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mpsteve Donating Member (135 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 02:36 PM
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Best Val Kilmer Movie???
Weird Science...LOL

:silly:
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 02:38 PM
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1. You're thinking of Real Genius..
nt
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mpsteve Donating Member (135 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 02:39 PM
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2. I blew that one!!!
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Emboldened Chimp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 02:40 PM
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3. You're kidding, right?
Okay, I'll bite: Batman Forever. Check that: The Ghost and the Darkness. No? Okay, how 'bout The Saint? Island of Dr Moreau? At First Sight? Red Planet? Salton Sea?

Yeah, it's safe to say Val Kilmer sucks.
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 02:41 PM
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5. The Doors, Top Secret and Real Genius
didn't suck, and Val was spectacular in all of them. IMHO of course.
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Emboldened Chimp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 02:45 PM
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11. The Doors wasn't that good
It's a mess of a movie; a very one-sided look at Morrison. Kilmer was okay, though he took the hippy shaman aspect way too seriously. He didn't exhibit Jim's sense of humor; he was supposed to have been a really funny guy.
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mpsteve Donating Member (135 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 02:42 PM
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6. I really liked him in Heat!!! Firing that AK near the end. He looked
like a pretty bad dude I must say.
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Emboldened Chimp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 02:47 PM
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13. I'm mixed about Heat
It's good in parts, but it's way too long and the acting, expecially Pacino, is over-the-top. And the love story between DeNiro and Amy Brenneman is boooooring. That scene on the balcony near put me to sleep.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 02:41 PM
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4. Self-realization
I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, when he said, "I drank what?"

Real Genius, 1985. :-) He was good as Jim Morrison in The Doors, too.
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SOteric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 02:42 PM
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7. Willow
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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 02:43 PM
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8. Tombstone
he was Doc Holiday and did a superb job. He was also very good in the Doors. I don't care what anyone says I still think he is hot!
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mpsteve Donating Member (135 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 02:44 PM
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10. you're my huckleberry!!! SWEET... I forgot about Tombstone
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Emboldened Chimp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 02:48 PM
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14. That's probably his one great performance
Best Doc Holliday on screen. But it's not really his movie; it's Kurt Russell's.
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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 03:09 PM
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17. It may have been intended to be Kurt's film but
Val stole it from him. :)
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 03:44 PM
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26. He should have won the Oscar
for best supporting. It was an amazing performance.
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Emboldened Chimp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 04:10 PM
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29. Won? He wasn't even nominated!
Here was the competition from that year:

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Leonardo DiCaprio -- What's Eating Gilbert Grape {"Arnie Grape"}
Ralph Fiennes -- Schindler's List {"Amon Goeth"}
* Tommy Lee Jones -- The Fugitive {"Samuel Gerard"}
John Malkovich -- In the Line of Fire {"Mitch Leary"}
Pete Postlethwaite -- In the Name of the Father {"Giuseppe Conlon"}


All great performances, though I don't think Tommy Lee Jones should have won. I'd pick Fiennes or Malkovich from this group.
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 04:58 PM
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32. I know he wasn't...but, he should have
and should have won.
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SOteric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 02:50 PM
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15. He *was* really good in Tombstone, but I didn't select it because
the movie itself wasn't good.

I believe Kilmer was the best thing about the film, - and the question here is 'best Val Kilmer movie.' So, I guess I'm interpretting that to be the whole movie, not just his performance.
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nomaco-10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 03:22 PM
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22. He blew away Dennis Quaid in the same role in another movie that came out
around the same time, can't think of the name. Help me out somebody.
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Old and In the Way Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 03:40 PM
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23. My favorite too......classic character acting IMHO!
nt
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Emboldened Chimp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 04:12 PM
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30. Wyatt Earp with Kevin Costner

Not a good movie. Though Costner does redeem himself with Open Range.
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ArkDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 03:44 PM
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27. I concur!!!!!!!!!!!
DOC
Now Ed, are we cross?
Doc leans forward, revealing an ivory gun-butt under his coat.

BAILEY
Skinny lunger, your guns don't
Impress me. Wasn't for those guns
You'd be nothin'.

DOC
Why Ed, what an ugly thing to
Say! Does this mean you're not my
Friend anymore? You know, Ed, if
I thought you weren't my friend I
Don't think I could bear it.
Now a Cheshire cat smile we will soon come to know very well steals over Doc's face as he takes out his
nickel-plated .38 Colt Lightning and .45 Peacemaker and lays them on the table.

DOC
There, now we can be friends
Again. But remember, Ed,
Friendship is trust?so please
Don't hurt me.
Doc bats his eyelashes. Bailey jumps up, boiling. A long, sweaty moment, then Bailey LUNGES. Doc
spring up, grabbing him by the hair and jabbing his fist into Bailey's armpit. Bailey screams and doubles
over. Doc gives him two more blows, so light they hardly seem capable of the effect they're having. But
as he turns to give him another we suddenly SEE that there's a KNIFE in Doc's hand. The bartender
reaches for the shotgun under the bar. Kate pulls a Derringer from her muff and puts it to his ear.

KATE
Touch that gun, I burn you down!
He backs off. Kate covers the room. Bailey drops to his knees.

BAILEY
Oh, my God...

DOC
Does it hurt? A lot? Good.
Eyes gleaming cruelly, Doc blows his cigarette smoke into Bailey's face. Bailey sinks to the floor in a fetal
position. Kate gathers up the pot as Doc retrieves his guns, looking around the room. Then both back up to
the door.

DOC
Well, good evening then.
They exit. The others look down at the groaning Bailey lying in a pool of his own blood. A GAMBLER
shakes his head:
1 ST GAMBLER
Judas...
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kmla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 02:44 PM
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9. Tombstone...
Edited on Thu Aug-21-03 02:45 PM by kmla
Supporting role as Doc Holliday. Great acting job.

(Leftchick - beat me to it!)

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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 02:46 PM
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12. Hello? TOP SECRET!
His finest role! Nick Rivers, skeet shooting surfer musician turned spy!
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radwriter0555 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 03:40 PM
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24. YES. his best role ever. But HONEY he ain't lookin good at ALL....
lately.

Something's UP and it ain't right
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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 03:45 PM
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28. really? that bad?
the last movie I saw him in was Heat and he looked fine except for the unkempt hair. You mean like druggie bad?!? :(
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AnnabelLee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 02:53 PM
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16. Thunderheart
followed closely by his portrayal of Doc Holliday in Tombstone. "Ah don't think ah could bahr it if ah thought we werun't freunds".:D
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mpsteve Donating Member (135 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 03:11 PM
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18. Definitely a goodie
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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 03:12 PM
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19. ROFL AnnabelLee!!
that was perfect! :)
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mpsteve Donating Member (135 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 03:13 PM
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20. What's name of flick with Elisabeth Shue?
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nomaco-10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 03:18 PM
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21. I think he nailed Jim Morrison in The Doors, a really great performance.
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Boudicea Donating Member (452 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 04:14 PM
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31. I think so too.
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 03:43 PM
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25. Tombstone.
Hands down.
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