12/14/2006 10:26 PM
posted awhile ago
Top 5 movies where the title is the name of the main character
Name your top 5 movies where the title of the movie is the name of the main character in the movie. I'm going to be strict about it. The title has to be the main characters name, and that's it. So as much as I might like to say Ernest Goes to Jail, I can't because "Goes to Jail" isn't part of his name. I don't care if the title is the person's whole name or just part of it. I don't care if it's their real name or their nickname, if you can convince me the entire title is something you would call the main character. Ok, so enough of me being picky. Hopefully you'll still enjoy this.
Here's what I've come up with.
1. Henry Fool. What is poetry? Check this movie out. Hal Hartly has apparently just made a sequel which is titled after Parker Posey's character Fay Grimm.
2. Barton Fink. Struggling screenwriter. It seems like some of the things dealt with in this movie aren't that far from Henry Fool.
3. Amadeus. I didn't realize this when I started, but my first three movies seem to all be about struggling artists, comparing themselves to something else, holding themselves to all too high standards. I feel I'm that kind of personality, so it makes sense why I would connect in this way. You might also argue that the main character of this movie is actually Salieri. I'd agree, but I just had to list this movie. You might also argue the main character of Henry Fool is Simon Grimm. And then of course Barton Fink has his pal Charlie Meadows.
4. Barry Lyndon. I generally don't like movies that I consider epics, by my impression of what the definition of "epic" is at least. To me an epic is a movie that is episodic, consist of spectacular events that effect many people, and most of all takes place over a long period of time. This is probably my favorite movie that seems to fit into that category.
5. Pootie Tang. If you haven't seen this movie, I'm not sure what your impression of it is from what you may have heard, but this movie is really brilliantly hilarious! Written and directed by Louis C.K., a very funny man.
Here's some runners up:
Fitzcarraldo
Ed Wood
Oliver Twist (1948)
Scrooge (supposedly the version of A Christmas Carol starring Alastair Sim was titled Scrooge for it's UK release)
Jackie Brown
Léon
Hellboy
Robin Hood (1973)
Andrei Rublev
and I want to say Beetlejuice, but I actually wouldn't call him the main character.
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