RIP Val kilmer

[Scott559]

Val Kilmer, 'Top Gun' and Batman star with an intense approach, dies at 65

Kilmer, the youngest actor ever accepted to the prestigious Juilliard School at the time he attended, experienced the ups and downs of fame more dramatically than most.

apnews.com

 

[runkpanole]

 

[h-hawk]

Thought it was wonderful they brought him back for Top Gun 2. My favorite may be Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.

 

[bagdropper]

 

[alaskanseminole]

 

[St. Louis Hawk]

Should have been nominated for Tombstone.

 

[NorthernHawkeye]

Should have been nominated for Tombstone.

Iconic!

His best role.

 

[alaskanseminole]

Should have been nominated for Tombstone.

 

[MR BEEBS]

 

[Scruddy]

Damn.. no more pain at least. I loved seeing him star briefly in top gun 2. Rest in peace..

 

[TJ8869]

 

[Jerome Silberman]

Should have been nominated for Tombstone.

Who do you cut?

That year was stacked.

 

[QChawks]

Great actor

 

[tarheelbybirth]

Pepsi

RIP Val Kilmer

 

[Herky T Hawk]

Weird guy but great actor. I’d recommend watching his documentary. Pretty interesting if you watched a bunch of his films. I didn’t know he didn’t way to do Top Gun but the studio made him, yet he still put in a perfect performance for that character.

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

RIP.

 

[runkpanole]

Pepsi

RIP Val Kilmer

He’s worthy of multiple threads

 

[hawkirugged17]

 

[bdg8]

Who do you cut?

That year was stacked.

Leo

 

[noleclone2]

Should have been nominated for Tombstone.

Agree. He stole every scene. His performance was a masterpiece and what people remember of the movie.

My favorite scene. Also look at the talent in this scene.

 

[St. Louis Hawk]

Who do you cut?

That year was stacked.

WINNER
TOMMY LEE JONES
The Fugitive

NOMINEES

LEONARDO DICAPRIO
What's Eating Gilbert Grape

RALPH FIENNES
Schindler's List

JOHN MALKOVICH
In the Line of Fire

PETE POSTLETHWAITE
In the Name of the Father

Good question. You have to keep Jones, Fiennes, and Postlethwaite - great actors, great movies.

So it’s DeCaprio or John. In the Line of Fire is the weakest film.

I cut Malkovich (who is fantastic as always).

 

[Rifler]

Who else could pull off Jim Morrison?...

 

[jasonrann]

I didn't even know he was sick. Wow.

 

[hawkirugged17]

 

[beanerhawk]

He was one of my favorite actors of all time. Growing up I watched real genius 100 times. Tombstone is a top 5 favorite movie of mine and he's the reason.

 

[shiphappens]

 

[seminole97]

So for some reason this time is the first time I noticed that patch.
So I wondered, what squadron was Iceman in?
VF-213 is the Black Lions. That was an F-14 squadron, but that's not their patch.

Coincidentally, Wikipedia says: In 1985, they were mobilized for the filming of Top Gun on the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) for takeoffs & landings and AIM-9 Sidewinder & AIM-7 Sparrow firing scenes.

In 2006 VF-213 became VFA-213, and started flying F/A-18F Super Hornets.

Unit patch of VF-213 in the 80s:

Unit patch of VFA-25 (never an F-14 squadron):

RIP Iceman

 

[Uniformed_ReRe]

I would need dentures if i tried this hard enough to make that sound.

 

[goldmom]

I’m glad he’s not suffering to get through the day anymore - I just want to recall how epic he was in Tombstone. Absolutely owned that role.
RIP to a great actor.

 

[Jerome Silberman]

WINNER
TOMMY LEE JONES
The Fugitive

NOMINEES

LEONARDO DICAPRIO
What's Eating Gilbert Grape

RALPH FIENNES
Schindler's List

JOHN MALKOVICH
In the Line of Fire

PETE POSTLETHWAITE
In the Name of the Father

Good question. You have to keep Jones, Fiennes, and Postlethwaite - great actors, great movies.

So it’s DeCaprio or John. In the Line of Fire is the weakest film.

I cut Malkovich (who is fantastic as always).

That's probably the choice I'd make as well, but I'm not sure I would put Kilmer above Malkovich if I saw both performances without any outside influence.

Incredible year for film.

 

[DeangeloVickers]

Was telling Mrs no pics Vickers this morning how underappreciated his role as Doc Holiday was... to which she replied, "wait, he was in Back to the Future?"...
She's never been much for remembering celebrities or movie details but that one was too good not to share.

 

[St. Louis Hawk]

That's probably the choice I'd make as well, but I'm not sure I would put Kilmer above Malkovich if I saw both performances without any outside influence.

Incredible year for film.

Really was. I just assumed that Fiennes had won when I went to look it up.

Which tells you how great Tommy Lee was that year.

 

[jonesy5960]

Was telling Mrs no pics Vickers this morning how underappreciated his role as Doc Holiday was... to which she replied, "wait, he was in Back to the Future?"...
She's never been much for remembering celebrities or movie details but that one was too good not to share.

Wait... He was in Back to the Future?

 

[goldmom]

On another note - we were in Colorado over one summer and got off the interstate at Glenwood Springs on the way to Aspen. It has the old hospital/sanitarium where the real Doc Holliday died.
We’d seen the Tombstone movie and learned he was buried there so off we go to his gravesite.
It’s a little bit of a steep hike and interesting with the “souvenirs” left by fans but damn it overlooks the back end of a freaking WalMart. This was some years back so maybe the WalMart has closed but it was crazy to me anyway.
(Note: we went to WalMart after and bought souvenir tee shirts 🤪)

 

[hawkeyebob62]

Thought it was wonderful they brought him back for Top Gun 2. My favorite may be Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.

Agreed, it was handled almost flawlessly.

 

[TJ8869]

Really was. I just assumed that Fiennes had won when I went to look it up.

Which tells you how great Tommy Lee was that year.

Fiennes gave a great performance as Goeth. But imo Kingsley was even better as Stern.

 

[St. Louis Hawk]

 

[jasonrann]

I’m glad he’s not suffering to get through the day anymore - I just want to recall how epic he was in Tombstone. Absolutely owned that role.
RIP to a great actor.

Definitely my favorite role of his. One of my favorite lines was at the end when Doc is talking to Wyatt. Wyatt says he just wants a normal life. Doc says "there's no normal life Wyatt, there's just life". Absolute classic scene.

 

[fezzador]

While 65 isn't all that old (especially in this day and age), I'm honestly kind of shocked Val held out as long as he did. He's had it pretty rough the past few years.

That being said, Ghost and the Darkness is definitely an underrated flick.

 

[hawkeyebob62]

Really was. I just assumed that Fiennes had won when I went to look it up.

Which tells you how great Tommy Lee was that year.

The real tragedy of that year was NOT Tom Hanks winning Best Actor over Liam Neeson. It was Denzel not even being mentioned. He absolutely ruled "Philadelphia".