With a last second entry, The Boss has joined in on the list making enjoyment. In the interest of keeping my job I will now skip all of the smarmy comments and say that I thoroughly enjoyed this list.
The Boss's Top Ten
10. Mickey Goldmill- Burgess Meredith- Rocky
9. Simon Wilder- Joe Pesci- With Honors
8. Ben Braddock- Dustin Hoffman- The Graduate
7. The Joker- Heath Ledger- The Dark Knight
6. Doc Holliday- Val Kilmer- Tombstone
5. Jonathan Shale- Tom Berenger- The Substitute
4. Will Hunting- Matt Damon- Good Will Hunting 3. Irwin Fletcher- Chevy Chase- Fletch
Being the great Jamaican that he is, I was very surprised when I didn't find Sanka Coffie in his top ten movie characters. Actually I was surprised when his entire top didn't look like this...
Either way I was a big fan of Jaydon's list, especially since he gave some love to Jack Kelly and Ronald F. Burgandy. Also big ups for Linderman getting the number one spot.
Jaydon's Top Ten
10. James Bond(left)- Daniel Craig- Casino Royale
9. Jack Kelly- Christian Bale- Newsies
8. Willy Wonka- Gene Wilder- Willy Wonka
7. R.P. McMurphy- Jack Nicholson- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
6. Ron Burgundy- Will Ferrell- Anchorman
5. Hannibal Lecter- Anthony Hopkins- Silence of the Lambs
4. The Joker- Heath Ledger- The Dark Knight
3. Borat Sagdiyev- Sacha Baron Cohen- Borat
2. Tyler Durden- Brad Pitt- Fight Club
1. Alex DeLarge- Malcolm McDowell- A Clockwork Orange
30. Robert ‘Rusty’ Ryan- Brad Pitt- Ocean’s Eleven Rusty: “Look, it's not in my nature to be mysterious. But I can't talk about it and I can't talk about why.”
29. Brian Fantana- Paul Rudd- Anchorman Brian: “No, she gets a special cologne... It's called Sex Panther by Odeon. It's illegal in nine countries... Yep, it's made with bits of real panther, so you know it's good.”
28. Zachary ‘Sack’ Lodge- Bradley Cooper- Wedding Crashers Sack: “You know, you can just cut that psycho babble bullshit your mom tells you ok? You wanna help me out? Do ya? Do ya kid? Why don't you go get me a 7Up, ok? All right, 'cause I think I might get vulnerable again.”
27. Steve Prefontaine- Jared Leto- Prefontaine Pre: “I’m not thinking about making the team. I’m thinking about gold in Munich.”
26. Kirk Lazarus- Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder Lazarus: “Man, I don't drop character 'till I done the DVD commentary.”
25. Darth Vader- James Earl Jones/David Prouse- Star Wars Darth Vader: “If you only knew the power of the Dark Side. Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your father.” Luke: “He told me enough! He told me YOU killed him!” Darth Vader: “No. I am your father.”
24. White Goodman- Ben Stiller- Dodgeball White: “There's no reason we need to be shackled by the strictures of the employee-employer relationship. Unless you're into that sort of thing. In which case, I got some shackles in the back. I'm just kidding. But seriously, I've got 'em.”
23. Rod Kimble- Andy Samberg- Hot Rod Rod: “Um, I was gonna ask you who you think would win in a fight between... a grilled cheese sandwich and a taco.” Denise: “Well, I think the grilled cheese sandwich - in a fair fight. But if it was prison rules, I'd put my money on the taco.” Rod: “Wow, that's pretty racist, but correct. I'll see you later.”
22. The Joker- Heath Ledger- The Dark Knight The Joker: “Oh, you. You just couldn't let me go, could you? This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. You are truly incorruptible, aren't you? Huh? You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righteousness. And I won't kill you because you're just too much fun. I think you and I are destined to do this forever.”
21. Lloyd Christmas- Jim Carrey- Dumb and Dumber Lloyd: “Why you going to the airport, flying somewhere?” Mary: “How'd you guess?” Lloyd: “I saw your luggage, then when I noticed the airline ticket I put 2 and 2 together.”
I know this is way behind,but I really needed things to settle in. Right off the bat I am going to say that Dark Knight was unbelievable. I saw it the first day it came out and was amazed by it. Heath Ledger's performance as the Joker was fantastic. I can't think of a villain that did a better job. For a two and a half hour movie it wasn't at any point boring or dragging along. I was on the edge of my seat throughout. The one problem I had the film was that it could have used some more Bruce Wayne. Christian Bale did such a good job in Batman Begins, but wasn't given as much time to shine in Dark Knight. Heath definitely made up for the lack of Bruce and then some.
I love the idea of a third film with Batman on the run from the law where everyone in Gotham hates him...could make for great stuff. At this point they're going to need to get a couple of great villains to keep up with the action they've had up to this point.
A couple of quotes on Dark Knight--
Larry: "The crazy thing to me about this movie is that i hyped it up so much yet was still amazed immediately afterwards."
Jaydon: "The movie instantly is in my top 5 and might be my number 1 i just dont know yet."
Batman Movies Ranked--
7. Batman Returns 6. Batman (Adam West) 5. Batman & Robin 4. Batman 3. Batman Forever 2. Batman Begins 1. The Dark Knight
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