Usually when you watch a movie for the first time, you have a good indication of who stars in it. Hence, why many people watch a movie in the first place. But every so often, there are those unannounced surprises who show up when you least expect it and put in a brief scene-stealing performance. With the Internet making things all too easy to finds spoilers, some times the uncredited cameo gets lost. But when the surprises work, it's pretty awesome.
These are my personal favorite celebrity cameos in movies. Speaking of spoilers, if you've never seen these movies please read with caution. If not, go fuck yourself and enjoy it anyway.
#10.
HULK HOGAN in GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH
-At first glance, this may seem like just a personal favorite since I am a diehard Hulkamaniac. But if you've seen Gremlins 2, then you know why The Hulkster is on here.
-The Gremlins have taken over a building that is basically built like a technological metropolis, home to a TV station called Clamp. Anyway, the movie does whats's called "breaking the fourth wall" by having the movie appear to go haywire and cut out due to the mischievous monsters. We cut from the actual story, to a movie theater that is supposed to be the theater you are in. A manager begins searching fo solutions to get the movie back on so that everyone in the theater can see the 2nd half of the movie. The manager of the theater attempts to correct the problem by going into the audience, and who does he find? But the man with the 24" pythons! So Hogan stands up, turns to the back and cuts a wrestling promo on what he's gonna do if the Gremlins don't turn the movie back on. After he's done, they turn it back on and Hogan says "Sorry folks. Won't happen again."
-What's funny about this scene to me is Hogan is sitting there in his wrestling gear. While every other movie theater patron is dressed normal, Hogan is sitting there with his Hulkster bandana, Hulk Rules t-shirt, his yellow wrestling trunks that look like giant underwear, boots, kneepads and even the WWF Championship belt. During the promo, he tears his t-shirt off and he's all pumped up, oily and sweaty. Then he just sits back down. Imagine being the guy sitting next to him? What do you say to a giant muscle man who is basically wearing next to nothing sitting next to you. What do you do if he puts his arm around you? Or his tongue in your ear? Anyway, I always find that scene hilarious.
#9.
NEIL PATRICK HARRIS in HAROLD & KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE
-This cameo has kind of lost some steam since Harris is now back in the mainstream due to his success on How I Met Your Mother. When this movie came out, he was just the kid from Doogie Howser M.D. all grown up. But this was the performance that made him a star again.
-Harold & Kumar are stoned and trying to find a White Castle to satisfy their case of the munchies. Along their journey, they pick up a hitchhiker and it turns out to be NPH...trippin' balls on ecstacy.
-While in their backseat, he talks about wanting to find strippers and get lap dances. The highlight of the scene is when Harold & Kumar leave the car with NPH in the backseat to ask for directions. NPH begins humping the front seat, licking the head-rest, and eventually stealing their car.
#8
BOB SAGET in HALF-BAKED
-In 1998, Full House had been off the air for 3 years. Bob Saget was still just Danny Tanner; the tall, goofy, overly-clean father of 3 girls. Then he needed work.
-While Dave Chappelle is on stage confessing his addiction to Marijuana, a man in the crowd stands up. HOLY SHIT!! IT'S DANNY TANNER!!! WOW!! I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM IN YEARS! I WONDER HOW LITTLE MICHELLE IS DOING!
-In the scene, Saget shouts out that he has sucked dick for cocaine and then no one would ever do that for weed.
-Like Neil Patrick Harris, time has not been good to this cameo due to Saget being so famous for his raunchy stand-up comedy. But it still holds up as being hilarious. Especially if you grew up watching Full House on a regular basis.
#7
KEITH FUCKING RICHARDS in PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END
-Apparently the character of Capt. Jack Sparrow in the script of the first Pirates movie and who Johnny Depp actually played on screen were completely different. When asked how he drew his inspiration of how to play the character, Depp said that he thought pirates were the rock stars of their era. In his head, the ultimate rock star to him was Keith Fucking Richards.
-Fast forward a few years after the first movie, we get two shitty sequels to what could have been a kick ass franchise. Pirates 3 is saved by the appearence of Captain Teague played by the legendary Rolling Stones guitarist. Its an ironic twist how Depp's inspiration for Capt. Jack is actually his character's father.
-The highlight is when Jack says to Captain Teague "How's mom?" Keith Fucking Richards then proceeds to pull out a shrunken head. This may be the most brilliant casting ever.
#6
WILL FERRELL in WEDDING CRASHERS
-Wedding Crashers is to me a movie that I found funny the first time, then after repeated viewings quickly lost its appeal. With the exception of Will Ferrell's scene.
-The premise is Vince Vaughn & Owen Wilson's characters go to random weddings of people they don't know in an attempt to bang chicks. Throughout the movie, they make reference to a legendary wedding crasher named Chazz Reinhold. Towards the end of the movie, Owen Wilson's character runs into him. Turns out Chazz (played by Ferrell) is no longer crashing weddings trying to pick up women, but has now moved on (up?) to funerals. That concept in and of itself is hilarious, but didn't need a full movie dedicated to the subject (like Wedding Crashers didn't need one). It was one hilarious scene from a hilarious concept. Short and sweet.
-MAAAAAA!!! THE MEAT LOAF!!!!
#5
CHRISTOPHER WALKEN in PULP FICTION
-Pulp Fiction is one of the best movies ever with an all star cast. Some appear very briefly, but the odd Christopher Walken has one of the best scenes in the movie.
-The scene gives us some backstory on Bruce Willis's character. Walken plays a decorated officer who returns from Vietnam to return to Butch his father's pocketwatch. Walken's character, Captain Koontz, & Butch's father were P.O.W.'s in Vietnam together where his Butch's father eventually died. The watch belonged to his great-grandfather who was in World War I, it was then given to his grandfather who was killed in World War II, then given to Butch's father as he went to Vietnam. The scene is very heartfelt as Captain Koontz tells Butch the history the watch.
-Then the scene takes a turn that Inever expected. His father didn't want the Viet Cong to take the watch from him so he couldn't pass it on to his only son. So he hid it from them for 3 years...up his ass. Before he died of dysentary, he gave the watch to Captain Koontz, who hid it up his ass for 2 years, and promise that he would give it to Butch one day.
-The scene is so fucking random and comes out of nowhere. Then the movie just goes back to where it left off.
#4.
MATT DAMON & BEN AFFLECK in JAY & SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK
-Jay & Silent Bob go to Hollywood to prevent a movie from being made about their comic book alter-egos Bluntman & Chronic. They eventually end up on the set of Good Will Hunting 2: Hunting Season featuring stars Matt Damon & Ben Affleck.
-The scene shows Will & Chuckie getting into another argument with the longhaired prepie from the Harvard bar from the first movie, consisting of much of the same dialogue from the original movie. Only this time, he read "Vickahs" and has caught up on more reading that Will hasn't even heard of yet. He then pokes Will in the chest telling him "Face it, you're just no longer that good...Will Hunting! Now, how do you like 'dem apples?!?" Will then pulls out a shotgun and blows him away. Chuckie then says "APPLESAUCE, BITCH!"
-AFFLECK, YOU DA BOMB IN PHANTOMS YO!!!
#3.
BILL MURRAY in ZOMBIELAND
-Much of the world has been infected by zombies, so this group that doesn't trust each other end up driving around celebrity homes in Hollywood eventually coming to a house with a big BM on the gate. It is the home of the one and only, Bill Murray.
- Bill Murray attempts to scare Talahasse & Witchita posing as a zombie and then confesses that he only does it to scare zombies off. Murray even plays Ghostbusters with Talahasse using vacuum cleaners. He attempts to scare Columbus and Little Rock. Unfortuntaely he scares them too much and Columbus blasts him with a shotgun. Yes, they kill Bill Murray.
-Before he dies, Little Rock asks him if he had any regrets in life and he goes "Garfield."
#2
MARSHALL MCLUHAN in ANNIE HALL
-I had to do some research on who this guy is, and here's what I found. According to Wikipedia, he was a Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar—a professor of English literature, a literary critic, a rhetorician, and a communication theorist. McLuhan's work is viewed as one of the cornerstones of the study of media theory. McLuhan is known for the expressions "the medium is the message" and "global village". McLuhan was a fixture in media discourse from the late 1960s to his death and he continues to be an influential and controversial figure. More than ten years after his death he was named the "patron saint" of Wired magazine.
-Anyway, in a scene that is the ultimate in one-uping someone, Alvie hears someone quoting McLuhan and suddenly just pulls the actual man out from behind a curtain. Shocked, the man has McLuhan get in his face and say "You know nothing of my work!"
#1.
TOM CRUISE in TROPIC THUNDER
-This is exactly the reason why a cameo can make a good movie great. Tom Cruise plays Les Grossman, a foul-mouthed, movie producer with a love for rap music. He also doned a fat suit, bald wig, beard and giant hands.
-Tom Cruise is hilarious because he doesn't play the sterotypical Tom Cruise role. Even though the role is hilarious, this seriously is his best acting since Born On The Fourth Of July.
-The scene of all scenes is when a real army has called him to ask for money for the safe return of prisoner Tug Spieldman. Grossman says "Ok, Flaming Dragon, fuck face. Why don't you take a step back, and literally FUCK YOUR OWN FACE!!!!"
These are my personal favorite celebrity cameos in movies. Speaking of spoilers, if you've never seen these movies please read with caution. If not, go fuck yourself and enjoy it anyway.
#10.
HULK HOGAN in GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH
-At first glance, this may seem like just a personal favorite since I am a diehard Hulkamaniac. But if you've seen Gremlins 2, then you know why The Hulkster is on here.
-The Gremlins have taken over a building that is basically built like a technological metropolis, home to a TV station called Clamp. Anyway, the movie does whats's called "breaking the fourth wall" by having the movie appear to go haywire and cut out due to the mischievous monsters. We cut from the actual story, to a movie theater that is supposed to be the theater you are in. A manager begins searching fo solutions to get the movie back on so that everyone in the theater can see the 2nd half of the movie. The manager of the theater attempts to correct the problem by going into the audience, and who does he find? But the man with the 24" pythons! So Hogan stands up, turns to the back and cuts a wrestling promo on what he's gonna do if the Gremlins don't turn the movie back on. After he's done, they turn it back on and Hogan says "Sorry folks. Won't happen again."
-What's funny about this scene to me is Hogan is sitting there in his wrestling gear. While every other movie theater patron is dressed normal, Hogan is sitting there with his Hulkster bandana, Hulk Rules t-shirt, his yellow wrestling trunks that look like giant underwear, boots, kneepads and even the WWF Championship belt. During the promo, he tears his t-shirt off and he's all pumped up, oily and sweaty. Then he just sits back down. Imagine being the guy sitting next to him? What do you say to a giant muscle man who is basically wearing next to nothing sitting next to you. What do you do if he puts his arm around you? Or his tongue in your ear? Anyway, I always find that scene hilarious.
#9.
NEIL PATRICK HARRIS in HAROLD & KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE
-This cameo has kind of lost some steam since Harris is now back in the mainstream due to his success on How I Met Your Mother. When this movie came out, he was just the kid from Doogie Howser M.D. all grown up. But this was the performance that made him a star again.
-Harold & Kumar are stoned and trying to find a White Castle to satisfy their case of the munchies. Along their journey, they pick up a hitchhiker and it turns out to be NPH...trippin' balls on ecstacy.
-While in their backseat, he talks about wanting to find strippers and get lap dances. The highlight of the scene is when Harold & Kumar leave the car with NPH in the backseat to ask for directions. NPH begins humping the front seat, licking the head-rest, and eventually stealing their car.
#8
BOB SAGET in HALF-BAKED
-In 1998, Full House had been off the air for 3 years. Bob Saget was still just Danny Tanner; the tall, goofy, overly-clean father of 3 girls. Then he needed work.
-While Dave Chappelle is on stage confessing his addiction to Marijuana, a man in the crowd stands up. HOLY SHIT!! IT'S DANNY TANNER!!! WOW!! I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM IN YEARS! I WONDER HOW LITTLE MICHELLE IS DOING!
-In the scene, Saget shouts out that he has sucked dick for cocaine and then no one would ever do that for weed.
-Like Neil Patrick Harris, time has not been good to this cameo due to Saget being so famous for his raunchy stand-up comedy. But it still holds up as being hilarious. Especially if you grew up watching Full House on a regular basis.
#7
KEITH FUCKING RICHARDS in PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END
-Apparently the character of Capt. Jack Sparrow in the script of the first Pirates movie and who Johnny Depp actually played on screen were completely different. When asked how he drew his inspiration of how to play the character, Depp said that he thought pirates were the rock stars of their era. In his head, the ultimate rock star to him was Keith Fucking Richards.
-Fast forward a few years after the first movie, we get two shitty sequels to what could have been a kick ass franchise. Pirates 3 is saved by the appearence of Captain Teague played by the legendary Rolling Stones guitarist. Its an ironic twist how Depp's inspiration for Capt. Jack is actually his character's father.
-The highlight is when Jack says to Captain Teague "How's mom?" Keith Fucking Richards then proceeds to pull out a shrunken head. This may be the most brilliant casting ever.
#6
WILL FERRELL in WEDDING CRASHERS
-Wedding Crashers is to me a movie that I found funny the first time, then after repeated viewings quickly lost its appeal. With the exception of Will Ferrell's scene.
-The premise is Vince Vaughn & Owen Wilson's characters go to random weddings of people they don't know in an attempt to bang chicks. Throughout the movie, they make reference to a legendary wedding crasher named Chazz Reinhold. Towards the end of the movie, Owen Wilson's character runs into him. Turns out Chazz (played by Ferrell) is no longer crashing weddings trying to pick up women, but has now moved on (up?) to funerals. That concept in and of itself is hilarious, but didn't need a full movie dedicated to the subject (like Wedding Crashers didn't need one). It was one hilarious scene from a hilarious concept. Short and sweet.
-MAAAAAA!!! THE MEAT LOAF!!!!
#5
CHRISTOPHER WALKEN in PULP FICTION
-Pulp Fiction is one of the best movies ever with an all star cast. Some appear very briefly, but the odd Christopher Walken has one of the best scenes in the movie.
-The scene gives us some backstory on Bruce Willis's character. Walken plays a decorated officer who returns from Vietnam to return to Butch his father's pocketwatch. Walken's character, Captain Koontz, & Butch's father were P.O.W.'s in Vietnam together where his Butch's father eventually died. The watch belonged to his great-grandfather who was in World War I, it was then given to his grandfather who was killed in World War II, then given to Butch's father as he went to Vietnam. The scene is very heartfelt as Captain Koontz tells Butch the history the watch.
-Then the scene takes a turn that Inever expected. His father didn't want the Viet Cong to take the watch from him so he couldn't pass it on to his only son. So he hid it from them for 3 years...up his ass. Before he died of dysentary, he gave the watch to Captain Koontz, who hid it up his ass for 2 years, and promise that he would give it to Butch one day.
-The scene is so fucking random and comes out of nowhere. Then the movie just goes back to where it left off.
#4.
MATT DAMON & BEN AFFLECK in JAY & SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK
-Jay & Silent Bob go to Hollywood to prevent a movie from being made about their comic book alter-egos Bluntman & Chronic. They eventually end up on the set of Good Will Hunting 2: Hunting Season featuring stars Matt Damon & Ben Affleck.
-The scene shows Will & Chuckie getting into another argument with the longhaired prepie from the Harvard bar from the first movie, consisting of much of the same dialogue from the original movie. Only this time, he read "Vickahs" and has caught up on more reading that Will hasn't even heard of yet. He then pokes Will in the chest telling him "Face it, you're just no longer that good...Will Hunting! Now, how do you like 'dem apples?!?" Will then pulls out a shotgun and blows him away. Chuckie then says "APPLESAUCE, BITCH!"
-AFFLECK, YOU DA BOMB IN PHANTOMS YO!!!
#3.
BILL MURRAY in ZOMBIELAND
-Much of the world has been infected by zombies, so this group that doesn't trust each other end up driving around celebrity homes in Hollywood eventually coming to a house with a big BM on the gate. It is the home of the one and only, Bill Murray.
- Bill Murray attempts to scare Talahasse & Witchita posing as a zombie and then confesses that he only does it to scare zombies off. Murray even plays Ghostbusters with Talahasse using vacuum cleaners. He attempts to scare Columbus and Little Rock. Unfortuntaely he scares them too much and Columbus blasts him with a shotgun. Yes, they kill Bill Murray.
-Before he dies, Little Rock asks him if he had any regrets in life and he goes "Garfield."
#2
MARSHALL MCLUHAN in ANNIE HALL
-I had to do some research on who this guy is, and here's what I found. According to Wikipedia, he was a Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar—a professor of English literature, a literary critic, a rhetorician, and a communication theorist. McLuhan's work is viewed as one of the cornerstones of the study of media theory. McLuhan is known for the expressions "the medium is the message" and "global village". McLuhan was a fixture in media discourse from the late 1960s to his death and he continues to be an influential and controversial figure. More than ten years after his death he was named the "patron saint" of Wired magazine.
-Anyway, in a scene that is the ultimate in one-uping someone, Alvie hears someone quoting McLuhan and suddenly just pulls the actual man out from behind a curtain. Shocked, the man has McLuhan get in his face and say "You know nothing of my work!"
#1.
TOM CRUISE in TROPIC THUNDER
-This is exactly the reason why a cameo can make a good movie great. Tom Cruise plays Les Grossman, a foul-mouthed, movie producer with a love for rap music. He also doned a fat suit, bald wig, beard and giant hands.
-Tom Cruise is hilarious because he doesn't play the sterotypical Tom Cruise role. Even though the role is hilarious, this seriously is his best acting since Born On The Fourth Of July.
-The scene of all scenes is when a real army has called him to ask for money for the safe return of prisoner Tug Spieldman. Grossman says "Ok, Flaming Dragon, fuck face. Why don't you take a step back, and literally FUCK YOUR OWN FACE!!!!"
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