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Post by tirtefaa on Feb 18, 2023 21:12:36 GMT -5
Chris Farley's last movie was Almost Heroes, where he plays a boorish frontiersman explorer in the early 1800's forming a Lewis & Clark-esque team alongside a foppish Matthew Perry. It was never going to be a critical success, but it might have developed a cult following like some of Farley's other movies if Perry had brought anything to the table and Farley wasn't just completely phoning in his normal yelling, fat man routine. I still consider that to be Farley's best movie. Yes, Perry isn't very good in it, but there is a great supporting cast that helps out. So many great one liners. John Candy is a good call though. Wagons East is definitely his worst movie. There's a lot of people who finished their career on either a down note or possibly their worst note. Sean Connery in Sir Billie. Joan Crawford's last movie was Trog. Jimmy Stewart's last on screen role was The Magic of Lassie. Marlene Dietrich's last on screen role was Just a Gigolo. Humphrey Bogart was in a rather dull movie called The Harder They Fall. While not bad, it's probably his worst movie once he became a leading man. Elizabeth Taylor's last flick was The Flintstones. Rod Steiger's last movie was Pool Junkies. Gene Hackman in Welcome to Mooseport. Charlton Heston did an animated version of Ben Hur, made by Goodtimes of all companies. Katherine Hepburn was in Love Affair. Bruce Willis became a running joke about this before the situation with his condition came out, given he did about 30 bottom of the barrel flicks.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Feb 18, 2023 22:55:02 GMT -5
John Belushi's final movie was Neighbors, which featured Belushi and Dan Akroyd switching their usual roles in their two-man act with Belushi acting as straight man to Akroyd's obnoxious wildman. While not bad, it is incredibly middling and forgettable. Chris Farley's last movie was Almost Heroes, where he plays a boorish frontiersman explorer in the early 1800's forming a Lewis & Clark-esque team alongside a foppish Matthew Perry. It was never going to be a critical success, but it might have developed a cult following like some of Farley's other movies if Perry had brought anything to the table and Farley wasn't just completely phoning in his normal yelling, fat man routine. This happened twice to John Candy. The last film he recorded that he starred in was the critically panned Wagons East. Then, later that year, the previously unreleased movie, Canadian Bacon, finally saw the light of day after sitting on a shelf for two years, and it was equally critically panned, although I understand it's developed something of a cult following since. Canadian Bacon is a great movie. It's not Uncle Buck or Great Outdoors quality, but it's still hilarious. If you haven't seen it, you absolutely should.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Feb 18, 2023 23:21:14 GMT -5
John Belushi's final movie was Neighbors, which featured Belushi and Dan Akroyd switching their usual roles in their two-man act with Belushi acting as straight man to Akroyd's obnoxious wildman. While not bad, it is incredibly middling and forgettable. Chris Farley's last movie was Almost Heroes, where he plays a boorish frontiersman explorer in the early 1800's forming a Lewis & Clark-esque team alongside a foppish Matthew Perry. It was never going to be a critical success, but it might have developed a cult following like some of Farley's other movies if Perry had brought anything to the table and Farley wasn't just completely phoning in his normal yelling, fat man routine. This happened twice to John Candy. The last film he recorded that he starred in was the critically panned Wagons East. Then, later that year, the previously unreleased movie, Canadian Bacon, finally saw the light of day after sitting on a shelf for two years, and it was equally critically panned, although I understand it's developed something of a cult following since. Canadian Bacon is a great movie. It's not Uncle Buck or Great Outdoors quality, but it's still hilarious. If you haven't seen it, you absolutely should. I have not seen it, I was just going by the 12% score on Rotten Tomatoes that Wikipedia says it has. And yes, I know that's all subjective and stuff.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Feb 18, 2023 23:34:32 GMT -5
Canadian Bacon is a great movie. It's not Uncle Buck or Great Outdoors quality, but it's still hilarious. If you haven't seen it, you absolutely should. I have not seen it, I was just going by the 12% score on Rotten Tomatoes that Wikipedia says it has. And yes, I know that's all subjective and stuff. Check it out some Saturday when you have nothing to do. I doubt you'll be "OHMAGAWWWWWD!! New favorite movie!" but it's solid.
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Post by Vampiro138 on Feb 19, 2023 0:36:20 GMT -5
Guns n' Roses last original song on the last album from the classic line up of Axl, Slash, Duff, Izzy, Matt and Dizzy is this shit...
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Post by smokinvokoun86 on Feb 19, 2023 1:19:15 GMT -5
How about James Stewart’s last movie doing a voice for Fievel Goes West? I actually remember seeing that movie in the theater, one of the first movies I’ve ever saw. Tho I haven’t seen it since that day, so I can’t really recall if the movie was good or bad. But at least I can say I saw a James Stewart movie.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Feb 19, 2023 1:47:40 GMT -5
Orson Welles in Transformers is a good pull. Not a bad movie or role at all, but just bizarre that a legendary figure like Orson Welles has his last role in what was essentially a glorified toy commercial. If you count posthumous credits, his real final role was on the Manowar song Defender. He actually had 2 other movies post Transformers. Someone to Love and Hot Money
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Post by Rave on Feb 19, 2023 2:00:25 GMT -5
Would not call it a bad way because he was amazing in it but first thing that came to mind was Raul Julia in the Street Fighter movie. I believe he did the movie for his kids. Which makes it maybe the best way to go out He let his grandkids pick it, IIRC.
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Post by XIII on Feb 19, 2023 2:06:49 GMT -5
Guns n' Roses last original song on the last album from the classic line up of Axl, Slash, Duff, Izzy, Matt and Dizzy is this shit... LMAO. I forgot about this. It sounds like an SNL parody of Rage Against the Machine.
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Post by Red Mage Riot on Feb 19, 2023 2:32:35 GMT -5
How about James Stewart’s last movie doing a voice for Fievel Goes West? I actually remember seeing that movie in the theater, one of the first movies I’ve ever saw. Tho I haven’t seen it since that day, so I can’t really recall if the movie was good or bad. But at least I can say I saw a James Stewart movie. I personally love Fievel Goes West better than the original. I don't know if that's a popular opinion, per se, but I think it's a perfectly serviceable movie.
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Post by J. Hova on Feb 19, 2023 2:44:45 GMT -5
Brittany Murphy’s final role before her tragic death was a shitty tv movie called “MegaFault” which was about a sentient fault line or something. There was also two movies she was in that were released post her death. You will not besmirch the good name of Megafault. A ton of it was shot in Davenport, IA and I found out that their catering was literally across the street from my office at the time after filming was wrapped up or was wrapping up. If I knew all of that was going on, I would have definitely tried to sneak on set or catch a glimpse of what was going on. I also found out that Eriq LaSalle is apparently a pompous ass.
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Post by Legion on Feb 19, 2023 6:34:12 GMT -5
If you count posthumous credits, his real final role was on the Manowar song Defender. He actually had 2 other movies post Transformers. Someone to Love and Hot Money Weren't they both made before TF's, just released after?
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Post by thechase on Feb 19, 2023 9:29:18 GMT -5
How about James Stewart’s last movie doing a voice for Fievel Goes West? I actually remember seeing that movie in the theater, one of the first movies I’ve ever saw. Tho I haven’t seen it since that day, so I can’t really recall if the movie was good or bad. But at least I can say I saw a James Stewart movie. I personally love Fievel Goes West better than the original. I don't know if that's a popular opinion, per se, but I think it's a perfectly serviceable movie. Depends, did you grow up on the television series as well that took the sequel as the basis?
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Post by Mozenrath on Feb 19, 2023 10:49:55 GMT -5
How about James Stewart’s last movie doing a voice for Fievel Goes West? I actually remember seeing that movie in the theater, one of the first movies I’ve ever saw. Tho I haven’t seen it since that day, so I can’t really recall if the movie was good or bad. But at least I can say I saw a James Stewart movie. I personally love Fievel Goes West better than the original. I don't know if that's a popular opinion, per se, but I think it's a perfectly serviceable movie. I like both around the same amount because they're such different films. It's like hotdogs and pizza, trying to compare them.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2023 11:10:53 GMT -5
Someone mentioned Cocaine Bear being Ray Liotta's last movie. What are some other infamous last performances? Ray Liotta still has 4 more movies that haven't been released.
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Post by Denny Zen is Cooking™ on Feb 19, 2023 11:12:18 GMT -5
Abe Vigoda’s last role was in a movie called Sweet Destiny where he, in his 80s, gets into a romantic relationship with a much younger woman. It was so forgettable/unheralded that it doesn’t even have a Wikipedia page or an IMDb score.
I’ve never seen it, but what little I’ve heard about it leads me to believe it’s pretty bad. And, at the very least, it’s nuts that such a prolific and well-known actor ended his career with such a completely unknown movie.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Feb 19, 2023 12:23:11 GMT -5
He actually had 2 other movies post Transformers. Someone to Love and Hot Money Weren't they both made before TF's, just released after? Yeah, TF:TM was Welles' final performance, recording all his dialogue in a single session five days before his death.
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Post by WoodStoner1 on Feb 19, 2023 12:52:37 GMT -5
Weren't they both made before TF's, just released after? Yeah, TF:TM was Welles' final performance, recording all his dialogue in a single session five days before his death. And no, he was not replaced by Nimoy in the last scene.
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Post by agent817 on Feb 19, 2023 16:02:45 GMT -5
Would you say that "Jetsons: The Movie" was a bad way to go out for George O'Hanlon and Mel Blanc? I liked the movie and still would probably like it now, except for maybe Tiffany's performance as Judy (though I did like her songs in the movie). However, it's crazy to think that George O'Hanlon died in the middle of his recording session.
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Post by G✇JI☈A on Feb 19, 2023 17:08:32 GMT -5
Just because it’s the last film released, doesn't mean it’s the last film they worked on.
Some “final” films could have been sitting on the shelf for year's, only to be released ghoulishly to cash in on the death of the actor.
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