quick list: five great Jeff Goldblum performances

I was impressed as hell with his short-lived TV series, "Raines." The premise was great, he was perfect for it, and as far as I could see, there was nothing wrong with it. Presumably the only reason it didn't fly was because Goldblum didn't appeal to the right demographics, but it wasn't given a chance. Only 7 episodes were made, which had me thinking it was meant to be limited, but it didn't have that kind of arc or closure.

Frankly JG could still go back to it and I'd watch...

I just saw a movie called "Adam Resurrected" directed by Paul Schrader and starring Jeff Goldblum wherein he played a Holocaust survivor. It was barely released a couple of years ago and it's not bad.

Adam Resurrected was at the Toronto Film Festival when I was there, but we weren't able to fit it into our schedule. I heard it's very good.

I mentioned "Raines" the other day, and I went so far as to find some clips of it online and re-watch. It was a great show. 13 episodes were ordered, but only 7 were produced. You can view them on Amazon On Demand, I believe. Or through various other, more nefarious means.

I'm so bummed he's leaving L&O:CI.

I freaking LOVE The Tall Guy. Best sex scene ever. So happy you mentioned it!

Fail for no ID4. His witty banter with Judd Hirsch on the drive into Washington is some of the most Oscar-worthy dialogue put to film.

Don't forget Thank God It's Friday--I think he's the only actor who made it out of that movie with his career intact. Not even remotely a good movie, but you have to give him props for moving on to bigger and better things from there.

I'll always love him for Jurassic Park and Independence Day, though not so much The Lost World, because I'm still mad about that movie.

Although it's a bit of a missfire as a film (albeit with a ton of funny and satirical ideas), he's also hilarious in Great White Hype.

He was brilliant as Troy McClure's agent on The Simpsons.

He's not in it for long enough, but I love him as Bill Murray's "half-gay" love rival in The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou.

Yeah I always enjoy watching Jeff Goldblum - I like him in the movies you mentioned Maj but I also enjoy him in those big dumb blockbusters he makes. He's been doing a bit of theatre in the UK recently, maybe he wants to re-connect with his theatre roots a little.

not so much The Lost World, because I'm still mad about that movie.

Please explain, CoriAnn, of the cutest name.

Usually I am pretty good about accepting that a book-to-movie adaptation is going be a different creature (in the case of Hitchhiker's, I love it all the more expressly for that), but for some reason, all of the changes they made from The Lost World the book to The Lost World the movie just irked me to no end. I loved that book even more than Jurassic Park though, so that may be part of it. I was soooooo excited about the movie and then I felt like it just stomped all over my expectations. To this day I still get irritated when I stumble across the movie on TV or something.

goodness... i hated the book of Lost World. it seemed like a string of NYTimes Science Section articles with some dialogue thrown in. i thought the movie a big improvement (and not just because of jeff goldblum). it was a bit of a rolick, but nothing wrong in that.

"...a string of NYTimes Science Section articles with some dialogue thrown in."

In other words, a Michael Crichton novel? ;)

@BZero: the *ultimate* michael crichton book. at least most of the others he managed to disguise, or make a pleasant diversion. all i could think of with Lost World was, "ohmigod--i remember that exact phrasing from a NYTimes science section." i'm astounded he wasn't accused of plagerising his book.