Wednesday, April 08, 2009

Top 10 Movie Characters


Film Experience and friends listed their Top 10 movie characters. I am chiming in with my 10 favorites, in order, and trying not to overlap with anyone.
1. Uncle Charlie from Shadow of a Doubt. It is only because Joseph Cotten as Uncle Charlie is my favorite character ever that he edged Teresa Wright as young Charlie out of my top 10 movie characters. I don't know how Joseph Cotten manages to woo me and creep me out at the same time. My favorite Hitchcock flick, and my favorite character.
2. Linda from Days of Heaven. Linda's role in the plot of Days of Heaven is barely there, but her narration makes an already heart-breaking film even more heart-breaking. I hope Linda got to be a mud doctor and study the earth.
3. Homer from The Best Years of Our Lives. Speaking of heart-breaking. Harold Russell won an Oscar for his portrayal of a veteran who lost his arms in WWII. Homer is both so young and such an old soul at the same time.
4. James Cole from 12 Monkeys. 12 Monkeys, 12 monkeys.
5. Chihiro/Sen from Spirited Away. I guess this is the second girl on my list, which only includes four females total. This probably says more about me than I care to admit.
6. Raimunda from Volver. All that kissing. What's not to love?
7. Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird. Hipsters name their kids after this man for a reason.
8. Obiwan Kenobi from Star Wars. The prequels were bad, but they exist, and Obiwan is the only character who looks good after we've seen the Clone Wars and Darth Vader's rise to power. I know I shouldn't judge Yoda, episodes 4-6, by what Lucas made him do in episodes 1-3, but I do. Plus Ewan McGregor is hot. And I love Alec Guiness.
9. Mookie from Do the Right Thing. Spike Lee captured most of the complexities of the modern racial climate in one movie. Putting Mookie center stage made it all easier to take. RIP Radio Raheem.
10. Clarice Starling from Silence of the Lambs. Clarice Starling is one tough lady in a movie that straddles a fine line between B movie and art. I try not to buy cheap shoes now.

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