Forrest Gump voted the 'greatest film character of all time’

The Telegraph ^ | 03/24/2011 | Paul Thompson

[allmendream]

“My favorite would have to be Gary Cooper as Sgt. York.”

An amazing movie. I liked it so much I watched it AGAIN right after with the ‘commentary’ on. She was a brilliant Hollywood Military Movie Historian - and had some very neato things to say about that movie, its subject matter and history, and the impact the movie itself had on history and in the history of films.

[Phlap]

We have a winner.

[Mouton]

I hated Gump....tripe for me.

Best movie character of all time, close call for me:

Gekko, Corleone and Cody Jarrett (James Cagney in White Heat), come to mind. Also Cooper in High Noon. Finch’s role in Network but there were more than one in that one. Rhett Butler in GWTW, Bogart’s role in Casablanca...so many beyond Gump. Damn, I’d even put superman beyond that one.

[Mouton]

HAL in 2001.

[Lancey Howard]

[napscoordinator]

Favorite character on TV.......Phoebe on Friends, All Seinfeld characters, Gibbs and Abby on NCIS, Jack Bauer on 24 and many more but those stick out as top of the heap.

[dfwgator]

Finch’s role in Network but there were more than one in that one

Ned Beatty stole that movie with one scene

[Phlap]

lol!

[massgopguy]

I always thought Al Pacino was a great POS in Scarface. Re: My tagline for favorite movie.

[dfwgator]

NO CONTEST-—PATTON

If you want characters based on real-life people, Oskar Schindler.

[Mouton]

“there are no republicans or democrates, there are no nations” There are only international corporations...I am getting through to you Mr. Beale?

One of best solioques of all times.

[dfwgator]

I always thought Al Pacino was a great POS in Scarface

"I kill a Communist for fun, but for a Green Card, I'm gonna carve him up real nice."

[napscoordinator]

HS was a remake of the earlier Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant movie The Philadelphia Story..

I didn’t know that Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant did the movie Philadelphia before Tom Hanks did it. Who did Cary Grant love in the movie????

[dfwgator]

there are no republicans or democrates, there are no nations” There are only international corporations...I am getting through to you Mr. Beale? One of best solioques of all times.

And still very relevant today.

[Phlap]

After the spit. “Well, are you gonna draw those pistols? Or whistle Dixie?”

[shield]

I’d say Gus in the Lonesome Dove played by Robert Duvall is the greatest in the most recent time frame.

[myrabach]

Just about anything Paul Newman did is tops with me! I thought Hud was astounding.

[circlecity]

Josey: "I'm gonna miss her but it seems whenever I take a liking to someone they aren't around long."

Indian Chief: "I've noticed whenever you take a disliking to someone they ain't around very long either."

[dfwgator]

And of course, Reg Dunlop in Slapshot, “They brought their f’ing TOYS with ‘em!”

I believe his last “role” was as the voice in “Cars”, he was the perfect voice for that role.

[riverrunner]

I found the movie to be just one big advertisement for the products shown it it.