RIP Philip Seymour Hoffman

[shuriken]

http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-...184225678.html

wow. Big fan of his. He'll be missed.

[ObiWanFan4life]

I....I don't know what to say. It was so sudden that I honestly thought it was a hoax. RIP Phillip Seymour Hoffman, you will be missed.

[Blossombrooks]

Very sad news, he was a seriously talented actor. RIP Mr Hoffman.

[Raven]

I thought this was a joke at first, certainly a talented man. My prayers to his family and friends.

[Katie]

CNN's report says drug overdose. They found Heroin and a needle still in his arm.

[triplexxx]

An extremely talented man and I think one of the greatest icons in Hollywood in his generation, RIP Phillip Seymour Hoffman.

[JoshDA7X]

Whilst he was a very talented dude, I am sad to hear that his death is due to yet another apparent drugs overdose. Why do people do this?

[DarkLightDragon]

Originally Posted by JoshDA7X

Whilst he was a very talented dude, I am sad to hear that his death is due to yet another apparent drugs overdose. Why do people do this?

Because they think they're smarter than people who have previously died from overdoses maybe?

Either way, while I barely knew him as an actor, it's still a sad loss and hope for the best for his friends and family.

[Sofistocat]

If no one has been paying attention, this is a rampant heroin problem in the US. This is not suprising but quite saddening to see such talent pass. There is no hope with dope...

[Leo656]

Man, that's rough.

The exact thing he talks about in that article, though, happened to my friend's brother about ten years ago. He was a heavy guy, but had this incredible voice for singing opera, just this incredibly powerful baritone that you could hear from down the block. He went to a very prestigious performing arts school - I want to say Juliard, but don't quote me - and about 4 minutes into our first conversation, he started gushing about how the best thing about those schools is the constant and easy access to drugs. Like, I barely meet the guy, and he goes directly from telling me about his opera stuff to how he had just been to a party the week before where they had big buffet tables set up with trays full of every drug you could think of. It honestly turned my stomach listening to it, and he was so f*cking enthusiastic, it made me so uncomfortable. Apparently it's like that at most of those places.

He died less than six months later of a heroin overdose. I forget how old he was, but he was definitely not older than 22, and he was already starting to make seriously good money doing his opera thing, and his whole family pretty much had it set that he was going to be a big famous opera singer, and he was totally on his way to doing it. And he ruined it for himself. And I always wonder, was it simply his own fault, for being (honestly) so stupid, or was it the fact that he literally couldn't look around without being surrounded by drugs and temptation? In talking to him, he made it sound like a dream come true, so I figure he had a predisposition towards it anyway. But I also suspect that some people get caught up in that garbage just because it's around.

You gotta be mentally broken to f*ck with coke or heroin. When your main possible side effect is Death, and you go ahead and do it anyway, you are living in a place where mentally, you literally don't care anymore. And that's really messed up. As far as I know, you only get one shot at all this.

[Katie]

I don't think you have to be mentally broken.....but you are definiely weak when you get into those kinds of drugs. Every person I've known that got into that mess started because they were afraid of what people would think if they said "no".

Thing about heroin is that it owns you once you're on. Constantly need more for the same high and a bitch to quit.....and even then you always crave it. I know people ruined from it. Bad stuff.

[pannoni1]

Addiction IMO is the biggest hazard to anybody living; it destroys and sense of control. It's the exact opposite of moderation and sadly this world has many traps that temp people like Mr. Hoffman. Unfortunately, drugs seem to be making a comeback as of late, with legalized marijuana a growing concern. Today's youth have never heard of the "Just Say No!" campaign like I have. Everytime I hear such a story I think to myself why they don't spend more loyal time with their family and even why they don't have good faith and spirits that delivers high self-esteem.

[Leo656]

F*ckin' garbage killed my mom. They said she had coke and pills in there, too, not just heroin, and frankly, I'm not sure if anything was more or less responsible. She was around bad people. Once she left my Dad she shacked up with a real lowlife who made all her pre-existing substance problems worse. She'd been to rehab and had a decent but brief stretch of semi-sobriety, but it was always dependent on who she was around. When she was around her old friends (or her scummy new ones), all her bad habits would come back.

I cut ties with many close friends back in high school once they started f*cking up. Some of them got straight, and we re-connected later on. Some of them are dead. They all went through a lot of bullsh*t I managed to avoid, entirely because they got into drugs and I didn't. But as close as we were, I purposely had nothing to do with them once they were f*cked up. I can not and will not be around people who are messed up on drugs. It's not that I don't care - I truly want what's best for everyone - but I firmly believe that people can drag you down into their sh*t if you let them, even if they're not trying to. The ones I re-connected with totally understand why I cut ties with them back then. It's not that I'm straight edge - Lord, no - but I have certain standards of morals and ethics I simply refuse to sway from, and you just can't do certain things and still be my friend. You can't lie, steal, or stick needles in your damn arm. They all kind of go together, and it just makes for an awkward situation when you can't have your friends over without wondering what they're doing in the bathroom, or if they're stealing your sh*t while you're not watching them like a hawk. I just can't handle it, I don't have the patience for it.

Not that I'm not supportive, it's just that my empathy is completely overruled by my sense of self-preservation. But I genuinely do root for people to straighten themselves up.

[BubblyShell22]

The name sounds familiar, but I don't know if I've ever heard of him. Yes, drugs can do such harm to you, and it's sad that it's a growing problem here. Kids definitely don't hear the "Just Say No!" stuff like we did back in the day, and that's a damn shame. Phil will be missed, but at the same time, he brought it on himself. My condolences go to his family, friends, and co-workers.

[ObiWanFan4life]

Originally Posted by BubblyShell22

The name sounds familiar, but I don't know if I've ever heard of him. Yes, drugs can do such harm to you, and it's sad that it's a growing problem here. Kids definitely don't hear the "Just Say No!" stuff like we did back in the day, and that's a damn shame. Phil will be missed, but at the same time, he brought it on himself. My condolences go to his family, friends, and co-workers.

Boogie Nights? The Master? Hunger Games? Any of those sound familiar?

[ZariusTwo]

Originally Posted by ObiWanFan4life

Boogie Nights? The Master? Hunger Games? Any of those sound familiar?

I'm as in the dark a bit about him as Bubbly, nor have I seen those movies. I finally recognized him from "Mr. Ripley", but not much else. Probably shows how out of the loop I am with some flicks.

[ska_lives]

Its terrible to hear that someone as talented as Mr. Hoffman was victim to something as banal as addiction. However, we are all only human and anyone could be laid low due to this.
I myself will choose to remember him by his contributions to cinema and the cultural history as opposed to a shortcoming that could happen to anyone.

[ska_lives]

oops double post*

[BubblyShell22]

Originally Posted by ObiWanFan4life

Boogie Nights? The Master? Hunger Games? Any of those sound familiar?

I didn't see The Hunger Games: Catching Fire in theaters, though I will get it on DVD when it comes out. And I haven't seen any of those others movies either.

[Wingnut]

Originally Posted by pannoni1

Addiction IMO is the biggest hazard to anybody living; it destroys and sense of control. It's the exact opposite of moderation and sadly this world has many traps that temp people like Mr. Hoffman. Unfortunately, drugs seem to be making a comeback as of late, with legalized marijuana a growing concern. Today's youth have never heard of the "Just Say No!" campaign like I have. Everytime I hear such a story I think to myself why they don't spend more loyal time with their family and even why they don't have good faith and spirits that delivers high self-esteem.

I am willing to bet that his family and the entire entertainment industry are wishing it had been 70 bags of weed instead of "Ace of Spades" heroin or whatever awful, toxic crap he was shooting.

Prescription painkillers are a MUCH (x10) greater danger to kids in this day and age. They're synthetic heroin, they're legal and readily available.

However, legalized pot is a "growing concern." Sorry, but that's bordering on Reefer Madness.