I have six different dude's top ten movie character lists that I will post. The order that I'll post them in will be how closely they resemble my likes and dislikes...With that let's see the greatness of
JJ's Top Ten
10. Ryan Harrison- Leslie Nielsen- Wrongfully Accused
9. Vernon Baxter- Kevin Nealon- Principal Take a Holiday
8. Chester Lee- Rodney Dangerfield- Ladybugs
7. Alfred Borden (left)- Christian Bale- The Prestige
6. Derek Huff- Adam Scott- Step Brothers
5. Kevin McCallister- Macauley Culkin- Home Alone 2
4. Buddy the Elf- Will Ferrell- Elf
3. Bob Wiley- Bill Murray- What About Bob?
2. Randolph Dupree- Owen Wilson- You, Me and Dupree
10. Mike O'Hara- Daniel Stern- Celtic Pride Mike: “It's just Jimmy. He's in there whipping up a bunt cake.”
9. Chester Lee- Rodney Dangerfield- Ladybugs Chester: “What a lady. When she walks in a room, mice jump on chairs. At Christmas they hang her and kiss the mistletoe. I tell ya if she went to a dog show, she'd win.”
8. Buddy the Elf- Will Ferrell- Elf Buddy: “I thought maybe we could make ginger bread houses, and eat cookie dough, and go ice skating, and maybe even hold hands.”
7. Jack Kelly- Christian Bale- Newsies Jack: Well, that's the first thing ya gotta learn, headlines don't sell papes. Newsies sell papes.”
6. Captain Jack Sparrow- Johnny Depp- Pirates of the Caribbean Captain Jack: “When you marooned me on that God forsaken spit of land, you forgot one very important thing, mate....I'm Captain Jack Sparrow.”
5. Dr. Evil- Mike Myers- Austin Powers in Goldmember Dr. Evil: “I'd just like to point out that no one else in my gene pool runs like a girl.”
4. Gil Renard- Robert De Niro- The Fan Gil: “A simple thank you would have been nice.”
3. Bob Wiley- Bill Murray- What About Bob? Fay: “You want more salad Bob?” Bob: “Yeah, I think I do...pile it high and deep would ya please?”
2. Bartholomew Hunt- Chris Farley- Almost Heroes Hunt: “Fearsome beasts of the mountains and plains. I've seen a bear so powerful...that it snapped a man's body in half with his huge jaws.”
1. Roy O'Bannon- Owen Wilson- Shanghai Noon Roy: “Oh nothing I just killed him, how'd you do?”
4. Home alone- Home Alone is a classic Christmas story in which a family goes on vacation for the holidays but forgets to bring their youngest child. Like I said, classic. From “Look what you did ya little jerk” a la Uncle Frank to “Buzz, your girlfriend, woof” courtesy Kevin McCallister himself, Home Alone is filled with lines galore. I don’t know how many times Kevin’s classic “For the kids” has been used at my house. Some might downgrade this movie because it’s just a couple of guys getting hit by stupid gags, but it really is much more than that. Any and every one of Marv’s reactions to a trick is comedy gold. The great Juice Box has stated in my presence that “Marv might be the greatest movie character of all time.” His words not mine.
3. Elf- I have said it before and I’ll say it again, Buddy the Elf may be my favorite Will Ferrell character. His innocence and ignorance provide for a beautiful combination. After Buddy finds out that he is actually a human amongst elves at the North Pole, he heads for New York to find his real father. Why does he want to find his father? So they can “make ginger bread houses and maybe even hold hands.” Although his dad, played by Jimmy Caan, thinks Buddy is insane, he takes him into his home for the duration of the movie. Buddy screws many things up in his dad’s life by making spaghetti with maple syrup for breakfast and cramming eleven cookies into the vcr. Of course Buddy ends up changing his dad from a jerk into a nice guy who believes in Santa by the end.
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Like I said, classic. From “Look what you did ya little jerk” a la Uncle Frank to “Buzz, your girlfriend, woof” courtesy Kevin McCallister himself, Home Alone is filled with lines galore. I don’t know how many times Kevin’s classic “For the kids” has been used at my house. Some might downgrade this movie because it’s just a couple of guys getting hit by stupid gags, but it really is much more than that. Any and every one of Marv’s reactions to a trick is comedy gold. The great Juice Box has stated in my presence that “Marv might be the greatest movie character of all time.” His words not mine.
3. Elf- I have said it before and I’ll say it again, Buddy the Elf may be my favorite Will Ferrell character. His innocence and ignorance provide for a beautiful combination. After Buddy finds out that he is actually a human amongst elves at the North Pole, he heads for New York to find his real father. Why does he want to find his father? So they can “make ginger bread houses and maybe even hold hands.” Although his dad, played by Jimmy Caan, thinks Buddy is insane, he takes him into his home for the duration of the movie. Buddy screws many things up in his dad’s life by making spaghetti with maple syrup for breakfast and cramming eleven cookies into the vcr. Of course Buddy ends up changing his dad from a jerk into a nice guy who believes in Santa by the end.
