June 2010
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Facebook: The Movie
You’re David Fincher. You blitz the 90s with films like Se7en & Fight Club and you brought in the last 10 years well recieved films including Zodiac & Benjamin Button. You’ve made films enjoyed by everyone from critics to the paying customers to the cult fanboys.
So where can you go in 2010? Well of course you accept an offer from Kevin Spacey to direct a film he’s...
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“There will be no rescue, no intervention force. We can only save ourselves. Many...”
– Paul Rusesabagina (Portrayed By Don Cheadle. Hotel Rwanda, 2004)
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I Love You Phillip Morris: The Film You May Never...
Did you know that at the start of 2009 a gay romance film starring Ewan McGregor & Jim Carrey was shown at the Sundance Festival? Yet the viewing public won’t get to see it any earlier than November of this year, and possibly even later.
It’s not because it’s bad (it’s apparently a well done comedy) and It’s not because it’s offensive (although it was...
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What Went Wrong? (Wild Things)
Where The Wild Things Are (2009) In late 2008, it was announced that Maurice Sendak’s 1963 children’s book Where The Wild Things Are would receive a large budget adaption to the big screen to be released October 2009. With Spike Jonze directing/writing, Sendak himself assisting in producing and Yeah Yeah Yeah’s Karen O signed on to produce the soundtrack, the film was set up...
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“I’m not finished”
– Edward Scissorhands (1990)
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Film Classic: Clerks
It’s in black and white, it was made on an extremely minimal budget of $27,000 & it was the directorial debut of Kevin Smith. Yet Clerks managed to gross a respectable $3M at the box office and recieved an even more respectable cult following.
Working on one of the simplest premises to grace the screen, Clerks tells the story of two friends, Dante (Brian O’Halloran) & Randal...
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An Anachronism
Thought i should actually have a film blog. If you are wondering how you managed to start following this random blog, i just cleaned up the 50 film characters blog. enjoy!
To explain the title, Anachronism: Anachronisms are something out of place historically or chronologically. In film it could be anything from a roman soldier wearing a watch, to a deceased character in the background later on...
April 2010
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Ladies & Gentlemen. The Greatest Character Of All...
#1?
One More Hour until #1
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Depp's 'not finished'
#2- Edward Scissorhands Portrayed By Johnny Depp Edward Scissorhands (1990)
105 Minutes Long. 169 Words Uttered. Used in at least 5 of my essays (Individual & Society, Conflicting Per, Belonging. Seriously…it works for everything in senior english)
Edward Scissorhands has so many underlying themes it’s not funny. When finding these themes, they are really quite interesting, but...
Pirate
#3- Captain Jack Sparrow Portrayed By Johnny Depp Pirates Of The Carribean: Curse Of The Black Pearl (2003), Dead Man’s Chest (2006), At Worlds End (2007), On Stranger Tides (2011)
I really don’t think I have to explain myself on this one. Depp brings the funniest performance to date in Jack Sparrow. Bumbling around, Sparrow manages to always escape the situation unscathed, even when...
A Character of 'Fabuleux Destin'
#4- Amélie Poulain Portrayed By Audrey Tautou Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain (2001)
A cute movie. A quaint little coffee shop. An amazingly twisted little upbringing. Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain tells the story of Amélie, a woman whos kooky history leads to a kooky upbringing. Whether it be a suicidal fish, or the unfortunate end to her mother, you can see it riddled in...
Honourable Mentions
Ten Characters who just missed the cut.
In no particular order.
Inigo Montoya (Mandy Patinkin, The Princess Bride)
Woody (Tom Hanks, Toy Story)
Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush, POTC)
The Metatron (Alan Rickman, Dogma)
Clementine (Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind)
Jeff Lebowski (Jeff Bridges, The Big Lebowski)
Aragorn (Viggo Mortenson, Lord Of The Rings)
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Not A Chicken
#5- Marty Mcfly Portrayed By Michael J. Fox Back To The Future (1985), Part II (1989), Part III (1990)
Back To The Future, one of the greatest films, is fronted by teenage student Martin Seamus Mcfly. Spending his average day skateboarding around and hanging with Jennifer (Claudia Wells). Its not until one day in 1985 that a new invention made by Marty’s friend Doc Emmett Brown...
The Milkman
#6- Colonel Hans Landa Portrayed by Christoph Waltz Inglourious Basterds (2009)
My god. I’m not sure if they would have Hitler running the joint if they had this guy. after watching Inglourious Basterds, I came to the conclusion that Christoph Waltz must have done some character research before the film…with the devil. He is a professional killer…or hunter. The Jew Hunter. He...
A Girl of New Slang
#7- Sam Portrayed By Natalie Portman Garden State (2004)
So she listens to the Shins, speaks her mind and likes to be spontaneous. In most films that would equal a massively annoying indie chick (see Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist & to a lesser extent, Juno). Garden State’s Sam however, is just one extremely cool girl. It might be the plain characters which she is placed...
Send In The Clown
#8- The Joker Portrayed By Heath Ledger The Dark Knight (2008) When i first watched Dark Knight, I was impressed, but not amazed. It was until the second watching that it really hit me how well done it truly is. I think the worst thing to happen to this character was the critical response. Initially, at the films release, we had critics and moviegoers alike hyping up Ledger’s performance to...
Smile! You're at Mr. Smileys!
#9- Lester Burnham
Portrayed By Kevin Spacey American Beauty (1999) American Beauty. The story of modern suburbia in all of it’s hideous glory. In this story of western expectations and american dreams comes somewhat of a boring sounding character when considered. He’s a man with a office job, a wife, a daughter and a big house. the typical american asshole. Yet he managed to beat a...
The only character with a satchel
#10- Alan Garner Portrayed By Zach Galifianakis The Hangover (2009)
The man of knowledge. Everything from masturbating on airplanes to what tigers hate (or love), he knows about it. Unfortunately, he knows nothing about what happened last night. played by Zach Galifianakis, Garner is awesome because of two things…1) nobody in the film thinks he is cool, and 2) nobody watching the film...
The only character with a tail
#11- Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler Portrayed By Alan Cumming X-Men 2 (2003)
I would like to first point out that the picture above is one of the most terrifying things my young eyes have ever seen. Straight outta Munich, Kurt Wagner (or the Amazing Nightcrawler) is misunderstood. Fighting for freedom, family & for god, Nightcrawler is, first of all, so badass looking in every respect it...
His Name is Forrest
#14- Forrest Gump Portrayed By Tom Hanks Forrest Gump (1994)
A girl named Jenny, a lieutanant named Dan & a hell of a lot of shrimp. Forrest Gump is the story of Forrest Gump. simplicity at its best. The tale of a man told by that man on a park bench. Sounds pretty simple, but the adventures this man has had is enough to make the oscar winning performance the 14th best character I have...
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#15- Han Solo Portrayed By Harrison Ford Episode IV: A New Hope (1977), Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Episode VI: Return Of The Show (1983)
No explanation needed
#16- The Dark Knight Portrayed By Christian Bale Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008)
#17 is you
#17- Tyler Durden Portrayed By Brad Pitt Fight Club (1999)
Quite possibly the craziest person to make an appearance on this list, Tyler Durden is one of the coolest people you will ever meet. But not one of those ‘I have cool glasses and listen to chilli peppers’ cool. Nor is it one of those ‘I have cool thoughts and listen to the pixies’ cool. It is more along the lines...
Recommend me! please?
Pretty impressed with how many followers i have gained over the past week..but it would be pretty cool if i could get a few more so lots more can be around for the top 20…thanks for following! plus, if you recommend me..who know’s? maybe i will give you a clue to the top character or a sneak of the list?
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Olórin
Name: Gandalf the Grey and/or White Other Names: Olórin, Mithrandir, Tharkun, Greyhame, The Grey Pilgrim, Stormcrow, The White Ride Age: >2000 D.O.B: Before the Shaping of Arda Hobbies: Being wise, Finding rings, knowing things, fighting Balrogs. Pets: Horse Shadowfax Powers: Badass Lightning, Fire etc., Bitchslapping Frodo (Elijah Wood) and telling him to man the fuck up. Friends: Fellowship...
“Look Ron, I’m riding a furry tractor!”
– #19- Brick Tamland Portrayed By Steve Carrell Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Black Mamba
#20- The Bride Portrayed By Uma Thurman Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
In a mind filled with Men with guns and plans, it wasn’t until the end of the nineties that we saw the world of Tarantino populate with independant women. With the likes of Jackie Brown (Pam Grier) and Basterd’s Shosanna (Melani Laurent), it was Uma Thurmans potrayal as the protagonist in the...
“The first night’s the toughest, no doubt about it. They march you in naked...”
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#21- Ellis Boyd ‘Red’ Redding Portrayed By Morgan Freeman The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
This Is #22
Name: Shaun Field
Age: Twelve (youngest in the list)
Country: England (It is)
Lives: With mother (Father deceased in Falklands War)
Occupation: Student, Skinhead
Friends: Woody (Joe Gilgun), Smell (Rosamund Hanson), Combo (Stephen Graham)
Hobbies: Breaking things
#22- Shaun Field Portrayed By Thomas Turgoose This Is England (2006)
Robot Rock
#23- WALL•E
Voice By Ben Burtt WALL•E (2008)
WALL•E. The only robot to make the list, so sorry to all terminator fans. Also the only animated character to make the list…i don’t apologize for this…/evil glare. He truly is the most accessible character Pixar has created. I was always a true believer that Toy Story was truly the best, with Nemo & Bug’s Life not reaching...
Sean Penn..again
#25- Sam Dawson Portrayed By Sean Penn I Am Sam (2001)
Another Oscar winning/autistic performance, Sean Penn played Sam Dawson, a father with developmental problems who encounters the barrier of having a 7 year old daughter who is almost smarter than him. It’s not his brain or humour or even appearance that puts him in the list. Its his amazing compassion and persistance. So when he is at...
Who's On 26th? Yeah, Who's on 26th.
#26- Raymond Babbitt Portrayed By Dustin Hoffman Rain Man (1988)
The man that put Qantas on the map, Raymond Babbitt has become somewhat of a model of how to win an oscar. Be a man of major social or physical disadvantage, and overcome those barriers with the help of a loved one…which wasn’t always there for you. The oscar winner in this case is Dustin Hoffman, and the loved one is...
“I ask this… If there should be an assassination, I would hope that five,...”
– #28- Harvey Milk
Portrayed By Sean Penn Milk (2008)