Ultimate Anti Hero
 

No, Not our anti hero, tho he generally rules all. Who is the best movie anti hero? Id say Achilles from Troy

Gene Hackman from Superman

^^Gah, thats not an anti hero, thats just a villian. anti heros are the bad guys who fight for the right team/bad guys u just like.

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antihero = common or everyday man who 'bucks' the 'system' ie. goes against the mainstream rules of accepted modern society's values.

i would agree strongly with jNj and add the following :

1. the stranger from any of the early sergio westerns
2. james dean from Rebel Without A Cause
3. kelly from Kelly's Heros
4. cpt. virgil (steve mcqueen) "the cooler king" from The Great Escape
5. paccino in Dog Day Afternoon

and though i wouldn't put him on my top 20 list of great antiheros, yeah even napoleon.

Frank Miller's Batman is the archtypal anti-hero.

The characters in Sin City are anti-heros (Marv, Dwight, Hartigan etc.).

One could argue Conan of Cimmeria is an anti-hero as well (the one in literature not the movies rolleyes: annoy: ).

hands down Josey Wales

Could Oskar Schindler is Schindler's Liist makeit in ?

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good point but no; that is the everyman finding his morals after living a life of greed and earthliness. it's the St. Paul on the road to Damascus syndrome.

Re: Ultimate Anti Hero
 

Achilles is not an anti-hero, he is a hero in the true classical sense... this means he posseses the qualities which define a hero in an epic story, in this case Achilles conforms to the Homeric Hero formula, which in part is based on his mythical actions...

only one I can think of is The Punisher

batman...

One can argue Animal Mother is one

Yes.
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surprised no one has mentioned jack in one flew over the cookoo's next. would tie with cool hand luke.

Macbeth

catwoman
jason bourne

The Dirty Dozen


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thats the best one yet...

what about Robin Hood?...

Cool hand luke.. cool:

shut the fuck up

judas

rock:...

satan

adrian shephard

Ed Gein, Charles Manson, My Asshole, George Bush, Anne Heche....

Butch from Butch Cassady and the Sundance Kid (Thats one of Paul Neumans movies too...I couldnt help but laugh at the fact that I just had his salad dressing an hour before)

The...guy from Rebel Without a Cause. I actually have a towel with him on it.

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dont forget Barney Calhoun

The Punisher, Spawn, and Robocop? oOo:

soviet superman

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antihero n:
1. A protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make him a hero.
2. A main character in a dramatic or narrative work who is characterized by
a lack of traditional heroic qualities, such as idealism or courage.[/quote:90a10]

[url=http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=antihero:90a10]antihero @ dictionary.com[/url:90a10]

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The...guy from Rebel Without a Cause. I actually have a towel with him on it.[/quote:c8729]

James Dean rolleyes:

godzilla

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I can just picture Duffy toweling off his meat & two veg on James Deans face...ooh yeah dance:

[quote="TGB!":a3b59]Macbeth (Mrs. or Mr.) is definitely NOT an Anti-Hero. . .if hes an Anti-Hero than so is Richard 3 since they both brutalized their way to the top for selfish reasons. . .

Hell Macbeth at one point says "why change. . .ive killed all these people so far. . .keepin on killin is easier than not now" - [/quote:a3b59]
[quote="philadelphia killing mach":a3b59][quote:a3b59]
antihero n:
1. A protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make him a hero.
2. A main character in a dramatic or narrative work who is characterized by
a lack of traditional heroic qualities, such as idealism or courage.[/quote:a3b59]

[url=http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=antihero:a3b59]antihero @ dictionary.com[/url:a3b59][/quote:a3b59]
Erm... That pretty much sums up Macbeth.

Jay Gatsby