Benjamin Button should be on that list. He's just so damn innocent and human. If he were real I would love to have him as a friend.

~Zack~

Heath Ledger's joker would be about #1 or 2 for me, all time

Quoted from Aaron Heath Ledger's joker would be about #1 or 2 for me, all time

Get back to us in five years.  We'll see if your feelings are the same or if a character in a 2013 movie has replaced Ledger's Joker.


Phil

Thinking about it, I'm surprised that Agent Smith (from The Matrix) wasn't on anyone's list.


Phil

Akinator is kinda spooky...I really thought I might have it stumped with Charles Foster Kane, but somehow thw sonofabitch got it right! And I NEARLY had it with Arwen, until it suddenly popped up with:

Q. 20 - Is your character in the Lord of the Rings?

A. (sigh) Yes...

Good link, Shelton!

Oh, and as for the 100 Greatest Characters List...Tyler Durden at number one? Ridiculous. Personally I'd have liked to have seen Kevin McCallister in there (which Akinator got after 19 questions). But then I'm just a sucker for that movie.

UPDATE: Hah! Stupid genie couldn't even guess L.B. Jeffries in 40 questions. Foolish game.

i love how they have put (voice) next to kathleen turner who played jessica rabbit in who framed roger rabit! what? like people actually thought she was the cartoon haha.

and im sorry but boba fett????  but they have erected that mess up with brick tamland played by steve carell at i think no.57 he was a funny character. good to see Jake Gyllenhaal as donnie darko up their but that list is a pile of b******s i cant stand genralised top 10/25/100 lists they never look at everything just a small selection and they dont even get the ones they have chosen in the right order!!!!!! they should jus keep it to personel opinion because no will ever completely agree

Phil: It's Heath Ledger as the joker! Nothing more need be said. Look, he turned in a performance that was AWESOME. It was too much for words, you've heard "a picture is worth 1,000 words". Well, "Heath Ledger's performance as the joker is worth 1,000,000". It was just-wow. What I am saying is that anyone who attempts the joker again, will be compared to THAT. Which is amazing. There are two kinds of people when it comes to this. The kind who thinks the joker can be played by anyone else, and the kind that believe that Heath will always own the joker. Look, I'm a member of the last kind. I know, I know, people said Heath wouldn't be as good as Jack's, and look, he was. OK, I get that. But do you realize how high Heath set the bar for the joker???? Incredibly high. He deserves the top 100 characters of all time. He just DOES
And I do agree about Agent Smith, he was pretty cool

It's only been a month, Aaron.  Not five years.

When The Matrix first came out, everyone squealled in delight over the special effects.  This movie set the bar.

When the second movie came out, no one was impressed because the same effects were being used in television commercials.

If I had to pick my favorite psychotic killer in movies, it wouldn't even be the Joker; It would be Hannibal Lecter (from Silence of the Lambs).  It was more realistic.


Phil

Quoted from dogglebe If I had to pick my favorite psychotic killer in movies, it would even be the Joker; It would be Hannibal Lecter (from Silence of the Lambs).  It was more realistic.

100% agree there. Okay, Ledger was amazing as the Joker, I'm not saying he wasn't. I doubt the Joker will ever be portrayed better. However, the Joker as a character wasn't that great.

Aaron, what were his motives, or dramatic needs in the movie? Apart from wanting to "kill the Batman", and causing general havoc (like all of Batman's opponents), he didn't really have any.

Ledger portrayed the character perfectly, however, the character isn't special enough to be, as you claimed, the best character of all time.

I believe Hopkins portrayed Hannibal Lecter just as well as Ledger portrayed te Joker, but Lecter's character was a better character in my opinion.

He did have a motive, he wanted to screw up Gotham just for the heck of it. But I think we would all agree that the soul of The Dark Knight was Harvey Dent

Phil: Very true, Lecter is one awesome character in movies

Quoted from Aaron He did have a motive, he wanted to screw up Gotham just for the heck of it.

Doing something for the heck of it is not a motive.  Neither is saying because he's crazy.


Phil

My question is, if Harvey Dent was the soul of The Dark Knight, wouldn't that make him a better character than The Joker?

Not necessarily, Harvey Dent was the main character, no doubt there, but I just enjoy the joker more

^^ What is your definition for a 'main character'? I don't see how Harvey Dent can be called the main character... He has no defined motive, and nor is he a well developed character, with a defined back story. I don't see how he could be called the protaganist...

Okay, he has a great deal of screen time, but this doesn't necessarily signify the protagonist. Okay, it usually does, but not always. Take "City of God" for example (an excellent film). Rocket is the protagonist; We see the story unfold through his eyes, with his narrative and voice-over accompanying the action, which we see is mostly the obstacles standing in the way of his motive (to escape the 'hood'). Lil' Ze shares the most screen-time, but Rocket is the protagonist.

Now, how is Harvey Dent the main character, or protagonist? I could understand the Joker being called the protagonist, and IMO, his motive is more defined than Batman's. But Harvey Dent as a protagonist is pushing it a bit too far...