[Taltarzac725]

Bruce Willis Has Dementia After Aphasia Diagnosis, Family Says - Variety

Going to miss his portrayals of various characters.

[dfc3008]

A person with FTD dementia maintains their memory until the last stage of the disease. It is different than Alzheimer’s when the person loses their memory in the early stages of the disease. Both are insidious.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by Davonu

Yeah. He made a lot of fun movies. Pulp Fiction is my favorite. It’s not a motorcycle…it’s a chopper.

Pulp Fiction was close to a PERFECT movie in my opinion. "Clockwork Orange" was another for its time!

[Worldseries27]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

bruce willis appeared in about 130 movies. Some were good, but many of them were bad. I have been avoiding movies with his name on them for many years. I wonder why some popular actors will appear in a bad movie just to make some money. The guy is worth $250 million.

he makes money for his family. Didn't we all do that?

[Worldseries27]

Originally Posted by caymus

the first diehard and pulp fiction. I still use the line from the statler brothers on occasion - "smoking cigarettes and watching captain kangaroo"

the first die hard because it was the real birth of his acting career. All other movies flowed from this template

[bsloan1960]

Originally Posted by shut the front door

He's not retiring because of dementia. He retired a year ago after being diagnosed with aphasia.

I think aphasia was the more polite term they chose to use to break the news. It is less dramatic and embarrassing than dementia. The aphasia was, and is a component of the particular dementia diagnosis he's been given. They released information about him in bits and pieces- each time giving slightly more 'dramatic' information each time. I cared for demented patients for 40 years. Sorry to say this is a very unpleasant way to die.

[hdanielblank]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

Bruce Willis - Rotten Tomatoes

Bruce Willis has retired from making movies due to dementia. He has made so many movies very fun to watch.

Do you have some favorites? I really was enthralled with The Sixth Sense, Pulp Fiction and the Die Hard movies. Except the last one set in the Soviet Union. Or, maybe, it had gone back to being Russia by then.

The original Die Hard is my #1, followed by 12 Monkeys (1999) and the Sixth Sense. Willis' performances in those three were his best in my opinion. I also like the next three Die Hard movies, not as perfect but still a lot of fun - Justin Long one has a lot of sly fun moments. I am actually a big fan of one of his so-called "vanity piece" movies widely panned by the critics, the updating of Death Wish with Vincent D'Onofrio and Wendy Crewson among others. I know almost everyone pans it bitterly, many without actually watching it. It's a very different movie than the Michael Winner original with a lot more wry humor and interesting supporting characters with less repetitious stalking and killing. Yes, it has very little in common with the book beyond vigilantism of a man whose family is destroyed by street thugs. It's a different film and it takes place in Chicago, not New York. I know I'm virtually alone but I advocate watching it and deciding for yourself. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. After that, yeah, his abilities slowly but relentlessly deteriorated due to his health.

[Davonu]

Anybody watch The Fifth Element?

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by Davonu

Anybody watch The Fifth Element?

I have seen it many times but not that recently. It has some great visuals.

[Michael 61]

Death Becomes Her