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Matthew Broderick in this...

posted 12 years ago by longcooljolie
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...was one of the nice touches in the movie for me. To me, in nearly every one of his scenes he has some funny lines.

There was his speech about how his kids are not too bright (when Josh comes to ask him to leave the apartment).

"I'm thinking about becoming a male prostitute," when Josh finds him at the run-down hotel.

Then when they are on the roof of the building in the freezing cold and he talks about how a guy shot himself in the head with a nail gun and has to eat his food through a straw.

When they are plotting the Tower Heist and Josh returns after having met with Agent Denham, and the guys express their displeasure, Fitzhugh (Broderick) says "I never saw an episode of Matlock where the criminal banged Matlock."

Later, they dangle him off the building and the scene looks so real. An internet article explained that they actually did dangle Matthew Broderick forty feet in the air from a building and then added in CGI for the rest. Matthew said he was in harnesses and was probably safer up there than walking around in the street.

Anyway, his performance seems overlooked in this, so that's the reason for this post.

[–] moderngamenewb 12 years ago

I liked Matthew Broderick in the movie. He had some pretty good lines

[–] EnnJaySee 10 years ago

"I never saw an episode of Matlock where the criminal banged Matlock."

Haha I laughed at that part. Shocked me. Good stuff.

I can see you make a habit of missing the point.

[–] LCAWC 12 years ago

Watched this for the first time today, I think his Matlock line and his entire shtick when he had the gun was great. It's nice to see he's still got a great mind for comedy, a shame he hasn't used it very much this past decade and a half.

[–] midev 12 years ago

I couldn't help thinking, So that's what became of Ferris Bueller.

I am a very decisive person, I think.

[–] I_have_a_brain_cloud 11 years ago

i always think, "So that's what became of Simba."

I'm English,and if there's anything more deplorable than our cooking,it's our lovemaking

[–] spookyrat1 11 years ago

Later, they dangle him off the building and the scene looks so real.

Agreed! It struck a good balance between being thrilling and funny.

I enjoyed seeming him in the cast. He made a really good Fitzhugh.

[–] TheLordofTheHarvest 10 years ago

I loved Broderick in this, one of his better films as of late and imo he stole the movie totally whenever he was on.

Everyone said Murphy was so good and true he was but Broderick was the most memorable part of it all at least for me anyways. He had great lines and near the end he had a lot of the action and was really one of the true heroes of the movie. He along with Murphy discovered what was up with the $ and the car. As odd as this sounds Broderick could easily have been the lead here and it wouldn't change much because Stiller's character wasn't much in hindsight compared to Matthew or Eddie, or Alan's characters.