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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.
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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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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 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 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.
@aqua-letifer 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.
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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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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).
@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!
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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!
@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.
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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.
@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.
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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.
@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.
