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What is Val Kilmers signature role? (1 Viewer)

What role do you associate with Val Kilmer?

  • Nick Rivers - Top Secret

    Votes: 9 4.2%

  • Chris Knight - Real genius

    Votes: 25 11.6%

  • Iceman - Top Gun

    Votes: 51 23.7%

  • Madmartigan - Willow

    Votes: 1 0.5%

  • Jim Morrison - The Doors

    Votes: 31 14.4%

  • Doc Holiday - Tombstone

    Votes: 90 41.9%

  • Batman - batman Forever

    Votes: 3 1.4%

  • Chris Shiherlious - Heat

    Votes: 3 1.4%

  • Gay Perry - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

    Votes: 1 0.5%

  • Other

    Votes: 1 0.5%
  • Total voters
    215
Probably obvious how I voted but Kilmer was fantastic as Morrison and he made his mark as Ice Man.   His role as Doc made Tombstone a cool and funny movie though. Like many others, I throw out Doc quotes frequently because those lines don't get old.  

 
playin4beer said:
Ice Man and Doc are the two leaders.. Both were "supporting" roles.. 

Doc > Ice Man

"I'm your Huckleberry"  
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I'm not sure if that influenced my brain but I decided to go with the first movie that popped in to my head after reading the title and not looking at the options and that was The Doors.  After reading the choices I think I would go with Doc if I were to vote again.  Iceman is kind of iconic for those of us of a certain age but Maverick and Goose were the guys - honestly, the nickname Iceman was the best thing about that role.

 
Charlie Steiner said:
Not used to not having to feel ashamed of liking Top Secret! in a public setting.  Thanks, guys.

Oh, and you dropped your phony dog poo.
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I'm not the first guy who fell in love with a woman that he met at a restaurant who turned out to be the daughter of a kidnapped scientist, only to lose her to her childhood lover who she last saw on a deserted island, who then turned out fifteen years later to be the leader of the French underground.

 
Why, Johnny Ringo, you look like someone walked over your grave.

Best character he has ever played and no one could have played it better.  The Iceman character was in mostly a chic flick for crying out loud.

 
Based on that Twitter pic, I'm really excited to see what he does in the role of "Mickey Rourke."

 
Jim Morrison

Also liked him as the eternal #### up thief Chris Shiherlis in Heat. Incredibly awesome thief but terrible as a dad and husband. Yet the only one that lived.

 
I'm partial to Nick Rivers (I f###king LOVE Top Secret) but it ultimately comes down to Jim Morrison vs. Doc Holliday. Holliday packs more punch pound for pound, but in The Doors, he was the whole movie. I ultimately voted Morrison, but if you asked me tomorrow, I might go Doc. 

 
Iceman voters need to get out more. One note character and was on screen maybe 10 minutes the whole film. 5 of those, he's indistinguishable behind a helmet and 3 more is slow-mo shirtless volleyball shots. Just because the movie made the most money doesn't make it a signature role. 

 
Evilgrin 72 said:
Iceman voters need to get out more. One note character and was on screen maybe 10 minutes the whole film. 5 of those, he's indistinguishable behind a helmet and 3 more is slow-mo shirtless volleyball shots. Just because the movie made the most money doesn't make it a signature role. 
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Yeah, Iceman was pretty cardboard.  2 dimensional "heel" to Cruise's "hero."  Meh.  At least he had that bite-y thing he did in Cruises face, I guess?

And no offense, y'all....but unless I completely am mis-remembering the "film", Top Secret was basically dreck (and I understand it was a parody, etc, etc and know all about the "Airplane" stuff, so spare me that).  No idea what most of you were/are imbibing on that one.  Maybe when you were twelve it was funnier because it had a cow in boots?  "Oh my god! They just called the black guy Chocolate Mousse!!! BWHAHAHAHHA!!!" :-|

Has to be Doc or Morrison (even though I thought the Doors was kind of a slog, he pretty much channeled Morrison.)

I say Doc.

 
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tommyboy said:
my two favorite characters of his aren't listed

Spartan:    Soldier guy

and

Salton Sea;  Danny Parker
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I voted for Doc, but Spartan is a pretty good movie of his that I think is underrated. 

 
5-ish Finkle said:
Yeah, Iceman was pretty cardboard.  2 dimensional "heel" to Cruise's "hero."  Meh.  At least he had that bite-y thing he did in Cruises face, I guess?

And no offense, y'all....but unless I completely am mis-remembering the "film", Top Secret was basically dreck (and I understand it was a parody, etc, etc and know all about the "Airplane" stuff, so spare me that).  No idea what most of you were/are imbibing on that one.  Maybe when you were twelve it was funnier because it had a cow in boots?  "Oh my god! They just called the black guy Chocolate Mousse!!! BWHAHAHAHHA!!!" :-|

Has to be Doc or Morrison (even though I thought the Doors was kind of a slog, he pretty channeled Morrison.)

I say Doc.
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Top Secret is hilarious. I loved it as a kid and it still holds up. Funnier than Airplane IMO. It's beyond ridiculous but there's a lot of clever humor in there as well as the parody/slapstick. If the Airplane/Naked Gun sight gag humor isn't your style, you probably wouldn't like it much. 

Iceman, Billy Zabka could have played and it wouldn't have appreciably changed the film. Zabka as Morrison or Holliday would have been disastrous. 

 
My wife voted for The Saint.  No joke.

She followed that up with "I don't think of Top Gun at all.   Has anyone except you ever seen Real Genius?"

Unreal.  Where did I go wrong?  I'm thinking divorce has to be on the table as an option now.

 
Evilgrin 72 said:
Iceman, Billy Zabka could have played and it wouldn't have appreciably changed the film. Zabka as Morrison or Holliday would have been disastrous. 
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This.

Top Secret is hilarious. I loved it as a kid and it still holds up. Funnier than Airplane IMO. It's beyond ridiculous but there's a lot of clever humor in there as well as the parody/slapstick. If the Airplane/Naked Gun sight gag humor isn't your style, you probably wouldn't like it much. 
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I love the Naked Gun.  I think Airplane is kind of overrated.  I thought Top Secret was sort, well, of stupid. :)   Sight gags/etc are fine, it just felt like it was trying way too hard.  

 
Alex P Keaton said:
My wife voted for The Saint.  No joke.

She followed that up with "I don't think of Top Gun at all.   Has anyone except you ever seen Real Genius?"

Unreal.  Where did I go wrong?  I'm thinking divorce has to be on the table as an option now.
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Yeah that's probably her only hope at this point.

 
5-ish Finkle said:
Yeah, Iceman was pretty cardboard.  2 dimensional "heel" to Cruise's "hero."  Meh.  At least he had that bite-y thing he did in Cruises face, I guess?

And no offense, y'all....but unless I completely am mis-remembering the "film", Top Secret was basically dreck (and I understand it was a parody, etc, etc and know all about the "Airplane" stuff, so spare me that).  No idea what most of you were/are imbibing on that one.  Maybe when you were twelve it was funnier because it had a cow in boots?  "Oh my god! They just called the black guy Chocolate Mousse!!! BWHAHAHAHHA!!!" :-|

Has to be Doc or Morrison (even though I thought the Doors was kind of a slog, he pretty much channeled Morrison.)

I say Doc.
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Don't forget your phony dog poo

 
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5-ish Finkle said:
Yeah, Iceman was pretty cardboard.  2 dimensional "heel" to Cruise's "hero."  Meh.  At least he had that bite-y thing he did in Cruises face, I guess?

And no offense, y'all....but unless I completely am mis-remembering the "film", Top Secret was basically dreck (and I understand it was a parody, etc, etc and know all about the "Airplane" stuff, so spare me that).  No idea what most of you were/are imbibing on that one.  Maybe when you were twelve it was funnier because it had a cow in boots?  "Oh my god! They just called the black guy Chocolate Mousse!!! BWHAHAHAHHA!!!" :-|

Has to be Doc or Morrison (even though I thought the Doors was kind of a slog, he pretty much channeled Morrison.)

I say Doc.
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5-ish Finkle is really Nigel after he was "rescued" by the eastern European frighter

 
5-ish Finkle said:
This.

I love the Naked Gun.  I think Airplane is kind of overrated.  I thought Top Secret was sort, well, of stupid. :)   Sight gags/etc are fine, it just felt like it was trying way too hard.  
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Perhaps. If I watched it for the first time tonight, I don't know what I would think. It's some of the less obvious stuff in that movie that makes me laugh. 

East German National anthem plays.. 

(Subtitles) 

All hail East Germany





Land of vine and grape





Land where you'll regret





Any attempt to escape





No matter if you tunnel under or take a running jump at the wall





Forget it, the guards will kill you if the electrified fence doesn't first.  

 
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Jim Morrison. But I'm biased because I've watched this movie twice and barely have any memory of the other movies.

 
What do I associate him with?  Iceman of course

What is his best role?  He has done some surprisingly good things, but Wonderland, The Doors, Salton Sea, and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang come to mind. 

(not a fan of Tombstone)

 
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