Best Movie Character

[Jon Thompson]

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1. Seth Gecko - From Dusk Till Dawn

http://home.claranet.de/kirstenp/moviefaces/actor/c/gc_fdtd04.jpg

"Psychos do not explode when sunlight hits them. I don't care how crazy they are!

2. Leonard Shelby - Memento

http://www.filmmonthly.com/Video/Articles/Memento/pearce.gif

"Who the fuck is Dodd?"

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[demondude]

http://www.hermionegrangerswand.com/images/hermione.jpg
Hermione is pure win.


http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/8/84/Frodo_Baggins.jpg
And of course frodo.

[Seraphic]

Jules from Pulp Fiction
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/inuki_X1999/jules.gif

The Bride aka Beatrix Kiddo from Kill Bill
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/inuki_X1999/KillBillVol11.jpg

[Nifleheim7]

1.Harmonica - Once Upon a Time in the West

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a235/polonoid/stuff/Once_Upon_a_Time_in_the_Westharmoni.jpg

2.Prisoner KSC2-303 - Versus

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a235/polonoid/stuff/versus80.jpg

[Araciel]

http://vindicare.hautetfort.com/images/medium_kiriyama_classe.3.jpg
kiriyama kazuo from battle royale

and you'll probably hate me...but..
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/graphics/2007/05/22/bfdeath.jpg

stuntman mike from deathproof (grindhouse)

ps harmonica DOES rule

[XxSephirothxX]

Bruce Willis is the best character ever.

[Heath]

Bruce Willis is the best character ever.

I agree.

Otherwise I'd have to say Indiana Jones. Certainly my favourite film protagonist of anything I've seen. I have smiled in this thread to see that a lot of the suggestions (Hermione, Frodo, Kazuo) were originally literary characters.

Edit: Since you wanted a picture:

http://www.theculturebeat.com/wp-content/photos/Real_Indiana_Jones.jpg

[Araciel]

almost all movies are drawn from another medium.

[BG-57]

Lets get some classic roles in here:

Rick Blaine in Casablanca is one of those perfect movie heroes. Hard to pick a single Bogart role but it was either this or Maltese Falcon.

http://www.sheilaomalley.com/archives/rick.jpg

Captain von Rauffenstein in Grand Illusion. Eric von Stroheim was billed in Hollywood as 'the man you love to hate', but in a few films the director gave him a chance to play a complex tortured character rather than a cardboard villain. His best role, up there with his work in Sunset Boulevard.

http://www.forumuniversitaire.com/images/grande%20illusion-big.gif

BTW, if you haven't seen these films, go rent them. You'll thank me later. :D

[Ramza Beoulve]

Lecter - The Silence of the Lambs
http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/6196/heyeshm2.jpg

Death - The Seventh Seal and Last Action Hero (you know why)
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/3431/deathseventhsealzv9.png

Edward - Edward Scissorhands
http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/484/edwardisosizedkk5.jpg

[Jon Thompson]

Bruce Willis is the best character ever.

I agree.

Otherwise I'd have to say Indiana Jones. Certainly my favourite film protagonist of anything I've seen. I have smiled in this thread to see that a lot of the suggestions (Hermione, Frodo, Kazuo) were originally literary characters.

I seriously can't see them surpassing some characters like; Han Solo, Boba Fett, Darth Vader, Agent Smith, Ash, Caster Troy, Donnie Darko, James Bond, John McClane (sp?), Freddy Kruger and JP (grandma's boy)

[Masamunemaster]

Don't know if you all want to count these, but I think these were the best
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z12/masamunemaster/Cloud.jpg
Cloud and...

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z12/masamunemaster/Cid.jpg
Cid

[Heath]

almost all movies are drawn from another medium.

I know, I was just commenting.




I seriously can't see them surpassing some characters like; Han Solo, Boba Fett, Darth Vader, Agent Smith, Ash, Caster Troy, Donnie Darko, James Bond, John McClane (sp?), Freddy Kruger and JP (grandma's boy)

True. On which note I also add Boba Fett to the list.

http://z.about.com/d/scifi/1/7/4/M/2/starwars80.jpg

[Araciel]

Lecter - The Silence of the Lambs
http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/6196/heyeshm2.jpg


Death - The Seventh Seal and Last Action Hero (you know why)
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/3431/deathseventhsealzv9.png


Edward - Edward Scissorhands
http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/484/edwardisosizedkk5.jpg

*cough* three is more than two

[Nifleheim7]

I seriously can't see them surpassing some characters like; Han Solo, Boba Fett, Darth Vader, Agent Smith, Ash, Caster Troy, Donnie Darko, James Bond, John McClane (sp?), Freddy Kruger and JP (grandma's boy)

Is this thread about the most famous or the ones we personally like?
Because if it is about the most famous/classic characters then Seth Gecko and Leonard Shelby don't belong here either.

[Shiny]

Reservoir Dogs - Mr. Pink

http://www.waccoe.co.uk/uploads/photo-1822.jpg

Psycho - Norman Bates
http://qusan.com/blogger/psycho1.gif

[Karellen]

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x295/Karellen_LurkeroftheSkies/taxidriver2_jpg.jpg

Travis Bickle - Taxi Driver

and

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x295/Karellen_LurkeroftheSkies/amelie.jpg

Amelie - Amelie

[demondude]

Actually get rid of hermione and put in...



http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1264/535380059_2e3cf46a4f.jpg
From nightrider.

[Ramza Beoulve]

*cough* three is more than twoYou know I'm prone to not care.

[JackNapier]

http://www.alicia-logic.com/capsimages/nx_008JackDiscovers.jpg
Jack Skellington from Nightmare Before Christmas

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h246/persephone_photo/kiefer-sutherland01.jpg
David from The Lost Boys

[Madame Adequate]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/Auricom/leon.jpg

Leon and Mathilda.

[I Took the Red Pill]

http://www.mshogue.com/ce9/TKAM/atticus%5B1%5D.gif
No comparison.

[BardTard]

Luna Lovegood from Harry Potter 5

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r22/MorganaWinter/Luna%20Lovegood/normal_evanna.jpg

[DK]

Advent Children failure

die

also;

http://www.londonshakespeare.org.uk/prisondiaries/Tim_Robbins.jpg

Andy Dufresne - Shawshank Redemption

http://www.the-reel-mccoy.com/movies/1999/images/thegreenmile5.jpg

John Coffey - The Green Mile

http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2005/03/02/old_boy_wideweb__430x286.jpg

Oh Daesu - Old Boy

http://artfiles.art.com/images/-/Sylvester-Stallone---Rocky-III-Photograph-C12150466.jpeg

Rocky Balboa - Rocky

I wanted to add Sanka from Cool Runnings but there are no pictures of him online which is sux

[fire_of_avalon]

Dudes, you shouldn't pick characters from films based on books. Not fair!

I have to think about this.

[El Bandito]

http://www.mshogue.com/ce9/TKAM/atticus%5B1%5D.gif
No comparison.

Damn, beat me to it.

http://www.gonemovies.com/WWW/WanadooFilms/Western/GoodBlondie1.jpg

Blondie - "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly"

http://studentweb.tulane.edu/~epinsly/KeysSoze.jpg

Keyser Soze - The Usual Suspects

[Burtsplurt]

Jiao Long - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

http://sphax666.free.fr/Ta%EFwan/Ang%20Lee/tigredragon/Zhang%20Ziyi%20petit.jpg

and Don Corleone - The Godfather ("I'm going to make you an offer you can't refuse."

http://img.search.com/thumb/6/6e/Brando_as_don_corleone.jpg/180px-Brando_as_don_corleone.jpg.png

[Jon Thompson]

<TABLE id=HB_Mail_Container height="100%" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0 UNSELECTABLE="on"><TBODY><TR height="100%" UNSELECTABLE="on" width="100%"><TD id=HB_Focus_Element vAlign=top width="100%" background="" height=250 UNSELECTABLE="off">I think I have to agree with a few people. Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings characters (as they were well known before movies) should be disallowed. It's the same as no comic book characters or video game characters can be allowed in. I realize many movies are from another medium but they are often based on books that I'm sure most of us have never read.

Since it's my contest I'm going to nominate a few more badass characters.

http://www.songfight.org/artists/hans_gruber_ultimate_villain.jpg

JP - Grandma's Boy
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a9/Joel_Moore.JPG/220px-Joel_Moore.JPG

And since we need to get this movin' along...

Freddy Kruger - Nightmare on Elm Street
http://www.gocontinental.com/photos/elmstreetgroup2a.jpg

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[Azalar]

No, The most obvious character is

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f197/Azalar/Chronicles_Riddick_handcuffs_Ljpg.jpg

I cant belive none of you said this

Also, one of the most funniest

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f197/Azalar/505_smalljpg.jpg

[Peegee]

I started hating this thread but some of you saved it. Gregory Peck is THE MAN.

I also like Kazou. Hot.

I'm going to say Luke Skywalker because 'But I was going into Toshi Station to pick up some power converters!!1111oneoneT_T' is the most hilarious quote ever.

[Albel]

How could you all forget

Al Capone-ScarFace

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k301/AllanDJ/Scarface.jpg

[Shiny]

How could you all forget

Al Capone-ScarFace

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k301/AllanDJ/Scarface.jpg

I thought his name was Tony Montana.

[Rye]

http://www.philipcoppens.com/vendetta_07.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e292/Wizard27/inigo1.jpg

[Bunny]

The person who said Keyser Söze has appropriately won this competition. You are all failures, he is the only victor.

[Araciel]

Dudes, you shouldn't pick characters from films based on books. Not fair!

I have to think about this.

Then we have only failures to choose from...

[Resha]

Robin Williams everywhere. :D

And surprised nobody's said this -- Jack Sparrow? Johnny Depp? He was actually originally a movie character iirc.

Penny Lane [Almost Famous]

Seconding Bogart [Casablanca] and
Jules [Pulp Fiction]

Tangerine [Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind]
Claire [Elizabethtown]

[Captain Maxx Power]

http://noelio.blogia.com/upload/_ash.jpg

Topic's over everybody. Go home.

[Bloodline666]

How could you all forget

Al Capone-ScarFace

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k301/AllanDJ/Scarface.jpg

I thought his name was Tony Montana.

Shiny's right - that is Tony Montana, not Al Capone. I've seen bits and pieces of Scarface, especially the end, where he goes berserk with that machine gun.

[Proxy]

http://twentydur.bytez.org/blog/imgs/2006/mayo/tyler-durden.jpg
I win this thread

[MKusanagi]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/Auricom/leon.jpg

Leon and Mathilda.

Oh my. A person after my own heart.

EDIT: I have yet to see Nikita from La Femme Nikita on this board. It is kinda embarrasing. And Brad Pitt doesn't smoke!

[Ouch!]

Lets get some classic roles in here:

Rick Blaine in Casablanca is one of those perfect movie heroes. Hard to pick a single Bogart role but it was either this or Maltese Falcon.

http://www.sheilaomalley.com/archives/rick.jpg
No competition; he wins.

[Jon Thompson]

I waiting to see Ash dropped. Was afraid I was going to have to do it myself.