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  • Doctor PhibesD Online
    Doctor PhibesD Online
    Doctor Phibes
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    #1

    I'm watching it on Prime, and I'm pretty much ready to turn out the big light.

    What a fucking depressing movie. When I married Mrs. Phibes, she was very clear that if Val Kilmer ever became available, I was done. I'm not sure she still feels that way.

    I was only joking

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      Aqua Letifer
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      #2

      Yep, I'm steering clear.

      Please love yourself.

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      • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

        Yep, I'm steering clear.

        Doctor PhibesD Online
        Doctor PhibesD Online
        Doctor Phibes
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        #3

        @aqua-letifer said in Val:

        Yep, I'm steering clear.

        It's worth watching, but Jesus, it's not much fun.

        Hollywood sucks. No surprise there.

        I was only joking

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        • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

          @aqua-letifer said in Val:

          Yep, I'm steering clear.

          It's worth watching, but Jesus, it's not much fun.

          Hollywood sucks. No surprise there.

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          George K
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          #4

          @doctor-phibes said in Val:

          It's worth watching, but Jesus, it's not much fun.

          Thanks for the recco. I'll put it on my watchlist when I feel like getting depressed.

          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            Mik
            wrote on last edited by
            #5

            Never could quite figure out why a movie about this guy was important. Can you fill me in?

            “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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            • MikM Mik

              Never could quite figure out why a movie about this guy was important. Can you fill me in?

              Doctor PhibesD Online
              Doctor PhibesD Online
              Doctor Phibes
              wrote on last edited by
              #6

              @mik said in Val:

              Never could quite figure out why a movie about this guy was important. Can you fill me in?

              It's not important, really, but it's very honest. He made it himself using home movies which he'd been making for decades - he said he was the first person he knew with a video camera. There's footage from his student times at Juilliard, and making Top Gun, Batman etc, as well as some from his childhood.

              I stopped watching it after about an hour, but might finish later. He's in a fairly bad way physically - he's had throat cancer, so can't speak well, and is clearly struggling a lot with health. He eats through a feeding tube.

              I was only joking

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              • HoraceH Online
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                Horace
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                #7

                There’s no point to the movie and as Phibes says it only exists because he’s famous and the footage exists. It didn’t strike me as a depressing narrative, but the ravages of age were depressing. Val is just not that interesting of a guy. Used to be pretty though.

                Education is extremely important.

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                • HoraceH Horace

                  There’s no point to the movie and as Phibes says it only exists because he’s famous and the footage exists. It didn’t strike me as a depressing narrative, but the ravages of age were depressing. Val is just not that interesting of a guy. Used to be pretty though.

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                  Aqua Letifer
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                  @horace said in Val:

                  Val is just not that interesting of a guy.

                  There was a long stretch of time during his career in which he was an absolute cock.

                  Please love yourself.

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                  • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                    @horace said in Val:

                    Val is just not that interesting of a guy.

                    There was a long stretch of time during his career in which he was an absolute cock.

                    HoraceH Online
                    HoraceH Online
                    Horace
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #9

                    @aqua-letifer said in Val:

                    @horace said in Val:

                    Val is just not that interesting of a guy.

                    There was a long stretch of time during his career in which he was an absolute cock.

                    Yeah oddly enough they skipped over those parts. He cared about acting and sometimes that rubbed people the wrong way. And his marriage? Sacrificed to the ravages of a busy career. There’s a good chance the interesting bits exist, but just not in the movie.

                    Education is extremely important.

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                    • HoraceH Horace

                      @aqua-letifer said in Val:

                      @horace said in Val:

                      Val is just not that interesting of a guy.

                      There was a long stretch of time during his career in which he was an absolute cock.

                      Yeah oddly enough they skipped over those parts. He cared about acting and sometimes that rubbed people the wrong way. And his marriage? Sacrificed to the ravages of a busy career. There’s a good chance the interesting bits exist, but just not in the movie.

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                      Aqua Letifer
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                      @horace said in Val:

                      @aqua-letifer said in Val:

                      @horace said in Val:

                      Val is just not that interesting of a guy.

                      There was a long stretch of time during his career in which he was an absolute cock.

                      Yeah oddly enough they skipped over those parts. He cared about acting and sometimes that rubbed people the wrong way. And his marriage? Sacrificed to the ravages of a busy career. There’s a good chance the interesting bits exist, but just not in the movie.

                      By far, one of my favorite documentaries of all time is Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau.

                      Other actors' recollections of Val Kilmer were fascinating. He sounded so narcissistic he should've been on pills.

                      Please love yourself.

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                      • Doctor PhibesD Online
                        Doctor PhibesD Online
                        Doctor Phibes
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                        #11

                        OK, I wasn't aware of what he was like back when he was pretty, but it's not particularly surprising.

                        The movie reminded me slightly of the show Richard Hammond meets Evel Knievel, which was also pretty depressing, and about a guy who's more than a bit of an asshole (Evel, not Richard).

                        I was only joking

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                        • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                          OK, I wasn't aware of what he was like back when he was pretty, but it's not particularly surprising.

                          The movie reminded me slightly of the show Richard Hammond meets Evel Knievel, which was also pretty depressing, and about a guy who's more than a bit of an asshole (Evel, not Richard).

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                          Aqua Letifer
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                          @doctor-phibes said in Val:

                          OK, I wasn't aware of what he was like back when he was pretty, but it's not particularly surprising.

                          The movie reminded me slightly of the show Richard Hammond meets Evel Knievel, which was also pretty depressing, and about a guy who's more than a bit of an asshole (Evel, not Richard).

                          Ah man, I saw that on Prime and was gonna watch that, too. 😞

                          Stop ruining my streaming queue for me, you dick!

                          Please love yourself.

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                          • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                            @doctor-phibes said in Val:

                            OK, I wasn't aware of what he was like back when he was pretty, but it's not particularly surprising.

                            The movie reminded me slightly of the show Richard Hammond meets Evel Knievel, which was also pretty depressing, and about a guy who's more than a bit of an asshole (Evel, not Richard).

                            Ah man, I saw that on Prime and was gonna watch that, too. 😞

                            Stop ruining my streaming queue for me, you dick!

                            Doctor PhibesD Online
                            Doctor PhibesD Online
                            Doctor Phibes
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #13

                            @aqua-letifer said in Val:

                            @doctor-phibes said in Val:

                            OK, I wasn't aware of what he was like back when he was pretty, but it's not particularly surprising.

                            The movie reminded me slightly of the show Richard Hammond meets Evel Knievel, which was also pretty depressing, and about a guy who's more than a bit of an asshole (Evel, not Richard).

                            Ah man, I saw that on Prime and was gonna watch that, too. 😞

                            Stop ruining my streaming queue for me, you dick!

                            The Hammond show is definitely worth watching, but it is rather sad - Hammond does his best to make things jolly and cheerful, but doesn't quite manage it.

                            I was only joking

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                            • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                              I'm watching it on Prime, and I'm pretty much ready to turn out the big light.

                              What a fucking depressing movie. When I married Mrs. Phibes, she was very clear that if Val Kilmer ever became available, I was done. I'm not sure she still feels that way.

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                              George K
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                              @doctor-phibes said in Val:

                              What a fucking depressing movie.

                              What an understatement. I wasted an hour and a half this morning on this piece of dreck.

                              Arrogant, self-serving, and pointless.

                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                              • George KG George K

                                @doctor-phibes said in Val:

                                What a fucking depressing movie.

                                What an understatement. I wasted an hour and a half this morning on this piece of dreck.

                                Arrogant, self-serving, and pointless.

                                Doctor PhibesD Online
                                Doctor PhibesD Online
                                Doctor Phibes
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #15

                                @george-k said in Val:

                                @doctor-phibes said in Val:

                                What a fucking depressing movie.

                                What an understatement. I wasted an hour and a half this morning on this piece of dreck.

                                Arrogant, self-serving, and pointless.

                                I stopped after an hour, and haven't finished it. I don't think I will.

                                Last night I watched Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed - I have a horrible feeling all the recommendations from Netflix and Amazon are going to be depressing from now on.

                                I was only joking

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