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Nov 21, 2022 · Times Characters Were Exiled And Came Back Even Stronger. Saim Cheeda. November 21, 2022 20 items. Movies bank heavily on the heroes' journey, which includes going up against the odds to battle the villains in a climactic clash for redemption. Quite a few films focus heavily on these fictional characters' return from exile, as it perfectly sums ...
- Indiana Jones. Appearances: All four Indiana Jones adventures (1981-2008) Creators: George Lucas, Lawrence Kasdan. Performer: Harrison Ford. Defining moment: The flicker of recognition that crosses Indy’s face when Belloq (Paul Freeman) suggests they are alike...
- James Bond. Appearances: The James Bond series (1962–) Creator: Ian Fleming. Performers: Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, Daniel Craig.
- Han Solo. Appearances: The Star Wars series (1977–2015) Creator: George Lucas. Performer: Harrison Ford. Defining moment: Granted, Vader had the better wardrobe (black cape, motorcycle leathers), but Solo’s scruffy-looking smuggler still takes the gundark’s share of Star Wars cool.
- Batman. Appearances: Batman The Movie (1966), Batman (1989), Batman Returns (1992), Batman Forever (1995), Batman & Robin (1997), Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008), The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
- Hannibal Lecter. Created by Thomas Harris in his series of suspense novels, Hannibal Lecter or ‘Hannibal the Cannibal’ was cinematically introduced through Jonathan Demme’s classic ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ (1991).
- HAL 9000. For all you know, HAL 9000 is just a computer, a sentient one for that matter. However, it acted as the primary antagonist in Stanley Kubrick’s magnum opus ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ (1968).
- The Joker. He is the mirror through which you look at your ugly face! He is the sociopathic representation of the criminal inherent in every man! He shows you the obvious pitfalls of the social structure that human beings have created!
- Travis Bickle. Is Travis Bickle just a character? Probably yes, probably no! For us at The Cinemaholic, he is much more than just a character. He represents a generation, he represents a bygone era.
- Phil Connors
- Forrest Gump
- Rocky Balboa
- Jack Sparrow
- Ralphie
- E.T.
- George Bailey
- John Mcclane
- Dorothy Gale
- Indiana Jones/Han Solo
Honestly, if it wasn’t for the part where Bill Murray and Marita Geraghty scream their characters names at each other in the movie, we wouldn’t even distinguish between Phil Connors and Bill Murray. You could debate between Ghostbusters, Caddyshack and Groundhog Day as Bill Murray’s most famous movies but Groundhog Day’s Phil Connors is arguably hi...
Forrest Gump was born to an average single mother in Greenbo, Alabama, with a crooked spine that called for leg braces. In grade school, he broke out of those braces and discovered his incredible gift for running really fast. Running got him through college, Vietnam, and let him work through his troubled past. Life’s a box of chocolates and we neve...
Rocky Balboa started out like a lot of working class Italian-Americans. Though he’d fought in club matches, he worked just as a meatpacker or a debt collector for a loan shark in the slums of Philly. But one day he got his big break. The reigning heavyweight boxing champion Apollo Creed holds a match in Philly and opens up the fight to the local ta...
Captain Jack Sparrow is, without a doubt, Johnny Depp’s best character with a funny hat. He stole the show in the first Piratestrilogy playing off the more conventional heroics of Will Turner and Elizabeth Swan. You never know what he’s going to do or what scheme he’s acting on, or even whether he’s just totally unhinged or secretly brilliant. We f...
The only thing Ralphie wants for Christmas is a Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-shot Range Model air rifle with a compass in the stock and the thing that tells time. If he doesn’t shoot his eye out with it. In that sense, Ralphie is completely relatable as a kid in an early 1940s middle-class American family. As our voice-over narrator, he’s infused w...
E.T. The Extra Terrestrialis perhaps Steven Spielberg’s very best effort in regards to awe-inspiring emotional storytelling. And a big part of that appeal is the realization of E.T. on screen. E.T.’s introduction and his interactions with Elliot Michael and Gertie make him instantly sympathetic. He’s obviously not of this world, not to mention alon...
The canonization of It’s A Wonderful Lifein American dramatic cinema is beyond contest. However dated its social or moral sensibilities is, the movie still delivers an inspirational uplifting tale of a man who finds meaning in his life through harsh introspection. We learn right from the start of the film that George Bailey is planning on taking hi...
Yippee ki-yay, Mother F**ker! John McClane was an average New York City cop visiting his estranged wife in Los Angeles before Christmas Eve. His reconciliatory plans got completely rained on when Hans Gruber and his squad of criminals take over the Nakatomi Corp. Tower, and take McClane’s wife hostage. Hans was prepared for police or SWAT teams but...
We’ve all been in Dorothy Gale’s shoes. Maybe not her particular ruby slippers, but we’ve all been stuck in a boring place we didn’t want to be. Just when she starts to realize how much she’s truly needed at her Kansas farmhouse home, a twister whisks her away to the merry Land of Oz. There she becomes kind of an involuntary pawn between Glinda the...
We honestly could not pick between these two career defining characters for Harrison Ford - so we didn’t! Our favorite wisecracking adventurer comes in two flavors of world-weary snark. One has a ship and a blaster, the other a fedora and a whip. On a deeper level, Han Solo starts out a bit more cynical but discovers a cause he believes in when he ...
- Gandalf - The Lord of the Rings. Sir Ian McKellen's Gandalf is an endearing and beloved character in both literature and film. As a wise and powerful wizard in Peter Jackson's (original story by J.R.R.
- The Joker. Heath Ledger's portrayal of The Joker in The Dark Knight is a masterclass in acting that redefines the classic Batman villain. Ledger's Joker is chaotic, devoid of any moral compass, and driven by a desire to sow anarchy and chaos, all with a maniacal smile on his face.
- Shrek. Shrek, the lovable and unconventional ogre, is an animated character that defies stereotypes and captures hearts across generations. Voiced by Mike Myers, Shrek is a refreshing departure from traditional fairy tale protagonists.
- Morpheus. The Matrix (1999 and beyond) became is a massive success, fascinating the minds of action sci-fi fans and others worldwide. This is in large part due to the contribution of Laurence Fishburne's portrayal of Morpheus, a captivating and enigmatic character who serves as the gateway to a mind-bending world of cyber-reality.
Feb 20, 2022 · An artful and devastating romantic drama, If Beale Street Could Talk follows the love story of Tish ( Kiki Lane) and Fonny ( Stephan James ), a young black couple in 1970s Harlem. Based on the ...
Jul 19, 2022 · Solo has everything fans would want from a protagonist, from a good demeanor to a likable sidekick in Chewbacca. In addition to that, he is a good fighter and a family man. Such attributes were highly valued in cinema at the height of Solo's run in the '70s and '80s. More important is his brilliant character development.
