Friday 5: Notable movie characters

[carvers4math]

I'm SUCH a big movie fan that narrowing it down is virtually impossible...so I set some parameters. I decided that it had to be characters in movies that I have watched multiple times...so many, in fact, that I can recite their lines if I wanted to. STILL had to narrow it down quite a bit...

In no particular order:
Han Solo - Harrison Ford
Captain Virgil Hilts "Cooler King" - Steve McQueen
Andrew Shepherd - Michael Douglas
Captain Marko Ramius - Sean Connery
Ellen Ripley - Sigourney Weaver

That's another movie where I loved so many characters, I would need a Great Escape top 5. I guess the Scrounger and the Cooler King stand out the most, but just so many epic characters and actors in one movie.

 

[BuffettClone]

Shane Falco - Keanu Reeves
Lt. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell - Tom Hanks
Maximus - Russell Crowe
Wednesday Adams - Christina Ricci
Cameron Poe - Nicolas Cage

That would have made it a different movie...

 

[jcyclonee]

Here's my seven.

George Bailey - James Stewart - It's a Wonderful Life
Indiana Jones - Harrison Ford - Raiders of the Lost Ark
Maya - Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
Navin R. Johnson - Steve Martin - The Jerk
Holly Golightly - Audrey Hepbrun - Breakfast at Tiffany's
Rick Blaine - Humphrey Bogart - Casablanca
Oskar Schindler - Liam Neeson - Schindler's List

 

[cyrocksmypants]

I'm SUCH a big movie fan that narrowing it down is virtually impossible...so I set some parameters. I decided that it had to be characters in movies that I have watched multiple times...so many, in fact, that I can recite their lines if I wanted to. STILL had to narrow it down quite a bit...

In no particular order:
Han Solo - Harrison Ford
Captain Virgil Hilts "Cooler King" - Steve McQueen
Andrew Shepherd - Michael Douglas
Captain Marko Ramius - Sean Connery
Ellen Ripley - Sigourney Weaver

I had no idea Ripley's first name was Ellen.....

 

[cyrocksmypants]

Here's my seven.

George Bailey - James Stewart - It's a Wonderful Life
Indiana Jones - Harrison Ford - Raiders of the Lost Ark
Maya - Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
Navin R. Johnson - Steve Martin - The Jerk
Holly Golightly - Audrey Hepbrun - Breakfast at Tiffany's
Rick Blaine - Humphrey Bogart - Casablanca
Oskar Schindler - Liam Neeson - Schindler's List

Excellent addition.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

That's another movie where I loved so many characters, I would need a Great Escape top 5. I guess the Scrounger and the Cooler King stand out the most, but just so many epic characters and actors in one movie.

So...my top five from Great Escape would be:

Hilts, Cooler King
Hendley, Scrounger
Bartlett, Big X
Sedgwick, Manufacturer
Blythe, Forger
Von Luger, Kommandant

Yes...that's six. Too bad!

 

[ImJustKCClone]

I had no idea Ripley's first name was Ellen.....

You have much to learn, grasshopper...

 

[isuska]

That would have made it a different movie...

Oh jeez, I fixed it

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Oh jeez, I fixed it

Totally missed it until Buffett pointed it out. I picture a cross between Forrest Gump & Captain Miller flying that plane...

 

[jcyclonee]

Here's my seven.

George Bailey - James Stewart - It's a Wonderful Life
Indiana Jones - Harrison Ford - Raiders of the Lost Ark
Maya - Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
Navin R. Johnson - Steve Martin - The Jerk
Holly Golightly - Audrey Hepbrun - Breakfast at Tiffany's
Rick Blaine - Humphrey Bogart - Casablanca
Oskar Schindler - Liam Neeson - Schindler's List

Number 8 in my top 5 would be
The Great Santini - Robert Duvall - The Great Santini

 

[jcyclonee]

Oh jeez, I fixed it

Change it back.

 

[carvers4math]

So...my top five from Great Escape would be:

Hilts, Cooler King
Hendley, Scrounger
Bartlett, Big X
Sedgwick, Manufacturer
Blythe, Forger
Von Luger, Kommandant

Yes...that's six. Too bad!

Ditto. Also have a soft spot for the Tunnel Kings and they even survived.

 

[cycloneG]

Oh jeez, I fixed it

 

[cyhiphopp]

Here's my seven.

George Bailey - James Stewart - It's a Wonderful Life
Indiana Jones - Harrison Ford - Raiders of the Lost Ark
Maya - Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
Navin R. Johnson - Steve Martin - The Jerk
Holly Golightly - Audrey Hepbrun - Breakfast at Tiffany's
Rick Blaine - Humphrey Bogart - Casablanca
Oskar Schindler - Liam Neeson - Schindler's List

Excellent addition.

Also a candidate for best first lines in a movie.

[video=youtube;Qtmi4Nc-3dE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtmi4Nc-3dE[/video]

 

[Creed11]

The Joker - The Dark Knight
Connor and Murphy MacManus - Boondock Saints
The Dude - Big Lebowski
V - V for Vandetta
Alexander Supertramp - Into the Wild

I'm adding a couple more I thought of throughout the day
Adam - 50/50
Malcolm Reynolds - Firefly/Serenity
Earl Brooks - Mr Brooks

 

[cyhiphopp]

I'm adding a couple more I thought of throughout the day
Adam - 50/50
Malcolm Reynolds - Firefly/Serenity
Earl Brooks - Mr Brooks

Mal is one of the best characters in all of media. Good call

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Ditto. Also have a soft spot for the Tunnel Kings and they even survived.

Plus Ashley-Pitt (dispersal)...mostly because I was crazy about Ilya Kuryakin as a tween. And now he's Ducky on one of my favorite shows.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Mal is one of the best characters in all of media. Good call

Oddly enough, as much as I love Mal, Jayne & Wash were amazing scene stealers.

But I do still use the line "go play with your rainstick" on my boys (my 37 & 38 year old "boys")...

 

[carvers4math]

Plus Ashley-Pitt (dispersal)...mostly because I was crazy about Ilya Kuryakin as a tween. And now he's Ducky on one of my favorite shows.

Yep. Quite a hottie but when you are in a movie with Steve McQueen, it sometimes goes overlooked.:smile:

 

[cyhiphopp]

Oddly enough, as much as I love Mal, Jayne & Wash were amazing scene stealers.

But I do still use the line "go play with your rainstick" on my boys (my 37 & 38 year old "boys")...

I have a soft (or not soft) spot for Kaylee as well. Great cast overall.