Favorite or most intriguing Movie Characters

[LennG]

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.

[Ed Vette]

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

[Jolly Blue Giant]

That

[DaveBrown74]

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.

[jimv]

Here's another one for me:

Elizabeth Layton - Can't name the movie because I have her name on the Characters/Movies thread.

[LennG]

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.

[GIANTS1]

Michael Meyer had a good run.

[T200]

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   

[jimv]

Her's a character I really like from a movie I just watched again -

Paul Roeder - The Seventh Cross

[beaugestus]

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.

[Jolly Blue Giant]

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

[LennG]

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

Hey Ric, I thought you were an old fogey like some of us,  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.

[Ed Vette]

Hey Ric, I thought you were an old fogey like some of us,  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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[Jolly Blue Giant]

Hey Ric, I thought you were an old fogey like some of us,  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...    

In her heyday she was something else   









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

[LennG]

 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. 

So here are just a group of Grace