Thursday 24 February 2011

I'm Busy Right Now Pt 2

Now is part 2 of the iconic character discussion.
The first one is John Doe:
John Doe
The villain from 1995 David Fincher film "Sev7en" is an icon and seems like a major influence for the Saw series in terms of Jigsaw for his valid reasons of killing the selected villains. He killed his villains for their main sins (such as a fat man for greed, a drug addict for sloth and a prostitute for lust). Portrayed by Kevin Spacey, he is shown as a cold, yet mannerful man who torments his victims in a sick way. He is a significant symbol of the darker side of human nature.
Up next we have John Ryder (or the hitcher)
John Ryder
The hitcher is a rather twisted character seeing as he hitches a ride and kills the people in the car. He is twisted and cold-hearted even in the opening scene one of his first lines is "You wanna know what happens to an eyeball when it gets punctured? Do you have any idea how much blood jets out of a guy's neck when his throat's been slit?" He is portrayed by Rutger Hauer and acts it out perfectly.
Up next we have Alex:
Alex
From A Clockwork Orange, comes one of the most sadistic characters in movie history. Alex is a person who enjoys his classical music (such as Beethoven), rape and Ultra-Violence. Portrayed by Malcolm McDowell. He is another character who shows the darker side of human nature.
The next character is John McClane:
John McClane
An icon of action movies, Die Hard's John McClane is just amazing. He has come out with one of the most iconic lines ever and is vulgar in every sense. Able to essentially take out horde's of terrorists and destroy a lot of buildings and machinery. John McClane is just tough. Bruce Willis is the man who plays John McClane and he is able to adapt to the character quickly.
Next we have Vito Corleone.
Don Vito Corleone
From the first Godfather film, Vito Corleone is an icon in cinema history (along with many other characters). He is intelligent, rational and patient. He is the one man who desperately tries to stop a war from beginning between the other mobs. Marlon Brando portrays Vito in the film and he accomplished the rationality of the character perfectly.
Up next is Randle McMurphy:
Randle McMurphy
From the iconic film One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest we have Randle McMurphy. A man who chose to declare himself as insane just so he can finish out the rest of his sentence. During the film we see him take on the oppressive tyranny of Nurse Rached. In the end he gets lobotomised and gets killed by his best friend Chief. Jack Nicholson successfully portrayed Randle in this beautiful film.
Last of this part is Blondie:
Blondie
Blondie (or the man with no name) is from the iconic film The Good, The Bad And The Ugly. He is the Good, a bounty hunter who has to team up with Tuco (the Ugly) to search for gold in a cemetary (he knows the grave and tuco knows the cemetary), he is sympathetic towards the soldiers in the wars and is rather patient. He was portrayed by Clint Eastwood 

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