Val Kilmer, star of Top Gun and The Doors, dies aged 65

mkl · 2025-04-02T07:44:13 1743579853

I highly recommend his autobiographical documentary Val (2021). I also recommend the absurd comedy Top Secret! (1984), his first movie.

tmountain · 2025-04-02T07:36:36 1743579396

I watched Kiss Kiss Bang Bang recently and really appreciated his performance in that movie. He’s one of the original “indie stars” of my generation. Sorry to see him go.

evrflx · 2025-04-02T08:30:29 1743582629

I wonder why „The Saint“ is not mentioned. Loved the movie and the different characters played by val kilmer.

qingcharles · 2025-04-02T16:16:22 1743610582

Loved this movie. Has one of my all time favorite songs in it, Polaroid Millennium, and features a Nokia 9000 joke. What's not to love?

hans_castorp · 2025-04-02T08:52:41 1743583961

That's also my favorite Val Kilmer movie

Philadelphia · 2025-04-02T07:31:27 1743579087

Also star of Real Genius

aeortiz · 2025-04-02T14:29:44 1743604184

So I guess that any article from the Guardian is automatically flagged, no matter the subject?

gnabgib · 2025-04-02T08:48:37 1743583717

Discussion (113 points, 37 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43553573

a-french-anon · 2025-04-02T07:39:33 1743579573

Never seen any of those, I'd have mentioned Heat instead.

walrus01 · 2025-04-02T07:40:30 1743579630

https://kommandostore.com/products/the-heat-rig

note: Would definitely not recommend wearing this loaded outside of a LARP environment at a range, with friends that have a sense of humor

p0w3n3d · 2025-04-02T11:21:42 1743592902

I wonder what does this sentence mean

  Kilmer took part in Suzuki Method training

PeterWhittaker · 2025-04-02T12:11:16 1743595876

The Suzuki Method of violin training, perhaps: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki_method

Svip · 2025-04-02T07:35:16 1743579316

I mean, I would probably have highlighted his starring in Top Secret! first, considering it was his break-out role, and he is excellent in that film. And also that Top Secret! is an excellent film, that too few people have seen.

squarefoot · 2025-04-02T07:57:52 1743580672

Watched it as it was just released back then and loved it, a lot more than Airplane and other similar comedies.

ReptileMan · 2025-04-02T08:04:39 1743581079

I think that his best role was Doc Holiday in Tombstone. He was the embodiment of the flawed wild west gunslinger.