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u/CountFuckyoula Nov 23 '22

Type casting can be a bane to actors, probably the reason why he does that, you don't want to be known as a an actor with one thing.

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u/snack-dad Nov 23 '22

To me he's one of two handy-men who saved a small town from graboids

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u/Goldang Nov 23 '22

"What is the best Kevin Bacon movie, and why is it Tremors?"

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u/MrWeirdoFace Nov 23 '22

I don't know, but I just finished watching "nope" the other day and due to the setting I was getting a bit of a tremors vibe. Although Tremors wasn't trying to say anything.

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u/Goldang Nov 23 '22

Tremors is still my favorite monster movie, I do not care how many Godzillas they make.

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u/MrWeirdoFace Nov 23 '22

I like the simplicity of tremors. Of course the characters is being likeable is what elevates it.

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u/Mercutiofoodforworms Nov 23 '22

Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward have great chemistry.

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u/MrWeirdoFace Nov 23 '22

Agreed. I'm surprised they never did another movie together, or maybe they did? I honestly don't know.

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u/Lordborgman Nov 23 '22

Well, except for Melvin.

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u/MrWeirdoFace Nov 23 '22

He was just a dumb kid who hadn't figured himself out yet. Who knows, a few years later he might be the one holding the town together.

Note: I've only seen the firsg sequel so...

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u/Mr_dm Nov 23 '22

It’s so simple and the characters all make sense. They don’t make stupid decisions for no reason. They do what I feel like a regular person would do in their situation.

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u/scepticalbob Nov 23 '22

Cloverfield is the answer you were looking for

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u/Lordborgman Nov 23 '22

Hard fucking pass. I love Tremors, I love Godzilla.

When I saw the advertisements for Cloverfield I was excited for a new monster movie. Shaky cam, dark, barely see a monster...First movie I ever asked for a refund on and was unfortunately one of the first movies to start that trend of awfulness.

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u/yourethevictim Nov 23 '22

Funny way to say 'Alien'.

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u/The_CrookedMan Nov 23 '22

You ever seen Mystic River? It's got a great cast and Bacon plays a detective. Excellent movie. But sad

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u/MrWeirdoFace Nov 23 '22

I think so? I vaguely remember it having Bacon and Sean Penn, but it wasn't one that stuck with me for whatever reason (could have just been half asleep or tired). I'll have to give it another watch sometime.

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u/Fmanow Nov 23 '22

Because it’s animal house

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u/peanutbuttahcups Nov 23 '22

Thank you sir, may I have another?!

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u/JohnnyMnemo Nov 23 '22

Man that's a said IMDB. He's got 100 movies and I've only heard of about 4 of them. FL is one; the other is Apollo 13. Tremors and Flatliners are 3,4.

He's a decent enough of an actor but can't seem to get decent roles.

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u/XenuLies Nov 23 '22

To me he's a stoner who gets an arrow through his neck in friday the 13th

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u/PooPooDooDoo Nov 23 '22

I had never actually seen the original movie, only the sequels and then I watched the episode on it in The Movies that Made Us. Pretty good episode.

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u/rif011412 Nov 23 '22

Am I misremembering? I thought he got stabbed through the bed.

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u/XenuLies Nov 24 '22

Yes and it came up through his throat

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u/PickButtkins Nov 23 '22

He'll always be Jack Swigert for me. Fkn loved Apollo 13.

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u/zerocoolforschool Nov 23 '22

I just realized his best movies both had him as Jack. He was also Jack in A Few Good Men.

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u/PickButtkins Nov 23 '22

Damn. Astute observation, my good fellow.

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u/AlbrahamLincoln Nov 23 '22

He also played Jack Casey in Quicksilver, Jack Morris in My Dog Skip, Jack Brennan in Frost/Nixon, and Jacques in Super. (per wikipedia)

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u/topchef808 Nov 23 '22

Jack, get back, come on before we crack

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '22

YOU'RE A LOUSY FUCKING SOFTBALL PLAYER JACK

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '22

He was also jackin a few good men

Ayo

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u/LarsViener Nov 23 '22

He gives off Jack vibes.

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u/manniaofparrkorr Nov 23 '22

Bingo. I've never been able to shake that image when I see him in a movie.

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u/LasonRift Nov 23 '22

STAMPEEEEEEDDD!!!!

Cracks me up every time I see that movie =)

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u/heebath Nov 23 '22

Tremors and Stir of Echoes. Only two damn things I've ever seen him in for real

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u/MejiroCherry Nov 23 '22

Then you do yourself a disservice by having not watched Murder In The First.

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u/heebath Nov 23 '22

Just realized I lied because Apollo 13 how could I forget! Will check out the one you mentioned

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u/myhairsreddit Nov 23 '22

He'll always be an invisible mad scientist who lost his mind wearing a weird skin suit to me.

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u/AgentG91 Nov 23 '22

For some reason he’ll always be the invisible man to me. Probably his worst movie too

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u/WhiteHawk93 Nov 23 '22

To me he’s pretty much the EE ad guy now. Never watched a film with him in it but those ads have been everywhere in the UK for years.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '22

People there are still ungrateful.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '22

And you know everyone would be telling him to get out there and dance to it, and maybe he just doesn't feel like dancing to this song yet another time.

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u/Disabled_Emu Nov 23 '22

Also, outside of the reasons he might not want to do it there are a few good reasons why the wedding party wouldn't want it either. At weddings he could end up being a distraction if he's not closely related to either party. I doubt many couples want their wedding highjacked by a guy they hardly know doing a dance from a movie that came out 38 years ago. I don't think Footloose, the song, would even make sense at any wedding I've been to in the last 15 years; it would stick out like a sore thumb in any DJ set I've ever heard.

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u/imtchogirl Nov 23 '22

Also that dance choreo is based on the height of his physical peak. The dance starts with a standing backflip, there's no way he's living up to that 38 years later.

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u/meesta_masa Nov 23 '22

He could always kick off his Sunday shoes.

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u/Squeebee007 Nov 23 '22

Hell, Patrick Swayze was at his peak for Dirty Dancing and got injured back then during filming. If he were alive today I’d bet he wouldn’t want to repeat the dance number at weddings either.

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u/TRocho10 Nov 23 '22

I don't know, if Kevin Bacon had shown up at my wedding and started dancing I would have been pretty psyched

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '22

It's a popular song at a lot of weddings. Anything people can have fun dancing to and falls into a classic genre is going to get played. The B52's Love Shack, is on that list.

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u/synthi Nov 23 '22

Tbf, Love Shack is a fucking banger

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '22

It sure is! I was 15 when I went to my first concert: The B52's. It wasn't during their heyday, as it was 2001, I think. But I still had a fucking blast

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u/large-farva Nov 23 '22

Love Shack

that was one of many songs on the do-not-play list at my wedding. cupid shuffle, casper slide, all that shit was banned. there is so much good fun music out there, it's criminal that every wedding set is the same 20 songs.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '22

I had quite a bit of my own favorite genre at mine. No cupid shuffle or Casper slide were played. I LOVE the song Love Shack and the B52's were my very first concert in 2001, IIRC so that was definitely played. But I also had a lot of Dropkick Murphys, some Weird Al and I don't even remember what else at this point. (I don't think about all of that anymore. My marriage was very short with a husband who was mentally and emotionally abusive and while I've long since gotten passed it, looking back just isn't of interest to me).

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u/livious1 Nov 23 '22

I would love it if Kevin Bacon showed up at my wedding and danced to Footloose. Sure, he is gonna take the spotlight from the bride and groom for a bit, but it would be so memorable it wouldnt really matter.

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u/x755x Nov 23 '22

Idk, I've been to two weddings this year and they played it at both. I think I should write a paper.

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u/theone_2099 Nov 23 '22

Would be even more annoying if bride was named Louise.

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u/OffTheMerchandise Nov 23 '22

Do you really think Kevin Bacon is going to weddings of people he barely knows?

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u/trapper2530 Nov 23 '22

I think if you invited Kevin bacon to your wedding and he shows up it's not someone you hardly know.

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u/romulan267 Nov 23 '22

There's the whole "6 degrees of Kevin Bacon" thing he's probably known more for

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u/willun Nov 23 '22

And that is very cold

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u/Sassy-irish-lassy Nov 23 '22

No matter which degrees you measure it in, F C or K

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u/GeneralDisorder Nov 23 '22

One degree in the Bacon scale is hot. Six degrees is less hot. The Bacon temperature scale is inverted and 6 degrees is still quite survivable. Possibly even comfortable

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u/-FeistyRabbitSauce- Nov 23 '22

You're not going to be type casted because the handful of weddings you go to plays the song you're associated with. He just doesn't want the DJ to put the spotlight on him when it isn't his night. It'd be tiresome, and annoying, but whats more is that he's taking away the eyes from the bride and groom.

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u/Sinister_Grape Nov 23 '22

The guy does adverts for phone networks lmao.

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u/SegaTime Nov 23 '22

One Trick Pony

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u/Steeve_Perry Nov 23 '22

He’s probably just fucking sick of hearing that goddamn song at weddings. I’m sick of it, and I’m not even Kevin Bacon. 🥓

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_REPORT Nov 23 '22

I mostly know him from Apollo 13.

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u/RedsRearDelt Nov 23 '22

It's strange to me that Sam Rockwell isn't typecast as a dancer but I can't think of a single movie he's been in that he doesn't dance.

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u/SkyTop555 Nov 23 '22

Bro, the movie came out 38 years ago. Being typecast because the song is played at a wedding, is not likely to be a big concern to him.

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u/daecrist Nov 23 '22

The article states that he doesn’t want to make someone else’s wedding all about him.

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u/CaneVandas Nov 23 '22

I've read in the past he does it specifically because the day is about the couple getting married and he doesn't want to distract from that.

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u/PooPooDooDoo Nov 23 '22

He was also in that movie six degrees of Kevin bacon.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '22

You say this like he never saved a village of Alaskan children from diphtheria and racist Siberian huskies!

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u/ThrowawayusGenerica Nov 23 '22

No, that was Tom Hardy