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Alan Rickman, probably best known for playing Severus Snape in all 8 of the "Harry Potter" films (and for being the only one entrusted by author J.K. Rowling with the full knowledge of one of the biggest character plot twists in recent memory) died Thursday January 14th at the age of 69.  He had been secretly battling cancer, but the disease has claimed yet another victim far too soon.

A simple "Requiescat in Pace" is not enough.  Please join me in raising your wands.



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Hatch* is overwhelmingly saddened by this. Not only is she is of the Harry Potter generation, but her and Alan Rickman have their birthdays on the same day (21 Feb,) she is huge fan of Rickman.





*my daughter, for newbies.

I love him. He will be missed.



(That's from Sense & Sensibility, if anyone is wondering)

Very sad. He was one of my favorite actors.

Those of us who like growed up movies, enjoyed him in that Christmas classic, Die Hard, as well as in Galaxy Quest; and he pretty much stole the scenes from the stars of those movies.

Long Run wrote:Those of us who like growed up movies, enjoyed him in that Christmas classic, Die Hard, as well as in Galaxy Quest; and he pretty much stole the scenes from the stars of those movies.

GQ was teh awesome. Goodbye, Alan.

Long Run wrote:Those of us who like growed up movies, enjoyed him in that Christmas classic, Die Hard, as well as in Galaxy Quest; and he pretty much stole the scenes from the stars of those movies.

You mentioned "growed-up movies", apparently feeling that the "Harry Potter" series was kid stuff — and I'll admit, the first one was pretty much all fluff and stuff.  I suggest you give the last four or five (from "HP and the Goblet of Fire" on) another viewing with a slightly less jaundiced eye.

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He did great in a lot of "growed up" movies - Michael Collins, Truly Madly Deeply, Something the Lord Made, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves...

Sense and Sensibility. Love Actually. Sweeney Todd.

And don't forget, he was RWR in The Butler!

Scooter wrote:He did great in a lot of "growed up" movies - Michael Collins, Truly Madly Deeply, Something the Lord Made, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves...

His campy-villain performance as The Sheriff Of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves has not been mentioned much in the tributes he's received but it's one of my favorites of his...

RIP
Good actor.

Sad news. He was a favorite actor in my household. Bottle Shock... a specious movie and I think he motored through it but was still by far the best thing about it. Galaxy Quest is a must-watch as is Sense and Sensibility. A prodigious talent - a fascinating voice. Another young 69 year old gone.

Lord Jim wrote:

Scooter wrote:He did great in a lot of "growed up" movies - Michael Collins, Truly Madly Deeply, Something the Lord Made, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves...

His campy-villain performance as The Sheriff Of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves has not been mentioned much in the tributes he's received but it's one of my favorites of his...

"Cancel the kitchen scraps for lepers and orphans; no more merciful beheadings — and call off Christmas!"

Yeah, when you start talking about a villain's edicts, that one is a classic.  The only thing that might have improved it would have been to have him start with, "No more Mr. Nice Guy."

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That starttled look in the scene where he is falling from the building at the end of Die Hard, the director told him "we'll let go on the count of three" but they let him go when the director said "one".

From the "New Yorker" magazine:



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Bicycle Bill wrote:

Lord Jim wrote:

Scooter wrote:He did great in a lot of "growed up" movies - Michael Collins, Truly Madly Deeply, Something the Lord Made, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves...

His campy-villain performance as The Sheriff Of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves has not been mentioned much in the tributes he's received but it's one of my favorites of his...

"Cancel the kitchen scraps for lepers and orphans; no more merciful beheadings — and call off Christmas!"

Yeah, when you start talking about a villain's edicts, that one is a classic.  The only thing that might have improved it would have been to have him start with, "No more Mr. Nice Guy."

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And then as he walks past two servant girls he points at one and says "You, 10:30" and then looks at the other one and says "You 10:45...and bring a friend..."

We watched Blow Dry the other day, and it is another good one.

We watched "Die Hard" Saturday night, in memory of AR.