It's About Time

The following list, in addition to the previous 28 i have already covered, represent movie characters that for one reason or another stick out in my mind. The original point of this exercise  was to quantify how we perceive movies, what genres appeal the most to us, and I think just to get a grasp of  how much movies make an impact upon us. We no longer sit around the hearth fire on cold wintry nights exchanging the stories of our ancestors.  Our shared cultural stories are in the mediums of movies and television. As Mr. Sneak Mike has asked, no animated characters are on the list as we were not allowed to include animated features for some reason. Looking upon this list it stands as a good basis for making a top movie list but that grows to become repetitive, though there certainly are movies that do not have characters represented here (Monty Python and the Holy Grail comes to mind). It is no surprise to me that Westerns are under represented as that is my least favorite genre. I guess the biggest curveball was the lack of martial arts characters as I thoroughly enjoy those films, but upon reconsideration I think I identify more with the actor as opposed to the character (Aka Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, Chow Yun-Fat, Jackie Chan, etc.)

I challenge you dear reader to spend 20 minutes making a list of movie characters that come to mind. If anyone does send me a copy and I will post it up.  Or barring that if there are any stand out characters I have missed in your opinion let me know.

26. Inigo Montoya - Princess Bride
25. Princess Leia -  The Star Wars Trilogy
24. Batman- Batman Franchise
23. Wolverine- X-men Franchise
22. Luke Skywalker - The Trilogy
21. Mathilda- The Professional
20. Tony Stark/ Iron Man
19.Malcom Reynolds - Serenity
18.Peter Venkman- Ghostbusters
17. Patrick Bateman - American Psycho
16. Aragorn - Lord of the Rings Trilogy.
15. Forrest Gump - Forrest Gump
14. Yoda - The Trilogy
13. Ferris Bueller - Ferris Buellers's Day Off
12. Jason Bourne - Bourne Series
11. Roy Batty - Blade Runner
10. Maximus Decimus Meridius - Gladiator
9. Bobba Fett - The Trilogy
8. Vito Corelone - The God Father
7. Captain Jack Sparrow - Pirates of Caribbean Series
6. Ellen Ripley - Alien Series
5. Hannibal Lector - Silence of the Lambs
4. Han Solo - The Trilogy
3.75. The Joker - Dark Knight
3.5. The Dude - The Big Lebowski
3. Jake " The Muss" Heke - Once were Warriors
2. Tyler Durden - Fight Club
1. Darth Vader - The Trilogy


Horror:
Chucky
Freddy
Pin Head
Jason
Michael Meyers
Leather Face
Norman Bates
Jack Torrence (The Shining)
Jigsaw
Ash (Evil Dead I & II)

Action:
Rambo
Rocky
Clubber Lang (Rocky III)
Ivan Drago (Rocky IV)
John Mclane (Die Hard)
Hans Gruber (Die Hard)
Martin Riggs (Lethal Weapon)
Roger Murtaugh(Lethal Weapon)
Terminator
Axel Foley (Beverly Hills Cop)
Snake Plisken (Escape from New York)
Brain (Escape from New York)
Quint (Jaws)
Indiana Jones
The Jackal
Brian Mills (Taken)
William Wallace (Brave Heart)
Connor and Murphy McManus (The Boondock Saints)
Nathan Alger (Last Samurai)
Katsumoto (Last Samurai)

Fantasy/Sci-Fi:
Conan
Hal-9000
Wicked Witch of the West
Agent Smith (Matrix)
Neo (Matix)
Marty Mc Fly
Dr. Emmet
E.T.
Tron
Baron Vladimir Harkonnen (Dune)
Paul Atreidies (Dune)
Blade
Dr. Ray Stantz
Dr. Egon Spengler
Winston Zeddmore (Ghost Busters)
Alex (Clockwork Orange)
Donnie Darko
John Preston (Equilibrium)
Edward Scissorhands
Gandalf
Gollum
The Goblin King (Labyrinth)
Sarah (Labyrinth)
Leeloo (Fifth Element)
Wesley (Princess Bride)
Eric Draven (The Crow)



Suspense/Drama:
Clarice Starling (Silence of the Lambs)
Scarlet O’Hara (Gone with the Wind)
R.P.McMurphy (One Flew over the cuckoo’s nest)
V (V For Vendetta)
Rick Blaine (Casablanca)
Juno MacGuff (Juno)
Red (Shawshank Redemption)
Travis Bickle (Taxi Driver)
The Narrator/Jack (Fight Club)
John Bender (The Breakfast Club)
Captain Heinrich (Das Boot)
 Parry (The Fisher King)
Leonard (Memento)
Truman Burbank (Truman Show)
Derek Vinyard (American History X)
Marion Silver (Requiem for a Dream)
Gunnery Sgt. Hartman (Full Metal Jacket)
Pvt. Pyle (Full Metal Jacket)


Comedy:
Martin Q. Blank (Grosse Point Blank)
Bill and Ted
Napoleon Dynamite
White Goodman (Dodgeball)
Derrik Zoolander (Zoolander)
Happy Gilmore
Zohan (You don’t mess with the Zohan)
Ace Venture
Ron Burgandy
Brick Tamland (Legend of Ron Burgandy)
Lt. Frank Dreben (The Naked Gun)
Walter and Donny (Big Lebowski)
JB and KG (Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny)
Rob Gordon (High Fidelity)
Barry (High Fidelity)
Josh Baskins (Big)
Jake and Elwood (Blues Brothers)
Ralphie (A Christmas Story)
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern (Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead)
H.I. McDunnough (Raising Arizona)
Max Fisher (Rushmore)
Steve Zissou (The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou)
Bob & Doug Mackenzie (Strange Brew)
Ty Webb (Caddyshack)
Carl Spackler (Caddyshack)
Dr. Strangelove

Crime:
Vincenzo Coccoti (True Romance)
Mr. Blond (Reservoir Dogs)
Marv (Sin City)
Miho (Sin City)
Kaiser Soze’ (Usual Suspects)
Mickey (Snatch)
Bullet Tooth Tony (Snatch)
Frank Booth (Blue Velvet)
Tony Montana
Michael Corleone
Jules Winfield (Pulp Fiction)
Seymore Parrish (One Hour Photo)
Vincent Vega (Pulp Fiction)

Martial Arts Mix:
The Bride (Kill Bill)
Ghost Dog
Wah Sing Ku (Lethal Weapon 4)

Western:
Butch and Sundance
Man with no name (Good, Bad, and the Ugly)
Lt. Dunbar (Dances with Wolves)

Askewniverse:
Randal Graves (Clerks I & II)
Jay and Silent Bob
Brodie (Mallrats)
Alyssa (Chasing Amy)
Zack & Miri (Zack & Mirri Make a Porno)
Sexy Stud (Clerks II)
Elias (Clerks II)
Dante Hicks (Clerks I & II)
Loki (Dogma)
Bartleby (Dogma)


The angels Loki and Bartleby are in probably one of my favorite scenes of all time:

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