Which character in film do you think had the best introduction (said everything with very little) the second they were on the screen?
My choice is going to be Gordon Gekko from Wall Street. The second I saw Michael Douglas walking around his office I knew this character was established and a player and I was going to enjoy this movie. I know he was on a magazine cover prior to him being on screen but whatever.
Another classic intro is John Belushi as Bluto in Animal House.
Very good choice
Good call.
Lt. Dan in Forrest Gump.
The Terminator from Terminator 2.
Excellent call, that was a great one.
Like I told my last wife, I says, 'Honey, I never drive faster than I can see. Besides that, it's all in the reflexes.'
You just listen to the old Pork Chop Express here now and take this advice on a dark and stormy night alright.
When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, looks you crooked in the eye, and asks you if you paid your dues; you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: 'Have you paid your dues, Jack? Yes sir, the check is in the mail.'"
Steals the movie from that scene on - absolutely.
https://youtu.be/czOpDN8Knr4?t=80
The Postman Always Rings Twice (original version from 1946) - Cora's lipstick rolling across the floor to John Garfield's character, and the camera pans backward along the floor to her legs, then cuts back to his him. His facial expression says everything.
Sure
Lee Van Cleef's intro as Angel Eyes in Good the Bad and the Ugly.
The hitchhiker in Texas Chainsaw Massacre - sets the vibe for the whole messed up movie.
Harmonica: [facing three men] And Frank?
Snaky: Frank sent us.
Harmonica: Did you bring a horse for me?
Snaky: Well... looks like we're...
[snickers]
Snaky: ...looks like we're shy one horse.
Harmonica: [shaking head] You brought two too many.
Haha, so much for the part about them saying a lot without saying much at all. My bad.
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Sundance Kid intro - ( New Window )
Its interesting to me how well characters are introduced in westerns. A bunch listed on this thread already.
Javier Bardem from No Country for Old Men
LOL..I was typing this and looking up his characters name when you made your post
Brando in The Godfather
Harmonica's introduction was no slouch either. The setup to his introduction alone took like 10 minutes!
Scared the crap out of me as a kid. Still does!
An older woman comes in, possible his mother, sees him and walks calmly to the phone. You assume she’s dialing 911. She instead talks to her assistant about rescheduling an appointment as if nothing is wrong.
It sets the tone perfectly.
No words. She was unfuckingbelievable.
No words. She was unfuckingbelievable.
Those are words.
The one I use: boner.
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in From Dusk Till Dawn.
No words. She was unfuckingbelievable.
Those are words.
The one I use: boner.
I just watched it again. It moved.
Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones in "Raiders of the Lost Ark."
Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones in "Raiders of the Lost Ark."
Agree with Sean Young in Blade Runner. She was something else when she was younger. Rutger Hauer as Roy and Daryl Hannah as Pris were really great character intros as well. Masterpiece of a film.
I can't figure out how to post a gif on my phone, but that image of that purple freak licking the bowling ball in slo-mo is just haunting.
Paul Sorvino in Goodfellas was another one. When he walks out of the door and just glares at everyone and goes back inside without saying a word.
https://youtu.be/czOpDN8Knr4?t=80
I missed this one when I first read the thread. This was an epic one. We joke around in my office all the time about taking the AIDA approach in business meetings. “I drove here in an $80,000 BMW tonight, that’s my name!”
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Uma Thurman as Botticelli's Venus in "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen"
Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones in "Raiders of the Lost Ark."
Agree with Sean Young in Blade Runner. She was something else when she was younger. Rutger Hauer as Roy and Daryl Hannah as Pris were really great character intros as well. Masterpiece of a film.
Agreed, and the sequel is pretty damn good too!
I liked present day Nicholson showing up at the bar and sitting next to Leo. God damm that was so good with the obvious unease of the two women talking when they saw him walk in the room and suddenly just stopped gossiping.
I just love that damn movie so much. It's so sad too that that is one of (maybe?) Five films I went to the movies to go see within the last 20 years, and really liked.
'One of us had to die. With me, it tends to be the other guy.'
I thought for sure you would have gone with Harry Lime in The Third Man.
That scene is one of my favorite scenes in all of film. Absolutely gripping and incredibly well acted.
No talking, that black latex outfit, running on the walls, taking out the cops and that 360 hang in the air kick.
Opening perfection.
Classics.
First shot of Bogey in Casablanca - ( New Window )
But, there was one more entry in that movie deserving of mention: Eli Roth as Sgt. Donny “The Bear Jew” Donowitz.
His introduction in the woods was filled with tension and then boom! Teddy fuckin’ Williams knocks it outta the pahk! Fenway park on its feet for Teddy fuckin’ ballgame! He went yard on that one onto Landsdowne Street. Fuck you!
*gunshot*
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What could be better?
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from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Sundance Kid intro - ( New Window )
I thought for sure you would have gone with Harry Lime in The Third Man.
This is the one I thought of too.
Rita Hayworth in "Gilda."
Humphrey Bogart in "The Petrified Forest."
Rex Harrison in "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir."
Julie Andrews in "Mary Poppins."
I just signed back in just to respond to this thread after realizing my answe was definitley The Jesus, and I see I’ve been beaten to the punch.
It’s amazing - the outfit, the licking, Los Lobos’ Hote California… perfect.
Two Coen brothers movies in this list I just realized.