Not crap, though I never thought he was bad or great in anything I saw him in. Might have been because I saw a lot of those movies - Willow, Batman, Top Secret! - when I was younger and was oblivious to "ACTING!" I somehow never saw Tombstone.

As someone already mentioned, his documentary (I think it's on Amazon Prime) is really good.

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is underrated.

Real Genius is the most 80's movie of 80's movies. It hits all the buttons.

NC, no WF.

Anyone ever see the remake of The Island of Dr. Moreau? There's a scene of VK being freaky whilst "Die Interimsliebenden" pulses in the background.

rsmurphy wrote: Thu Apr 03, 2025 9:51 am Anyone ever see the remake of The Island of Dr. Moreau? There's a scene of VK being freaky whilst "Die Interimsliebenden" pulses in the background.

I never saw it but referenced a few of these 'behind the scenes/making of' clips in the RIP thread that are absolutely hilarious:

I saw it as a kid and recall it being really bad. The documentary is excellent, but it really cast Kilmer and Brando in a negative light.

Island of Dr Moreau is not as bad as it's reputation has it, but lets face it, Brando and his mini-me carry this one, as soon he's gone we're left with nothing except Val Kilmer listening to Einsturzende Neubauten...which is not bad. Somebody should do a mash-up of this movie and the Taylor Swift Cats.

I haven't seen Val's documentary, but he has a real weirdo website where he's presenting as Steven Seagal level pseudo-Native American cos-play, bedecked in turquoise jewelry and chokers so on. Maybe that's explained in that doc. He did do Thunderheart which is like a FBI on the res story.

Top Secret!, Real Genius, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang are all stone bangers and I think that's mostly due to him.

Never saw Tombstone or The Island of Doctor Moreau, haven't seen Top Gun or Batman Forever in (wait for it) forever.

NC

Island of Dr. Moreau will have a reassessment, and will get the Ishtar treatment in 2025.

Thinking it through?

He also has that weird/brief turn as Elvis.

Don't know if it is good or bad, but it sticks out.