Brian Wilson’s Three Favorite Movies Couldn’t Be More Different

Rock legend Brian Wilson, one of the founding members of Beach Boys, died on June 11, 2025 at the age of 82. Wilson was immediately thanked for musicians and fans everywhere that admired his career, which extended back to the early 1960s. As many know, Wilson struggled with his life with his entire life and aroused his millions of enthusiasts even deeper and understanding. The world lost the giant. Rock ‘n’ roll would not have been the same without him.

Although Wilson was a musical miracle when it came to the movies, he was a little less familiar. As part of the Beach Boys, he appeared in a few funny, child-friendly films, such as 1965 “The Girls on the Beach” and Disney-Flood “Uncle” in the same year. In the film, Wilson was seen more often to give interviews to documents such as 1994 “Theremin: Electronic Odyssey” and Bruce Willis Mockmentary “Bruno Return”. He was also in the 2018 documentary “Echo Canjon”, “” Los Angeles ‘music world of Los Angeles’ music world for years, although most of his Doc performances were in his films.

When it came to his taste in the movies, Wilson claimed to be largely unaware of the media. Many of Wilson’s many fans are likely to be aware of the 2007 interview he gave to the Asbury Park Press (Spin Magazine magazine conveniently copied) Where he was asked what films he had recently seen. Wilson admitted that he wouldn’t get to the movies often but recently saw The notorious Eddie Murphy bomb “Norbit”. In that movie, Murphy played both the timid man and his oppressive, abuser girlfriend. Wilson said “Norbit” is “a fantastic movie. Very funny.” When asked what his favorite movie was, he replied that it was “Norbit”.

Fortunately, Wilson was able to change it a few years later.

Brian Robbins’ “Norbit”, who are lucky not to know, was one of the most well -known bad movies in the 2000s. Critics hated it by earning its 9%approval rating for Rotten Tomatoes based on 122 reviews. Many critics felt that it was interesting and uncomfortable, and that Murphy’s diverse shit was worn thin. It was appointed to the Seven Razzie Award, but also one Oscar, an excellent rick baker’s makeup. It is curious that Brian Wilson in searching for a movie in 2007, at the zero “Norbit” event. Although the choice was kind of thin, the weekend “Norbit” was released, it opened up opposite “Hannibal Rising”. There is also the probability that he only trimmed the interviewer because Wilson had a reputation to use an unpleasant sense of humor with people.

However, in 2015, Wilson was asked again – This time as a result of – What his favorite movie was, and he mentioned more classic: he said that his favorite movie was the animated “Pinocchio” of Ben Sharpsten and Hamilton Luske’s 1940. This is a logical choice as one of the songs in the movie, “When you want to stars,” inspired by Wilson’s “Surfer Girl”. He confirmed this in the consequence interview.

Of course, animated fantasy, such as “Pinocchio”, is far from “Norbit” blatant, low intelligence slapstick. The 1940 film is still widely visible to this day, and its distributor Disney is holding the Merch and Home Video versions. Its songs, written by Leigh Harline and Ned Washington, are still singing in modern households. The film was upgraded even in Live Action and CGI Robert Zemeckis in 2022And Guillermo Del Toro made his own version of the classic story and won the Oscar. “Norbit” is only notorious and has never gone through any serious critical re -evaluation. It was still hated in 2025 than it was 18 years earlier.

Well, all hated Brian Wilson except Brian Wilson. He liked it enough to call it one of his favorites, allegedly.

Wilson was able to add his favorite list to the second time in 2015, when the bio -love & Mercy “published on June 5 of that year was advertised. Reddit in AMAWilson was asked what his favorite movie was, and he seemed to be better prepared this time. He mentioned that his favorite movie was Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 horror movie “The Birds”. The film applies to the inhabitants of small Lahti in North California, who find that local Avilans are crazy for unknown reasons and sometimes flock together to attack and kill people. It can be argued that birds attack people for environmental reasons or that humans express some assault, but the film never gives a clear reason why animals have become violent.

Reddit AMA Wilson was asked for points: “What is your favorite movie?” to which he wrote:

“Alfred Hitchcock’s” Birds “because it had a sense of humor. Some guy’s car exploded and killed me, and it made me laugh for some reason running from the birds.”

Wilson had a delightfully dark sense of humor. And “birds” is certainly nonsense, of which Alfred Hitchcock was undoubtedly aware. The director was not without bad sense of humor, and Wilson was probably just the key to it. Many fans immediately commented that Wilson’s answer was perfect.

Now you have to program “Norbit”, “Pinocchio” and “Birds” as a triple feature. Rass comedy, children’s fairy tale and horror movie about killer birds. Three films could not be different. It seems that Wilson had a rather eclectic taste. Rest in peace, Mr. Wilson. The world is small without you.