R.I.P Philip Seymour Hoffman

[psbfan9]

Sad.

Academy Award winner Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in his New York City apartment on Sunday. He was 46.

https://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-news/breaking--philip-seymour-hoffman-found-dead-at-46-184225678.html

 

[afterlife2]

I just saw this. I'm in shock. First saw him in Boogie Nights and been a fan since then, so young DAMN. What a talented guy.

RIP Bro.

 

[j_garcia]

Damnit damnit damnit. Disappointing and very saddening. I don't get stars and drugs. Rip Seymour

 

[Matt34]

It's hard to feel sorry for these ridiculously wealthy, talented and blessed with opportunity a--holes who shoot up, drink, smoke and snort their life down the toilet.

 

[Ponzio]

Stupid & sad. RIP

 

[psbfan9]

Addiction is a b!tch. Who among know what or how he was feeling. Money and fame do not equal happiness or feelings of adequacy. Walk a mile and such, right?

 

[skizzerflake]

RIP Phillip Seymour Hoffman

What a shock! I had no idea he had such a problem and it's such a loss to lose him as an actor. He was one of those actors whose movies I see because he was in it. I don't have a retrospective yet....still in shock.

 

[Adam]

Some others have expressed their thoughts in Barry's thread here.

Agreed, though. I did find myself sad at the news. I liked him in Twister.

 

[Chu Gai]

I'm sorry to see him go. I enjoyed his general competency as an actor. Reading some of the stuff on the web, I wonder just how successful he had been over the years at 'kicking' his habit? I wonder from whom he got the heroin? And realizing that Hollywood can be a fairly protective community, who among the publicly mournful knew of his problems and kept silent? Had someone turned him in and he'd been arrested, would that have been a game changer?

 

[ImcLoud]

He was talented, he had something not many H-wood actors possess. His range, he could perform both comedy and drama roles equally well.... I can only think of a handful of people that can do it..

As far as drug abuse, it is everywhere. We don't know what demons he had to cope with in his life and to judge someone the day after his death isn't in my job description nor a task I ever want to be burdened with. We can only pray for the people who love him and will be hurt from his passing, R.I.P...

 

[itschris]

I thought he was great in Along Came Polly. Actually, he was great in every role. I don't like it, however, when hollywood reacts and calls this a tragedy. It's sad, but not a tragedy. Dying is a very typical and expected outcome to living a life of drugs. It's not a tragedy, but in fact the most likely result.

That word is too often used for things like this and to me cheapens the real life scenarios that call for such a description.

In the end, it's choice to try drugs, to continue to use them, and to forgoe the treatment you need. If in and out of rehab isn't working... stay. Not an impossibiltiy given financial capability of these celebrities.

 

[GO-NAD!]

I thought he was great in Along Came Polly. Actually, he was great in every role. I don't like it, however, when hollywood reacts and calls this a tragedy. It's sad, but not a tragedy. Dying is a very typical and expected outcome to living a life of drugs. It's not a tragedy, but in fact the most likely result.

That word is too often used for things like this and to me cheapens the real life scenarios that call for such a description.

In the end, it's choice to try drugs, to continue to use them, and to forgoe the treatment you need. If in and out of rehab isn't working... stay. Not an impossibiltiy given financial capability of these celebrities.

Agreed. It's no more tragic than the death of some anonymous crackhead on the street. I sympathize more with his family, as he had 3 young kids and such a drug habit is incredibly selfish when you have responsibilities. I won't pretend to know how easy/difficult it is to kick that sort of dependency - but when you have a family to support - YOU DO WHATEVER IT TAKES!!

I really don't understand the attraction to narcotics. I like wine, whisky & beer - but I don't drink to get drunk (in my younger days, I would certainly get hammered on occasion, but not to the extant that I became an alcoholic). It's because I enjoy the taste and a couple at a time is quite sufficient. I see absolutely no redeeming qualities in cocaine, heroin, etc.

 

[j_garcia]

Of major drugs, heroin would be one of those that you really don't get away from easily. Fame and money has its drawbacks too, but life is a state of mind. You don't just become "happy", you have to work at it just like anything else. Nothing good will ever come of drug use.

I thought he was great in pretty much every role I saw him in as well. It is definitely a loss.

 

[ImcLoud]

thats why they call it heroin, because from "HERE ON IN" that is your life... I have seen it consume and destroy families more than I care to remember. Wether if it is a 14 year old that starts smoking "pot" and graduates down the ladder to more serious narcotics, or the working man that hurt his back and got addicted to prescribed pain medication with out the correct professional support {irresponsible doctors have created many drug addicts}, or just some guy that was bored and wanted to get high for the "fun" of it. The end results don't differ much, hurt loved ones, destroyed or ended lives, ect...

I had a cousin who passed, he was one of the good ones... Actually got burnt saving his neighbor from an apartment fire at 1am {he was coming home from a bachelor party, seen the smoke coming from the third floor ran in the building smashed the door open and alerted them, they left he went to the 4th floor to see if anyone was up there and got burnt coming back down the stairs} anyway he gets addicted to pain meds {spent 2 months in the hospital, first time I ever seen how bad burns are and how they have to heal}, long story short because I am not trying to relive it, but he passed away, a 6 year battle, I remember him as a super hero, and although I was young at the time, I seen him and our family struggle through rehabs and treatments that worked for 2-3 months at a time. I have seen worse, it never turned him into a bad person, he never stole to support his habit, he never lied about it or hid it from his family, he was honest about it and one of my most vivid memories of him is when he sat me and some of our other cousins down and explained what was happening and how drugs take away the control he had...


But it is what it is, we were never addicted to something like that so aren't in any place to pass judgement on what is rite and what is wrong...

 

[itschris]

To me, I just find little sympathy for drug users. I mean who just tries crack? Heroin? For what reason? Do you really think you're not gonna like it? I've never done anything like that becasue 1) its illegal and I have too much to lose being in an industry that doesn't reward and celebrate such things) and 2) I know I'd love it.

It's choice... maybe a brutally hard one for some but still a choice.

 

[Alex2507]

I see absolutely no redeeming qualities in cocaine, heroin, etc.

No redeeming qualities? They only have like one drawback
EVERYTHING else is a plus. Trust me.

RIP PSH

 

[afterlife2]

Nice article: Philip Seymour Hoffman: As great as Bogart? - Salon.com

 

[Ponzio]

I'm sorry to see him go. I enjoyed his general competency as an actor. Reading some of the stuff on the web, I wonder just how successful he had been over the years at 'kicking' his habit? I wonder from whom he got the heroin? And realizing that Hollywood can be a fairly protective community, who among the publicly mournful knew of his problems and kept silent? Had someone turned him in and he'd been arrested, would that have been a game changer?

Seems to have done wonders for Robert Downey, Jr. career. He's been sober since 2000, allegedly. Obviously he was being enabled. Who knows what demons he was battling.

 

[jinjuku]

I dunno.

50 baggies of heroine. Sound's like he knew he was going to off himself. I would chalk this one up to suicide via O.D.

 

[GO-NAD!]

No redeeming qualities? They only have like one drawback
EVERYTHING else is a plus. Trust me.

RIP PSH

Everything? You mean temporary fake euphoria? Knowing full well the consequences? I see no pluses.