Anon Doesn't Understand Robbie Williams
Posted by IceMagic75@reddit | 4chan | View on Reddit | 135 comments
Posted by IceMagic75@reddit | 4chan | View on Reddit | 135 comments
Jack-of-Hearts-7@reddit
"Lmao Americans are so dumb they don't recognize a mediocre artist from a different country!"
"Who the fuck is this American celebrity and why should we care?"
Averagebass@reddit
I had no idea who this guy was when I was looking up what this movie was about. I listened to some songs and they weren't that great. I could only stand to watch 5 minutes of the movie and still can't figure out why he's a CGI chimp...
Navy_Pheonix@reddit
I legit thought it was a sequel to Sing the first time I heard about it because that movie also has a CGI Monkey who performs.
JimJimmyJimJimJimJim@reddit
The CGI chimp is explained in the crazy twist at the end.
cheezzy4ever@reddit
I'm never gonna watch it. What's the twist?
JimJimmyJimJimJimJim@reddit
The donkey did it
AntisocialHipster@reddit
The real chimp is the friends we made along the way
JimJimmyJimJimJimJim@reddit
The CGI chimp is explained in the crazy twist at the end.
SteveMashPST@reddit
Supposedly he said it's so the audience can feel more empathetic during the more intense scenes, but in reality he wanted to play himself in his own biopic
OMGRedditBadThink@reddit
“So that’s like 1,000 copies sold?” 💀
AvgBeautyEnjoyer@reddit
They would have sold more tickets if they just straight up titled the movie "Literally Who"
-Munchausen-@reddit
Oh, they made a movie about the guy in Mrs Doubtfire? How didn't I heard of it?
BigCaregiver2381@reddit
See, a Robin Williams biopic written and directed by his longtime friend Bobcat Goldwhait, I would watch that. It might even be good.
johndeer89@reddit
"Ya, no one understands how hard it is to be me. I'm basically just a performing monkey. "
aj_thenoob2@reddit
Waiters do it for far less money. Holy shit are artists delusional. Waaa I play music for 3 hours to the sound of cheers and millions of dollars woe is me
Mission-Profession19@reddit
Anyone has that greentext where Robbie Williams cries because he isn't recognized in the street and his movie flopped?
ThrowEmInTheSoup@reddit
Great, now I wanna see it too 😢
KTDWD24601@reddit
No, because it’s not a thing that exists. 🙄
Robbie and his wife did a few skits about not being recognised, but they are totally tongue-in-cheek.
mattlantis@reddit
Do you know what a greentext is?
KTDWD24601@reddit
Ok, fine. My bad!
Zer0_SUM0@reddit
fucking tourists, amiright?
KushBear7676@reddit
I cried at the end before I knew Kojima liked it
Sanjuro7880@reddit
I came to Germany and was exposed to Robbie Williams. I legitimately don’t understand the hype, like a glitch in the matrix. This dude’s music just sucks. It’s got no catchy notes or hooks. It’s just fucking boring and unpleasant to hear yet my German friend love to get hammered and take over YouTube to play videos of this no talent ass clown.
Aguacatedeaire__@reddit
Wtf are you talking about. At one point he was called the king of pop, he was everywhere on radio, his music was literally the epitome of late 90/early 00s pop music.
It's like saying "i don't understand what the deal with U2 was, their songs are not catchy or easy rock for the general population"
schmitzel88@reddit
Who called him the king of pop, his mom? No one has any idea who this guy even is. British music has not been relevant on the global stage for decades. Might as well be talking about Burmese trap groups or Nepalese deathcore bands.
andhowsherbush@reddit
Who the fuck is he? I've never even heard his name before today. He's not the king of shit. no one even knows who he is.
Aguacatedeaire__@reddit
You're literally a dumb zoomer posting in rick and morty, of courseyou don't know him.
Do this, take your adderall, then read again what i wrote: he was big before your useless ass was even spawned in this world and then quickly disappeared from medias right after his peak.
You're not suppposed to know him, older generations do.
Since i doubt your attention levels can last this far, go ask chatgtp to make a condensed version of this message or how much Robin Williams has sold globally.
Guaranteed more than your favorite shit trapper.
Sanjuro7880@reddit
The point is that he isn’t heard of everywhere. But you know who the real king of pop was Michael Jackson. This lame dude is not world renowned.
JimJimmyJimJimJimJim@reddit
You clearly didn’t let him entertain you.
KTDWD24601@reddit
Of course Robbie Williams tracks are catchy and have hooks.
You can go to any bar or pub throughout Europe and sing ‘And through it aaaalllll…’ and the whole place will sing the chorus of Angels back at you. Because the entire thing is a hook.
edbods@reddit
his music is ok to me, but man the radio just. would. not. shut the fuck up about his movie
Karl_Cross@reddit
Calm the fuck down. Why you so angry about this? 😂
Internal_Trust9066@reddit
Y u so defensive?
TazDingus@reddit
Metallica "relatively unknown internationally"?
SaintCambria@reddit
Weren't they the first band to play all every continent in a world tour?
Atlas-and-Pbody@reddit
Even fucking Antarctica, yes
schmitzel88@reddit
Annoyingly they did not play Trapped Under Ice during their Antarctica set
Belteshazzar_the_9th@reddit
Didn't Metallica break an attendance record in their first show in Russia?
HotDogGrass2@reddit
I was gonna say that, their biggest concert ever was in Moscow and they had to call the fucking Military Police to keep things from getting out of hand
Karl_Cross@reddit
I guarantee you that 90% of Brits have heard of Metallica but couldn't name one song.
back_reggin@reddit
Fuck off. 'Enter Sandman' was everywhere when it came out.
Karl_Cross@reddit
Okay Grandpa.
back_reggin@reddit
I mean, we're discussing an 80s band. So you're either a grandpa or you don't know what you're talking about. Which are you?
necropaw@reddit
Its extra funny since Enter Sandman came out in the 90s. Its not even close to their oldest (or best) work.
Embarrassed-Run-6291@reddit
Master of puppets, enter sandman, one. It would be more relevant to ask if they can name like 5.
stormdyr@reddit
Nothing else matters, albeit
TazDingus@reddit
But they HAVE heard about it, that's the point
13esq@reddit
Indeed. For the record, I'm British and even people who have no interest in rock/metal have at least heard of Metallica.
Tyrant-Star@reddit
Isnt that the opposite of the point that anon was making. That means they were popular internationally.
13esq@reddit
I think that's what I said?
Tyrant-Star@reddit
Its not. I would suggest reading it again but ill break down how this reads.
Anon: Robbie Williams is the Metallica of Britain, i.e only really popular domestically (I think this is a bad comparison personally as Metallica are effing huge everywhere but thats what anon said).
You: Yeah thats right, even people who dont know much about metal know who Metallica is.
See the contradiction in the two claims? Hope that helps.
13esq@reddit
Not really.
Tyrant-Star@reddit
Anon: Metallica isnt well known outside the US.
You: Yeah, Metallica is well known out the US isnt it.
Simpler? I can't really explain it better than that.
13esq@reddit
The upvotes and downvotes show that it is you that requires better reading comprehension.
Although I do admire your commitment, there's a time to hold your hands up and admit you were wrong.
Tyrant-Star@reddit
I have several times. I could just delete the thread but thats lame.
In my defence id just got off a 12 hour shift so my brain was poo, but even so reading it back now its still not super clear and i feel like enough people agreed at first before i confused myself that im not alone in that thought.
Ive held my hands up but knowing reddit im likely to get some more 'yikes' dickheads just lookin to have a dig.
DonnieMoistX@reddit
Nah you’re not understanding what was said
Tyrant-Star@reddit
Could be poes law in action but its not super clear what you meant to some of us. Could you tell me what you meant by it?
Rubber_Ducky_6844@reddit
Yikes.
Tyrant-Star@reddit
Lol you can fuck off. Mistakes happen but youre just being a twat.
ChurM8@reddit
He was saying indeed with the statement in quotation marks, agreeing that it should be in quotes because it’s untrue, not agreeing with the actual statement. You should brush up on your own reading comprehension before criticising others.
Hope this helps.
syncdiedfornothing@reddit
No one said that Metallica isn't a big band other than the actual image in the post. The person you keep responding to is clearly agreeing with you but you keep writing different versions of the same thing. You don't understand who is making what point here. Read it again.
DonnieMoistX@reddit
I’m not the one who wrote it.
Tyrant-Star@reddit
So you weren't. i just saw the pink avatar tbf.
But you seem to get it, could you tell me?
DonnieMoistX@reddit
The first comment ends with a question mark. This is them saying/implying “Metallica is super popular domestically but not internationally? What the fuck are you talking about?”
The comment you replied to is saying ~ “I agree. No clue what the fuck they’re talking about. They are known in Britain”
UltraTiberious@reddit
Yea anon was being stupid with his analogy. A better example would be Korn or Slipknot, not fucking Metallica lmao
JustSuet@reddit
No those also have huge international followings a better example would be checks notes Luke Bryan
UltraTiberious@reddit
Thought we were on the same note for metal rock bands. No one really cares about country music except for country music folks
jvd81@reddit
Here in Italy Metallica is literally one of the most popular bands of all time
Rusty_Pickles@reddit
Italy is basically America for hairy people so that's probably not the best example
johnkubiak@reddit
Didn't Metallica make a point of playing everywhere including the USSR?
SeriouslyGetOverIt@reddit
I was in that thread, everyone disagreed, as you can tell by the reply count
AESATHETIC@reddit
Who?
lobotominizer@reddit
To this day, idk wtf is robbie brown
Severe-Rope-3026@reddit
metallica sells out arenas in bangladesh and they are like 70
is england so gay they dont like metallica
Lazy-Job-9247@reddit
Im British and theyre my favortie band lmaoo
born_2_be_a_bachelor@reddit
They put on a show in Moscow in 91 and 1.6 million showed up
easytowrite@reddit
You're semi right, that was an AC/DC headlined festival that metallica was also at
kanny_jiller@reddit
Rather be completely unknown than selling out to crowds of jeets
johnny_effing_utah@reddit
HillarysBloodBoy@reddit
Imagine the smell
scorpionballs@reddit
You’re gay
jackedcatman@reddit
Only if he’s from England
akeep113@reddit
I had no idea the movie was based on a real person when I watched it. I'm 33 and listen to a ton of music and have never heard of Robbie Williams.
Extension-Beyond5869@reddit
Robbie had 1 popular song post 2010 and it was shit.
Take That is a pretty damn dull band overall, even as a Brit he’s only really popular amongst a very niche number of people.
HotDogGrass2@reddit
I didn't know who Robbie Williams is and just they were making a biopic about a fictional monkey
-_Myst_-@reddit
His songs unironically give off the same energy as "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and "Mary had a little lamb"
PillarOfWamuu@reddit
As an Aussie Robbie Williams was a beast. Had a ton of radio play in the 90s and 2000s. I am surprised US doesn't know him. A shame though he made bangers.
Aguacatedeaire__@reddit
He was popular in the US too. The issue at play here is he kind of disappeared all of a sudden and most of the people posting those brainless threads weren't even in their father's shrinked and full of of microplastic balls when Robin Williams was everywhere.
PillarOfWamuu@reddit
yeah I forget that I am in my 30s. Zoomers mainly use the internet now. And they just straight up dont know
thEldritchBat@reddit
I remember an interview with a British celebrity that was cast in a new Hollywood movie. He said he was so happy to finally be famous, but the interviewer was confused and said “but you’ve been a famous actor for years?” And he told them, “no, I’ve been famous in Britain. That’s not the same thing. If you’re famous in Britain, you’re famous in Britain. If you’re famous in america then you’re famous everywhere.”.
I cannot for the life of me remember who it was though. It might have been Simon Pegg? Idk
pVom@reddit
Yeah Robbie Williams was eeeeverywhere in the 2000s. It's actually pretty mind blowing Americans have no idea who he is.
Like on the "megastar" list I'd put him as big as Katy Perry at her peak or something.
That said the monkey thing was weird and I have no interest in watching his biopic regardless.
Severe-Rope-3026@reddit
america not caring about british pop culture is like your big brother not being impressed by your porn collection
maracusdesu@reddit
More like a third world country thinking their opinions matter
PillarOfWamuu@reddit
true, the movie looks crap but thats just because I think most Biopics are crap. I just listen to music.
Downside190@reddit
Yeah Robbie was huge in the uk especially as he was in Take That who were big then went solo. I think the video to his rock DJ song was also controversial at the time as he strips down, then starts pulling flesh off and throwing it at the women skating around him. So you could only catch the full version after watershed
BLUDscream@reddit
I remember seeing a clip frim the trailer and thought it was some A24 movie
Aguacatedeaire__@reddit
Unironically less stupid than the average A24 movie
eternaltroll@reddit
I thought they just got some guy who did ape cgi in planet of the apes and just said fuck it and made him an ape cause they could cause why not funny monki.
Silent-is-Golden@reddit
Metallica one of the biggest band in the world. Metallica is a word now has been for 30 years, it’s loud! How loud? Metallica loud.
He_Who_Sits@reddit
I had never heard of Robbie Williams but thought the movie was pretty good. Felt a lot more fun than a lot of other "by the numbers" biopics. Not saying this movie isn't also that, just a more fun version of it.
FeelsMan@reddit
now that the dust has settled us US people can stop pretending we don't know Robbie for the memes. He is tremendously popular here people just didn't want to see the movie because of the monkey.
triknodeux@reddit
Never seen him before, never heard any of his music, never seen any memes about him until now. Also never heard of this movie lol
FeelsMan@reddit
Millenium was a huge hit it even got on TRL a bunch pal
Mllns@reddit
My favourite part is when he stole one his biggest songs from a grieving father
Sharky-Li@reddit
In the 2000s his song "Millennium" was on MTV in the US quite a bit. It had a bunch of hot girls in the videos so I fondly remember it.
Wattsit@reddit
It's funny seeing Americans get all upset about Robbie Williams
Yet to this day he still has some of the largest concerts in music history.
Taylor Swift, Queen, Madonna, Micheal Jackson, The Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Shakira, Coldplay, and essentially any still active popular musician today, not one has had a bigger turnout.
ursoyjak@reddit
No one is upset, just confused how this got greenlit for American audiences when no one knows who he is here. Like genuinely, if you asked 100 people in the street about Robbie Williams the top response would confusion of whether you meant Robin Williams the comedian
KTDWD24601@reddit
It didn’t get ‘greenlit for American audiences’.
It was independently funded, with the money pulled together over years from many sources, including Australian tax break schemes designed to stimulate the Australian film industry, Chinese producers, and advance sales of foreign distribution rights. Michael Gracey paid for early development out of his own pocket.
The American distribution rights were the last to sell, after the film was already made and rights sold in the rest of the world.
fresh-anus@reddit
And the Queen and Rocketman ones were actually good movies which helped
crusher97@reddit
Rocketman was alright but let’s not get too carried away with calling Bohemian Rhapsody good. All I could think of while watching was how I could call what was going to happen next. Then I started thinking back to scenes from Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story.
fresh-anus@reddit
Oh yeah fair play Rocketman was definitely more interesting. Wouldn’t call either of them “bad” though.
crusher97@reddit
No but it’s just makes me wish we had gotten the Queen movie that Sacha Baron Cohen had in development for years.
johnkubiak@reddit
"I'm so sorry Freddie, the disease is incurable."
"Mah waif..."
onemoreape@reddit
What? That sounds awesome.
HungerSTGF@reddit
Bohemian Rhapsody getting an Oscar for editing is a crime against humanity
KVMechelen@reddit
Better Man is a much better movie than Bohemian Rhapsody
HG2321@reddit
I guess the original commenter already got a lot of flak on the thread but Metallica is definitely not "relatively unknown internationally" lol
Embarrassed-Run-6291@reddit
The original guy probably couldn't name anyone besides fucking Metallica lol.
Bergen_is_here@reddit
I still don’t know how this movie connects to the other planet of the apes movies.
doodwtfomglol@reddit
Hehe monke movie
GopherPorn@reddit
Never heard of this guy before. Listened to a handful of his popular songs on Spotify. Not for me. Very generic, boring mall music.
scottlapier@reddit
The question I want answered is why did he play a CGI ape version of himself?
frogec@reddit
99% was some other actor playing him. The monkey is a metaphor for performing, masking, hiding behind a character. It Also makes the movie transitions between "reality" and fiction really cool.
scottlapier@reddit
Despite being kind of dumb, I can see that working if it's executed well 🤔
Hates_commies@reddit
You must be the only guy in this thread who has actually watched the movie.
ClownInTheMachine@reddit
It was unwatchable.
OnePastafarian@reddit
I liked him in jumanji
4chan_crusader@reddit
Was literally everyone not saying this same thing when this movie came out?
pies1123@reddit
It's like these people have never heard of Robbie Williams. This was a very Robbie Williams thing to do.
AnotherScoutTrooper@reddit
Who???
ursoyjak@reddit
No one is upset, just confused how this got greenlit for American audiences when no one knows who he is here. Like genuinely, if you asked 100 people in the street about Robbie Williams the top response would confusion of whether you meant Robin Williams the comedian
victor4700@reddit
Money laundering
OmarGuard@reddit
There are more people here talking about the Metallica slander than the star of the biopic lol even when he was on the charts regularly in the 2000s he barely made a ripple on pop culture
He is the epitome of Literally who?
HG2321@reddit
> Metallica relatively unknown internationally
Literally what? I mean, I'm biased because I'm a big fan of them, but still, I don't think that's true at all.
psychoCMYK@reddit
Who?