Wednesday, April 28, 2004

Ok, so I saw somewhere that someone listed the 100 greatest characters in film. Although I agreed with a lot of them, I didn't agree with many of them. But I guess in lists such as these most people will never agree entirely on the same things.....

anyway, here is mine... but I only did 20, cuz 100 are too many.

20. Mike Schank.


Film: American Movie: The making of Northwestern
Actor: This movie is a documentary and Mike is a real person.
Memorable Quote: "Here is what it think of lottery... It's like, when you play the lottery, sometimes you win and sometimes you lose... But it better than using drugs or alcohol - Because when you use drugs and alcohol, especially drugs, you always lose. "



19. Fletch.


Film: Fletch
Actor: Chevy Chase
Memorable Quote: Fletch: I'm John.
Gail Stanwyk: Ohhhh, John. John who?
Fletch: John Cock... tos... ton.
Gail Stanwyk: That's a beautiful name.
Fletch: It's Scotch/Romanian.
Gail Stanwyk: That's an odd combination.
Fletch: So were my parents.



18. Ron Slater.


Film: Dazed and Confused
Actor: Rory Cochrane
Memorable Quote: "Oh man I'm fuckin' wasted."



17. Inigo Montoya.


Film: The Princess Bride
Actor: Mandy Patinkin
Memorable Quote: "Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father: prepare to die."



16. Randal Graves.


Film: Clerks
Actor: Jeff Anderson
Memorable Quote: Dante Hicks: "Hey, whatcha rent?"
[reads the cover to Randal's videotape]
Dante Hicks: "Best of Both Worlds?"
Randal Graves: "Hermaphroditic porn. Starlets with both organs. You should see the box. Beautiful chicks with dicks that put mine to shame."
Dante Hicks: "And you rented this?"
Randal Graves: "Hey, I like to expand my horizons."



15. Lawrence 'Chunk' Cohen.


Film: The Goonies
Actor: Lawrence Cohen
Memorable Quote: "Everything. OK! I'll talk! In third grade, I cheated on my history exam. In fourth grade, I stole my uncle Max's toupee and I glued it on my face when I was Moses in my Hebrew School play. In fifth grade, I knocked my sister Edie down the stairs and I blamed it on the dog... When my mom sent me to the summer camp for fat kids and then they served lunch I got nuts and I pigged out and they kicked me out... But the worst thing I ever done - I mixed a pot of fake puke at home and then I went to this movie theater, hid the puke in my jacket, climbed up to the balcony and then, t-t-then, I made a noise like this: hua-hua-hua-huaaaaaaa - and then I dumped it over the side, all over the people in the audience. And then, this was horrible, all the people started getting sick and throwing up all over each other. I never felt so bad in my entire life."



14. Derek Vinyard.


Film: American History X
Actor: Edward Norton
Memorable Quote: "Now say good night."
[Derek stomps Lawrence's head into the curb.]




13. Genie.


Film: Aladdin
Actor: Voiced by Robin Williams
Memorable Quote: "I'm history. No, I'm mythology. Ah, I don't care what I am, I'm free."



12. The Blues Brothers.


Film: The Blues Brothers
Actors: Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi
Memorable Quote: [Elwood Blues has just passed on a red light, and a police car rolls up behind them. The words are said in the same rhythm as a blues song ("Soothe Me") on the car stereo]
Elwood: Shit.
Jake: What?
Elwood: Rollers...
Jake: No.
Elwood: Yeah.
Jake: Shit.



11. Phil 'Duckie' Dale.


Film: Pretty in Pink
Actor: Jon Cryer
Memorable Quote: "His name is Blane? Oh! That's a major appliance, that's not a name!"



10. Agent Norman Stansfield.


Film: The Professional/Leon
Actor: Gary Oldman
Memorable Quote: " I like these calm little moments before the storm. It reminds me of Beethoven. Can you hear it? It's like when you put your head to the grass and you can hear the growin' and you can hear the insects. Do you like Beethoven?"



9. Ashley J. 'Ash' Williams.


Film: Army of Darkness
Actor: Bruce Campbell
Memorable Quote: "See this? *This* is my *boom stick*! The 12-gauge double-barreled Remington. S-Mart's top of the line. You can find this in the sporting goods department. That's right, this sweet baby was made in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Retails for about $109.95. It's got a walnut stock, cobalt blue steel, and a hair trigger. That's right. Shop smart. Shop S-Mart. *You got that*?"



8. Captain Spaulding.


Film: House of 1000 Corpses
Actor: Sid Haig
Memorable Quote: "Yeah, well saddle up the mule, ma. Slide me some grits, I's got to get me some edu-cation, uh hu hu hu."



7. Varla.


Film: Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
Actress: Tura Satana
Memorable Quote" "I never try anything. I just do it. Wanna try me?"



6. Jeff Spicoli.


Film: Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Actor: Sean Penn
Memorable Quote: "Aloha, Mr. Hand."



5. Travis Bickle.


Film: Taxi Driver
Actor: Robert DeNiro
Memorable Quote: " You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Then who the hell else are you talkin' to? You talkin' to me? Well I'm the only one here. Who do you think you're talking to? Oh yeah? Huh? Ok"



4. Jay and Silent Bob.
(Pre Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back)

Film: Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy and Dogma (I didn't like the other ones)
Actors: Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith
Memorable Quotes: Jay- "Snoochie Boochies"
Silent Bob- "..."



3. Gogo Yubari.



Film: Kill Bill Vol. 1
Actress: Chiaki Kuriyama
Memorable Quoe: "You call that begging? You can beg better than that."



2. Dr. Frank-N-Furter.


Movie: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Actor: Tim Curry
Memorable Quote: "So come up to the lab, and see what's on the slab"



1. Darth Vader.


Film: Star Wars: Ep. 3 A New Hope, Star Wars: Ep. 4 Return of the Jedi and Star Wars: Ep. 5 The Empire Strikes Back (The Holy Trilogy!)
Actor: David Prowse, voiced by James Earl Jones
Memorable Quote: "Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed. The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force."



After completing the list, I realized that I missed a good character but I didn't want to alter my list... So, Honorable mention...

HM. Smokey.


Film: Friday
Actor: Chris Tucker

Memorable Quote: "You got knocked the FUCK OUT!"



There is it... my top 20... err.. 21 Characters of all times.... Well, maybe I missed a few but it's not like a had a lot of time to think of these... These are the one's that popped in my head.

I would love to see you guys' lists. Leave me a comment with it or where I can see it!.