Best Character in a Movie

[RoboticDreams]

If another great actor had played the role of Hans Landa you'd be saying the same thing. THAT'S MY POINT. I'm not sure why that's difficult to understand.

No, my point was that, NO OTHER ACTOR, could've played that role better. Hence the thread.

 

[kramer1]

No, my point was that, NO OTHER ACTOR, could've played that role better. Hence the thread.

This isn't a great actor thread. This is a great character thread. There's a huge difference between the two. You're confused. Some others may be as well.

 

[raptorlife4]

Jack Nicholson as McMurphy in one who flew over cookoos nest

 

[SonnyCID]

Sonny Corleone

 

[kramer1]

Sonny Corleone

Fredo too.

I'm not sure there was a bad character in the first 2 installments, actually.

The Catholic theme brought about a whole bunch in the 3rd, though.

 

[RoboticDreams]

This isn't a great actor thread. This is a great character thread. There's a huge difference between the two. You're confused. Some others may be as well.

Yeah but I'm the OP so I'm pretty sure what the thread is. Don't like it, don't contribute.

 

[kramer1]

Yeah but I'm the OP so I'm pretty sure what the thread is. Don't like it, don't contribute.

Haha...I honestly didn't even realize.

 

[RoboticDreams]

Haha...I honestly didn't even realize.

It's all good, I could've worded it better. Now you know what it is, though. It's about an actor playing a character better than anyone else could have.

 

[SonnyCID]

Elias and Barnes.

Separate they're very good characters, together they're great. They represent the good and bad voices of someone's conscience.

 

[kramer1]

Well, I'll submit this...

Doc Holliday

I think Quaid was a much better Holliday than Kilmer.

 

[RoboticDreams]

Elias and Barnes.

Separate they're very good characters, together they're great. They represent the good and bad voices of someone's conscience.

I'm unfamiliar with those characters. What movie?

 

[RoboticDreams]

Well, I'll submit this...

Doc Holliday

I think Quaid was a much better Holliday than Kilmer.

Lmao, no way. I've seem both and I turned the Quaid version off. I still don't know what happened in that movie.

 

[SonnyCID]

General George S. Patton

 

[kramer1]

Lmao, no way. I've seem both and I turned the Quaid version off. I still don't know what happened in that movie.

Are you 25 years old or younger? I think that matters.

 

[SonnyCID]

I'm unfamiliar with those characters. What movie?

Platoon

Barnes = Tom Berenger
Elias = Willem Dafoe

 

[RoboticDreams]

Are you 25 years old or younger? I think that matters.

Older. You think age plays a role in determining THAT role?

 

[RoboticDreams]

Platoon

Barnes = Tom Berenger
Elias = Willem Dafoe

Oh, great movie. Haven't seen it in years but I like the movie.

 

[kramer1]

Older. You think age plays a role in determining THAT role?

Most certainly. The younger crowd tends to like Tombstone better. On IMDB the argument has been going for over a decade. It seems like the younger you are the more you lean towards Kilmer.

Kilmer is a horrendous actor IMO. Quaid nailed that role.

 

[Brahmsian]

For me, Chritoph Waltz, as Hans Landa, has to be one of my all-time favorites. He was incredibly intense in the role of Landa.

What are other great characters?

The Israeli actor Topol as Tevye in "Fiddler On The Roof."

That's a great all-around movie, with a very accurate description of what life was like for Russian jews before the Russian Revolution among other things.

 

[RoboticDreams]

The Israeli actor Topol as Tevye in "Fiddler On The Roof."

That's a great all-around movie, with a very accurate description of what life was like for Russian jews before the Russian Revolution among other things.

So, simple question, are you Jewish?