Farin Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 Top 10 Greatest Movie Anti-Heroes 10. Erik Draven (the Crow) [smaller]The Crow (1994)[/smaller] 9. "Mad" Max Rockatansky [smaller]Mad Max & Sequels (1979)[/smaller] 8. Snake Plissken [smaller]Escape from New York (1981) [/smaller] 7. Harry Callahan [smaller]Dirty Harry (1971)[/smaller] 6. Tyler Durden [smaller]Fight Club (1999)[/smaller] 5. The Man With No Name / "Blondie" [smaller]The Dollars Trilogy (1964, 65, 66)[/smaller] 4. The MacManus Brothers (Connor & Murphy) [smaller] The Boondock Saints (1999)[/smaller] 3. D-Fens [smaller]Falling Down (1993)[/smaller] 2. Léon [smaller]Leon: The Professional (1994)[/smaller] 1. Travis Bickle [smaller]Taxi Driver (1976)[/smaller] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Jane 61 Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 Great list!! I love Snake Plissken, Erik Draven, and Travis Bickle (Robert DeNiro is just outstanding) will have to think of some that didn't make the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyguitar Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 It might take 20 years...but Javier Bardem will eventually be worshipped for his role in 'No Country For Old Men' Right now, I hate and fear him....but a masterful performance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 Alex deLarge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombre Vivante Posted February 17, 2008 Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 I would've thought for sure Macbeth would be somewhere in this list. Notice the heavy lack of characters from before the 60s... it's as if anti-heroes came to be after 1960. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombre Vivante Posted February 17, 2008 Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 TOP OF THE WORLD, MA! James Cagney could be all top ten anti-heroes, easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Baloni Posted February 17, 2008 Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 I want to see Taxi Driver. My friend said it was really good, but his tastes are a little, eh, pretentious, but now that i've heard so many people talking about it, i think i'll go rent it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted February 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 It certainly is a great movie on the other hand, a friend of mine was actually very dissapointed in it, because he expected it to be some kind of Action Movie (to the likes of Die Hard or Lethal Weapon)... that is certainly not the case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombre Vivante Posted February 17, 2008 Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 - Bonnie and Clyde - Some of those film noirs that star Robert Mitchum. - The main protagonists in Les 400 Coups and The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner. Good God, it's better that I didn't see these movies when I was an impressionable kid. - Alain Delon in Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Samourai and Le Cercle Rouge - Not just "Manco"/"Blondie" (i.e., "The Man With No Name"), but also "Ramon" and "El Indio" - brilliantly played by Gian-Maria Volonte (who is also in Le Cercle Rouge) - and "Angel Eyes," played by Lee van Cleef (who is also in Escape From New York ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Baloni Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 I finally just watched Taxi Driver. Wow, what a great movie. Robert DeNiro's a hell of a good actor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 For me it's Bickle, Callahan and D-Fens in that order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 DeNiro is awesome! one of my favorites also.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombre Vivante Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 I finally just watched Taxi Driver. Wow, what a great movie. Robert DeNiro's a hell of a good actor. That famous ad lib really made movie history. Great and memorable score by Bernard Herrmann (the guy who composed the music for Psycho and The Day The Earth Stood Still). I think Taxi Driver was his last as well. I often mention him, but it's not enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floydaholic Posted June 28, 2008 Report Share Posted June 28, 2008 Jack Conrad in The Condemned, there's a modern anti-hero for you. But I don't fully understand the definition of anti-hero, so could someone explain this to me please? Is the character I mentioned an anti-hero? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel2Velvet Posted June 28, 2008 Report Share Posted June 28, 2008 An "anti-hero" is one who would, under normal circumstances, be considered on the wrong side of righteousness. But, found in the context of the present situation, is a saviour. Think of the vampire, Blade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floydaholic Posted June 28, 2008 Report Share Posted June 28, 2008 Thanks dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viaene Posted June 28, 2008 Report Share Posted June 28, 2008 Snake Plissken is so cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombre Vivante Posted June 30, 2008 Report Share Posted June 30, 2008 Divine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuzikTyme Posted July 1, 2008 Report Share Posted July 1, 2008 Anti-heroes? Hmm, lemme think... Okay: 1. Lucifer 2. Atilla the Hun 3. Nero 4. Raskolnikov 5. Randall Flagg 6. Victor Frankenstein 7. Macbeth 8. Scarlet O'Hara 9 Jigsaw 10. Tony Montana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nancy Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 1. Alex from "A Clockwork Orange" 2. Hannibal Lecter from "Silence Of The lambs" et al 3. Tyler Durden from "Fight Club" 4. Jareth from "Labyrinth" And I really can't think of anymore right now I'll come back and update when I get some inspiration, I'm trying to think of some female one's too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poetrychick Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 Ok so isn't that usually called the antagonist? I don't know, just putting it out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted July 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 nope, antagonist =/= antihero an antagonist is the typical 'bad guy' in a "hero vs villian" situation an antihero is basically the hero, but eg with major and obvious weaknesses (and I don't mean "I hate snakes" Indiana Jones ) or maybe they're ruthless in doing what they think is right, or they're a criminal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 ^ Dork Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted July 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 so you don't agree with me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 Oh, I totally agree with you. I just haven't dorked anyone in a while and you seemed like a perfect candidate. (((Martin))) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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