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I loved Richie's character.

posted 13 years ago by aroykoc
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God I loved Richie's character. He was like the best friend just when you need him.

Also what a fun movie. Would like to know whether he ate the pie in the end or just gave a treat to his "friend".

Great movie though.

[–] TheLordofTheHarvest 13 years ago

I agree, Richie was a bad ass, he would be a great friend to have. This is also Joe Mantegna's best role in my opinion

[–] Knightmarefox 13 years ago

He was also my favorite character! I liked how he actually believed Billy without questioning his sanity like everyone else; I hate it when stories are like that.

[–] Ite 13 years ago

I agree with all of you wouldn't you love to have him as one ofr your friends? :)

[–] eightezzz 12 years ago

Well, he did say that he believes in what he sees, & when he saw Billy he knew it was true. That's why he told him that he should have called sooner.

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[–] koffeenkreame41-1 9 years ago

He was also my favorite character! I liked how he actually believed Billy without questioning his sanity like everyone else; I hate it when stories are like that.

Same here, Richie was a total badass, he just about stole the film. 

"I'm the ultimate badass,you do NOT wanna f-ck wit me!"Hudson,Aliens😬

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[–] jawsfan007 12 years ago

he was a mook, but he was my mook.

Richie was probably the second best thing about this movie.

right after Kari W.'s "quarter scene"

[–] TrickGum 12 years ago

King made a big mistake of killing him off in the book but perhaps if he knew Joe Mantegna would play him so well in the movie then he wouldnt have killed him off.

[–] Dream_Demon 12 years ago

I agree. Richie is such a great character.

Welcome to my Nightmare- Freddy Krueger

[–] xfranco_uk 12 years ago

Richie The Hammer....great character.
He is brilliant when he says he loves doing all the shooting/violence stuff!

[–] shempXIV 12 years ago

re: ...hen he says he loves doing all the shooting/violence stuff!

It's always a good thing when a person truly loves his/her work.
:)

[–] Horror_Metal 11 years ago

His character died in the book but I'm so glad they kept him alive in the movie.

Horror_Metal

[–] BrianZKing-1 11 years ago

Absolutely. He's possibly my favorite Stephen King character. Ginelli is a charismatic, pragmatic, worldly man, and in a horror story plagued by a Gypsy curse, he was able to uses his wits, resources and tenacity to emerge as the unlikely anti-hero. Ginelli is not a ghostbuster, priest or paranormal investigator; he's a seemingly run of the mill hood. And yet he drops his skepticism as soon as he sees his friend Billy's situation, and commits himself, quite capably presents a very real threat to the evil magician. I just like the idea of a secular man rising to this supernatural occasion without hesitation and with his tenacious gusto, and his attitude "The definition of an a-hole is a guy who doesn't believe what he's seeing."

Total badass. Glad to see so many agree!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y_eMF2afFE&list=UU_AoYAC0e5kr2ivTl hOjiCQ&index=1

[–] AgentBlue 10 years ago

I agree with every word u typed!!!! I just love that there is a badass mobster battling gypsies and I loved Joe Mantagna in this role.

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[–] debtfull 8 years ago

Yep, very memorable. I would have liked more of his antics. Was his part bigger in the book?

[–] TheLordofTheHarvest 8 years ago

Re-watched the movie today on AMC; forgot how awesome Joe was here. Such a shame he never played Richie or a role like this much again. Joe in a hero or anti hero role is rare but he did it well here. He's used to villain roles but he does great anti hero's and this is one of his best.

Richie could have easily been a slimey prick of a guy in someone else's hands but Joe made him into a human being with morals in a moral-less field. He could have easily just said eff it when he seen Billy in such god awful shape but no he helped to save his friend with no regrets. He went balls out and drove the gypsies to the breaking points. The best part was he had Billy's back the whole time yet when Billy told him to let the girl live he did. No problems.

Richie is a great example of how to be a friend. Take away his shady job and life he'd be a perfect template.

I agree it's one of King's best characters. Such a shame he killed him off in the book because he'd been a perfect recurring character.