TOP 10 FAVORITE MOVIE CHARACTERS

Here they are.



10. Nick the Nazi from "Falling Down" played by Frederic Forrest

"They'll stick in ya food if you're not nice to them." Very funny, limited role that was somewhat of a dangerous role to choose. After all, he's a nazi, among many other things.



9. R.J. MacReady from "The Thing" played by Kurt Russell

"First goddamn week of winter" My favorite lead/hero in any horror film, dude takes charge, no nonsense, a great lead.




8. Kevin from "Sin City" played by Elijah Wood

"....." Elijah Wood really gave this character justice. Very creepy and brought intensity every scene he was in. For having no dialogue and being emotionless, it was great.



7. Ernie McCracken in "Kingpin" played by Bill Murray

"Why don't you go finish that outside and come back in?" Those who have seen the film and remember that line, you can't help but to think to yourself "what a prick." And that he is, one of the prickiest performances I have ever seen in movie history, and that hair...my god that hair.



6. Craig from "Friday" played by Ice Cube

"Ya'll aint never got any money!.....Livin with a bunch of broke ass people" Irony about this quote? Craig is broke, doesn't have a job, and got fired because he was accused of stealing boxes. To keep it short, Craig is a great character because he's like a real person. Ignore those whale dick of sequels that completely ruined the character. Craig is just like the every day guy that chills on his patio and gets himself in bad situations when he practically has done nothing. A very underrated character he is. Of course, his sidekick Smokey makes the role great as well with their chemistry.



5. Mr. Pink in "Reservoir Dogs" played by Steve Buscemi

"This is the worlds smallest violin playing for the waitresses" One of the many great roles that Buscemi has given us throughout his underrated, illustrious career. Mr. Pink is such a great character because he's always argumental, paranoid, and speaks the truth, even if it's something no one wants to hear.



4. Otis in "The Devils Rejects" and "House of 1,000 Corpses" played by Bill Moseley

"Listen, you Malibu middle class Barbie piece of shit, I'm tryin' to work here. Work? You ever work? Yeah, I'll bet you have. Scoopin' ice cream to your shit-heel friends on summer break. Well I ain't talkin' about no goddamn white socks with Mickey Mouse on one side and Donald Duck on the other. I ain't readin' no funny books, mama. Our bodies come and go but this blood... is forever." I figured I'd just post the whole quote from IMDB. Otis is such a disturbing character, but even with that much disturbance he brings this sick sense of laughter to the screen and audiences dig it.



3. The Dude in "The Big Lebowski" played by Jeff Bridges

"Not on the rug.....man" Now, I personally think that the 3 remaining characters should be required on every top 10 list, but I understand they won't. Regardless, the Dude is without a doubt the best lazy stoner in any comedy. While his situation is quite ridiculous, the character remains real and true to his nature throughout the entire film. Bridges was fantastic.



2. Alex DeLarge from "A Clockwork Orange" played by Malcolm McDowell

"Come and get one in the yarbles, if ya have any yarbles!" Probably my favorite character to come from a novel, Alex is a character that many film schools study to this day. Not only is it one of the most versitile performances I've ever seen, but one of the most sadistic and memorable. While he won't grace many "favorite" lists, he's one of my favorites.



1. Walter Sobchak in "The Big Lebowski" played by John Goodman

I can't even begin to think of what quote I would want to use for Walter. There are endless amounts and each one of them are brilliant in itself. Walter is not only my favorite film character of all time, but my favorite supporting performance of all time. Goodman was perfect in this role, he disappeared in it. Even when he's not talking and either Donnie or the Dude are talking, Walter still dazzles with his facial impressive, stutters, etc. Of course a lot of it has to do with the writing, but mostly Goodmans brilliant portrayal of the Nam vet. I've never laughed so hard watching a character.

HONORABLE MENTIONS:



Freddy Kreuger, Seth Grecko, Banky, Lloyd Christmas, Truman Burbank, Candyman, Jesus, Donnie, Bullet Tooth Tony, Don Vito Corleone, Jules, The Bride, Vincent, the list goes on. 2 characters from the same film make my top 10, The Big Lebowski. If it were a top 15 then 3 would (Jesus) and if it were a top 20 then 4 would (Donnie), it's my favorite film of all time and a lot of that has to do with its colorful and entertaining characters all played masterful. While it's not your most conventional list, it's just my personal favorites, and aside from maybe the top 3 it's probably inaccurate but what the hell. Just because a film is older and more prestige doesn't make the character anymore less or more entertaining. While Juror #6 is certainly a fine character, his character isn't anymore impressive than Randall from Clerks.

The End of the Year/The Start of a New One (Other Things too)

Well I haven't posted anything in a while so I figured I'd just make a new thread and BS a bit about this year and some things for next year. It's been a pretty busy year for me for the site. I've put a bait in every month and I believe besides January I sent in the maximum amount of baits we're allowed certain months for a full year. I'm greatly appreciated for all the support I've gotten for all my baits and more recently my December bait "Reminiscence", which in my mind is one of the best baits I've written, definitely my best Press Section for sure, I can only hope it makes some noise by the end of this month. There have been some fantastic baits this year, ones that continue to inspire to come back each month and create more baits for others to read. Some of my favorite baits this month have included The Valley of Ashes, Border Man, Behind Closed Doors, A New Agenda, Jackrabbit, The 7,000 Mile Screwdriver, Native Son, Sweet Black and Blue, Sixty Days, The 27th Victim, Rehab, The Guy Who Owned the Store, Lucky Clover, and among many others. I can only hope that the fellow baiters have enjoyed my baits as much as I've enjoyed reading all of yours.

So, now that people are campaigning for the overall Year awards, I suppose I'll go back in time and remind everyone of my baits.

January
Veil of Sin - A Coen brothers film about a washed up cop Weemer, along with his psychotic friend Barney, go on a killing rampage creating a serial killer. Weemer takes the case to ressurect his career.

February
Somerset - A prequel to the film Se7en that focuses on Detective William Somerset and his chase to catch a demented killer that murders families, but never the mother.

March
Flashes - An imagative Arronofsky story about an artist that kills himself and is trapped inside his coma.
Clouds of Red - The true story about pilot Mick Mannock during WWI, starring Christian Bale.

April
Around the Horn - A film about a talk television show that focuses on 4 controversial debaters about obesity, steroids, abortion, and the war at Iraq.

May
Dominion - A story about a tormented man with unanswered questions that hears voices inside his head.

June
Dark Night of the Soul Based on true events about a group of satanists in Norway and their disturbing, unethical behavior.

July
Batman: Scars of Tomorrow - The start of the new Batman epic starring Billy Crudup as Batman as he battles the notorious Two-Face (Ralph Fiennes) and crazed Black Mask (Benecio Tel Doro).

Dr. Death - The true story on Dr. Jack Kevorkian, known for his unusual ways of medicine, death. Staring Peter O'Toole.

August
The Winter Sun - An Ang Lee film about a man with werewolf syndrome.

Blackwater Park - Clive Owen stars in a bait about a man with a mysterious obsession with a park outside his home.

September
To Dwell in Evil - An epic approach at the story of Cane and Abel.

Exposed - A bait about a pornstar that returns home to visit her dying father and back road family.

October
Tabula Rasa - The story about a priest in medieval Europe that believes he is the anti-Christ.

The Good Guy - The biopic on Jimmy Stewart.

November
Ike - A story about two writers that write a book on a man with a split personality.

Under God - A team bait, along with zgamer, based on a town with religious conflicts.

Batman: End of All Hope - The sequel to SoT about Batmans road to recovery and his new found rivalry with the brilliant Riddler.

December
Reminiscence - A bait about a man prisoned in Indonesia by the British in 1688 that records his events by tattooing them on himself.

Well, there you have it, my 2007 year. It was a long road with some close calls for myself, still havent won the big one yet, Best Author/Best Picture award, I believe I'm the writer that's sent in the most baits without winning those awards, quite honestly it's kind of cool I have that "Martin Scorcese of Baits" name to my resume, as Zgamer put it, meaning I've put out some baits that were well received and were close to winning best picture, just never got there. Regardless of what has happened, I feel no animosity towards it nor failure, I try to do my best each month and writers have done better, comes with the territory. I hope everyone enjoyed them and I look forward to making more next year. I hope to continue to be the dark and twisted writer everyone has come to know haha. Maybe sometime by the end of next year I'll have a best author/picture award on my shelf, lol.

And finally to close this out, just like probably everyone on this site, the news that a baiter has passed away really took me off guard. For those that don't know, Anwar, the writer of Warner Girls, passed away a few days ago as a result to a drunk driver. I never would have imagined one of the authors on this site would pass so young, but life comes at you fast sometimes and the unexpected can happen any time. I knew when I read the title of the thread that someone was either in critical condition or died, and was quite hesistant to read the thread. I'm truly sorry for the friends and family of Anwars and my condolences are with them. He was on his way to becoming a very known writer after his success with Warner Girls. He was a good author and will be truly missed. I believe the way we can honor his death is by continuing this brilliant competition where we've all made a name for ourselves and where we've come to know one another through our hard work and dedication to baiting.

Thanks for reading.

"The Mist" Review

Well here we are, my first movie review on my blog. I decided to do it on the new acclaimed horror/mystery fiesta known as "The Mist, Frank Darabonts version of the novella from Stephen King. First thing is first, if anyone is going to do a film based on King material, it HAS to be Darabont. Shawshank, Green Mile, now The Mist. I've been waiting for this film for as long as I can remember. I did read the novella in high school and was a big fan, the characters are some of Kings best, but this new ending that Frank Darabont has created completely crushes Kings ending, in my opinion. Many won't agree with this, then again many will.

In my opinion, this is a perfect horror film. Yes they could have found a better lead role for Thomas Jane, I've never been too impressed by him as an actor, but to give him some credit he did do a good enough job and took on a pretty difficult role. I love Andre Braugher as an actor, think he is highly underrated and underused. And I'm glad the kid actor didn't suck. There are few things I hate more then a kid being cast because he is either cute, or because he is the directors nephew. And I liked that he wasn't talking like a 40 year old guy trying to write children's dialog, he talked like a kid. Marcia Gay Harden, wow, what more can be said? As soon as I heard she would be cast as Mrs. Carmody I pointed my finger and said now THAT is a great casting, she can anything as far as I'm concerned. This role took ruthlessness and aggression, she has to make us absolutely despise her? Does she? I certainly hope she did because when I'm on the edge of my seat while hearing Carmodys rants my mind is seriously twisted.

Now, onto the plot/book comparisons. Could the creatures have turned out any better? No way, Darabont NAILS the creatures compared on the novella. How they are described in the book is exactly how they look on screen. Although, like many have pointed out, the scene with the ENORMOUS creature that could make a blue whale seem like a trout was only described in the book as being legs with little bugs covering it. In the film you can see the whole body, which is fine by me but that's about its only flaw. The creatures are terrifying, and pretty damn cool at that. The use of the mist involved with some of these creatures make them even more creepier. When you're not scared by the insanely good CGI of the creatures you have to be scared of the people involved in this incident. It really captures the realistic human likelihood in such conditions, people need answers to the things surrounding them, they need comfort, and they'll do anything to get with their backs against the wall. Us humans fear anything that could dominate our species and they'll go through drastic measures to fix it. Very, very scary situations.

I must start another paragraph about this. Aside from the marvelous ending there is one scene in this film that people should take note of. The "Pharmacy Scene". To the viewers who havent seen this film yet and are planning on seeing it, brace yourself for the pharmacy scene, for it is one of the most well crafted horror scenes I've EVER seen, period. Without giving away too much I'll just say that from the start to end of this scene gave me chills down my spine, all the horror elements you look for in a film are just piled into this scene, the use of sounds, the environment around them, lightening and camera angles, then it gets insane. I'm not an easy person to scare and hardly ever get scared during film....but this scene scared the hell out of me.

The ending, well, some people say it took guts for Darabont to do this ending, and quite frankly it did. Not only is it way more riskier, but people almost ALWAYS choose the book over the movie. I don't know why, but maybe it makes people feel smart, because they are choosing reading over just seeing. If King wrote the movie ending, and Frank Darabont wrote the book ending, there would not be a single person saying Darabont's was better. They'd be calling Darabont a pansy, catering to Hollywood, afraid to make a really horrific ending like King. Not only did I believe this ending was better for the story but I do think it lives up to the hype and IS one of the best endings to a horror film I've ever seen.

Bottom line is if you want a break from all the baity Oscar films out there, I highly suggest you go see The Mist. It's as entertaining and shows a great deal of film talent as a film that's in Oscar contention right now. One of the best films of the year. Come to think about it, Wednesday I had a damn good day, pulled a double feature and saw No Country for Old Men and The Mist, I was one happy boy scout I'll say that. Both films lived up to my expectations and then some. Wow.

Lay off of October...and more stuff

Alright, so today I had a lot of free time on my hands and decided to finally read the October baits. Now, after reading all the negative buzz about the October baits, I just want to say right now that October was, in my opinion, a fairly good month. Sure, there was no bait will be looked at as one of the best ever, and maybe there were none that was so mesmorizing, but OVERALL this was a strong month with a hat full of good baits. How many were great? Well, not many, but there were some great baits, followed with a bunch of good baits that I enjoyed reading.

I'll just say right now my favorite bait this month is Behind Closed Doors. I don't normally get chills when I read baits, but this one gave me slight chills. It has a perfect cast and a very intriguing plot. Now, follow that up with baits like For Pay, The Dead President, Harvey Black, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Criminal Origins, Field of Desire, Switching Time, Zeppelin 2020, The Cloud, Home Sweet Home, Welcome Back....you can honestly tell me this was a BAD month? Sure, it wasn't a GREAT month, but a GOOD one. Will some of these baits make the top 20 of all time? No, but to say this was a bad month is kind of pushing it. So, I for one say that this was a good month with a hand full of good baits.

With that being said, I'd just like to say I apologize for "The Good Guy" being a disapointment to some. Like I said in the forum, I wasn't too confident with it when I sent it in and I completely expected the reviews it recieved. I would also like to thank everyone who supported my bait Tabula Rasa, which was obviously my "baby" this month and I thank you for its nominations this month. I'll try to come back strong next month and not disappoint anyone.

So, once again, October is not as bad as the buzz made it out to be. Congrats to all the nominees and I'll see ya in November.

November is almost here.

So since November is almost here I figure now is the best time to get some early buzz.

My first bait will be entitled "Ike", directed by Cameron Crowe, director choice may change. It will star Steve Buscemi, Greg Kinnear, and Robert Downey JR. JR and Kinnear play two crafty authors that search for their career spark, each of them decide to do a biography on a man, Steve Buscemi, with multiple personalities, they dig into his life that will change their look on life completely.

My second bait will not be revealed yet, but expect a teaser coming very, very soon.

Tabula Rasa Poster

New poster for my new bait "Tabula Rasa", coming this month. I have a few other versions of it, 2 were posted on the forums. Click on the picture for a bigger image.

End of the Month Comments

Hi all. So it's the end of yet another month and I have some things to comment about considering I havent posted on here for a while.

- First off, I have officially decided to cancel my "Honoring the Authors" segment on my blog. I realize that you guys are very busy with school and among other things, which is why I didn't receive any nominations for August, so it's all good. I would like to apologize to Josh P for canceling the segment since he was the next baiter to be authored. Although the segment will not continue, your legacy to being a great and notable writer in the contest will continue Josh P, especially after your great month of August.

- We are shortly near this months competition being 10 days away, and quite honestly I'm a bit afraid. Two biopics have won back to back Best Picture in 2 months, which to say the least is why I'm quite hesitate to send in "The Good Guy" for October. Now, I know most of you, and myself, would say that it doesn't matter what genre it is but the quality of the bait. I can agree with this, but I guess you could call me a supersticious man. I know a few people have been looking forward to it, and it has been put back for a few months now, so I'm just going to let the chips fall where they may and send it in. I hope you all enjoy it.

- Next, as many of you know, the awards for September were announced a short time ago, I would like to congratulate all the winners and nominees this month, it was yet another good and developing month for the contest. The new writers are becoming monthly vets, new stories keep being told, and I would just like to say it's been an honor to associate myself with everyone in the contest and to compete as well. Speaking of the authors, I just wanted to give major "props" to the baiters that give more to the contest then their own baits. I'm talking ceremonies, award shows, blog segments, golden globes, the festival, the sag awards, everything. Your creativity and dedication to the contest is a big part of what makes this internet activity what it is, and that is the best activity on the internet that I've ever been apart of. Great job guys.

- And finally, Hugh Jackman is one of those actors that always puts my ass in a movie theater. The guy does nothing but entertain me. He's a fantastic actor and sincerely underused in the contest. The point of this paragraph is to simply ask this.....what the hell was up with Van Helsing? I remember seeing it in the theater and wanting to leave. Honestly the actors that play Frankenstein and Dracula could not overact any more, it really brings my blood to a boil. Now I'm watching it on TV as I type this blog and I'm trying to answer myself the same question I asked when I saw it in theaters. Shame on you Hugh.

Until next time baiters, also don't forget to tune into my October baits, "Tabula Rasa" and "The Good Guy".