I can name a few, like Hannibal Lecter, Wicked Witch of the West, Frankenstein Monster, Wolfman, Dracula(Bela), Dirty Harry
Pretty tough to answer, but I'll throw in some:
Steve Frazelli, Aaron (also Roy) Stampler (Edward Norton - The Italian Job, Primal Fear)
Vincent Vega, Chili Palmer, George Malley (John Travolta - Pulp Fiction, Get Shorty, Phenomenon)
Henry Manning (Paul Newman - Where the Money Is) Obscure movie of his that was a box office failure, but I love
Mona Lisa Vito (Marissa Tomei - My Cousin Vinny) She won my heart forever in that movie
Doc Holliday (Val Kilmer - Tombstone) One of the greatest performances of all time IMHO
Princess Anne (Audrey Hepburn - Roman Vacation) dittos, she won my heart
John McClane, Frank Moses (Bruce "Yippee Ki-Yay" Willis - Die Hard, RED) Couldn't leave Bruce out after yesterday's news :(
Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox - Back to the Future) I loved most all of his movies
James Bond (Sean Connery - all of his 007 movies)
Lt Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise - A Few Good Men)
Off the top of my head :-??
Quote from: Jolly Blue Giant on March 31, 2022, 11:04:35 AM
Pretty tough to answer, but I'll throw in some:
Steve Frazelli, Aaron (also Roy) Stampler (Edward Norton - The Italian Job, Primal Fear)
Vincent Vega, Chili Palmer, George Malley (John Travolta - Pulp Fiction, Get Shorty, Phenomenon)
Henry Manning (Paul Newman - Where the Money Is) Obscure movie of his that was a box office failure, but I love
Mona Lisa Vito (Marissa Tomei - My Cousin Vinny) She won my heart forever in that movie
Doc Holliday (Val Kilmer - Tombstone) One of the greatest performances of all time IMHO
Princess Anne (Audrey Hepburn - Roman Vacation) dittos, she won my heart
John McClane, Frank Moses (Bruce "Yippee Ki-Yay" Willis - Die Hard, RED) Couldn't leave Bruce out after yesterday's news :(
Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox - Back to the Future) I loved most all of his movies
James Bond (Sean Connery - all of his 007 movies)
Lt Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise - A Few Good Men) Val Kilmmer Ice
Off the top of my head :-??
I'll add Curley in City Slickers. Jack Palance also in Shane.
Quote from: Ed Vette on March 31, 2022, 11:20:14 AM
I'll add Curley in City Slickers. Jack Palance also in Shane.
Great call on Curley. The old man did one-handed pushups on stage after he made that movie. I couldn't do one-handed pushup on the greatest days of my youth...lol
Quote from: Jolly Blue Giant on March 31, 2022, 11:33:13 AM
Great call on Curley. The old man did one-handed pushups on stage after he made that movie. I couldn't do one-handed pushup on the greatest days of my youth...lol
I can
Good new thread, Ed. :ok:
Maybe the best movie character--Atticus Finch--Gregory Peck--add to that his characters in 12 O'Clock High, Gentleman's Agreement, Jimmy Ringo in the Gunfighter, Captain Ahab in Moby Dick, and the list can go on.
And if we are just talking characters, how about Norman Bates
Then we can go to Inspector Harry Callahan
and who can forget Neo
And one of my other favorites--Travis Bickle
Plus don't forget Hannibal Lector
Great thread and lists so far.
I thought Len for sure would have mentioned Verbal Kint :ok:
Indiana Jones
Zorro
Rocky Balboa
John Rambo
Michael Corleone
Norman Bates
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Walt Kowalski (Eastwood in "Gran Tourino")
Rupert Anderson (Hackman in "Mississippi Burning")
Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase in the "Vacation" movies)
Jack Nicholson as the Joker in the first Batman
Red (Freeman in "Shawshank Redemption")
Winston "The Wolf" Wolf (Keitel in "Pulp Fiction")
Shelly Levine (Lemon in "Glengarry Glen Ross")
Rupert Cadell (Jimmy Stewart in "Rope")
Annie Wilkes (Cathy Bates in "Misery")
Mr. Pink (Buscemi in "Reservoir Dogs")
Beau Geste
Robin Hood
Mrs. Miniver
Just a starter for me.
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Walt Kowalski (Eastwood in "Gran Tourino")
Rupert Anderson (Hackman in "Mississippi Burning")
Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase in the "Vacation" movies)
Jack Nicholson as the Joker in the first Batman
Red (Freeman in "Shawshank Redemption")
Winston "The Wolf" Wold (Keitel in "Pulp Fiction")
Shelly Levine (Lemon in "Glengarry Glen Ross")
Rupert Cadell (Jimmy Stewart in "Rope")
Annie Wilkes (Cathy Bates in "Misery")
Not Randall McMurphy or Jack Torrance? Old Jack played so many intriguing characters.
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Not Randall McMurphy or Jack Torrance? Old Jack played so many intriguing characters.
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Forgot about McMurphy but he is certainly worthy.
Torrance is too, no doubt. You can pick from a lot with Nicholson. Chinatown and Departed are in the discussion too.
Don't forget Col. Nathan R. Jessep ( A Few Good Men). He wasn't the real star but his part is the one that is remembered when talking about this movie.
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Don't forget Col. Nathan R. Jessep ( A Few Good Men). He wasn't the real star but his part is the one that is remembered when talking about this movie.
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Quote from: DaveBrown74 on April 01, 2022, 10:25:39 AM
Walt Kowalski (Eastwood in "Gran Tourino")
Rupert Anderson (Hackman in "Mississippi Burning")
Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase in the "Vacation" movies)
Jack Nicholson as the Joker in the first Batman
Red (Freeman in "Shawshank Redemption")
Winston "The Wolf" Wolf (Keitel in "Pulp Fiction")
Shelly Levine (Lemon in "Glengarry Glen Ross")
Rupert Cadell (Jimmy Stewart in "Rope")
Annie Wilkes (Cathy Bates in "Misery")
Mr. Pink (Buscemi in "Reservoir Dogs")
Going back and revisiting this thread, I was going to use any of the 'color names' from Reservoir Dogs. I used Mr White in the other thread on movie character names.
Just a terrific movie with that marvelous cast. Michael Madson and his little dance with Stuck In The Middle With You playing is incredible. Didn't know whether to laugh, gasp or turn away as he is carving that guy up.
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Don't forget Col. Nathan R. Jessep ( A Few Good Men). He wasn't the real star but his part is the one that is remembered when talking about this movie.
That
Quote from: LennG on April 02, 2022, 02:43:23 PM
Going back and revisiting this thread, I was going to use any of the 'color names' from Reservoir Dogs. I used Mr White in the other thread on movie character names.
Just a terrific movie with that marvelous cast. Michael Madson and his little dance with Stuck In The Middle With You playing is incredible. Didn't know whether to laugh, gasp or turn away as he is carving that guy up.
What a crazy scene. Madsen's character in that is a pure nut case.
Here's another one for me:
Elizabeth Layton - Can't name the movie because I have her name on the Characters/Movies thread.
As I was going thru the other thread about movie characters, I really thought about some of the more memorable characters that have lasted for many years with people instantly thinking about this character and knowing exactly who they are.
Hannibal Lector is one that instantly comes to mind. Mention his name and people instantly get the picture of him in their minds
Travis Bickle is another. While people may not remember his name, you mention Taxi Driver, and instantly they know who you are talking about
Michael Corleone is another character that instantly people recognize and know exactly who you are talking about and has never lessened over 50 years.
Harry Callahan is another guy that everyone knows and a certain image always comes to mind when we think of Dirty Harry
I guess we can say the same for James Bond--no matter who plays Bond and who might be your favorite, the character is the same--suave, worldly, fierce, what we will always think of when when secret agent is mentioned.
Michael Meyer had a good run.
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Michael Meyer had a good run.
A little off-topic but in our small IT shop, we had two guys named Mike: one was Meyers and the other had a different name. We had to come up with a way to differentiate the two instead just calling "Mike." The other Mike was a vegetarian. So we had Killer Mike and Veggie Mike :ok: :laugh:
Her's a character I really like from a movie I just watched again -
Paul Roeder - The Seventh Cross
Walter Brennan played Judge Roy Bean in the Westerner a great performance. I think he won an Academy Award for the role.
Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch in to Kill a Mockingbird (As a side note Mr Peck was touring local theaters in NJ in his reminices of his career at the end there was a Q&A and was asked what movie he turned down he regretted, it was High Noon in which Gary Cooper won an Academy Award.
Anything that Morgan Freeman does from a pimp to the President of the USA, my current favorite actor.
Gene Hackman in Scarecrow a little known film he did with Al Pacino. I thought he was fantastic in his role. Besides a great many performances in his movies.
I could go on and on this suject.
I too am a fan of Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman, two very special actors who bring reality to movies
For me, it's easier to list actors/actresses I don't like than those that I do, for instance Robert DeNiro and Eric Roberts for some reason...they stick in my craw and make me cringe. In comedy, I can't stand Will Ferrell for whatever reason. I just don't think he's funny. Too over the top and over acting maybe...don't know what it is
I am a big fan of Robert Duvall, Forrest Whitaker, John Travolta, in serious dramas
Females I like in movies and will watch the movie simply because they are in it: Gal Gadot, Angelina Jolie, Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman, Charlize Theron, Sandra Bullock, Margot Robbie, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johannson...probably others just for their looks, Marisa Tomei, Hallie Barry, Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox, Megan Fox, etc
For comedy, I like Ben Stiller who plays the "straight man" role in situations where he's surrounded by nut jobs...although, once in awhile he is also the nut job. No one played the "straight man" role better than Bob Newhart. I'm a big fan of Ryan Reynolds in comical roles
For action I'm a fan of Stratham, Cruise of course, Keanu Reeves, Liam Neeson, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Angelina Jolie, Megan Fox, and Ryan Reynolds...any of Bruce Willis' earlier stuff...dittos with Sylvestor Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger
I'd have to say that I'll watch any movie by actors/actresses for no other reason than they are in the movie: Reynolds, Travolta, Cruise, Stratham, Reeves, Stiller, the Rock, Margot Robbie, and Jolie
If there was one performance in which a single actor nailed a part better than any other actor/actress in history, I'd nominate Val Kilmer in his role as Doc Holliday in Tombstone
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I too am a fan of Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman, two very special actors who bring reality to movies
For me, it's easier to list actors/actresses I don't like than those that I do, for instance Robert DeNiro and Eric Roberts for some reason...they stick in my craw and make me cringe. In comedy, I can't stand Will Ferrell for whatever reason. I just don't think he's funny. Too over the top and over acting maybe...don't know what it is
I am a big fan of Robert Duvall, Forrest Whitaker, John Travolta, in serious dramas
Females I like in movies and will watch the movie simply because they are in it: Gal Gadot, Angelina Jolie, Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman, Charlize Theron, Sandra Bullock, Margot Robbie, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johannson...probably others just for their looks, Marisa Tomei, Hallie Barry, Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox, Megan Fox, etc
For comedy, I like Ben Stiller who plays the "straight man" role in situations where he's surrounded by nut jobs...although, once in awhile he is also the nut job. No one played the "straight man" role better than Bob Newhart. I'm a big fan of Ryan Reynolds in comical roles
For action I'm a fan of Stratham, Cruise of course, Keanu Reeves, Liam Neeson, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Angelina Jolie, Megan Fox, and Ryan Reynolds...any of Bruce Willis' earlier stuff...dittos with Sylvestor Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger
I'd have to say that I'll watch any movie by actors/actresses for no other reason than they are in the movie: Reynolds, Travolta, Cruise, Stratham, Reeves, Stiller, the Rock, Margot Robbie, and Jolie
If there was one performance in which a single actor nailed a part better than any other actor/actress in history, I'd nominate Val Kilmer in his role as Doc Holliday in Tombstone
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Hey Ric, I thought you were an old fogey like some of us, :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: yet you list mostly 'younger' female stars. Yes, they are gorgeous, but back in the Golden Age of Hollywood, THAT IS where Hollywood beauties really showed. In the movies there was simply no one as remarkably gorgeous od Grace Kelly, add to that Ava Gardner, Liz Taylor, Ingrid Bergman, Rita Hayworth and you know the list could go on.
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Hey Ric, I thought you were an old fogey like some of us, :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: yet you list mostly 'younger' female stars. Yes, they are gorgeous, but back in the Golden Age of Hollywood, THAT IS where Hollywood beauties really showed. In the movies there was simply no one as remarkably gorgeous od Grace Kelly, add to that Ava Gardner, Liz Taylor, Ingrid Bergman, Rita Hayworth and you know the list could go on.
Did you know that Hedy Lamarr developed the technology for GPS navigation?
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Quote from: LennG on May 23, 2022, 11:33:14 AM
Hey Ric, I thought you were an old fogey like some of us, :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: yet you list mostly 'younger' female stars. Yes, they are gorgeous, but back in the Golden Age of Hollywood, THAT IS where Hollywood beauties really showed. In the movies there was simply no one as remarkably gorgeous od Grace Kelly, add to that Ava Gardner, Liz Taylor, Ingrid Bergman, Rita Hayworth and you know the list could go on.
Born in '53, grew up on a Dairy farm with an old black and white (more brown and white) console tv with about an 18" rounded edge screen that got one station (channel 12 Binghamton). About the only shows I watched as a kid were Lassie, Sky King, Gunsmoke, the Ed Sullivan Show, and the Real McCoys. By the time I was a teen, we still had a B&W TV (bigger and better) and I could watch the Beverly Hillbillies, Giligan's Island, and my favorite show, Lost in Space...I also enjoyed entertainment shows like the Smother's Brothers, Glenn Campbell, the Carol Burnett show, etc. Oh yeah, and cartoons on Saturday morning.
There wasn't a lot of time to watch TV except at night with the parents because there was always work to do on the farm and my brothers and I used any free time we got to head to the river to fish or head to the woods to explore. In the winter it was sleigh riding, then snowmobiling, and by the time I was 15, my brother and I would head to Greek Peak after chores for night skiing as we had season passes given to us by the owner who was a friend of my Dad's
18 - married high school sweet heart and was drafted
21 - divorced (no kids) working 3 jobs and going back to school
28 - married again and working 50-60 hours a week while finishing my degree at Binghamton University
38 - divorced again...not surprising as I barely spent any time at home due to job and school
Regardless, I only saw two movies growing up...Old Yeller as a kid and Planet of the Apes when I was a teen
Names like Marylin Monroe, Raquel Welch, Gina Lolabridgeda (sp?), Natalie Wood, etc., were nothing more than names to me. I couldn't pick them out in a crowd if I wanted to. By the time I was in my 30's, I actually had a colored TV with cable (12 channels) and HBO. That is when I started watching movies. Then we got a VCR and I would rent movies on the weekend for the wife and I. By then I was an engineer at a high tech company and I worked ridiculous hours. By the time I was 38, the company put me on the road where I traveled 36 weeks out of the year and lived out of hotels and airplanes. Got to see a lot of the world, but not a lot of my wife and kids
Anyway, from my earliest memories I liked "Penny" from Sky King and don't remember any other until I was a teen and started slobbering all over the couch whenever I saw Goldie Hawn or Mary Ann in Gilligan's Island...quite awhile later I thought Kelly LeBrock was literally the hottest female on the planet after watching "Women in Red" and "Weird Science" and the first woman I ever saw in a movie do a full frontal nude in "Woman in Red" (maybe that's why I went nuts over her...LOL)
Anyway, that's my life in an nutshell - farming, college, working, family, working, college, working, working...didn't really get into movies until the last couple of decades. I think my only recollection of Raquel Welch in an actual acting role was an appearance as a mean actress on Seinfeld who took Kramer to the cleaners...LMAO
Anyway, poor ole Kelly LeBrock did not have the good fortune of age defying beauty that Welch has/had. She blew... :o :crazy: :( :(
In her heyday she was something else >:D :surrender:
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I know precious little of the hot women from the 30's, 40's, and 50's although I've always been astonished at how good Raquel Welch and Liz Taylor looked in their elderly age
A couple of years ago, I had a long thread going here that was titled 'old school' which I had divided into 3 parts
1-things we remembered from the past as toys and gadgets from years ago
2-old photos of events or people from also years past
3-old time movie stars from really Hollywood's Golden age. I wish I had assess to them today
I know I used to [post pixs of Grace Kelley all the time as she was absolutely gorgeous and a certain poster thanked me every time I put up more images of her. :yes: :yes: :yes:
So here are just a group of Grace
She was pretty for sure. From all I've read, she liked her co-stars and they liked her
The site should be PG friendly keeping in mind that anyone under 18 and women have access. We also have female members.
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The site should be PG friendly keeping in mind that anyone under 18 and women have access. We also have female members.
Fair enough
Napolean Wilson played by Darwin Joston in assault on precint 13. if you saw this film you wouldnt forget him. " Gotta Smoke"
Scarface
The wicked witch
Scrooge
Dark vader
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Scarface
The wicked witch
Scrooge
Dark vader
The WW is a good one.
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The WW is a good one.
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As a kid, the Wicked Witch of the West from Oz was the most terrifying person to me and my first introduction to horror on TV. What's really funny though, is that in real life she was 5 feet tall and 90 lbs. She loved kids, was a Kindergarten teacher and a Sunday School teacher and was known as being very sweet. But she scared the living crap out of me as the meanest, most terrifying witch ever :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared:
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As a kid, the Wicked Witch of the West from Oz was the most terrifying person to me and my first introduction to horror on TV. What's really funny though, is that in real life she was 5 feet tall and 90 lbs. She loved kids, was a Kindergarten teacher and a Sunday School teacher and was known as being very sweet. But she scared the living crap out of me as the meanest, most terrifying witch ever :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared:
Margaret Hamilton was the perfect actress for that part with that screeching laughter.
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Quote from: Ed Vette on June 11, 2022, 08:54:34 AM
Margaret Hamilton was the perfect actress for that part with that screeching laughter.
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You said it, she was perfect for that role. She almost died doing it also, when her costume caught on fire when she disappeared the first time in Munchkin Land. She did get burned.
Funny though, it WAs an iconic role but most people ended up knowing her from those Maxwell House commercials, as Cora
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PS, the red-headed 'kid' is David Caruso
Without going thru this thread again, here are a few more 'characters' that made good movies great and great movies, outstanding. As we have already said, sometimes it's not the star, but another character that people remember that made that movie great.
Joe Pesci--My Cousin Vinnie
AND you also have to add Maria Tomei and Fred Gywnn as co-stars who, without them, the movie never would have been what it was.
Daniel Day-Lewis (in basically anything he ever did) but I want to site Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting in Gangs of New York. Whenever he was on screen the movie just seemed to amp up another notch
John Travolta as Tony Manero in Saturday Night Fever
Peter Finch as Howard Beale in Network (You know, I'm mad as hell)
Samuel Jackson as Jules Winnfield in Pulp Fiction
Dustin Hoffman as Ratso Rizzo in Midnight Cowboy
Robert Shaw as Quint in Jaws (Just a perfect example of a guy that sort of steals the movie)
Sidney Pointier as Virgil Tibbs in --In the Heat of the Night (also add t that Rod Steiger as an equally great performance)
Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates in Psycho
Bela Lugosi as Dracula (Could there ever be a better Dracula?)
Jack Nicholson (again, one of many) as the Joker in the first Batman. To me, the movie dragged except when he was on screen. What a tour-de-farce for him.
QuoteGood points!
Joe Pesci--My Cousin Vinnie
AND you also have to add Marisa Tomei and Fred Gywnn as co-stars who, without them, the movie never would have been what it was.
No doubt the movie would never have been the same without Marisa and Fred - both fantastic supporting roles. It really launched Marisa Tomei's career. I read a recent article (maybe from this board...IDK) that Fred regretted playing Herman Munster. After all, he was a Harvard graduate and had prepared for Shakespearean roles on stage. Regardless, he was incredible as the judge on
My Cousin Vinnie (one of my favorite movies of all time)
QuoteSamuel Jackson as Jules Winnfield in Pulp Fiction
Jackson was great, superb even...but I thought Travolta was as good or better in
Pulp Fiction. Travolta's nonchalant attitude during bloody killing scenes and that stoic expression of a dumb hitman...and his dance with Uma really made the movie
Jack Nicholson was a good Joker in one of the earlier Batman movies. The other movies you shared I have never seen before[/font]
Quote from: Jolly Blue Giant on June 11, 2022, 05:17:05 PM
No doubt the movie would never have been the same without Marisa and Fred - both fantastic supporting roles. It really launched Marisa Tomei's career. I read a recent article (maybe from this board...IDK) that Fred regretted playing Herman Munster. After all, he was a Harvard graduate and had prepared for Shakespearean roles on stage. Regardless, he was incredible as the judge on My Cousin Vinnie (one of my favorite movies of all time)
Jackson was great, superb even...but I thought Travolta was as good or better in Pulp Fiction. Travolta's nonchalant attitude during bloody killing scenes and that stoic expression of a dumb hitman...and his dance with Uma really made the movie
Jack Nicholson was a good Joker in one of the earlier Batman movies. The other movies you shared I have never seen before
My friend Ric, I am truly amazed that you have never seen the original Dracula, Saturday Night Fever, Midnight Cowboy, In The Heat Of The Night,and even Psycho. You have a lot of catching up to do. =)) =)) =)) =)) =)) =))
Quote from: LennG on June 11, 2022, 05:27:11 PMMy friend Ric, I am truly amazed that you have never seen the original Dracula, Saturday Night Fever, Midnight Cowboy, In The Heat Of The Night,and even Psycho. You have a lot of catching up to do. =)) =)) =)) =)) =)) =))
Yeah, people tell me all the time that there are huge movie hits that I never watched and there's something wrong with me (which is true)...Jaws, Hannibal, Silence of the Lambs, any of the Rocky movies, not to mention The Godfather. None of the genres really intrigue me
Ric. If you are thinking of watching any of those that Lenn suggested I would recommend In the Heat of the Night and The Godfather. Amazing performances in both films.
Bill
Godfather FTW