Top 5 Movie Characters of All Time

[Mamba]

1) Creasy (Denzel Washington) - Man on Fire
2) Maximus (Russell Crowe) - Gladiator
3) Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) - Taxi Driver
4) Tie: Frank Lucas/Alonzo (Denzel Washington) - American Gangster/Training Day
5) Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) - Heat

I love bad ass characters who kick ass, kill people...basically..Bad Ass Motha Fuckas.

I could go on and on and on and on...this list always changes.

 

[downunderwonder]

Marty McFly (Back to the Future)
John McClain (Die Hard)
Randall (clerks)
Al Czerpek (Caddyshack)
Turkish (snatch)

 

[ghoti]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Black Mamba @ May 18 2008, 03:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>1) Creasy (Denzel Washington) - Man on Fire
2) Maximus (Russell Crowe) - Gladiator
3) Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) - Taxi Driver
4) Tie: Frank Lucas/Alonzo (Denzel Washington) - American Gangster/Training Day
5) Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) - Heat

I love bad ass characters who kick ass, kill people...basically..Bad Ass Motha Fuckas.</div>


If there's one guy in film that you really don't want to fuck with, it's this guy.

 

[Run BJM]

In no order:

1) Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci)- Goodfellas
2) Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem)- No Country for Old Men
3) Costello (Jack Nicholson)- The Departed
4) Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks)- Forrest Gump
5) Jason Bourne (Matt Damon)- Bourne Series

Donnie Darko, Tyler Durton, Michael Corleone, Will Hunting, Jay (from Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back/Clerks/Mallrats), Peter Gibbons (Office Space), Smokey (Friday), Tommy Callahan (Tommy Boy), Billy Madison, Bobby Boucher, Randall (Clerks) are all good too.

 

[E. Ville Von Love]

in order
Austin Powers(myers)-Austin Powers
Maximus(crowe)-gladiator
Mouth(feldman)-Goonies
Dan Dunne(gosling)-half nelson
Donnie Darko(gyllenhaal)-donnie darko

honorable mention
alonzo(washington)- training day, henry lethem(gosling)-stay, Leonidas(butler)-300, jacob singer(robbins)-Jacobs Ladder, Cleric John Preston(bale)-Equilibrium, Trevor Reznik(bale)-the machinist

 

[huevonkiller]

Patrick Bateman (1980's yuppie from the Christian Bale 2000 film)- American Psycho.

That's the list.

 

[AEM]

Here are five the come to mind:

Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren) Rocky IV

Conan (Arnold Swarzenegger) Conan the Barbarian and Conan the Destroyer

S.E.T.H. (Michael Jai White) Universal Soldier: The Return

Batman (Christian Bale) Batman Begins

Malcolm Reynolds (Nathan Fillion) Serenity

 

[pegs]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (E. Ville Von Love @ May 18 2008, 06:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Donnie Darko (gyllenhaal)-donnie darko</div>

Yeah, he was so great in that movie. He's on my list...

Donnie
The coward Robert Ford (Casey Affleck) - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.
Billy the Kid (Emilio Estevez) - Young Guns.
Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack) - Say Anything.
Professor Henry Walton Jones (Harrison Ford) - Indiana Jones (Any one of the trilogy.)
John James Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) - First Blood (The other sequels don't even compare.)

I added an extra one.

 

[Dark Defender]

In no particular order.

Tyler Durden - Fight Club

Seth Gecko - From Dusk till Dawn

Tony Montana - Scarface

John McClane - Die Hard

Christian Bale - Batman Begins

 

[NJNetz]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Christian Bale - Batman Begins</div>

Bale is a character?!

 

[Dark Defender]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (The Joker @ May 18 2008, 06:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Christian Bale - Batman Begins</div>

Bale is a character?!

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You know what I mean, lol.

 

[ghoti]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (huevonkiller @ May 18 2008, 06:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Patrick Bateman (1980's yuppie from the Christian Bale 2000 film)- American Psycho.

That's the list.</div>

You ever read the book?

 

[huevonkiller]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ghoti @ May 18 2008, 05:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (huevonkiller @ May 18 2008, 06:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Patrick Bateman (1980's yuppie from the Christian Bale 2000 film)- American Psycho.

That's the list.</div>

You ever read the book?
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Planning on getting it, heard it has even more detail.

I thought it was an amazing performance by an actor nonetheless.

 

[ghoti]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (huevonkiller @ May 18 2008, 06:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ghoti @ May 18 2008, 05:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (huevonkiller @ May 18 2008, 06:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Patrick Bateman (1980's yuppie from the Christian Bale 2000 film)- American Psycho.

That's the list.</div>

You ever read the book?
</div>

Planning on getting it, heard it has even more detail.

I thought it was an amazing performance by an actor nonetheless.
</div>

I read it a long time ago. It might be a little dated because the book alternates long chapters about brand name commercialism (from the 80s) with chapters depicting the sickest kind of violence imaginable (muuuuuch worse than the movie).

I remember there was a whole chapter about the band Genesis. Lots of real restaurants, cars, stereo equipment, etc.

Ellis sort of beats you over the head with his message, but I thought it was a fun read, anyway.

 

[huevonkiller]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ghoti @ May 18 2008, 05:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (huevonkiller @ May 18 2008, 06:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ghoti @ May 18 2008, 05:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (huevonkiller @ May 18 2008, 06:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Patrick Bateman (1980's yuppie from the Christian Bale 2000 film)- American Psycho.

That's the list.</div>

You ever read the book?
</div>

Planning on getting it, heard it has even more detail.

I thought it was an amazing performance by an actor nonetheless.
</div>

I read it a long time ago. It might be a little dated because the book alternates long chapters about brand name commercialism (from the 80s) with chapters depicting the sickest kind of violence imaginable (muuuuuch worse than the movie).

I remember there was a whole chapter about the band Genesis. Lots of real restaurants, cars, stereo equipment, etc.

Ellis sort of beats you over the head with his message, but I thought it was a fun read, anyway.
</div>

I thought the "business card" scene in the movie was hilarious.

 

[Big Frame]

This is the real list

Dr Indiana Jones- Ford
Han Solo- Ford
Jules Winnfield- Sam L Jackson
Andy Dufresne- Tim Robbins
Ralphie- Peter Billingsley

 

[Chutney]

Hannibal Lecter (The Silence of the Lambs) - Anthony Hopkins
Travis Bickle (Taxi Driver) - Robert De Niro
Annie Wilkes (Misery) - Kathy Bates
Jack Torrance (The Shining) - Jack Nicholson
Jules Winnfield (Pulp Fiction) - Samuel L. Jackson

I have a bit of a bias towards horror movies. And I'm probably forgetting a few that I'd end up putting in there instead.

 

[pegs]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Chutney @ May 18 2008, 09:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Hannibal Lecter (The Silence of the Lambs) - Anthony Hopkins
Travis Bickle (Taxi Driver) - Robert De Niro
Annie Wilkes (Misery) - Kathy Bates
Jack Torrance (The Shining) - Jack Nicholson
Jules Winnfield (Pulp Fiction) - Samuel L. Jackson

I have a bit of a bias towards horror movies. And I'm probably forgetting a few that I'd end up putting in there instead.</div>

How did I miss that one? Ha, Jack was great in that movie!

I'm pretty sure I'm forgetting a few more, though.

 

[zєяσ]

Dalton-Inside Man
Neo-Matrix
Main character from One Who Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest(Nicholson)
Main character from Shawshank Redemption
Jack-Pirates of Carribean

 

[Mamba]

Shit, I forgot about Jack.

 

[Lavalamp]

Kurt Russell's character - Soldier
Tyler Durden - Fight Club
Verbal Kint or Keyser Soze - The Usual Suspects
Sir Robin - Holy Grail

James Bond - in terms of popularity, there are 21 Bond movies.

 

[Celtic Fan]

Just 5“ tough one

Indiana Jones - all 4 movies (Raiders is in my all time top 10 list) so many great quotes and charisma galore.
Jack Burton - Big Trouble in Little China "I'm a reasonable guy. But, I've just experienced some very unreasonable things. "
Sam - Ronin "Spence: You ever kill anybody? Sam: I hurt somebody's feelings once. "
General George S. Patton - Patton "Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country. "
Blondie - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly "You see, in this world there's two kinds of people, my friend: Those with loaded guns and those who dig. You dig. "

 

[TheBeef]

1. Cap'n Quint - Jaws
2. Darth Vader - Star Wars Trilogy
3. Winston Wolfe - Pulp Fiction
4. Crash Davis - Bull Durham
5. Wallace Ritchie - The Man Who Knew Too Little

 

[bbwMax]

1) Indiana Jones - Indiana Jones - Harrison Ford
2) Wayne - Waynes World - Mike Myers
3) Leito - District-13 - David Belle
4) Jules Winnfield - Pulp Fiction - Samuel L Jackson
5) Travis Bickle - Taxi Driver - Robert De Niro

I saw Taxi Driver the other day for about the 10th time and its still as amazing as ever IMO

 

[TheBeef]

i may end up amending mine, i thought of 2 that just cant be left out of the top 5....

Montgomery Brewster - Brewsters Millions
Doc Holliday - Tombstone

 

[Celtic Fan]

it's damn hard to have just 5 and I have a memory like swiss cheese, so I always recall other characters later on.

but to me George C Scott as Patton is there in stone. One of the finest acting jobs ever IMO.

I've seen Taxi Driver.. I wasn't that impressed. Maybe I read too many things about how great it was etc, but to me it was alright not great.