Top 50 Greatest Things: #12

My top 50 greatest things.

Number 12: Who Framed Roger Rabbit? - Bob Hoskins

This is the other entry with a person and a specific work. Bob Hoskins is my favorite actor of all time. His roles in Long Good Friday and Mona Lisa are these powerful portraits of men corrupted by their own power or chewed up and spat out by the powers that be. However, the Eddie Valiant character in Roger Rabbit stands out for his arc between being an emotionally frozen man who felt that he has been betrayed by what brought him joy to finding his purpose once again. Hoskins' work in the movie captures the cynicism of film noir characters before him and also brings a physicality that matches the cartoons in the world of this movie. He implements subtle changes in facial expressions and speaking rhythms and tones to show the gradual regrowth of humanity in the character. Aside from Hoskins, Who Framed Roger Rabbit? is a movie I love for how it recreates a pitch perfect tone of film noir of the past with it's cynical characterization, snappy dialogue, and even social commentary on things like city infrastructure and the exploitation of the working class.

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