as good as Christian Bale. At least Willis never had an expletive-charged rant, at his DOP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,338 Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 Sounds like a terrible illness. I wouldn't want to live with it. Poor him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTN 2,002 Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 3 hours ago, GerateWohl said: Yes, He just wasn't good at comedy. My favourite performance of his in a movie is probably 12 Monkeys. He wasn’t good at comedy, he was GREAT at comedy. Moonlighting, Blind Date, Death Becomes Her, Look Who’s Talking (voice), Hudson Hawk, The Fifth Element, Breakfast of Champions, The Whole Nine Yards, Friends, The Kid, Bandits, Moonrise Kingdom. Koray Savas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy 4,092 Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 Very sad that he has to leave his profession because of a horrible illness. Way too young to have that happen. I’d have liked very much to have seen him have a solid comeback… a gristled old cowboy would have been very appropriate given his Die Hard John Wayne comparisons. JTN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 I would say he retired from acting years ago. No more Die Hard movies...whohoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docteur Qui 1,544 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 7 hours ago, SpaceCoyote said: I would disagree that he wasn't good at comedy. Moonlighting is how he got his big break, and the light touch he gives John McClane is what made Die Hard such a success. His greatest pure comedic performance is probably Death Becomes Her. Agreed, but I'd clarify that he's good in comedy; as the straight man, which not everyone can do very well. He's amazing in Death Becomes Her, keeping the performance just straight enough for Hawn and Streep to chew up the scenery, even though he's playing a fairly neurotic character himself. Sad to hear, and I hope his l retirement years can still be fulfilling and peaceful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Bruce Willis is a great comedian. The Fifth Element and Die Hard will forever hold a special place in my love for film as a child. It’s sad to see that these rumors were true. His last string of films appeared to be a final push to do as much work as possible before it wasn’t possible anymore. Bespin and Corellian2019 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 I'd love to see an article where the writer actually watches all of the cheapo direct-to-vod action movies he's done this last decade. The kind of article you'd see on the AV Club ca. 2008. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rough cut 1,714 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Let’s not forget Pulp Fiction! Edit: And this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,478 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Bruce Willis is part of my cultural upbringing. I actually remember seeing him in MOONLIGHTING on Norwegian TV exactly as he broke through, when I was a wee kid. Very sorry to hear about his early retirement, and his medical condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert 475 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-03-30/bruce-willis-aphasia-memory-loss-cognitive-disorder Looks like his small roles in bad movies were actually due to him being unable to work properly anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scallenger 483 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 My favorite "cameo" of his was in Grindhouse: Planet Terror. Now THAT was a fun way to have him randomly be in the movie. If I recall, it wasn't advertised that he was in it before it came out, either. So it really was a nice surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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