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Heyman
07-24-2007, 01:42 PM
DISCUSSION - Which are your favorite MOVIE characters of all-time?

Due to the fair amount of success with the other thread, I have decided to make the "sister" thread (as a public service). This list will probably be tougher (seeing as how there are sooo many movie characters....many of which I'll probably forget), but I'll try and think of the 1st few that come to my head.

Here are my favorite movie characters of all-time:


10) "Cameron" ~ Ferris Buelers' Day Off

9) "James Carter" ~ Rush Hour I, Rush Hour II, (Rush Hour III...coming soon).

8) "Scorpion" ~ Mortal Kombat.

7) "Ace Ventura" ~ Ace Ventura I, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls.

6) "T-1000" ~ Terminator 2

5) "The Joker" ~ Batman

4) "Biff" (younger version) ~ Back To The Future I, II.

3) "Steve Stifler" ~ American Pie I, II, III.

2) "Axel Foley" ~ Beverly Hills Cop I, II, III.
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1) "Agent Smith" ~ The Matrix, Matrix Re-Loaded, The Matrix Revolutions


Honourable mentions: "Borat", "Owen Wilson's character in Zoolander", "Grandpa from Little Miss Sunshine." Way too many others to list. :meh:




p.s. Feel free to add much more than 10 (as The Miz did). btw, awesome list Miz. :cool:

The Miz
07-24-2007, 05:11 PM
No way I'm keeping this to 10

Vito Corleone (Robert De Niro, Marlon Brando) - The Godfather Pt. 1 & 2
Walter Sobchak (John Goodman) - The Big Lebowski
Jesus Quintana (John Turturro) - The Big Lebowski
Frank Booth (Dennis Hopper) - Blue Velvet
Alex de Large (Malcolm McDowell) - A Clockwork Orange
Bobby Peru (Willem Dafoe) - Wild at Heart
Mr. Pink (Steve Buscemi) - Reservoir Dogs
Bill Lumbergh (Gary Cole) - Office Space
Milton Waddams (Stephen Root) - Office Space
Mugatu (Will Ferrell) - Zoolander
Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackosn) - Pulp Fiction
Gaear Grimsrud (Peter Stormare) - Fargo
Jack Lipnick (Michael Lerner) - Barton Fink
Sgt. Hartman (R. Lee Ermey) - Full Metal Jacket
Ed Wood (Johnny Depp) - Ed Wood
Lt. Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) - The Naked Gun
Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci) - Goodfellas
Ace Ventura (Jim Carrey) - Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) - American Psycho

FakeLaser
07-24-2007, 05:29 PM
Wowwwwwwww

Donnie Darko - Donnie Darko
Brodie Bruce - Mallrats
Randal Graves - Clerks
Alex DeLarge - A Clockwork Orange
Lieutenant Frank Drebin - Naked Gun
Lester Burnham - American Beauty
Uncle Frank - Home Alone
Chet "The Rocket" Steadman - Rookie of the Year
Phil Brickma - Rookie of the Year
Patrick Bateman - American Psycho
Leatherface - Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Banky Edwards - Chasing Amy
Hunter S. Thompson - Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas
Tyler Durden - Fight Club
Jim Brody - Freddy Got Fingered
Humbert Humbert - Lolita
Jules Winnfield - Pulp Fiction
Thurgood Jenkins - Half Baked
Kenny Davis - Half Baked
Bill Lumberg - Office Space
Randle Patrick McMurphy - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Norman Bates - Psycho
Sara Goldfarb - Requiem For A Dream
Travis Bickle - Taxi Driver
V - V For Vendetta
Eric Draven - The Crow
Sheriff of Rottingham - Robin Hood Men In Tights
HAPPY THE GOLD JACKET'S YOURS SHOOTER'S GONNA CHOKE - Happy Gilmore

I'm probably forgetting about a million.

Anybody Thrilla
07-24-2007, 07:38 PM
* Pee Wee Herman (Paul Reubens) - Pee Wee's Big Adventure (but not Pee Wee's Big Top Adventure :nono: )

* Sheriff Hoyt (R. Lee Ermey) - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)

* Banky Edwards (Jason Lee) - Chasing Amy

* Edward Scissorhands (Johnny Depp) - Edward Scissorhands

* Michael "Squints" Palledorous (Chauncey Leopardi) - The Sandlot

* Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) - Nightmare on Elm Street series

* Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) - American Beauty

* Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren) - Rocky IV

* Roger Rabbit (animated, voiced by Charles Fleischer) - Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

* Smokey (Chris Tucker) - Friday

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That's just off the top of my head. I almost feel bad making a list, knowing I've left so many people off. I might pop back in later and drop a few more. Pretty fun thinking about it, though. :y:

ClockShot
07-24-2007, 09:15 PM
Yeah. No way in hell can I fit ten people

Ethan Edwards - The Searchers
Moes Harper - The Searchers
"Popeye" Doyle - The French Connection
James Bond - Insert Bond film here
John Rambo - First Blood
Vic Vega/Mr. Blonde - Reservoir Dogs
"Doc" Brown - Back to the Future
"D-Fens" - Falling Down
The Corleone Family - The Godfather Trilogy
Col. Nathan Jessup - A Few Good Men
Sean Sands - Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom - Con Air
John McClane - Die Hard
William Wallace - Braveheart
Yoda - Star Wars
Lt. Col. Frank Slade - Scent of a Woman
Indiana Jones - Insert Indiana Jones movie here

And probably alot more once I run over my library and grab some names.

Rammsteinmad
07-25-2007, 02:31 AM
Hope nobody minds if I post pictures instead. I thought it might be more interesting than reading a list.

http://static.flickr.com/30/53698521_3686571a64.jpg

http://media.movieweb.com/galleries/3180/2432/lo/do2.jpg

http://commfaculty.fullerton.edu/lester/writings/t2-arnie.jpg

http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/060804/13296__virgin_l.jpg

http://img.adamsandler.jt.org/movies/airheads/bigpic.gif

http://adorocinema.cidadeinternet.com.br/personalidades/atores/kiefer-sutherland/kiefer-sutherland01.jpg

http://www.dullneon.com/_psychosis-arcs/images/hugo-weaving-V-for-Vendetta.jpg

ron the dial
07-25-2007, 11:16 AM
I'll try to keep it at ten. In no particular order:

Otis B. Driftwood - House of 1000 Corpses
Brodie Bruce - Mallrats
Freddy Krueger - A Nightmare on Elm Street
Han Solo - Star Wars
Donnie Darko - Donnie Darko
Cool Ethan - Slackers
Hunter S. Thompson - Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas
Vincent Vega - Pulp Fiction
Drexl Spivey - True Romance (with a nod to Floyd, too)
Lloyd Christmas - Dumb and Dumber
Preston Meyers - Can't Hardly Wait
Clementine Kruczynski - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Gary Wallace - Weird Science
Dr. Frank-N-Further - Rocky Horror Picture Show

Maybe a few more, but those are the essentials.

Theo Dious
07-25-2007, 01:41 PM
10) Rufus (George Carlin - Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure)
9) Father Vito Cornelius (Ian Holm - The Fifth Element
8) Carl (David Wenham - Van Helsing)
7) Commander Kruge (Christopher Lloyd - Star Trek III)
6) Dr. Walter Kornbluth (Eugene Levy - Splash)
5) Mace Windu (Samuel L Jackson - Star Wars Prequel Trilogy)
4) Lt. Ellen Ripley (Alien Series)
3) Dr. Emmett Brown (Christopher Llyod - Back to the Future Trilogy)
2) Morpheus (Lawrence Fishburne - The Matrix)
1) Darth Vader (David Prowse/James Earl Jones - Star Wars Original Trilogy)

wwe2222
07-25-2007, 03:39 PM
Indiana Jones:
Captain Barbossa:
Peter Venkman:
Jack Sparrow:
Rocky Balboa:
Obi-Won Kenobi
Dr. Emmet Brown
Lester Burnham
The Dude
Tyler Durden

Simon Phoenix
Walter from Big Lebowski

Fryza
07-25-2007, 04:30 PM
Eric Draven (The Crow)
Kikuchiyo (Seven Samurai)
V (V for Vendetta)
Scarecrow (Batman Begins)
Tony Jaa's character from Ong-Bok and Protector
Donnie Darko (Donnie Darko)
Godzilla
Ghost Rider (Ghost Rider)
Danny (Unleashed)

Blitz
07-25-2007, 05:13 PM
Cool Ethan - Slackers
Preston Meyers - Can't Hardly Wait
OMG :love:

Jeritron
07-25-2007, 05:19 PM
and I thought TV was hard...

Blitz
07-25-2007, 05:31 PM
Han Solo (Star Wars)
Darth Vader (Star Wars)
Lester Burnham (American Beauty)
Tyler Durden (Fight Club)
Brendan Frye (Brick)
Swan (The Warriors)
Randall Graves (Clerks)
Banky Edwards (Chasing Amy)
Raleigh St. Clair (The Royal Tenenbaums)
Larry (Closer)
Verbal Kint (The Usual Suspects)
Alexander de Large (A Clockwork Orange)
Bill (Kill Bill)
Donnie Darko (Donnie Darko)
Eric Draven (The Crow)
Top Dollar (The Crow)
T-Bird (The Crow)
Sheriff Brody (Jaws)
Hooper (Jaws)
Quint (Jaws)

Surely forgetting a ton.

NeanderCarl
07-25-2007, 10:53 PM
Peter Venkman
Ray Stantz
Egon Spengler
Robbie Hart
Francis Xavier Cross
Phil Conners
Danny Roman
Chris Sabian
Det. Frank Drebin
Ron Burgundy
R.P. McMurphy
John McClane
Jack Torrance

mrslackalack
07-25-2007, 11:26 PM
In no order

Stifler
Spicolli
Bond (any)
Willie Mays Hayes
Ricky Bobby
Tony Montana
Smokey
Happy Gilmore
Hitch
Rocky Balboa

MVP
07-26-2007, 12:27 AM
10 just ain't happening

Jules Winnfield - Pulp Fiction
Tony Montana - Scarface
John McClane - Die Hard (All)
Randal Graves - Clerks, Clerks 2
Walter Sobchak - The Big Lebowski
Ellis Boyd Redding - The Shawshank Redemption
Apollo Creed - Rocky I-IV
Mr. Pink - Reservoir Dogs
Tommy DeVito - Goodfellas
Brick Tamland - Anchorman
Leonidas - 300
Ferris Bueller - Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Robbie Hart - The Wedding Singer
Jeremy Grey - Wedding Crashers
Bill Lumbergh - Office Space
Han Solo - Star Wars: Episodes 4-6
Alex de Large - A Clockwork Orange
Lloyd Dobbler - Say Anything
Bennie Rodriguez - The Sandlot
Danny Ocean - Ocean's 11-13
V - V for Vendetta
David Della Rocco - The Boondock Saints

Rammsteinmad
07-26-2007, 02:33 AM
Ah man, I totally forgot someone off my list:

http://www.cineastentreff.de/teleschau/200637/3/200637_173565_3_024.jpg

NeanderCarl
07-27-2007, 10:26 PM
Yes! Bill Lumbergh... forgot about him! And Stiffler.

Pinnacle Charisma
07-27-2007, 11:35 PM
10.Jane - Serinty
9.Optimus Prime - Transformers
8.Jack Sparrow - Pirates
7.Steve stiffler- American Pie
6.Banks - Chasing Amy
5.Ace Ventura - Ace Ventura
4.James Bond - the bond series
3.Yoda - Stars Wars
2.Obi Wan Kenobi - Star Wars
1.Indiana Jones - any indy film

NeanderCarl
07-28-2007, 12:13 AM
Ooh, and Jack Nicholson's Joker too.

The Show Off
07-30-2007, 01:47 PM
Here is my Top 100 list.... Why make a Top 100 list well, that's because I had to list my 100 favorite characters in movies for a creative writing thin, it kind helps determine what you like to write about... Any way instead of giving you my Top 10, I'll give you all 100, perhpas their are some that you like that I mention. (Note: These are just my favorites and in no way doe it mean they are the best, just my favorites.)

1. Verbal Kint (Kevin Spacey) in “The Usual Suspects”
2. Kyle Reese (Michael Bein) in “The Terminator”
3. Randal Graves (Jeff Anderson) in “Clerks”, “Jay and Scilent Bob Strikes Back” & “Clerks II”
4. Obi Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness) in “Star Wars Orignal Trilogy”
5. Gollum (Andy Serkis) in “Lord of the Rings Trilogy”
6. Dr. Peter Venkman (Bill Murry) in “Ghostbusters” & “Ghostbusters II”
7. Dr. Emmet Brown (Christopher Lloyd) in “Back to the Future Trilogy”
8. Sarah Conner (Linda Hamilton) in “The Terminator” & “Terminator 2: Jugement Day”
9. Mickey Goldmill (Burgess Meredith) in “Rocky 1 – 3” & “Rocky 5”
10. William Munny (Clint Eastwood) in “Unforgiven”
11. Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving) in “The Matrix Trilogy”
12. Darth Vader (David Prowse/James Earl Jones) in “Star Wars Orignal Trilogy”
13. Phil Conners (Bill Murry) in “Groundhog Day”
14. Charlie Babbitt (Tom Cruise) in “Rain Man”
15. John McClane (Bruce Willis) in “Die Hard Quadrilogy”
16. Beavis (Mike Judge) in “Beavis and Butt-Head Do America”
17. Butt-Head (Mike Judge) in “Beavis and Butt-Head Do America”
18. Ordell Robbie (Samuel L. Jackson) in “Jackie Brown”
19. Yoda (Frank Oz) in “Star Wars Episodes 1 – 3, 5 & 6”
20. Ashitaka (Billy Crudup) in “Princess Mononoke”
21. Bill (David Carradine) in “Kill Bill Volume 1” and “Kill Bill Volume 2”
22. Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas) in “Wallstreet”
23. Obi Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) in “Star Wars Prequel Trilogy”
24. The Bride (Uma Thurman) in “Kill Bill Volume 1” and “Kill Bill Volume 2”
25. Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) in “Indiana Jones Trilogy”
26. Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) in “Pulp Fiction”
27. Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) in “The Scilence of the Lambs”, “Hannibal” & “Red Dragon”
28. David (Haley Joel Osmet) in “A.I. Artificial Intelligence”
29. Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) in “Die Hard”
30. Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) in “Alien Quadrilogy”
31. Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) in “Back to the Future Trilogy”
32. Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) in “Star Wars Orignal Trilogy”
33. Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman) in “The Royal Tenenbaums”
34. Han Solo (Harrison Ford) in “Star Wars Orignal Trilogy”
35. John Connor (Edward Furlong) in “Terminator 2: Judgement Day”
36. Rubin Hurrican Carter (Denzel Washington) in “The Hurricane”
37. HAL 9000 (Douglas Rain) in “2001: A Space Odyssey”
38. Biff Tannen (Thomas F. Wilson) in “Back to the Future Trilogy”
39. The Terminator (Arnold Shwarzenegger) in “TheTerminator Trilogy”
40. Gen. Buck Tergidson (George C. Scott) in “Dr. Strangelove”
41. Willy Clark (Walter Matthau) in “The Sunshine Boys”
42. Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman) in “Pulp Fiction”
43. Gandalf (Ian McKellen) in “Lord of the Rings Trilogy”
44. Dante Hicks (Brian O’Halloran) in “Clerks”, “Jay and Scilent Bob Strikes Back”, & “Clerks II”
45. Bill the Butcher (Daniel Day-Lewis) in “Gangs of New York”
46. Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) in “Rocky 1 – 6”
47. Brodie Bruce (Jason Lee) in “Mallrats” & “Jay and Scilent Bob Strike Back”
48. Santino Corleone (James Caan) in “The Godfather”
49. Boromir (Sean Bean) in “Lord of the Ring: Fellowship of the Ring”
50. Morpheus (Laurence Fishburn) in “The Matrix Trilogy”
51. Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) in “Goodfellas”
52. Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) in “The Godfather”
53. Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) in “Gladiator”
54. Vincent Vega (John Travolta) in “Pulp Fiction”
55. Michael Sullivan (Tom Hanks) in “Road to Perdition”
56. Tom Ripley (Matt Damon) in “The Talented Mr. Ripley”
57. Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) in “The Godfather Trilogy”
58. Neo (Keanu Reeves) in “The Matrix Trilogy”
59. Lady Eboshi (Minnie Driver) in “Princess Mononoke”
60. San (Claire Danes) in “Princess Mononoke”
61. Vincenzo Coccotti (Christopher Walken) in “True Romance”
62. Eowyn (Miranda Otto) in “Lord of the Rings Trilogy”
63. Jackie Brown (Pam Grier) in “Jackie Brown”
64. Sam Gamgee (Sean Astin) in “Lord of the Rings Trilogy”
65. Al Lewis (George Burns) in “The Sunshine Boys”
66. Paulie (Burt Young) in “Rocky 1 – 6”
67. Mr. Pink (Steve Buscemi) in “Reservior Dogs”
68. John Connor (Nick Stahl) in “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines”
69. Rusty Ryan (Brad Pitt) in “Ocean’s Trilogy”
70. Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood) in “Lord of the Rings Trilogy”
71. Eric Cartman (Trey Parker) in “South Park Bigger Longer and Uncut”
72. Ana Pascal (Maggie Gyllenhaal) in “Stranger than Fiction”
73. Herbie Stempel (John Tuturro) in “Quiz Show”
74. Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) in “Rocky 1 – 4”
75. Maximillian Cohen (Sean Gullette) in “Pi”
76. Adrian Balboa (Talia Shire) in “Rocky 1 – 5”
77. Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) in “Lord of the Rings Trilogy”
78. Dewey Finn (Jack Black) in “School of Rock”
79. Harold Crick (Will Ferrell) in “Stranger than Fiction”
80. Pai Mei (Chia Hui Liu) in “Kill Bill Volume 2”
81. Lionel Mandrake (Peter Sellers) in “Dr. Stangelove”
82. Alyssa Jones (Joey Lauren Adams) in “Chasing Amy” & “Jay and Scilent Bob Strikes Back”
83. Danny Ocean (George Clooney) in “Ocean’s Trilogy”
84. Nice Guy Eddie Cabot (Chris Penn) in “Reservior Dogs”
85. Mr. Blonde/Vic Vega (Michael Madsen) in “Reservior Dogs”
86. Lt. Hiram Coffey (Michael Bein) in “The Abyss”
87. Jay (Jason Mewes) in “Clerks”, “Mallrats”, “Chasing Amy”, “Dogma”, “Jay and Scilent Bob Strikes Back”, & “Clerks II”
88. Mr. Orange/Freddy Newandyke (Tim Roth) in “Reservior Dogs”
89. Professor Jules Hilbert (Dustin Hoffman) in “Stranger than Fiction”
90. Professor Henry Jones (Sean Connery) in “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade”
91. Satan (Trey Parker) in “South Park Bigger, Longer, and Uncut”
92. Raymond Babbitt (Dustin Hoffman) in “Rain Man”
93. Gimli (John Rhys-Davies) in “Lord of the Rings Trilogy”
94. Budd (Michael Madsen) in “Kill Bill Volume 1” and “Kill Bill Volume 2”
95. Leonard (Guy Pearce) in “Memento”
96. Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) in “Men in Black” & “Men in Black II”
97. Teddy Gammell (Joe Pantoliano) in “Memento”
98. Cypher (Joe Pantoliano) in “The Matrix”
99. Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen) in “Radiers of the Lost Ark”
100. Mr. White/Larry Dimmick (Harvey Keitel) in “Reservior Dogs”

The One
07-30-2007, 01:59 PM
James Bond (Casino Royale)
Han Solo (Empire Strikes Back)
Jules Winnfeild (Pulp Fiction)
Verbal Kent (Usual Suspects)
Tyler Durden (Fight Club)
Frank Costello (The Departed)
Taras Bulba (Taras Bulba)
Patrick Bateman (American Psycho)
Hansel (Zoolander)
Rusty Ryan (Ocean's Eleven)

#1-norm-fan
08-24-2007, 01:47 AM
1. Alyssa Jones (Chasing Amy)
2. Randle McMurphy (One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest)
3. Barry Egan (Punch-Drunk Love)
4. Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump)
5. Bill Blazejowski (Night Shift)
6. Ferris Bueller (Ferris Bueller's Day Off)
7. Raymond Babbit (Rain Man)
8. Peter Gibbons (Office Space)
9. Frank Drebbin (Naked Gun)
10. Rocky Balboa (Rocky)

Nowhere Man
08-25-2007, 12:01 AM
Going for purely movie characters, so that's excluding movies based on books and other outside sources:

1) Randal Graves- (Jeff Anderson, Clerks I and II)

2) John McClane (Bruce Willis, Die Hard)

3) Everett (George Clooney, O Brother, Where Art Thou?)

4) Mr. Orange (Tim Roth, Reservoir Dogs)

5) Inspector Jacques Clouseau (Peter Sellers, The Pink Panther)

6) Nick Reve (Steve Buscemi, Living in Oblivion)

7) Obi-Wan Kenobi- (Alec Guinness and Ewan McGregor, all six Star Wars movies )

8) Lt. Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver, Alien 1-3)

9) Gen. 'Buck' Turgidson (George C. Scott, Doctor Strangelove )

10) Warren R. Schmidt (Jack Nicholson, About Schmidt)