Still Awesome Hall Of Fame: Christopher Walken
April 9th, 2008 by NextRound
We watched just about all of SNL the other night for the first time in what seems like a decade. Why? Chris Walken, of course.
The guy dominates. We defy you to name another actor with an equivalent volume of work who’s also managed to maintain such a consistently high level of untarnished awesomeness. Pretty much impossible, right? Walken is simply one of those guys that just makes everything better.
Here’s another fun game: Try to name a movie Walken hasn’t made better. Can’t? OK, now try to name a movie that wouldn’t have been better if Walken had been in it. Nothing? How about you even try to name a time you had a beer with your buddies that wouldn’t have been a thousand times more bad ass if Walken had attended.
See? Our point makes itself. But that’s not going to keep us from highlighting our favorite aspects of Walken’s extensive career. Get excited.
- He’s a one man show in pretty much the greatest music video ever made: the video for Fat Boy Slim’s Weapon of Choice. In fact, we’re pretty sure they stopped making music videos after this one.
- Coined one of the top ten all-time SNL lines (and arguably jump-started Will Ferrell’s career) with the more “More Cowbell” sketch.
- Wasn’t scared to bite off a piece of May Day in “View to Kill”. Could you have said the same about yourself?
- Owner of the most underrated scene from “Pulp Fiction”.
- Starred in some of the weirdest films ever made with zero remorse (see: the “Phrophecy” trilogy, “The Dead Zone”, and “Puss in Boots” the movie, not the sketch).
- Russian Roulette in “Deer Hunter”. No commentary necessary.
- He’s the only funny thing about “Joe Dirt” the first time you watch it.
- Shared — for our money — the greatest scene ever filmed EVER with Dennis Hopper in “True Romance” (long and NSFW language, but totally worth it):
The list could go on and on and on. The guy’s gold. And from the looks of it, he’s not dialing it down any time soon. That’s good news for everyone, especially us, because after writing this piece we’re seriously considering scrapping the website business and getting into the Christopher Walken business.
Memorabilia, book readings, cover albums, party rentals, you name it.
[Source: IMDb]
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