History Film / BeCool

* AntiVillain: Oddly enough, Sin [=LaSalle=] has shades of this. The main reason he wants the money is due to principle, he kills the Russian mob leader for calling him the N-Word, but more due to the fact the fact that he used it hatefully than it being directed at him and he's seen [[GoKartingWithBowser having a good time with Chili near the end of the movie.]]

''Be Cool'' is a 2005 comedy film directed by F. Gary Gray. It stars Creator/JohnTravolta, Creator/UmaThurman, and a [[EnsembleCast host of other well known actors, singers, and celebrities]]. ''Be Cool'' is a sequel to the 1995 film ''Film/GetShorty'', with Travolta reprising his role as Chili Palmer. Both films are [[FilmOfTheBook based on a series of novels]] by author ElmoreLeonard.

* {{Adorkable}}: Elliot, the sweet, sensitive and bumbling gay-bodyguard played by DwayneJohnson.

''Be Cool'' is a 2005 comedy film directed by F. Gary Gray. It stars Creator/JohnTravolta, Creator/UmaThurman, and a [[EnsembleCast host of other well known actors, singers, and celebrities]]. ''Be Cool'' is a sequel to the 1995 film ''Film/GetShorty'', with Travolta reprising his role as former Shylock Chili Palmer. Both films are [[FilmOfTheBook based on a series of novels]] by author ElmoreLeonard.

''Be Cool'' is a 2005 comedy film directed by F. Gary Gray (''[[TheItalianJob2003 The Italian Job]]''). It stars JohnTravolta, UmaThurman, and a [[EnsembleCast host of other well known actors, singers, and celebrities]]. ''Be Cool'' is a sequel to the 1995 film ''Film/GetShorty'', with Travolta reprising his role as former Shylock Chili Palmer. Both films are [[FilmOfTheBook based on a series of novels]] by author ElmoreLeonard.

* CelebrityParadox: Harvey Keitel plays Nick Karr, one of the central antagonists of the film. In ''GetShorty'', he had a cameo as himself.

** And the scene where [[Aerosmith Steven Tyler]] talks about how he [[TheCameo doesn't do movies]].

Chili Palmer is a Hollywood producer who has grown jaded with the movie industry, and who wants to try his hand at the music business. He finds his chance when he meets Linda Moon, a gifted young singer whose talents are going to waste under her current manager. Certain that she can become a superstar, Chili takes Linda under his wing and introduces her to Edie Athens, the widow of an old friend (who Chili saw murdered just the day before) who now has full control of her former husband's record company.

* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: Dabu exhibits a terrifyingly poor grasp of basic gun safety throughout the movie, ''always'' keeping his finger on the trigger and resulting in accidental discharge more than once and one actual fatality. Dabu is at least somewhat self-aware, [[LampshadedTrope lampshading]] his poor gun handling by telling his boss that if he doesn't want this sort of thing to happen, he shouldn't give Dabu a gun in the first place.

* LampshadeHanging / LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Chili wants out of the movie business because the studio forced him to make a sequel, [[{{Sequelitis}} which tanked]].

--> '''Chili''': "Did you know that you can only use the F-word once in a movie and still get a PG-13 rating? You know what I say to that? ''Fuck it''... I'm done."

--> '''Sin''': "Man, why you gotta reinforce the stereotype? I ''live'' here. I'm on the ''neighborhood watch''."

* ActorAllusion: These are peppered throughout, as the film has fun with its EnsembleCast.
** A prime example is DwayneJohnson, who plays gay bodyguard and wannabe-movie star Elliot Wilhelm, and who's perhaps best known as "The Rock" from his former pro-wrestling career.
---> '''Linda Moon''': "He can raise just one eyebrow at a time... and that's all he thinks it takes to be an actor."

* PlayingAgainstType: DwayneJohnson absolutely endears himself to audiences and finally showcases his acting versatility by playing a sweet, clumsy, sensitive and {{Adorkable}} bodyguard.

** Berserk Button: It probably had more to do with the fact that the man called him a "fag."

* ManChild: Elliot and his wigga-wannabe boss Raji.

* PlayingAgainstType: DwayneJohnson absolutely endears himself to audiences and finally showcases his acting versatility by playing a sweet, clumsy, sensitive and {{Adorkable}} gay bodyguard.

''Be Cool'' is a 2005 comedy film directed by F. Gary Gray (''[[TheItalianJob2003 The Italian Job]]''). It stars JohnTravolta, UmaThurman, and a [[EnsembleCast host of other well known actors, singers, and celebrities]]. ''Be Cool'' is a sequel to the 1995 film ''GetShorty'', with Travolta reprising his role as former Shylock Chili Palmer. Both films are [[FilmOfTheBook based on a series of novels]] by author ElmoreLeonard.

* AdultChild: Elliot and his wigga-wannabe boss Raji.

* ActorAllusion - These are peppered throughout, as the film has fun with its EnsembleCast.
** A prime example is with DwayneJohnson (who plays the gay bodyguard and wannabe-movie star Elliot Wilhelm), perhaps best known as "The Rock" from his former pro-wrestling career.
* ArmoredClosetGay - Elliot once threw a man off a building for calling him gay.

* {{Adorkable}} - Elliot, the sweet, sensitive and bumbling gay-bodyguard played by DwayneJohnson.
* AdultChild - Elliot and his wigga-wannabe boss Raji.
* BatterUp - Gangsta wanna-be Raji Lowenthal (played by Vince Vaughn) uses this method to get even with another character who insulted his manner of speech... only after said character was already incapacitated, of course.
* EnsembleDarkhorse - You'd think that an effeminitely campy gay character like Elliot would be hated by the gay community; on the contrary, he is ''well loved'' online by the LGBT community for being a hard working, sweet, kind, funny and positive character rather than just another HardGay caricature.
* GentleGiant - Elliot again.
* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace - Dabu exhibits a terrifyingly poor grasp of basic gun safety throughout the movie. He ''always'' keeps his finger on the trigger, resulting in accidental discharge on more than one occasion. One of those times, it ends up being fatal for a Russian mob lackey. Dabu is at least somewhat self-aware, [[LampshadedTrope lampshading]] his poor gun handling by telling his boss that if he doesn't want this sort of thing to happen, he shouldn't give Dabu a gun in the first place.
* INeverGotAnyLetters - Raji has been deleting Elliot's answering machine when he finds out that Chili has been getting him acting auditions. Chili proves his treachery when he teaches Elliot to check the messages on his cell phone, where he finds duplicates of the deleted messages.
* MeaningfulName - This is seen with several of the characters in the film.
** A notable example is "Sin" [=LaSalle=] (played by Cedric The Entertainer), who will go to any lengths, up to and including murder, to get what is owed to him... or just to get even with those who disrespect him.
* NiceGuy - Elliot, too nice to be a bodyguard in the first place, much less for a jerk like Raji.
* PlayingAgainstType - DwayneJohnson absolutely endears audiences and finally showcases his acting versatility by playing a sweet, clumsy, sensitive and {{Adorkable}} gay bodyguard.
* PrecisionFStrike - Used as a TakeThat to the MPAA ratings board, since ''Be Cool'' received a PG-13 rating.

* StopBeingStereotypical - Invoked by celebrity music producer Sin [=LaSalle=] who chastises his cousin Dabu (played by André 3000 of ''{{Outkast}}'' fame), when the latter pulls up to Sin's house in a big black Hummer, with spinning rims and rap music blasting from the stero.
--> '''Sin''' - "Man, why you gotta reinforce the stereotype? I ''live'' here. I'm on the ''neighborhood watch''."

* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace - Dabu exhibits a terrifyingly poor grasp of [[YouFailGunSafetyForever basic gun safety]] throughout the movie. He ''always'' keeps his finger on the trigger, resulting in accidental discharge on more than one occasion. One of those times, it ends up being fatal for a Russian mob lackey. Dabu is at least somewhat self-aware, [[LampshadedTrope lampshading]] his poor gun handling by telling his boss that if he doesn't want this sort of thing to happen, he shouldn't give Dabu a gun in the first place.

* INeverGotAnyLetters - Raji has been deleting Elliot's answering machine when he finds out that Chili has been getting him acting auditions. Chili proves his treachery when he gets Elliot to check the messages on his cell phone, where he finds duplicates of the deleted messages.

* {{Adorkable}} - The sweet, sensitive and bumbling gay-bodyguard played by DwayneJohnson.

''Be Cool'' is a 2005 comedy film directed by F. Gary Gray (''[[TheItalianJob2003 The Italian Job]]''). It stars JohnTravolta, UmaThurman, and a [[EnsembleCast host of other well known actors, singers, and celebrities]]. ''Be Cool'' is a sequel to the 1995 film ''GetShorty'', with Travolta reprising his role as former shylock Chili Palmer. Both films are [[FilmOfTheBook based on a series of novels]] by author ElmoreLeonard.

!! ''Be Cool'' provides exmaples of:

* ActorAllusion: These are peppered throughout, as the film has fun with its EnsembleCast.

* BatterUp: Gangsta wanna-be Raji Lowenthal (played by Vince Vaughn) uses this method to get even with another character who insulted his manner of speech... only after said character was already incapacitated, of course.
* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: Dabu exhibits a terrifyingly poor grasp of [[YouFailGunSafetyForever basic gun safety]] throughout the movie. He ''always'' keeps his finger on the trigger, resulting in accidental discharge on more than one occasion. One of those times, it ends up being fatal for a Russian mob lackey. Dabu is at least somewhat self-aware, [[LampshadedTrope lampshading]] his poor gun handling by telling his boss that if he doesn't want this sort of thing to happen, he shouldn't give Dabu a gun in the first place.
* INeverGotAnyLetters: Raji has been deleting Elliot's answering machine when he finds out that Chili has been getting him acting auditions. Chili proves his treachery when he gets Elliot to check the messages on his cell phone, where he finds duplicates of the deleted messages.
* MeaningfulName: This is seen with several of the characters in the film.

* PrecisionFStrike: Used as a TakeThat to the MPAA ratings board, since ''Be Cool'' received a PG-13 rating.

* StopBeingStereotypical: Invoked by celebrity music producer Sin [=LaSalle=] who chastises his cousin Dabu (played by André 3000 of ''{{Outkast}}'' fame), when the latter pulls up to Sin's house in a big black Hummer, with spinning rims and rap music blasting from the stero.
--> '''Sin''': "Man, why you gotta reinforce the stereotype? I ''live'' here. I'm on the ''neighborhood watch''."