Top Ten Movie Characters (Continued)

5. The Man With No Name

Acted by: Clint Eastwood

Movie: A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For A Few Dollars More (1965), The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (1966)

Info: The definitive role that made Eastwood famous in the Hollywood circle and practically the whole world. Playing a smooth talking cool as motherfucker cowboy with a holier than thou quick draw, this was Eastwood's most memorable role besides Dirty Harry.

Memorable quotes:

The Man With No Name: [counting Angel Eye's men] One, two, three, four, five, six. Six, the perfect number.

Angel Eyes: I thought three was the perfect number.

The Man With No Name: I've got six more bullets in my gun

4. Winston Wolfe

Acted by: Harvey Keitel

Movie: Pulp Fiction (1994)

Info: Harvey Keitel who previously played the role of Mr. White in Reservoir Dogs returns in another Tarantino film to strut his stuff. Wolfe can put Bond to shame. The moment he steps onto the screen. there's the aura of a cool as fuck motherfucker. He knows what to do, how to do and when to do. He is a man of action, not through literal action but through words. He comes in and grabs the situation by the balls. If Wolfe was a real life businessman, he would be the fucking Man of the Year

Memorable quotes:

The Wolf: Jimmie, lead the way. Boys, get to work.

Vincent: A please would be nice.

The Wolf: Come again?

Vincent: I said a please would be nice.

The Wolf: Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm here to tell you what to do and if self-preservation is an instinct you possess you'd better fucking do it and do it quick. I'm here to help - if my help's not appreciated then lotsa luck, gentlemen.

Jules: No, Mr. Wolf, it ain't like that, your help is definately appreciated.

Vincent: I don't mean any disrespect, I just don't like people barking orders at me.

The Wolf: If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think fast and I need you guys to act fast if you wanna get out of this. So, pretty please...with sugar on top. Clean the fucking car.

3. Bullet Tooth Tony

Acted by: Vinnie Jones

Movie: Snatch (2000)

Info: Vinnie Jones was born for this role. A tough as nails motherfucker who plays by his own rules and with a 'don't take shit from no one' attitude. Put to boot some

Memorable quotes:

Bullet Tooth Tony: So, you're obviously the big dick. The men on

the side of ya are your balls. Now there are two types of balls. There are big brave balls, and there are little mincey faggot balls.

Vinny: These are your last words, so make them a prayer.

Bullet Tooth Tony: Now, dicks have drive and clarity and vision, but they're not clever. They smell pussy and want a piece of the action. And you though you smelt some good old pussy, and have brought your two little mincey faggot balls along for a good old time. But you've got your parties muddled up. There's no pussy here, just a dose that'll make yo

u wish you were born a woman. Like a prick. you're having secong thoughts. You're shrinking and your two little balls are shrinking with ya. And the fact that you've got 'REPLICA' written down the side of your guns...

[Zoom in on the side of Sol's gun, which shows 'REPLICA' etched on the side]

Bullet Tooth Tony: And the fact that I've got 'DESERT EAGLE .50'...

[Withdraws his gun and puts it on the table]

Bullet Tooth Tony: Written down the side of mine...

[Zoom in on Tony's gun which shows 'DESERT EAGLE .50 etched on the side ]

Bullet Tooth Tony: Should precipitate your balls into shrinking along with your presence. Now...Fuck off!

2. Rick Blaine

Acted by: Humphrey Bogart

Movie: Casablanca (1942)

Info: Bogart was nominated for an Oscar for his role in this classic film and fuck, he sho

uld have won. Blaine reeks of class from start to finish having the best lines and always having that cool as fuck look in his eyes. The 'I don't give a fuck' look. Solid.

Memorable quotes:

Rick: I'm saying it because it's true. Inside of us, we both know you belong with Victor. You're part of his work. the thing that keeps him going. If that plane leaves the ground and you're not with him, you'll regret it. Maybe not today. Maybe not tommorow, but soon and for the rest of your life.

Ilsa: But what about us?

Rick: We'll always have Paris. We didn't have, we, we lost it until you came to casablanca. We got it back last night.

Ilsa: When I said I would never leave you.

Rick: And you never will. But I've got a job to do, too. Where I'm going, you can't follow. What I've got to do, you can't be any part of. Ilsa, I'm no good at being noble, but it doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. Someday you'll understand that. Now, now...Here's looking at you kid.

1. Mr. Blonde

Acted by: Michael Madsen

Movie: Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Info: Why is Mr. Blonde in the number one spot you may wonder? Well, I'll fucking tell you why. Mr. Blonde is a sort of person who is on the inside, a psychotic motherfucker but hides this inner demon through his cool demeanor on the outside. He represents the hidden evil in men. Violence is not around him, he is violence. Striking one of the coolest poses since John Wayne.

Memorable quotes:

Mr. Blonde: Listen kid, I'm not going to bullshit you alright? I don't give a good fuck what you know, or what you don't know, but I'm gonna torture you anyway, regardless. Not to get information. It's amusing for me to torture a cop. You can say anything you want cause I've heard it all before. All you can do is pray for a quick death, which you ain't gonna get.

[Removes razor]

Me. Blonde: You ever listen to K-Billy's "Super Sounds of the Seventies" weekend? It's my personal favourite.

Top Ten Movie Characters

10. Raymond Babbitt

Acted by: Dustin Hoffman

Movie: Rain Man (1988)

Info: Hoffman won an academy award for Best Actor for his potrayal as Raymond Babbitt, an individual suffering from autism who gets dragged from his hospital by his long lost brother Charlie (Tom Cruise) to embark on a humorous and ultimatly emotional adventure.

Memorable quotes:

Iris: So, what are you doing in Las Vegas?
Raymond: We're counting cards.
Iris: You're counting cards?
Raymond: We're counting cards.
Iris: That's interesting.
Raymond: We're counting cards.
Iris: I know you're counting cards, what else are you doing?
Raymond: Are you taking any prescription medication?

9. Hannibal Lecter

Acted by: Sir Anthony Hopkins version

Movie: Silence of the Lambs (1991), Hannibal (2001) and Red Dragon (2002)

Info: Anthony Hopkins won an academy award for his role as Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs as the genius chilly pshycotic motherfucker who lives on philophosy and human remains.

Memorable Quotes:

Hannibal Lecter: Well, Clarice - have the lambs stopped screaming?

8. Verbal Kint/Keyser Soze

Acted by: Kevin Spacey

Movie: Usual Suspects (1995)

Info: The role of Verbal Kint gave Kevin Spacey his first Oscar as Best Supporting Actor. Spacey played a cripple who looks as timid as a child but looks can be dead fucking deceiving.

Memorable Quotes:

Verbal: Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say his father was German. Nobody believed he was real. Nobody ever saw him or knew anybody that ever worked directly for him, but to hear Kobayashi tell it, anybody could have worked for Soze. You never knew. That was his power. The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist. And like that, poof. He's gone.

7. Tyler Durden

Acted by: Brad Pitt

Movie: Fight Club (1999)

Info: No Oscar here. Just a brilliantly characterised persona that deals with the futiliy of control of life. Also a bit mental. Watching Tyler Durden makes someone wish they could think like that.

Memorable Quotes:

Tyler Durden: Fuck damnation, man! Fuck redemption! We are God's unwanted children? So be it!
Narrator: OK. Give me some water!
Tyler Durden: Listen, you can run water over your hand and make it worse or...
[shouts]
Tyler Durden: Look at me... or you can use vinegar and neutralize the burn.
Narrator: Please let me have it... *Please*!
Tyler Durden: First you have to give up, first you have to *know*... not fear... *know*... that someday you're gonna die.

6. Jules Winnfield

Acted by: Samuel L. Jackson

Movie: Pulp Fiction (1994)

Info: Nominated for Best Supporting Actor, Jackson plays a hitman who realises that life isn't how he should live it to be and plans to redeem himself down the path of God.

Memorable Quotes:

Jules: The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee.

To be continued...

City of God (2002)

I rarely watch any film in a foreign language cause, well..its fucking hard to find those kind of movies. I can purely say right now that I'm missing out on a lot of the good stuff. Two words describe City of God; pure brilliance. It was a thrill to watch it from start to finish with a superb narative storyline, characters that you feel for and the visual style as well as the cinematography of the film. The film is mainly about the Cidade de Deus (City of God) in Rio; which was constructed by the government which was basically a slum for the poor, and the denizens who live within its spaces. Although the main character seems to be Rocket (Alexandre Rodrigues) as the narrator, the main focus is on the gang life, violence and drug abuse that skim the surface of the City of God. Rocket acts as the narrator depicting the many stories that surround the city and could be described as being in the middle of everything. The story encompasses two decades starting with the 60's and ending in the 80's.

Rocket caught between the Lil Ze's gang and the police

Rocket acts as the catalyst surrounded by violence but choosing not to walk down that path. Rocket has the dream to be a photographer and what better way to start then with taking the pictures that set the city in motion. The narrative begins with Rocket as a young boy telling the story of 'The Tender Trio' a group of hoodlums comprising of Shaggy, Clipper and Goose (Rocket's brother). This story later sets off the development for Lil Dice who will grow up to be Lil Ze (Leandro Firmino da Hora); a big shot drug dealer in the City of God.

Lil Ze in his early years. Ain't he adorable?

Lil Ze with the gun in his adulthood
The Tender Trio (from left: Goose, Shaggy and Clipper)

The Tender Trio are disbanded right after a motel heist leaving the stage set. Lil Ze having started from scratch takes down all the rival drug dealers along with best friend Benny (Phillipe Haagensen) leaving only Carrot who happens to be Benny's friend. Benny beside Lil Ze acts as the calm side of Lil Ze holding Lil Ze whenever he loses his cool. Everything spirals out of control in the City of God when Lil Ze finds himself in the path of vengeance in the name of Knockout Ned (Seu Jorge) who wages war with Lil Ze after the latter rapes his girlfriend and kills a bit of the family. Rocket's career gets a boost in the line of the war where he takes a bit of pictures for the local newspaper. There is a very smooth flow to the plot as everything taking place is explained in vivid detail pausing somewhat for a backstory of some like the for example the scene where Rocket goes off to buy a joint from Blackie and Lil Ze pays an unexpected visit. The scene freezes and first tells, 'The Story of the Apartment' explaining how Blackie got the apartment from Carrot who got it from Big Boy who got it from somebody else. The scene plays again with Lil Ze barging in. This time Rocket narrates the, 'Story of Lil Dice' explaining how Lil Dice grew up to be Lil Ze and how he took down all the other rival drug dealers. Its moments like these that truly make this film such a joy to watch.

Benny; also known as the coolest hood in the City of God

The film moves with a lot of speed leaving no boring bits and always on the move detailing the amount of life within the walls of this forgotten city. It depicts the life of crime as something that is forced upon these individuals who start off young and end up losing themselves. The film also has its share of disturbing scenes. One where Lil Ze catches up to the Runts (a gang of young children) for robbing shops in his turf. He then catches two of the Runts who are then asked if they want to be shot in the hand or foot. Lil Ze shoots both of the Runts in the feet and then hands over the gun to a small boy in his gang asking him to choose which one to kill as a form of initiation. The two Runts are crying their tears out. The small boy puts up the gun and shoots one of them. Director Fernando Meirelles serves up a film that contains scenes that keep you at the edge of your seat begging for more. The despair within the film is deafening as it never ends. The violence never stops and there is no way out. Thats the message of the film. A tale of how hardcore the slums are. And to top it all of, the film is based on true events.The choice is his..

Overall, I give City of God a 10/10. I'll definitely be putting this into my Top 30.

Tron Legacy

Directed by: Joseph Kosinski

Written by: Adam Horowitz, Richard Jefferies, Edward Kitsis and Steven Lisberger

Starring: Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Michael Sheen and John Hurt

Release Date: 2010

Why you should watch this movie:

1. Sequel to Tron!
2. Gladiotor + Videogames
3. Jeff Bridges reprising his role
4. Envy the Light Cycle
5. Computer porn

Tron sort of rhymes with porn. So far, Disney has yet to further ela

borate upon the plot of the film only stating that Kevin Flynn has since disapeared and his son Sam Flynn decides to investigate but finds himself sucked into the cybernetic world his father got trapped in years ago in the first film. That's abut it. But expect some father-son bonding and possibly some cybernetic porn thrown into the mix (fingers crossed for the latter).

This beats a Ducati anytime