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.
-"BB"-
Yes, I suppose I could agree with you ... but then we'd both be wrong, wouldn't we?
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.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
(That's from Sense & Sensibility, if anyone is wondering)
Last edited by Guinevere on Fri Jan 15, 2016 12:34 pm, edited 1 time in total.
“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.” ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg, paraphrasing Sarah Moore Grimké
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.
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. -"BB"-
Yes, I suppose I could agree with you ... but then we'd both be wrong, wouldn't we?
Sense and Sensibility. Love Actually. Sweeney Todd.
And don't forget, he was RWR in The Butler!
“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.” ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg, paraphrasing Sarah Moore Grimké
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...
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.
For Christianity, by identifying truth with faith, must teach-and, properly understood, does teach-that any interference with the truth is immoral. A Christian with faith has nothing to fear from the facts
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." -"BB"-
Yes, I suppose I could agree with you ... but then we'd both be wrong, wouldn't we?
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".
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." -"BB"-
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 "Die Hard" Saturday night, in memory of AR.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
