Zingari Posted 11 November 2013 Posted 11 November 2013 Jayne Cobb. Jayne Cobb. except getting cold ears maybe ?
Jon the Hat Posted 11 November 2013 Posted 11 November 2013 Jack Reacher. Not from the film obviously.
steveherbe Posted 11 November 2013 Posted 11 November 2013 Favourite fictional character? Easy, Nugent the goalscorer. I'll get mi coat.....
Rincewind Posted 11 November 2013 Posted 11 November 2013 Rincewind from Discworld is quite good. A lovable coward.
Guest MattP Posted 11 November 2013 Posted 11 November 2013 Silvio Dante. Nice. Paulie Walnuts as well.
Guest Posted 12 November 2013 Posted 12 November 2013 Gene Hunt. There's no need to use that sort of language Mark.
goose2010 Posted 12 November 2013 Posted 12 November 2013 Walter White I was just reading through thinking no one had put walter white i will go with that. I will go for Harvey Spector (suits) or Ari Gold (Entourage)
Alf Bentley Posted 13 November 2013 Posted 13 November 2013 Film: Noodles from "Once upon a time in America": a self-oriented violent criminal and rapist, yet Leone & De Niro turned him into a sympathetic, strangely moral tragic hero - an extraordinary artistic achievement. Close runner-up: Catherine from Jules et Jim, a magnetic woman, though I'd have hated her in real life. Book: The 3 brothers (Dmitry, Ivan & Alyosha) from "Brothers Karamazov" by Dostoevsky: turbulent passion, fierce intellect & generous morality; it felt like I was high on drugs when I first read this novel. TV: Sgt. Wilson (Dad's Army): It should be impossible for a character to be simultaneously self-effacing and supercilious, yet Le Mesurier manages it as Wilson; Wilson is an instinctive anarchist - Mainwaring is never quite sure whether Wilson is being dim or is (sometimes not so) subtlely undermining him....brilliantly ambiguous acting by the pair of them, against the background of a cast of characters played by actors with fascinating histories (WW1 & WW2 veterans), not to mention political commitments and wild drinking and gambling habits. Extraordinary times on and off set, I imagine.
Zingari Posted 13 November 2013 Posted 13 November 2013 Film: Noodles from "Once upon a time in America": a self-oriented violent criminal and rapist, yet Leone & De Niro turned him into a sympathetic, strangely moral tragic hero - an extraordinary artistic achievement. Close runner-up: Catherine from Jules et Jim, a magnetic woman, though I'd have hated her in real life. Book: The 3 brothers (Dmitry, Ivan & Alyosha) from "Brothers Karamazov" by Dostoevsky: turbulent passion, fierce intellect & generous morality; it felt like I was high on drugs when I first read this novel. TV: Sgt. Wilson (Dad's Army): It should be impossible for a character to be simultaneously self-effacing and supercilious, yet Le Mesurier manages it as Wilson; Wilson is an instinctive anarchist - Mainwaring is never quite sure whether Wilson is being dim or is (sometimes not so) subtlely undermining him....brilliantly ambiguous acting by the pair of them, against the background of a cast of characters played by actors with fascinating histories (WW1 & WW2 veterans), not to mention political commitments and wild drinking and gambling habits. Extraordinary times on and off set, I imagine. that's a brilliant evaluation of what on the surface seems a simple class system relationship , but as you point out , it really is so much deeper . thanks ,
The God Emperor Posted 13 November 2013 Posted 13 November 2013 Film: Noodles from "Once upon a time in America": a self-oriented violent criminal and rapist, yet Leone & De Niro turned him into a sympathetic, strangely moral tragic hero - an extraordinary artistic achievement. Close runner-up: Catherine from Jules et Jim, a magnetic woman, though I'd have hated her in real life. Book: The 3 brothers (Dmitry, Ivan & Alyosha) from "Brothers Karamazov" by Dostoevsky: turbulent passion, fierce intellect & generous morality; it felt like I was high on drugs when I first read this novel. TV: Sgt. Wilson (Dad's Army): It should be impossible for a character to be simultaneously self-effacing and supercilious, yet Le Mesurier manages it as Wilson; Wilson is an instinctive anarchist - Mainwaring is never quite sure whether Wilson is being dim or is (sometimes not so) subtlely undermining him....brilliantly ambiguous acting by the pair of them, against the background of a cast of characters played by actors with fascinating histories (WW1 & WW2 veterans), not to mention political commitments and wild drinking and gambling habits. Extraordinary times on and off set, I imagine. I remember reading a book about dad's army a few years ago. according to that all the actors hated each other
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