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Post by Head Mutant on Mar 16, 2009 15:19:54 GMT -5
I didn't like Franklin either, but I could empathize with him a bit... and I feel he was the only character in the film with any depth, too.
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Post by Al on Mar 16, 2009 20:19:53 GMT -5
I didn't like Franklin either, but I could empathize with him a bit... and I feel he was the only character in the film with any depth, too. Meh. You keep your depth. I'll take my gratuitous low-angles of the girl in red hot pants. |
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Post by jman912 on Mar 17, 2009 6:45:44 GMT -5
But, the good part about Franklin(or any annoying character in a slasher film) is that we get to watch him be brutally murdered.
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Post by TheOogieBoogieMan on Mar 17, 2009 14:00:24 GMT -5
Love interests. Period. There are examples of well-written characters who end up with the main character in the end - Sigourney Weaver's character in Ghostbusters comes to mind - but odds are these characters are there to fill some sort of Hollywood obligation that the main character needs a mate in order to be happy. Since we're supposed to be specific in this thread, I'll mention the chick from Miracle at St. Anna (you can substitute any love interest character you want, though). The fact that I can't remember her name says a lot about how interesting the character was. Every line she spoke was some form of exposition (I'll leave aside the dubiousness of a peasant girl having intimate knowledge of Nazi military tactics), and about an hour later, she's got her top off and she's "hugging" one of the protagonists. No personality, no distinguishing traits, all she provided was exposition and soft-core porn. EDIT: sorry for repeatedly using the word "character"...I don't own a thesaurus.  |
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Post by PoolMan on Mar 20, 2009 18:19:24 GMT -5
sorry for repeatedly using the word "character"...I don't own a thesaurus. Well... "theatrical avatar" does require a little more linguistic agility to work in casually. |
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Post by theprettydead on May 18, 2009 11:14:41 GMT -5
I'm a big horror fan, so my list is predominantly horror.
1. Shocker (1989) - Horace Pinker
2. Halloween 5 (1989) - Spitz
3. Halloween 5 (1989) - Mikey (Tina's boyfriend)
4. The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue (1973) - "The Inspector"
5. The Woods (2005) - Heather, Alice, Ms. Mackinaw, and the one who disappeared
6. Children of the Corn (1984) - Malachai
7. Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest - Eli and T-Loc
8. Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering - Josiah
9. Children of the Corn (666) VI: Isaac's Return - Gabriel
10. The Thing (1982) - Blair and Palmer
11. Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993) - Creighton Duke, Security Guard #2, Officer Bish, and Robert
12. Day of the Dead (1985) - Miguel Salazer, Dr. Logan, Rickles, and Steel
13. Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn (1987) - Annie, Possessed Henrietta, Jake, and Ash
14. Street Trash (1986) - "Bill the Cop"
15. The Shining (1980) - Jack
16. John Carpenter's Cigarette Burns (2005) - Timpson
17. Freddy vs. Jason - Freddy, Lori, Kia, Mark, Mrs. Pamela Voorhees, and several others
18. Saw - everyone
19. Saw II - everyone
20. The Devil's Rejects - everyone (except P.J. Soles)
21. The Faculty - Mr. Frank Connor (and probably everyone else)
22. The Omen (1976) - Damien
23. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984) - Nurse Morgan and Terri
24. Any and every part played by Bill Moseley
25. Maniac (1980) - everyone
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Post by Al on May 19, 2009 15:41:33 GMT -5
13. Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn (1987) - Annie, Possessed Henrietta, Jake, and Ash Ash? What did he ever do to you? |
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Post by theprettydead on May 19, 2009 15:51:35 GMT -5
Oh, if Bruce Campbell's plate-over-head smashing antics alone weren't cloying enough to make me reach for the "Eject" button on my DVD player remote, that "waddya say we... have some champagne, uh baby?" would have done it. "After all...I'm a man and...you're a woman. Least last time I checked..." This moment goes down for me in the absolute worst dialogue and line readings I've ever been subjected to in film history catagory. Compared to that, most of Troll 2 looks professional!
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