Hot take: Bedazzled is Brendan Fraser's best performance

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Just rewatched it last night. He's so good in it, both as normal Elliot and in all the different scenarios that play out. Elizabeth Hurley at her peak too. Such an underrated gem of a movie.
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I mean, I like that movie forreasons.

Id say his best is School Ties.
The Mummy has been my personal favorite, but I don't ever remember him giving a bad performance so I'll never hold someone else having a different movie of his as their favorite for him.
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Spurner posted...
I mean, I like that movie forreasons.

Id say his best is School Ties.
Haven't seen that, but looking it up, it sounds good. I'll have to add it to the list.
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Bedazzled is a fun movie.
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I watched it a few days ago and the whole time I couldn't get past "why did this movie even need to exist?" It is just pure nothing and seems to only exist to sell the sex appeal of Elizabeth Hurley.

The plot just reeks of only existing solely for the point that a movie is required to have a plot. The guy just starts out as the most annoying person possible then wonders why no one likes him at all. It isn't even lowkey that he is the obnoxious annoying co-worker. It literally explicitly goes out of its way to show this. They could just be playing it up as their attempt at humor but it severely damages the plot.

So yeah, the obnoxious person isn't doing very well socially so he decides to make a deal with the devil to force a girl to like him. And in the only thing that makes sense in the film, the devil betrays and plays games with him instead. Then god tells him that he can't actually sell his soul so what is even the point of any of this?

After the devil is done with him he decides to act like a normal person for some reason that is never said and then people start to like him.
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I agree tbh. He nails every comedy character. Every time it gets to the sensitive guy part I lose it.
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I like Bedazzled, but I don't remember it being a demanding performance from anyone.

He's really good in Doom Patrol, even if it is primarily voice acting.
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The basketball scene cracks me up every single time
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Spurner posted...
I mean, I like that movie forreasons.

I like Elizabeths Hurleys
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JohnEtrav posted...
The basketball scene cracks me up every single time
Guy should have just made the same wish but this time wished to be smart and to have a big ol' todger
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Dakimakura posted...
I watched it a few days ago and the whole time I couldn't get past "why did this movie even need to exist?" It is just pure nothing and seems to only exist to sell the sex appeal of Elizabeth Hurley.

The plot just reeks of only existing solely for the point that a movie is required to have a plot. The guy just starts out as the most annoying person possible then wonders why no one likes him at all. It isn't even lowkey that he is the obnoxious annoying co-worker. It literally explicitly goes out of its way to show this. They could just be playing it up as their attempt at humor but it severely damages the plot.

So yeah, the obnoxious person isn't doing very well socially so he decides to make a deal with the devil to force a girl to like him. And in the only thing that makes sense in the film, the devil betrays and plays games with him instead. Then god tells him that he can't actually sell his soul so what is even the point of any of this?

After the devil is done with him he decides to act like a normal person for some reason that is never said and then people start to like him.

maybe you say obnoxious because you're speaking from a position of privilege but it's obvious they went for the socially awkward type who's too desperate to make friends and get a girlfriend, eg. the exact type who see no other option than to sell his soul to achieve those.
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LSGW_Zephyra posted...
The Mummy exists. This cannot be true

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Oh, I missed that post.

I don't remember just how obnoxious Fraser's character is, but I think the movie almost works better if he is actually kind of a selfish jerk because the "twist" in this movie is that God and the Devil are friends. They're happily playing chess together at the end and God's only response to the Devil cheating is to laugh when he catches her doing it.

So with that, I think the entire movie is just a plot the two of them have to make this guy become a better person. Whether that's him just becoming more confident and self-realized or if he just fully becomes a better person, that's up to how much you like him. That's why his out is making a selfless wish for someone else.
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pegusus123456 posted...
Guy should have just made the same wish but this time wished to be smart and to have a big ol' todger
That's basically his next wish, just swapping "pro basketballer" for "scholar".
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darkknight109 posted...
That's basically his next wish, just swapping "pro basketballer" for "scholar".
He should have stayed a basketball star though

That's his problem, he tries an entirely different approach instead of refining the one wish

I'd also forgotten that the big issue with the scholar wish is that he's gay

Peak 2000s movie :/
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He's great in everything, but Rick O'Connell is his best role. Fuckin' GOAT action hero right there.
Elizabeth Hurley would be the perfect live action Bayonetta tbh

..or at least, she wouldve been like twenty years ago.
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pegusus123456 posted...
He should have stayed a basketball star though

That's his problem, he tries an entirely different approach instead of refining the one wish

I'd also forgotten that the big issue with the scholar wish is that he's gay

Peak 2000s movie :/

She would have still just corrupted the wish in a different way
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Dakimakura posted...
She would have still just corrupted the wish in a different way
Yes, obviously, but he didn't even make it a challenge.
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Murphiroth posted...
He's great in everything

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It's not a good movie but I love it so.
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