odessasteps Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Time to watch Long Good Friday and Mona Lisa again. Yes, yes, roger rabbit too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LethalStriker Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 In addition to the movies listed above also was in Unleashed with Jet Li as the villain, a very underrated movie and had a role in Beyond the Sea the Bobby Darin movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 God damn it. That's one that hurts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted April 30, 2014 Author Share Posted April 30, 2014 I am intrigued to read he played Iago in a BBC TV production of Othello. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 RIP Bob. Long Good Friday and Unleashed are fucking great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimo The Great Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Mona Lisa (my personal favourite), The Long Good Friday, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, TwentyFourSeven and he's such a great creepy bastard in Felicia's Journey. He was also in some dreadful shit but you always remembered him. The only good thing about the news is he won't have to suffer through Parkinson's disease anymore. For a long time he was British cinema. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Ciao, Mario. Bob Hoskins was a GREAT dance partner. He was a re-actor if there ever was one, always taking in and giving back. Watch him roll with Dustin Hoffman in Hook or Judi Dench in Mrs. Henderson Presents. He's a perfect compliment to these folks. You can tell he had a vivid imagination, and it's his performance that makes Roger Rabbit work - he sees something. A great, creative artist that always came through even when the rest of the film didn't (see above photo). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Yes, he was the only thing Super Mario Bros. had going for it; that's something I realized even as a child. "This movie is terrible! But that guy is pretty good..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 To add on to what has already been said, he was so awesome in Hollywoodland too. "Whose goin' wipe the blood off your hands." "....My hands? I'm in da picture bizness." Yes you were, Bob. Yes, you were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Goddammit. The Long Good Friday is one of my favorite films ever. The look(s) on his face in that clip above are like the five stages of grief given to life within a handful of minutes, as he realizes he's not just going to be executed, but the IRA are going to take him to the backwoods and torture him. Hook, Roger Rabbit, even horrible-ass Mario Bros... damn. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LethalStriker Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 He lived to 71 so it's not like his passing is tragic but still 71 could've easily had another 20 years of life. Another role he played was as J. Edgar Hoover in Nixon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainmakerrtv Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 To add on to what has already been said, he was so awesome in Hollywoodland too. "Whose goin' wipe the blood off your hands." "....My hands? I'm in da picture bizness." Yes you were, Bob. Yes, you were. Hoskins was excellent as a stone cold bastard in Hollywoodland. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonidas Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 RIP Mr Smee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Elevated everyone around him and could make the worst material watchable. There are "movie stars" and there are "actors", Mr. Hoskins was an ACTOR, one of the very best. RIP. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipGofern Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Whoever picked Long Good Friday for the old DVDVR Movie Club is owed my eternal thanks. What a great movie and epic performance by Hoskins. And of course I've probably watched Roger Rabbit so many damn times I could give you the dialogue with the sound off. When he popped up in Snow White a couple years back I was like "Damn, where's he been?" I guess guys like Ian McShane and Bill Nighy have kinda taken over the area he would've dominated years earlier. If anything, its sad he passed when I'm sure he had another memorable performance or two left to give - not that he hasn't already given more than enough of them. Too bad Zemeckis couldn't get his act together on Roger Rabbit 2. Now even if he does, it won't be the same without Eddie Valiant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Ah dammit. This sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Rest in peace to Bob Hoskins. Roger Rabbit is one of my favorite movies of all time and his performance in it is simply incredible. Especially considering he had to act to virtually nothing through large chunks of that movie. He was a tremendous villain in Unleashed and was a great Hollywood executive in Hollywoodland. He was actually starting to pop up again lately (Snow White and the Huntsman) and seemed to be having a resurgence before he got sick. Thanks for all the memories Bob Hoskins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Loved him in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. I'm sad to see him go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 Everyone needs to see "Last Orders" with Hoskins and Micheal Caine. It's a wonderful little film and he's outstanding in it as a gentle soul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mco543 Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 This one is very sad. Always liked him in everything I saw him in, his small little guest spot on Frasier was absolutely hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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