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Title: Greatest film protagonists
Post by: The Trooper on March 17, 2019, 03:24:03 PM

Friends and me had this discussion last night. Some of the answers were fun and some from left field. Just wondering the DTF community thoughts.

Title: Re: Greatest film protagonists
Post by: KevShmev on March 17, 2019, 03:59:33 PM

The list could be long, but the first ones that came to mind were:

Indiana Jones
William Wallace
Rocky Balboa

Title: Re: Greatest film protagonists
Post by: The Trooper on March 17, 2019, 04:21:23 PM

I caught flack for this last night................mine

Quint..................from Jaws

Title: Re: Greatest film protagonists
Post by: jingle.boy on March 17, 2019, 08:36:33 PM

John McLaine was my first thought.

Title: Re: Greatest film protagonists
Post by: TAC on March 17, 2019, 08:40:36 PM

Elf  ;D

Title: Re: Greatest film protagonists
Post by: Cool Chris on March 17, 2019, 11:13:54 PM

Luke Skywalker has some classic hero archetypes. Can you walk up to any moron on the street, say the name Luke Skywalker, and have them not have any idea who you are talking about?

Title: Re: Greatest film protagonists
Post by: Polarbear on March 18, 2019, 03:39:12 AM

Luke Skywalker
Ellen Ripley
Marty McFly
Indiana Jones
Aragorn

There are a lot of great ones!

Title: Re: Greatest film protagonists
Post by: Phoenix87x on March 18, 2019, 05:40:15 AM

Just off the top of my head

Sarah Conner
Ellen Ripley
Clarice Starling
Luke
The Bride (from kill bill)
james bond

Title: Re: Greatest film protagonists
Post by: Chino on March 18, 2019, 07:27:11 AM

Archer, emissary of the Gorgonites

Title: Re: Greatest film protagonists
Post by: Logain Ablar on March 28, 2019, 04:16:47 PM

Andy Dufresne

Title: Re: Greatest film protagonists
Post by: El Barto on March 28, 2019, 05:04:53 PM

Atticus Finch
T. E. Lawrence
Charles Foster Kane
Ben Hur

Title: Re: Greatest film protagonists
Post by: hefdaddy42 on March 29, 2019, 11:47:17 AM

Jack Burton

Title: Re: Greatest film protagonists
Post by: Cool Chris on March 29, 2019, 12:01:30 PM

Quote from: hefdaddy42 on March 29, 2019, 11:47:17 AM

Jack Burton

Wow I had to Google who that was.

Title: Re: Greatest film protagonists
Post by: Podaar on March 29, 2019, 12:37:03 PM

Veronica Franco
Brian

Quote from: El Barto on March 28, 2019, 05:04:53 PM

Charles Foster Kane

Good call.

Title: Re: Greatest film protagonists
Post by: Indiscipline on March 29, 2019, 04:31:46 PM

Michael Corleone
Rick Deckard
"Blondie"
Snake Plissken
Noodles Aronson
William of Baskerville
Chance
Alex DeLarge

Title: Re: Greatest film protagonists
Post by: The Walrus on March 30, 2019, 03:11:13 PM

I think it's very easy for me, in the classic sense of the word protagonist - Andy Dufresne from The Shawshank Redemption. Frank Darabont did wonderful things with those characters. Glad to see Logain had the same pick  :metal

A lot of main characters in films that I love tend to be hugely flawed and downright despicable. Alex DeLarge from A Clockwork Orange is a great example. I'm not sure if I could call him a protagonist given the context of his actions and character, however.

Title: Re: Greatest film protagonists
Post by: King Postwhore on March 30, 2019, 04:54:20 PM

Derek Smalls.


Devastating with a zucchini.   Not a cucumber.

Title: Re: Greatest film protagonists
Post by: T-ski on March 31, 2019, 09:33:54 AM

Quote from: hefdaddy42 on March 29, 2019, 11:47:17 AM

Jack Burton

solid.