Favorite Movie Characters

Allhallowsday · July 25, 2018, 01:35:08 PM

I watched a few minutes of THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES (1976) this morning... I always LOVED Ten Bears.
"There is iron in your words of death for all Comanche to see... and so there is iron in your words of life. No signed paper can hold the iron. It must come from men. The words of Ten Bears carry the same iron of life and death. It is good that warriors such as we meet in the struggle of life, or death. It shall be life."

http://youtu.be/q9EBYw5VN2E

Alex · July 25, 2018, 02:45:35 PM

Always loved Kurt Russell in Big Trouble In Little China. His clueless hero messes up for most of the film.

RCMerchant · July 25, 2018, 02:50:11 PM

Tuko in the GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY. He's a murderer, thief, liar and who knows what else-but I like him anyway.

RCMerchant · July 25, 2018, 03:04:38 PM

. Jack Nicholson as the drunk lawyer in EASY RIDER. He's so much fun, and your sorry when he gets killed.
. Gloria Swanson in SUNSET BOULEVARD. She's so regal. And sad, and deluded.
. Lon Chaney in SPIDER BABY. He's obviously having a good time aping his monster heritage. "There's a full moon tonight...!"

indianasmith · July 25, 2018, 04:11:36 PM

* Captain Miller in SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
* The narrator in Kenneth Branagh's HENRY V
* The "Wise Man" in SUCKER PUNCH
* Frederick the Wise in LUTHER (2004)

Svengoolie 3 · July 25, 2018, 11:38:55 PM

Hannibal Lecter. in "Hannibal", He didn't let the world dump on him.

Rando Yaguchi in "Shin Godzilla". Took charge and got the right things DONE!

Pacman000 · July 26, 2018, 09:33:13 AM

Quote from: RCMerchant on July 25, 2018, 02:50:11 PM
Tuko in the GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY. He's a murderer, thief, liar and who knows what else-but I like him anyway.

Yep. Also Angel Eyes & Blondie. I'd hate to meet them if they were real, but they make for great entertainment.

I like Captain Nemo. James Mason did a good job playing him, & gets too little credit today.

And Davey Crockett as played by Fess Parker. I like his version much more than John Wayne's version of the character.

The Burgomaster · July 26, 2018, 10:22:50 AM

* Lieutenant Kinderman (Lee J. Cobb) in THE EXORCIST

* Quint (Robert Shaw) in JAWS

* Doyle Lonnegan (Robert Shaw) in THE STING

* Peter Clemenza (Richard Castellano) in THE GODFATHER

* Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) in NORTH BY NORTHWEST

* Ransom Stoddard (James Stewart) in THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE

* Popeye Doyle (Gene Hackman) in THE FRENCH CONNECTION

* Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) in TAXI DRIVER

* Juror 8 (Henry Fonda) in 12 ANGRY MEN

* Clayton Forrester (Gene Barry) in WAR OF THE WORLDS

* Oliver Lindenbrook (James Mason) in JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH

* Quasimodo (Charles Laughton) in THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME

indianasmith · July 26, 2018, 10:32:37 AM

Quote from: Pacman000 on July 26, 2018, 09:33:13 AM
Quote from: RCMerchant on July 25, 2018, 02:50:11 PM
Tuko in the GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY. He's a murderer, thief, liar and who knows what else-but I like him anyway.
Yep. Also Angel Eyes & Blondie. I'd hate to meet them if they were real, but they make for great entertainment.

I like Captain Nemo. James Mason did a good job playing him, & gets too little credit today.

And Davey Crockett as played by Fess Parker. I like his version much more than John Wayne's version of the character.

What did you think of Billy Bob Thornton's version of Crockett?

Pacman000 · July 26, 2018, 10:53:06 AM

I'm not sure if I've seen that version of the Alamo; if I have it was too long ago to form an opinion. (I'll have to keep my eye open for the DVD.

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I've read the movie portrays the characters as more human than other adaptions.

indianasmith · July 26, 2018, 11:26:25 AM

As someone who teaches Texas History, I think it's the most accurate version of the story ever filmed, and very well cast.
I have never understood why it tanked so badly at the box office!
Check it out if you get the chance.

RCMerchant · July 26, 2018, 08:45:42 PM

. Lugosi as DRACULA
. Lugosi as zombie master M.Legendre in WHITE ZOMBIE
. Karloff as the Frankenstein Monster in the original and the BRIDE
. Ernest Thesiger as the darkly funny Dr. Pretouris in the BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN.
. Dwight Frye as fly eating Renfeild in DRACULA.
. Peter Cushing as Dr. Frankenstein in any of his Hammer films.
. Peter Lorre as the madly in love surgeon in MAD LOVE.

Svengoolie 3 · July 27, 2018, 01:21:59 AM

Marshall O'Neil in "Outland", and NO, not because he was played by sean connery and finally dropped an f bomb.

Timothy Flyte in "Phantoms". Peter O'Toole does a hilarious F bomd with his british accent.

Mama in Dredd. She was a product of her world and deserved respect for her strength and will.

Anderson in Dredd. Honestly believed you could make things better. SIGH I used to be like that...

Dredd in Dredd. Seemed to give a damn about the people of megacity one.

Riffraff in RHPS. Expressed sympathy for doctor scott's loss even when he didn't have to, and let him, brad and janet go at the end.

indianasmith · July 27, 2018, 09:33:19 AM

David Crockett, as played by Billy Bob Thornton in the 2004 THE ALAMO.
John Quincy Adams, as played by Sir Anthony Hopkins in AMISTAD.
Ulysses McGill as played by George Clooney in O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU?

RCMerchant · July 27, 2018, 10:52:42 AM

. Peter O' Toole as LAWRENCE OF ARABIA.
. Jeffry Combs as Herbert West in RE-ANIMATOR and BRIDE OF RE-ANIMATOR.
. I'll second Burgo's DeNiro pick of Travis Bickle in TAXI DRIVER.
. Anthony Perkins as Norman in PSYCHO .
. Charlize Theron as Aileen Wuornos in MONSTER is some of the best acting I have ever seen.