RIP Alan Rickman

[Lods]

One of the good "bad" guys
RIP

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[Bear]

Hans Gruber, one of the best baddies ever. Genre-defining movie.

And you couldn't have picked a better Snape.

[ItsOurTime]

Interesting character. Very underutilized, loved him in Dogma. RIP.

[IvanAwfulbigone]

Maybe this is a reflection on my schoolboy sense of humour, but my favourite Rickman movie is Galaxy Quest.  Here's a googley interweb piece ...

Galaxy Quest is, for lack of a better term, garbage. But it's the type of precious garbage that must be protected at all costs.

In the movie, Rickman plays Alexander Dane, an actor that has gained notoriety for his role in a sci-fi movie and who's become absolutely fed up with the various convention appearances and store openings he's forced to attend.

Galaxy Quest came out at an interesting point in Rickman's career. Trying to break away from the villainous typecast he had found himself in, Rickman started exploring more comedic roles and proved to the world that he was, above all else, hysterical.

To date, there are few actors that can pull off deadpan as well as Rickman could. He understood comedic timing like few others did and, using his sophisticated, infamous voice to his advantage, used deadpan comedy whenever he could.

One of the best moments in Galaxy Quest is when Dane joins his fellow cast members at the opening of a new store and he's forced to say his iconic line from the film, "By Grabthar's hammer, you shall be avenged," but with one slight alteration. In the scene, Rickman nails the apathetic, bored look and slowly says, with every bit of disgust, "By Grabthar's hammer, what a savings."

[Lods]

I might be a bit of a ''girlie-man'' but my favourite role of Rickman's is his one in Love Actually.

The scene with Rowan Atkinson where he's trying to buy a present for his girlfriend before his wife gets back and Atkinson's taking his time gift wrapping it cracks me up.

[DJC]

I might be a bit of a ''girlie-man'' but my favourite role of Rickman's is his one in Love Actually.

The scene with Rowan Atkinson where he's trying to buy a present for his girlfriend before his wife gets back and Atkinson's taking his time gift wrapping it cracks me up.

Yes, that is a memorable scene!

He was quite a versatile actor - when he wasn't playing villains.

RIP

[crashlander]

RIP.

[cookie2]

I might be a bit of a ''girlie-man'' but my favourite role of Rickman's is his one in Love Actually.

The scene with Rowan Atkinson where he's trying to buy a present for his girlfriend before his wife gets back and Atkinson's taking his time gift wrapping it cracks me up.

We recently watched that movie at home Lods and that scene IMO was probably the only notable one in the whole movie - very funny in fact. The rest of the film is forgetable IMO, but then I'm just an old grump. 

Rickman was a very good actor nevertheless - RIP.

[DJC]

We recently watched that movie at home Lods and that scene IMO was probably the only notable one in the whole movie - very funny in fact. The rest of the film is forgetable IMO, but then I'm just an old grump. 

Rickman was a very good actor nevertheless - RIP.

You must be a grump Cookie!!

My wife plays the movie several times a year and I will often watch at least part of it and enjoy a good laugh.  The scene where Martine McCutcheon meets the PM and reveals her premonition that she was going to "f--k up on my first day" is a p1sser 

[cookie2]

You must be a grump Cookie!!

My wife plays the movie several times a year and I will often watch at least part of it and enjoy a good laugh.  The scene where Martine McCutcheon meets the PM and reveals her premonition that she was going to "f--k up on my first day" is a p1sser 

I guess I must be DJC. Just did not connect with that movie at all.

BTW, I remember you posting many moons ago that you enjoyed reading Bernard Cornwell's Saxon Chronicles. Well apparently the BBC have filmed the first part relating to King Alfred, so I'm hoping it gets shown on SBS eventually - that I would definitely enjoy.