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  1. 01-14-2016, 09:15 AM #1
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    RIP Alan Rickman

    Another Brit that I did not know was ill . . . Great actor.

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    Quote Originally Posted by aimo View Post
    Another Brit that I did not know was ill . . . Great actor.

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    To one generation he is Hans Gruber, to another he is Professor Snape. Rare is the actor who gets to be two icons.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JasonEvans View Post
    To one generation he is Hans Gruber, to another he is Professor Snape. Rare is the actor who gets to be two icons.

    -Jason
    Although he's still iconic in both those roles to me, I most associate him as Harry from Love Actually. Shouldn't have bought that necklace, buddy...

    Sad day indeed.


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    Im lucky to be at an age where I enjoyed him in Die Hard, and still got to enjoy him as Professor Snape. Mainly because my parents allowed me to watch violent movies at an early age, and I turned out mostly alright.

    May his Petronus charm stay with us forever.
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    No Rickman, no Die Hard greatness. May he rest in peace.
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    die hard..,....one of the best villains ever...

    sail on, man....sail on...
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    Hans Gruber and Severus Snape for sure ...

    He was a great villain (even though Snape turned out to be a good guy in the end, he was villainous through 99 percent of the series). Also, Marston in Quigley Down Under, Nottingham in Robin Hood and Ronald Reagan in The Butler (okay,, just kidding on that one ... not trying to ignite a PPB debate)

    But he also did comedy -- snowdenscold mentioned Harry in Love Actually, but also Alexander Dane in Galaxyquest and Metatron in Dogma.

    Sad loss ...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Olympic Fan View Post
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    But he also did comedy -- snowdenscold mentioned Harry in Love Actually, but also Alexander Dane in Galaxyquest and Metatron in Dogma.

    Sad loss ...
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    The voice of Marvin in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy!
    Oh, yeah! But that movie sucked so bad, I have tried to erase it from my memory.
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    Quote Originally Posted by snowdenscold View Post
    Although he's still iconic in both those roles to me, I most associate him as Harry from Love Actually. Shouldn't have bought that necklace, buddy...
    Could you please be quite quick about it?

    I don't know why, but I keep thinking of that scene/line.

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    Aw, so bummed. Such a great actor. Such a lovely sneer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sue71, esq View Post
    Could you please be quite quick about it?

    I don't know why, but I keep thinking of that scene/line.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sue71, esq View Post
    Could you please be quite quick about it?

    I don't know why, but I keep thinking of that scene/line.

    RIP
    "oh, you won't regret it"

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    Fantastic scene. Helps me through periods of psychotic rage at incompetent retail clerks, I imagine Rowan Atkinson: "Tis but the work of a moment"
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    Very sad to hear about this. He lifted many a mediocre film with his performances, and fit into many a great film, as well.

    I think Die Hard is the first movie in which I remembered his performance specifically.

    But while I thought the Harry Potter movies were underwhelming as a whole (though I enjoyed the novels), he was consistently wonderful in the admittedly great role of Snape. It was instructive for children's/YA fiction that a character was simultaneously heroic and legitimately unlikable (from the characters' perspective, not as judged by reader enjoyment).

    I'll certainly miss him.
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    Loved him in Die Hard, Harry Potter, Robin Hood, Galaxy Quest... it just goes on and on. Truly will miss him. RIP, by Grapthar's Hammer, you will be Avenged!
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    Quote Originally Posted by snowdenscold View Post
    Although he's still iconic in both those roles to me, I most associate him as Harry from Love Actually. Shouldn't have bought that necklace, buddy...

    Sad day indeed.
    My FAVORITE movie...ever...you are someone with taste and judgment, Snow.

    And I agree, shouldn't have bought the necklace. "A classic fool."
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    Quote Originally Posted by sue71, esq View Post
    Could you please be quite quick about it?

    I don't know why, but I keep thinking of that scene/line.

    RIP
    Prontissimo! (Loved Rowan Atkinson in this role. Been trying to find his tie for years.)
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    Quote Originally Posted by duke74 View Post
    Prontissimo! (Loved Rowan Atkinson in this role. Been trying to find his tie for years.)
    And here it is...

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  19. 01-14-2016, 09:53 PM #19
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    My Favorite Bad Guy

    Who else could have pulled off, "... no more merciful beheadings... and call off Christmas." the way he did?
    And he was fun to watch in Galaxy Quest. A kind of goofy movie I've enjoyed watching several times.
    Sad to hear he's gone so soon.
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  20. 01-15-2016, 12:26 AM #20
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    Quote Originally Posted by AIRFORCEDUKIE View Post
    Im lucky to be at an age where I enjoyed him in Die Hard, and still got to enjoy him as Professor Snape. Mainly because my parents allowed me to watch violent movies at an early age, and I turned out mostly alright.

    May his Petronus charm stay with us forever.
    Same here. Yippee Ki-Yay Mr. Potter
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