Danny DeVito: A Bad Ass?
Last week I watched the movie "Hoffa" on AMC. I never had seen this film before. This is a great movie. Jack Nicholson knocks it out of the park in the title role. The direction is great, very good screenplay, costumes etc.
One thing that didn't ring true was the role Danny DeVito had. He was an enforcer for Hoffa. He is a very good actor, but when they showed him jumping off a truck loading ramp to attack Nicholson, it looked comical, this little short fat guy trying to beat up a six foot tall man. I mean, DeVito must be about 5-3.
In another scene, a mafia restaurant owner was giving DeVito a hard time, DeVito pulled a .38 and shoved the guy all over the restaurant.
In another scene, an attorney from the Justice Dept. was searching the files at the Teamster's office, he had a federal search warrant. This guy was over six foot tall. DeVito came up and shoved the guy, and the big lawyer was knocked back about four feet. DeVito shoved him three more times, and bodily threw the big guy out of the office.
It looked like a cartoon, watching this little fat guy shove all these big guys around. I couldn't figure out why DeVito would be so miscast in an otherwise great movie.
Then, I watched the closing credits.
Directed by Danny DeVito.
One thing that didn't ring true was the role Danny DeVito had. He was an enforcer for Hoffa. He is a very good actor, but when they showed him jumping off a truck loading ramp to attack Nicholson, it looked comical, this little short fat guy trying to beat up a six foot tall man. I mean, DeVito must be about 5-3.
In another scene, a mafia restaurant owner was giving DeVito a hard time, DeVito pulled a .38 and shoved the guy all over the restaurant.
In another scene, an attorney from the Justice Dept. was searching the files at the Teamster's office, he had a federal search warrant. This guy was over six foot tall. DeVito came up and shoved the guy, and the big lawyer was knocked back about four feet. DeVito shoved him three more times, and bodily threw the big guy out of the office.
It looked like a cartoon, watching this little fat guy shove all these big guys around. I couldn't figure out why DeVito would be so miscast in an otherwise great movie.
Then, I watched the closing credits.
Directed by Danny DeVito.
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He makes a better penguin. Don 0 -
I would fear a wet fart more than Danny DeVito .
Like him as an actor though .
SxS0 -
Not nice picking on short people! You guys are meanies![:(] 0 -
low center of gravity? 0 -
Short People got no reason
Short People got no reason
Short People got no reason
To live
They got little hands
And little eyes
And they walk around
Tellin' great big lies
They got little noses
And tiny little teeth
They wear platform shoes
On their nasty little feet
Well, I don't want no Short People
Don't want no Short People
Don't want no Short People
Round here
Short People are just the same
As you and I
(A Fool Such As I)
All men are brothers
Until the day they die
(It's A Wonderful World)
Short People got nobody
Short People got nobody
Short People got nobody
To love
They got little baby legs
And they stand so low
You got to pick 'em up
Just to say hello
They got little cars
That go beep, beep, beep
They got little voices
Goin' peep, peep, peep
They got grubby little fingers
And dirty little minds
They're gonna get you every time
Well, I don't want no Short People
Don't want no Short People
Don't want no Short People
'Round here0 -
quote:Originally posted by He Dog
Short People got no reason
Short People got no reason
Short People got no reason
To live
They got little hands
And little eyes
And they walk around
Tellin' great big lies
They got little noses
And tiny little teeth
They wear platform shoes
On their nasty little feet
Well, I don't want no Short People
Don't want no Short People
Don't want no Short People
Round here
Short People are just the same
As you and I
(A Fool Such As I)
All men are brothers
Until the day they die
(It's A Wonderful World)
Short People got nobody
Short People got nobody
Short People got nobody
To love
They got little baby legs
And they stand so low
You got to pick 'em up
Just to say hello
They got little cars
That go beep, beep, beep
They got little voices
Goin' peep, peep, peep
They got grubby little fingers
And dirty little minds
They're gonna get you every time
Well, I don't want no Short People
Don't want no Short People
Don't want no Short People
'Round here
You are the "main" meanie in GB! Even Hairy doesn't pick on short people![:0][:0]
I am going to chat with Mayor BlumToad and get another resolution passed to make it un-PC to make short people jokes.[:0]0 -
quote:You are the "main" meanie in GB! Even Hairy doesn't pick on short people!
What can I tell you, except,
They got little hands
And little eyes
And they walk around
Tellin' great big lies
They got little noses
And tiny little teeth
They wear platform shoes
On their nasty little feet
Well, I don't want no Short People
Don't want no Short People
Don't want no Short People
Round here0 -
He should stick with comedy ! [:)] 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Jake_S-83
low center of gravity?
+1 ?
DSM0 -
quote:Originally posted by Jake_S-83
low center of gravity?
That, and he's built pretty solid underneath that flab. If he was pissed off, I wouldn't be scared of him, but I'd be respectful of what he might be capable of doing.0 -
There's nothing wrong with being short......
we're closer to the "good parts"[:D][:p]0 -
quote:Originally posted by rogue_rob
There's nothing wrong with being short......
we're closer to the "good parts"[:D][:p]
yeeee-OWCH!!!0 -
Joe Peschi (sp?) is pretty short and I never questioned him being cast as an enforcer....
Maybe I'm too used to Devito being funny0 -
An "enforcer" is not necessarily a big guy. It's an attitude. Attack NOW! No hesitation, most people would hesitate and waste time talking, joking, negotiating, and threatening, in the role as an "enforcer" both Pesci and Devito never even hesitate. They just attack with reckless abandon. They appear fearless. That is how an "enforcer" works. They are not paid to negotiate. They are paid to get results. NOW. You'll notice in the movies, they usually only ask once. Then they do what they have to do.
So, physically a guy like Devito wouldn't appear as threatening or menacing it also allows him to get closer to his target, like the mobster not giving him what he wanted in the restaurant. He surprised him so quickly, the guy had to do whatever Devito said because by the time he realized what was happening, he had a gun pressed against him!
Just my take on "enforcers"............
I also think Hoffa is a great movie! I loved the deer hunting scene!0 -
quote:Originally posted by rogue_rob
There's nothing wrong with being short......
we're closer to the "good parts"[:D][:p]
In Devito's case that means closer to his azz-hole...or is it the other way around?
Is he out of rehab yet, or is he still drunk?0 -
quote:There's nothing wrong with being short......
That is true Rob and why mostly you get the sweet smell of mo'asses.0 -
A full power round house from shorty could prove painful to the family jewels. 0 -
Joe Pesci is a lot more believable as a tough guy.
For DeVito, in the "action" scenes in Hoffa, it looked like a joke, like a "Saturday Night Live" skit, especially the scene where he jumped off the loading dock onto Nicholson. His little arms were flailing from his fat little body, he didn't look like he could beat up a Boy Scout.
Look, I know that a kick to the family jewels from a little guy is going to put the biggest man on the floor. But that isn't what DeVito was doing in this film. He was supposedly physically intimidating people.
Little guys can be tough, but, day in and day out, the big man will beat the little man in a fight.0 -
quote:Originally posted by allen griggs
Little guys can be tough, but, day in and day out, the big man will beat the little man in a fight.
Depends. If the little guy is a skilled in unarmed combat, and the big guy isn't. I've seen some little guys I wouldn't mess with. One of them is my instructor.0 -
Devito produced & directed the movie. He could be any part he wanted. 0 -
a bald ass 0 -
It would be like being attacked by a Oompa, Loompa.
Oompa,Loompa, doom-pa-dee-dee If you are wise, you'll listen to me...........0 -
Joe Peschi pulled it off every time. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by dcon12
He makes a better penguin. Don
Tis true, tis true.0 -
DeVito is a self righteous puke. 0 -
Peschi did indeed pull it off. It was in Goodfellas, if I remember correctly, he was a for real bad ass. He was also a psycho who would shoot a kid for delivering the drinks too slowly.
When he was beating up that big Mafia guy, kicking him in the face, he had DeNiro and Ray Liotta helping him out. They didn't show him shoving a six foot man all over the room. Anyone who knew his character knew he always had a pistol and would as soon shoot you as look at you.0 -
Its not the size of the man in the fight, its the size of the fight in the man.
Think there ain't much fight in DeVito, it the movies, maybe that one should have been a comedy.0 -
How about in CASINO when he was in the bar with De Niro (the pen)? 0 -
quote:Originally posted by SXSMAN
I would fear a wet fart more than Danny DeVito .
Yeah, I had a few of those earlier I was kinda worried about too...[:I]0 -
quote:Originally posted by He Dog
quote:There's nothing wrong with being short......
That is true Rob and why mostly you get the sweet smell of mo'asses.
[:D][:D] I didn't mean THOSE good parts......0
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