Thread: Favourite Characters in Movies?

1) Michael Corleone (The Godfather...esp. Part 2)
2) Indiana Jones (Raiders)
3) Norman Bates (Psycho)
4) Bob Harris (Lost in Translation)
5) Tom Ripley (The Talented Mr Ripley)
6) Clark Kent/Superman (Superman 2)
7) John Ferguson (Vertigo)
Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump)
9) Atticus Finch (To Kill a Mockingbird)
10) Lester Burnham (American Beauty)

What characters stand out for you guys? Lets see some lists....

Wilson (castaway)

deserved an oscar for that performance!!

Originally Posted by hattonthehammer

Wilson (castaway)

deserved an oscar for that performance!!

Word! Wilson was a standout in that film!

I actually quite like that film, though a lot of people I know hate it. Its not great but I find it watchable. The ending was a bit cliche, but again, I liked it.

John Coffee and Wild Bill in Green Mile.
Hannibal Lector and Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs
Glen Close in Fatal Attraction:she played a perfect psycho
John Dunbar in Dances with Wolves
Doc Holliday in Tombstone:"I know, let's have a spelling contest"
Danger in Million Dollar Baby

Too many to think about right now.

Darth Vader - say no more

Whitaker in Ghost Dog.
William blake in Dead Man.


bob harris is a good one from above.
Steve Buscemi --> Mr. Pink

Rob Gordon = high fidelity.

Jules Winnfield - Pulp Fiction - Samuel L Jackson
Melvin Udall - As Good As It Gets - Jack Nicholson
Dr. Christian Szell - Marathan Man - Laurence Olivier
Katherine Tranmmel - Basic Instinct - Sharon Stone
Col Nathan Jessup - A Few Good Men - Jack Nicholson
Del Grifith - Planes Trains & Automobiles - John Candy

Viggo Mortenson - Eastern Promises

I put that one ahead of all the others because he is easily the most badass character in movie history in my book. What he did, oh man. You have to watch the movie once and then go back and watch it again to get how amazing of a character he really is.

Daniel Day Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Rocky - Rocky 1,2,Balboa
Michael Cain - Children of Men
Uma Thurman - Kill Bill
Dudley Moore - Arthur


More to come.

Originally Posted by amat

Viggo Mortenson - Eastern Promises

I put that one ahead of all the others because he is easily the most badass character in movie history in my book. What he did, oh man. You have to watch the movie once and then go back and watch it again to get how amazing of a character he really is.

Watched that on Sunday - Awesome!!

Originally Posted by BIG H

Originally Posted by amat

Viggo Mortenson - Eastern Promises

I put that one ahead of all the others because he is easily the most badass character in movie history in my book. What he did, oh man. You have to watch the movie once and then go back and watch it again to get how amazing of a character he really is.

Watched that on Sunday - Awesome!!

Yeah, awesome movie. Had I been told there was a 5 minute male frontal nudity scene beforehand I might have thought twice, and they went and turned it into one of the coolest scenes in the movie and made him even more badass. On second watch I liked it even more there are layers and layers of symbolism in the movie that I was completely oblivious to and then of course you pay attention to everything he did before the big plot twist.

One of my favorite movies ever I might watch it again tonight.

Originally Posted by amat

Originally Posted by BIG H

Originally Posted by amat

Viggo Mortenson - Eastern Promises

I put that one ahead of all the others because he is easily the most badass character in movie history in my book. What he did, oh man. You have to watch the movie once and then go back and watch it again to get how amazing of a character he really is.

Watched that on Sunday - Awesome!!

Yeah, awesome movie. Had I been told there was a 5 minute male frontal nudity scene beforehand I might have thought twice, and they went and turned it into one of the coolest scenes in the movie and made him even more badass. On second watch I liked it even more there are layers and layers of symbolism in the movie that I was completely oblivious to and then of course you pay attention to everything he did before the big plot twist.

One of my favorite movies ever I might watch it again tonight.

Don't know how I forgot that one. Watched Eastern Promises about 8 times already; love it. That was a brutal scene in the showers. Viggo is a good actor and was great in History of Violence and obviously L.O.T.R.'s movies.

Lol, Amat inspired me to watch Eastern Promises again and they just played the shower scene. F#cking brutal.

They did an awesome job representing the Russian Mafia tattos and how each one is supposed to tell an individual story of that person. They even look "prison" made. Good stuff; not sure if he did, but Viggo should have gotten some sort of award for that performance.

Clubber Lang - Rocky III
Ivan Drago - Rocky IV
John Rambo - Rambo
Darth Vadar - Star Wars
Yoda - Star Wars
Coach Boone - Remember The Titans
Gimli - Lord Of The Rings
Whoopi Goldberg - Ghost
Doc Emmit Brown - Back To The Future
Biff - Back To The Future
Charles Bronson - Hard Times
Stiffler - American Pie
Annie Wilkes - Misery
John Coffee - The Green Mile
Dr. Malcolm - Jurassic Park
Red - The Shawshank Redemption

" Chet".......Weird science Paxton was also awesome in "Aliens"

I suppose when you say fav. you mean because the actor/actress was THAT good... right?
If so here it is...

1. Jim Caviziel - Christ
2. Jack Nicholson - RP McMurphy (1 flew over the cukoos nest)
3. Keanu Reeves - Johnny Utah (Point Break)
4. Heath Ledger - Joker
5. Ryan Phillipe - Sebastian (Cruel Intentions)
6. Al Pacino - Tony Montana (Scarface)
7. Jim Carrey - Loyd Christmas (Dumb & Dumber)
8. Denzel Washington - Alonzo (Training Day)
9. Gael G. Bernal - Octavio (Amores Perros)
10. Ed Norton - Derek Vinyard (American History X)