Craig's Cinematic Critique: CRAIG'S 100 MOVIE HEROES - 100

Hello everyone, it's been a while since I made a list but thankfully I can say that I've finally got through one of my favourite lists of this overall series with the Heroes and Villains category. In film, there are many situations where without a good guy or a bad guy, the film would probably not be remembered well. There have been hundreds of contenders and luckily I was able to cut both lists down to 100 worthy characters *EACH*. Starting with the first 50 Heroes on the Top 100 Heroes list, some of these characters could have been higher on other lists but I have chosen to keep some of them restricted to this part of the list. From bad-ass cops and robots to superheroes and even the odd couple of old boys, I present the first part of my heroes list, I am sure you will be entertained!

#100. ALEX J MURPHY / ROBOCOP (PETER WELLER)

ROBOCOP - 1987

“Dead or alive, you're coming with me”

#99. RITA O'GRADY (SALLY HAWKINS)
MADE IN DAGENHAM - 2010

“How will we cope? We're women. Don't ask such stupid questions”

#98. JOHN BOOK (HARRISON FORD)

WITNESS - 1985

“Oh yeah. I'm learning a lot about manure. Very interesting”

#97. LEIGH ANNE TUOHY (SANDRA BULLOCK)

THE BLIND SIDE - 2009

"If you so much as set foot downtown, you will be sorry. I'm in a prayer group with the D.A, I'm a member of the NRA and I'm always packing!"

#96. R.J MACREADY (KURT RUSSELL)

THE THING - 1982

“Why don't we just wait here for a little while... see what happens...”

#95. RICK O'CONNELL (BRENDAN FRASER)

THE MUMMY - 1999

“Knowing my brother-in-law, he probably deserves whatever you're about to do to him. But this is my house. I have certain rules about snakes and dismemberment”

#94. OPTIMUS PRIME (PETER CULLEN)

TRANSFORMERS - 2007

“A necessary sacrifice to bring peace to this planet. We cannot let the humans pay for our mistakes. It's been an honor serving with you all.”

#93. GUIDO OREFICE (ROBERTO BENIGNI)

LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL - 1997

“Maybe this is all a dream, and in the morning, Mommy will wake us up with milk and cookies. Then, after we eat, I will make love to her two or three times. If I can.”

#92. POPEYE DOYLE (GENE HACKMAN)

THE FRENCH CONNECTION - 1971

“All right, Popeye's here! Get your hands on your heads, get off the bar, and get on the wall!”

#91. SHANE (ALAN LADD)

SHANE - 1953

“Now you run on home to your mother and tell her... tell her everything's alright. And there aren't any more guns in the valley”

#90. GEORGE (BOB HOSKINS)

MONA LISA - 1986

“Lovely! I'm fired and you're street walkin'!”

#89. DET. JOHN KIMBLE (ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER)
KINDERGARTEN COP - 1990

“Oh, excuse me. I forgot to introduce myself. My name is John Kimble... And I love my car!”

#88. WIKUS VAN DE MERWE (SHARLTO COPLEY)

DISTRICT 9 - 2009

“This whole's thing's under your shack? For 20 years, you've had this fookin' thing hidden out here? This is, this is very illegal, I mean, this is, this is a fine.”

#87. GISELLE (AMY ADAMS)

ENCHANTED - 2007

"No! No! No!" Over and over! When you keep saying "No!" it just makes me so... Sometimes you make me so!... angry"

#86. JAKE SULLY (SAM WORTHINGTON)

AVATAR - 2009

“You fly now, with me! My brothers! Sisters! And we will show the Sky People... that they cannot take whatever they want! And that this... this is our land!”

#85. THELMA AND LOUISE (GEENA DAVIS AND SUSAN SARANDON)

THELMA & LOUISE - 1991

“I know it's crazy, but I just feel like I got a knack for this shit”

"I believe you do. "

#84. STEVE ROGERS/CAPTAIN AMERICA (CHRIS EVANS)

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER - 2011

“I don't want to kill anybody. I don't like bullies; I don't care where they're from.”

#83. TERRY MALLOY (MARLON BRANDO)

ON THE WATERFRONT - 1954

“You don't understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it. It was you, Charley”

#82. SPARTACUS (KIRK DOUGLAS)

SPARTACUS - 1960

“And maybe there's no peace in this world, for us or for anyone else, I don't know. But I do know that, as long as we live, we must remain true to ourselves”

#81. MOSES (CHARLTON HESTON)

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS - 1956

“Let my people go!”

#80. MAD MAX ROCKATANSKY (MEL GIBSON)

MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME - 1985

“I ain't Captain Walker. I'm the guy who carries Mr. Dead in his pocket”

#79. LEE (BRUCE LEE)

ENTER THE DRAGON - 1973

“You have offended my family, and you have offended the Shaolin temple”

#78. SHERLOCK HOLMES AND DOCTOR WATSON (ROBERT DOWNEY JR AND JUDE LAW)

SHERLOCK HOLMES - 2009

“Holmes! Does your depravity know no bounds?”

"No!"

#77. ETHAN HUNT (TOM CRUISE)

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE - 1996

“We just rolled up a snowball and tossed it into hell. Now let’s see what chance it has”

#76. GEORGE BAILEY (JAMES STEWART)

IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE - 1946

“I know what I'm gonna do tomorrow, and the next day, and the next year, and the year after that”

#75. ICHABOD CRANE (JOHNNY DEPP)

SLEEPY HOLLOW - 1999

“I should like to say that I make no assumptions about your occupation nor your ways, Witch... which... which... which are nothing to me, whatever you are”

#74. MARTIN RIGGS AND ROGER MURTAGH (MEL GIBSON AND DANNY GLOVER)

LETHAL WEAPON - 1987

“Have you ever met anybody you didn't kill?”

"Well, I haven't killed you yet"

#73. CLARICE STARLING (JODIE FOSTER)

THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS - 1991

“First I tried to free them. I... I opened the gate to their pen, but they wouldn't run. They just stood there, confused. They wouldn't run"

#72. ROOSTER COGBURN (JOHN WAYNE)

TRUE GRIT - 1969

“You can't serve papers on a rat, baby sister. You gotta kill him or let him be"

#71. CAPTAIN HILTS (STEVE MCQUEEN)

THE GREAT ESCAPE - 1963

“I haven't seen Berlin yet, from the ground or from the air, and I plan on doing both before the war is over"

#70. WILLIAM THATCHER (HEATH LEDGER)

A KNIGHT'S TALE - 2001

"Well then a fox you shall be until I find your name, my foxy lady"

#69. SIR WILFRID (CHARLES LAUGHTON)

WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION - 1957

“The question is whether you were lying then or are you lying now... or whether in fact you are a chronic and habitual LIAR!”

#68. DAE-SU OH (MIN-SIK CHOI)

OLDBOY - 2003

“If by any chance Mido should find out the truth, you son of a bitch, I'm going to rip you limb from limb. And your remains will never be found. Why? Because I'm going to swallow every last bit”

#67. DET. HARRY CALLAHAN (CLINT EASTWOOD)

DIRTY HARRY - 1971

“Go ahead. Make my day”

#66. TARZAN (TONY GOLDWYN)

TARZAN - 1999

“I'll be the best ape ever!”

#65. SGT. NICHOLAS ANGEL (SIMON PEGG)

HOT FUZZ - 2007

“Sergeant Butterman, the little hand says it's time to rock and roll!”

#64. ALADDIN (SCOTT WEINER)

ALADDIN - 1992

“Look at that, Abu. It's not everyday you see a horse with two rear ends.”

#63. HARRY BROWN (MICHAEL CAINE)

HARRY BROWN - 2009

“You failed to maintain your weapon, Son”

#62. GAZ (ROBERT CARLYLE)

THE FULL MONTY - 1997

“Gentlemen, the lunchbox has landed!”

#61. CARL FREDRICKSEN (EDWARD ASNER)

UP - 2009

“This is crazy. I finally meet my childhood hero and he's trying to kill us. What a joke”

#60. TONY STARK/IRON MAN (ROBERT DOWNEY JR)

IRON MAN - 2008

“My bond is with the people, and I will serve this great nation at the pleasure of myself. If there's one thing I've proven it's that you can count on me to pleasure myself"

#59. THE BRIDE (UMA THURMAN)

KILL BILL VOL 1 + 2 - 2003/04