I gotta say that, after recent deliberation, Meatballs is my favorite Bill Murray movie.
It’s not an easy choice. There are many variables: featured roles, preferred content, period pieces (late 70’s versus modernly stylish 2000’s), renowned directors getting the most out of the whole production - I could go on and on.
Well, I will go on just a bit more: movies with Bill Murray that weren’t meant to be Bill Murray Movies. Caddyshack. Rushmore. Where The Buffalo Roam. Kingpin.
However, I always return to Meatballs. It has a happy, easy-going goofiness to it that doesn’t get in your face. The gags and pranks were silly, not meant to totally scar the prankee emotionally. And the tender moments Bill Murray spent with the various counselors and campers were a preview of noticeable roles to come. It all worked out very well.
Runners-up (in no particular order): Stripes, The Life Aquatic, Rushmore, Where The Buffalo Roam, Ghostbusters, etc.
As my pal SK paraphrased it:
“Even if… even if we took a critical approach to this, even if every man, woman and child watched his movies and voted, even if God in heaven above came down to Blockbuster and rented a movie himself, it just wouldn’t matter, because all the Oscars would still go to George Clooney because he has all the looks. I tell you just doesn’t matter which movie is the best… It just doesn’t matter! It just doesn’t matter!?
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That's funny because I recently caught the last half hour of Meatballs & was thinking how sweet and endearing Bill Murray was in that one. Stripes is my #2. Then Lost In Translation. Did you ever go to summer camp? I did (in PA...how ironic). It wasn't nearly that much fun. But I did get my first kiss there!!! WHOOOOOOO!
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