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Your Top Ten Heroes and Villains

posted 16 years ago by BoyWiththeGreenHair
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I know there's already a Top Five list, but I thought this thread could be for Heroes and Villains. These are my lists. As you can see I left some things the same. AFI really did pick the perfect #1 Hero.

Heroes -
10. Superman in Superman (1978)
played by Christopher Reeve
9. Audie Murphy in To Hell and Back (1955)
playing Himself
8. Anne Sullivan in The Miracle Worker (1962)
played by Anne Bancroft
7. Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter (1926)
played by Lillian Gish
6. George Baily in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
played by Jimmy Stewart
5. Davy Crockett in The Davy Crockett Films
played by Fess Parker
4. Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront (1954)
played by Marlon Brando
3. Jefferson Smith in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
played by Jimmy Stewart
2. Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939)
played by Vivian Leigh
1. Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
played by Gregory Peck

Villains -
10. Reverend Harry Powell in Night of the Hunter (1955)
played by Robert Mitchum
9. Maleficent in Sleeping BEauty (1959)
voiced by Eleanor Audley, animated by Marc Davis
8. Johnny Friendly in On the Waterfront (1954)
played by Lee J. Cobb
7. Warden Samuel Norton in Shawshank Redemption (1994)
played by Bob Gunton
6. The Phantom of the Opera in Phantom of the Opera (1925)
played by Lon Chaney
5. Mrs. John Iselin in The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
played by Angela Lansbury
4. The Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz (1939)
played by Margaret Hamilton
3. Darth Vader in Star Wars (1977)
played by David Prowse, voiced by James Earl Jones
2. Harry Lime in The Third Man (1949)
played by ORson Welles
1. Kasper Gutman in The Maltese Falcon (1941)
played by Sydney Greenstreet

Anyway, your picks?

[–] Crabvogel 16 years ago

omg, you have to be old as *beep*, all the movies are really old... How old are you?

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[–] microphonezon 16 years ago

"Heroes"

10. Robert Duvall as Officer Bob Hodges: Colors
9. Burt Reynolds as Bo 'Bandit' Darville: Smokey and the Bandit
8. Ice T as Scotty Appleton: New Jack City
7. Forest Whitaker as Ghost Dog: Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
6. Tom Hanks as Michael Sullivan: Road to Perdition
5. Brad Pitt as Mickey O'Neil: Snatch
4. Bruce Willis as Joe Hallenbeck: The Last Boy Scout
3. Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones: The Indiana Jones Movies
2. Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa: The Rocky Movies
1. Arnold Schwarzenegger as John Matrix: Commando

"Villains"

Samuel L. Jackson as Ordell Robbie: Jackie Brown
Craig Bierko as Timothy: The Long Kiss Goodnight
Frank Harper as Dog: Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barels
Michael Wincott as Top Dollar: The Crow
John Malkovich as Cyrus 'The Virus' Grissom: Con Air
Alan Ford as Brick Top: Snatch
Chiwetel Ejiofor as Victor Sweet: Four Brothers
Robert De Niro as Max Cady: Cape Fear
Basil Wallace as Screwface: Marked For Death
Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurh: No Country For Old Men

Nice thread btw

"No...please" "Now what good do you think that'll do?"

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[–] crowstars 15 years ago

COULD SCAR FROM THE LION KING BE INCLUDED, I MEAN YAH, HE DIDNT KILL SIMBA BUT THE COLD BLOODED WAY HE KILLED HIS BROTHER EYE TO EYE, WAS CHILLINGLY EVIL. Scar shud be included

[–] ethanfirst 15 years ago

I was really surprised that no one mentioned Jack from Lord of the Flies (villain) or Simon for that matter (hero) or Lil Ze from City of God

"and the allure isn't right, no score on a war torn beach
where the cash cow's actually beef"

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[–] ericstrenk 15 years ago

@microphonezone

Screwface?!?!
*beep* YEAH!!!

Seagal (while certainly an incredibly talented martial artist) is normally such an egomaniac, that the bad guys in his films never even touch him
Screwface was a credible threat for most of the movie, and even got in his fair share of hits in their final fight

I wouldn't say your list is one for "All Time" but more like "of the Past 30 Years"

Adam Lambert was screwed
FOX rigged the voting

[–] Slaterson420 15 years ago

I'm not saying the greatest, I'm just saying my favorites

Heroes

10. James Bond - The 007 franchise
9. Edward D. Wood Jr. - Ed Wood
8. Frank Castle - The Punisher (2004)
7. Rocket - City of God
6. T-800 - The Terminator 2
5. Susy Hendrix - Wait Until Dark
4. WALL-E - WALL-E
3. Oh Dae-Su - Oldboy
2. The Man With No Name - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1. The Bride - Kill Bill

Villains

10. Woo-Jin Lee - Oldboy
9. The Joker - The Dark Knight
8. Annie Wilks - Misery
7. Scar - The Lion King
6. T-800 - The Terminator
5. Frank Booth - Blue Velvet
4. Feathers McGraw - Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers
3. Jack Torrance - The Shining
2. Julius Winfield - Pulp Fiction
1. Li'l Ze - City of God

Damn it! We're never getting any candy if Kenny keeps eating people!

[–] ericstrenk 15 years ago

GREATEST HEROES
1. Indiana Jones (trilogy)
2. Rick Blaine (Casablanca)
3. Will Kane (High Noon)
4. George Bailey (It's a Wonderful Life)
5. T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)
6. Tom Joad (The Grapes of Wrath)
7. Butch & Sundance (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)
8. Clarice Starling (The Silence of the Lambs)
9. Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)
10. Batman (The Dark Knight)

GREATEST VILLAINS
1. Darth Vader (Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back)
2. Hannibal Lector (Silence of the Lambs)
3. Norman Bates (Psycho)
4. Hans Gruber (Die Hard)
5. Frank Booth (Blue Velvet)
6. "Reverend" Harry Powell (Night of the Hunter)
7. HAL 9000 (2001: A Space Odyssey)
8. The Wicked Witch of the West (The Wizard of Oz)
9. Alex (A Clockwork Orange)
10. Harry Lime (The Third Man)

Adam Lambert was screwed
FOX rigged the voting

[–] BennyEggs7 15 years ago

My Greatest HEROES

NO ORDER

1. Travis Bickle(Robert Deniro) Taxi Driver
2. V (Hugo Weaving) V for Vendetta
3. Paul Russesabagina(Don Cheadle) Hotel Rawanda
4. John Coffee(Michael Clark Duncan) The Green Mile
5. Off. John McClane(Bruce Willis) Die Hard
6. Superman(Christopher Reeve) Superman
7. Jaguar Paw(Rudy Youngblood) Apacalypto
8. Leon(Jean Reno) The Professional
9. Blade(Wesley Snipes) Blade
10. Max(Jamie Fox) Collateral

My Greatest VILLAINS

NO ORDER

1. Warden Norton(Bob Gunton) The Shawshank Redemption
2. Amon Goeth(Ralph Finnes) Schindler's List
3. The Joker(Heath Ledger) The Dark Knight
4. Agent Smith(Hugo Weaving) The Matrix
5. Off. Stansfield(Gary Oldman) The Professional
6. King Edward Longshanks(Patrick McGoohan) Braveheart
7. Anton Chugurh(Javier Bardem) No Country for Old Men
8. Percy Wetmore(Doug Hutchinson) THe Green Mile
9. Off. John Ryan(Matt Dillon) Crash
10. Zero Wolf(Raoul Trujillo) Apacalpyto

"Fuggedabout Joe the Plumber, what about Don the Jeweler?".

[–] futuremoviewriter 13 years ago

here are my 10 favorite movie heroes in ranking order:
1.Walt Kowalski
(in GRAN TORINO)
2.President James Marshall
(in AIR FORCE ONE)
3.Det. John McClane
(in DIE HARD)
4.Jack Dawson
(in TITANIC)
5.Harry Potter
(in HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS)
6.Art Jeffries
(in MERCURY RISING)
7.Joe Gavilan and K.C. Calden
(in HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE)
8.Sheriff Woody
(in TOY STORY)
9.Rachel Dawes
(in BATMAN BEGINS)
10.Dr.Robert Langdon
(in ANGELS & DEMONS)

here are my 10 favorite movie villains in ranking order:
1.Supreme Chancellor Palpatine
(in STAR WARS EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH)
2.Bill Cox
(in FIREWALL)
3.Castor Troy
(in FACE/OFF)
4.Peyton Flanders
(in THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE)
5.Lotso
(in TOY STORY 3)
6.Lord Voldemort
(in HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1)
7.Frank D'Amico
(in KICK-ASS)
8.Daniel Plainview
(in THERE WILL BE BLOOD)
9.Owen Davien
(in MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III)
10.Carl Showalter and Gaear Grimsrud
(in FARGO)