Weekend Small Talk: Rabbit Related
My original Weekend Small Talk was going to be about Easter candy but that's kind of a given; Peeps are the king. After that, there really aren't that many options outside of jelly beans, mini milk chocolate eggs and rabbits, and delicious Reese's peanut butter cup eggs. Oh, and the disgusting Cadbury eggs.
Instead, I decided to just throw out the best rabbit/bunny related moments in film. I thought about Jack Rabbit Slim's from "Pulp Fiction" but I just don't think that scene really stands up over the test of time (the whole movie, in fact, doesn't hold up as, or at least not nearly as well as something like "Reservoir Dogs" or "True Romance").
So I'm just going to throw out the five that first came to me. Which are your favorite Rabbit/Bunny moments? Which classic material did I forget?
I'm sure there are better performances as or by Playboy bunnies but this is the one that came to mind.
4. Bunny ColvinOne of the more intriguing and underrated characters on "The Wire".
EDIT: For some reason it JUST dawned on my that Bunny Colvin shouldn't be eligible because The Wire wasn't film, it was TV. (Okay, it wasn't TV, it was HBO). So with that in mind, I'm going to move commenter Todd's suggestion of Brown Bunny up to #4. I haven't seen the film but it includes an infamous scene and prompted one of the great war of words in recent film history between director Vincent Gallo and critic Roger Ebert.
You can't say the Honky doesn't listen to the people.
3. Fatal AttractionA classic scene in film history.
2. Who Framed Roger RabbitThis is one of my favorite films of all-time, especially because the nefarious plot of the bad guys is something that actually did happen in real life. Roger was hilarious, Jessica Rabbit was the hottest cartoon out there, and the film was an instant classic.
1. Monty Python and the Holy GrailI'm sure that I missed some Rabbit/Bunny moments and characters but I really don't think that there's a moment better than the killer rabbit (and the related Holy Hand Grenade).
Comments
What about Brown Bunny... you know the indie film with the famous scene... Not my favorite film, but it does stick with you.
Posted by: Todd | April 10, 2009 12:53 PM
Good call. I haven't seen Brown Bunny but the infamous scene coupled with the Ebert/Gallo war of words (Ebert said it was the worst movie in the history of Cannes, Gallo wished cancer on Ebert) might move it up to the #4 spot.
Posted by: SoulHonky | April 10, 2009 01:10 PM
Night of The Lepus, I believe it's called. giant mutant killer rabbits. there's a recent... 7up commercial out which references this movie. The movie features wonderful dialogue along the lines of, "What would happen if any of these mutated bunnies escaped?"
"I wouldn't want to be around if that happened"
Posted by: Alex Loth | April 11, 2009 04:38 AM
Donald Darko?There was a bunny in that. And you'll burn in hell for what you said about Pulp Fiction. Repent!
Posted by: JK | April 13, 2009 12:44 PM
Night of the Lepus is another good call. I haven't seen it though. As for Donnie Darko, I jumped off the bandwagon after watching the director's commentary for it. That movie is cool but, in the end, it's pseudo-intellectual nonsense.
Posted by: SoulHonky | April 13, 2009 01:58 PM