• @Maiq@lemy.lol
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        15 days ago

        Does any body know what movie this gif is from? Or the name of the actor so I can go through his filmography.

        I’m looking for a movie my dad and I watched once a long time ago. I didn’t give the movie to much of a chance back then. Just liked the quality time. I think it had this actor in it. Id really like to find and rewatch it.

  • @absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz
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    326 days ago

    “Wyatt Earp is my friend.”

    That scene always gets me, it’s one of the greatest in all cinema.

  • @willdrown@lemmy.world
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    846 days ago

    Telling that, as of now, most comments mention a different film of his. Kilmer was great in so many things! I’ll just add Kiss Kiss Bang Bang to the pile, RIP to a great actor

    • @Tower@lemm.ee
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      296 days ago

      Open the dictionary and under the word idiot, what do you see?

      A picture of me?

      No! The definition of the word idiot! Which you are!

      (done from memory, so likely not 100% accurate)

    • @sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz
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      126 days ago

      I’ve read that he was a bit of a pain in the ass to work with, but I’ve always appreciated the results. So many great rolls. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is great, Tombstone, etc. I’ve not met too many people who mention The Salton Sea. That’s in my top 3 for his performances.

  • @Spacehooks@reddthat.com
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    225 days ago

    This dude made movies so good.

    Tombstone Batman Top gun The saint Prince of Egypt Red planet

    Shame his career was cut short. I assume he lost his speech because God needed it after watching Prince of Egypt.

    • Canopyflyer
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      165 days ago

      SIR/MADAM! I call foul! Most foul!

      Your list is horribly disingenuous, due to the absence of Val Kilmer’s greatest movie:

      Top Secret

      • @TwoHardCore@lemmy.ca
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        25 days ago

        The greatest movie ever made in fact ☻ (IMO of course). I just watched it this morning after hearing the news. RIP Nick Rivers

        • Canopyflyer
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          65 days ago

          It is a cinematic triumph. Peter Cushing himself called it his greatest role! Well, he might have said that.

          Fun fact that I actually just learned today. The cast made from Mr Cushing’s face for his scene in Top Secret was used by the SFX wizards working on Rogue One to digitally recreate the actor for the movie.

          Imagine that, a casting for a prosthetic made over 40 years ago was used to recreate the image of Peter Cushing so that he could appear as Grand Moff Tarkin again.

          Have to admit, that rather stunned me when I read it.

          • @SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca
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            25 days ago

            a casting for a prosthetic made over 40 years ago was used to recreate the image of Peter Cushing so that he could appear as Grand Moff Tarkin again.

            They were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.

            In the end it was really creepy to have a dead person have so much screen time in a movie.

            • Canopyflyer
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              24 days ago

              I have to agree with you.

              Actors that have been “de-aged” or simulated just don’t quite cross the uncanny valley for me. I loved Tron Legacy, but the de-aging on Jeff Bridges was just off. So those scenes with CLU and in the past just drew me out of the film.

    • @werefreeatlast@lemmy.world
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      166 days ago

      Okay, what’s the name of the movie? Yes, what’s the name of the movie. What movie? Top secret? Yes! What’s the name of the movie? That’s the name! The movie’s name is that? If you’re referring to the top secret, then yeah, that’s the name of the movie!

  • @SarcasticMan@lemmy.world
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    296 days ago

    Man, I don’t normally get choked up about celebrities but some of Val Kilmer’s movies got me through a pretty dark time in the late 90s. I was 8 when Willow came out, we wore that VHS out. In 2000 I lived in the boonies taking care of an indoor broccoli growing operation in Colorado. The only thing I had was 20 or so books, a box of VHS tapes, and a 13" TV VCR combo. I must have watched Tombstone and The Saint 10000 times.

    I am still friends with the guy who worked with me and anytime he asks me what happened to or where is so and so I 100% answer with “He ran off to live in the forest, in the nude.”

  • @Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    105 days ago

    Another one to throw into the mix of mentions here. The first Val Kilmer movie that I actually always think of is The Island of Dr. Moreau. A bit offbeat I suppose but one of my absolute favourite childhood movies and I rented the VHS on more than one occasion. Think I might need to rewatch now.