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EnergizedLib

(2,232 posts) Mon Dec 23, 2024, 08:28 AM Monday

Characters you like better than who portrayed them?

Who is a character, or characters, from a movie franchise that you like, but you don’t personally like the person who portrayed them?

An example for me - I like Martin Riggs from Lethal Weapon, but I don’t like Mel Gibson.

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Characters you like better than who portrayed them? (Original Post) EnergizedLib Monday OP

Sean vs Robin if..fish..had..wings Monday #1

I like the tv series Reacher better than the movie . Alan Ritchskn not Tom Cruise. Srkdqltr Monday #2

Alan Ritchskn is believable as Reacher, Tom Cruise is physically inadequate to be Reacher. TexLaProgressive Monday #5

Me too. I read the books, Cruise was not Reacher in any way. Srkdqltr Monday #6

Pretty much every character Chris Pratt plays AZSkiffyGeek Monday #3

Jim Garrison in JFK; Elliott Ness in The Untouchables Mike 03 Monday #4

Gibson consistently makes better movies than Costner. Sneederbunk Monday #7

Blanche Hudson JoseBalow Monday #8

if..fish..had..wings

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1. Sean vs Robin

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Mon Dec 23, 2024, 08:36 AM

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Good Will Hunting

Srkdqltr

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2. I like the tv series Reacher better than the movie . Alan Ritchskn not Tom Cruise.

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Mon Dec 23, 2024, 08:41 AM

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TexLaProgressive

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5. Alan Ritchskn is believable as Reacher, Tom Cruise is physically inadequate to be Reacher.

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Mon Dec 23, 2024, 09:38 AM

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I’ve read some of the Reacher novels and when I heard that Cruise was going to play him, I laughed derissively.

Srkdqltr

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6. Me too. I read the books, Cruise was not Reacher in any way.

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Mon Dec 23, 2024, 10:02 AM

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AZSkiffyGeek

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3. Pretty much every character Chris Pratt plays

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Mon Dec 23, 2024, 09:01 AM

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Mike 03

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4. Jim Garrison in JFK; Elliott Ness in The Untouchables

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Mon Dec 23, 2024, 09:03 AM

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Both good guys played by Kevin Costner who is not, in real life, a nice guy.

But your Mel Gibson example is right on point. I also liked the character he played in the Mad Max series as well as the Lethal Weapon pictures.

Sneederbunk

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7. Gibson consistently makes better movies than Costner.

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Mon Dec 23, 2024, 10:20 AM

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JoseBalow

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8. Blanche Hudson

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Mon Dec 23, 2024, 02:44 PM

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Joan Crawford in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

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