We can all agree that bad casting and dumb as dirt dialogue were the worst parts of Jason X (made-for-sci-fi-channel quality special effects running a close third). The character of Janessa compacts those problems more than any other, making her possibly the most annoying character I've ever seen. I liked Jar Jar more. At every turn she had something mind-numbingly inane to say in the voice of a mentally handicapped child and she wasn't even that good looking.
Pierce Brosnan in The Langoliers. I know he was supposed to be annoying, but cripes, that was going overboard. He screamed every line! It's like he didn't know how to play the character so he just yelled. Imagine an alarm clock going off every time he opens his mouth and you'll get the idea.
Basically, any child character clearly thrown into an adventure for no other reason but to give kids in the audience someone to identify with. Even as a kid, I hated those characters.
Also, any cartoonish character awkwardly stuck into a 'serious' movie just to be cute and marketable and funny. This includes the alien pet in the Lost in Space movie and half the characters in The Phantom Menace, among others.
This, of course, only applies to genres I enjoy. Those I don't enjoy might be chock full of annoying characters.
Ye, verily. Any Kenny is a bad Kenny. "Meteorites" was on sci-fi the other day, and i wanted a rock to drop on that Neo-Kenny so bad! But noooooooo......also, any character that your expected to feel bad about his death, because...well....your just supposed to! No reason, its in the script. "Lt. Deadmeat", the ultimate sacrifical ham...er, lamb. Also....any kid ,or adult that keeps yelling or screaming the hero's, or other character's names. Eraghh! I hate that! That kid in "Meterorites" kept yelling "Grampa,Grampa, Grampa..." if i'd been Anthony Zerbe, i'd a hit the brat over the head with part of a truck. "Sorry, honey. Joey died from a volvo rear axel through the ear. so, wanna get together with the hunkey guy and make some better...i mean more grandkids?"
I agree with the characters that yell someone's name over and over. This is especially noticeable in kid's movies, because apparently no child has the mental capacity to know who the main character is. I also hate when a kid's film tries to make you feel sorry for a person's situation in life but it's really not bad. The kid lives in a house the size of a small country and has tons of friends and the cute girl down the street is crazy about him but he's not good at baseball! The only movie that ever really made me feel bad about the kid was Willy Wonka. Poor Charlie....
A movie with Drew Barrymore in it!
The most annoying characters ever are the ones that are supposed to be funny, but the writer of the script is too f**king stupid to make a good joke. See "80's Show, That" with the character of "Roger."
I also hate the "Awww" kid, the one that is put in mortal danger even though you KNOW it won't die. Yes, I said IT. Such creatures are not human to me and I refuse to accept them as such. They are grown in Hollywood as needed, I tell you.
And J.R., I actually LIKED Jason X! I expected bad dialogue,and the casting didn't really matter sicne they were all deadmeat eyecandy anyway.
In the first installment of the "Child's Play" movies (with Chucky for those of you who don't know), it would have been the best one (it's the second best to me, Bride of Chucky being the best because the producers finally decided Chucky wasn't that scary) if the little kid Andy wasn't so !%*&@#$ annoying! He never said Chucky, always Chu-cky, with a little quarter second space in between the syllables. I was cheering for the doll (actually I always do anyway, Chucky rules). I was saying, "C'mon, Chucky, kill him! KILL HIM!!!!!!!!!" Luckily Andy is a much less annoying actor in Part 2 (and 3, but it's not the same kid).
i haven't read any of the responses but I know at least half of them say Jar Jar.
What about the scrawny little imp from The Mummy. He had the most annoying screech in his voice. I just could not wait for him to die in the end- if he didn't annoy the scarabs to death first that is!!
What about the scrawny little imp from The Mummy. He had the most annoying screech in his voice. I just could not wait for him to die in the end- if he didn't annoy the scarabs to death first that is!!
Jar Jar is one of those especially annoying characters, falling between bad comic relief and lame cartoony character thrown in for the kids. Either of these is bad enough on its own, but work synergistically together to make Jar Jar more annoying than the sum of his parts. Hated Jar Jar immediately after he was introduced because Lucas felt it necessary to shove him in our faces and beat us over the head with just how funny he was supposed to be. Couldn't have been worse if he'd just jumped up and down shouting "Looky Looky! Meesa funny! Meesa funny!"
The Drummer in Josie and the p***ycats (although all the characters in that were annoying)
How about the guy in Friday the 13th. He came into the camp with Kevin Bacon and his girlfriend in the truck. He was the one who annoyed all the camp counselors with korny pranks and annoyed the police officer with his Tonto impression. He was the first to die in the camp itself--could have dragged him on a little bit longer i suppose---NOT!!!!!
Pauley Shore. Even in a bit part, he is annoying, and Gilbert Godfried. And speaking of that, have you also notice when watching animated movies (mostly, the anti-christ, Disney), that the main character has those sidekicks, whether it's an animal, human, or maybe a candleholder, are suppose to be the comedy relief? Iago from Alladin is a prime example (or is it because Gilbert did the voice?)
Disney animated movies, in general, are very formulaic. It usually only takes a few minutes to figure out who's going to be playing what part in the standard setup
Iago, though, and the dragon from Mulan, had some of the best lines. They were pretty good
BlackAngel I have to agree with you on both of them. Whenever I hear either voice I feel the need to grab my ear plugs
Jar Jar was annoying, but I really wanted to see little Jake Loyd get blown into space.
Or how about the kid in the mini-series remake of The Shining? The only time in the entire 6 hours that he actually closed his mouth was when he had to swallow. If they ever decide to make a live action Beavis & Butthead, that kid would be a shoo-in for the part of Butthead!
Yeah, the Shining kid- Courtland Mead. I honestly don't know why I remember his name. He has the same debilitating mouth problem as Puff Daddy. He and the kid (Alex D. Linz) from Home Alone 3 and Liar, Liar, the Pepsi girl (she has possessed eyes-they're pure black and if you catch them in the right light you will see the gates of pergatory). Hollywood seems to see a kid in something, notice that they have humongous cheeks and know how to stand in front of a camera and put them in everything. And we accept that whenever we see a young child in a movie they will be horrible. Remember when they used to look for kids who could do more than just say the lines, like River Phoenix or Elijah Wood? There are kids who can really act, but apparently casting directors are lazy. Phantom Menace, though- not only was Jake Lloyd a wretched hack his friends were complete retards. Are they Lucas' kids and their friends or something?
Two cathegories:
a) "Comic relief" characters that are actually annoying: John Hannah in The Mummy 1 & 2 is the perfect example. Such a good actor, he should be ashamed.
b) Characters that are so badly played / written that actually work the oppossite way they were suppossed to.
- Exhibit A: A terrible tv-movie were Stephanie Zimbalist was sent to jail, and, you know, she was suppossed to be innocent and all, but the funny thing is that when she explained what she had done she could not be more guilty. Not a real problem in itself, but the movie and the actress just tried and tried to show that she was innocent and how unfair everything was.
- Exhibit B: "Teacher's pet". Terribly funny. Jody Linn O'keefe played a pshycho who was, you know, so eeeeevil and was killing people at any time. Funny thing is that instead of femme fatale Jody looked really pathetic, and as a murderer... let's say that some of the victims actually kill themselves!!! And to round things up, when she has this "look how nuts I am" scene and she explains, evil in her eyes why she kills people, her explanation makes more sense than anything else in the movie.
Bill Mumy. Now there was a kid i could relate to. When i was a kid, watching Lost In Space, i liked Bill. Seemed like a guy you could get along with in real life. And, as a musician, as as Lennier on B-five, he still has that same "Aura'. Check out his Barns and Barns stuff. Cool beans.
that kid from Planet of The Apes 2001 that refused to stay behind at the end scene
I swear I was in the theater screaming let him go and DIE!
all three of the new charlies angels particularly Cameron Diaz who I normally dont mind but was just annoying and too spunky in Charlies Angels
Slax, I agree about Charlie's Angels, and also resent you for making me think of that awful movie again. Charlie's Angels was total f**king s**t, and was one of the worst movies I have ever seen. All 3 Angels would have died in real life. I swear, I was screaming at the TV, DIE, DAMN YOU! DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bill Murray was the only redeeming factor in the movie. He's almost always funny, even in that superbomb Scrooged.
Charlie's Angels would have been pretty cool if all three of them had died vicious agonizing deaths!
#1: The Twerp Sidekick from Deep Rising. Stephen Sommers (The Mummy "franchise") sure has a knack for annoying sidekicks, don't he? How many of you knew he was just as dead as Richard Dreyfuss in Jaws? Ayup. Simple rule: if the Twerp Sidekick dies, he dies messily onscreen. If he "dies" offscreen, he ain't dead.
#2: Idiot Children Who Get People Killed in Irwin Allen Disaster Movies. Paul from The Swarm--a role that should've gone to infamous child star Lee Montgomery if there was any justice--is the obvious one; he gets an entire town killed before dying himself (in the extended version). But there are two little kids who take the cake in ...When Time Ran Out; without a single word of dialogue, they hang around in the back until everyone's about to cross one last bridge to safety, and they just wander off--and stay "lost" long enough for the bridge to collapse, requiring a senior-citizen ex-wire-walker (played by Burgess Meredith doing the "Manny" role from The Poseidon Adventure, complete with dead wife) to carry them AND Paul Newman across its remains. It's a jaw-droppingly awful scene, and a perfect end to a perfectly awful movie. Thanks kids--whoever you were!
Ladies and gentlemen, I think I have a winner: any character from an Aaron Spelling TV-series. If anybody knows anybody more annoying than Brenda, Kelly or TJ Hooker, let me know.
Jake Lloyd was definitely a weak point of the Phantom Menace. Not a very convincing performance. Now, imagine the same movie if Haley Joel Osment had played the part of Anakin. Much better.
UUGGGHHH!!! I can't stand Haley Joel Osment!! That punk so gets on my nerves!
He might have played Anakin as a whiny little p***y (no change there), but he'd do it more believably.
ok im gonna go out on a limb here
I went to see Spiderman yesterday and by the end of the flick I thought the girl playing Mary Jane was totally annoying
at the very end she is saying some line about how she was thinking she must see Peter again and I was thinking I wish he would have let you die!!
dont know why cuz she is cute but she just annoyed me
>I went to see Spiderman yesterday and by the end of the flick I thought the girl
>playing Mary Jane was totally annoying
That would be Kirsten Dunst. She got her start playing the young vampire Claudia in Interview With The Vampire.
Alf.