Discuss: Most Offensive Movie Characters of 2008?
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The Women Film Critics Circle have handed out their 2008 awards (with top honors -- Best Movie About Women -- going to Clint Eastwood's Changeling), and one of the more fascinating categories on their list is Most Offensive Male Characters. And ... who do the women film critics of 2008 find to be the most offensive male characters of the year? Aaron Eckhart (Towelhead), Sam Rockwell (Choke), Larry Bishop (Hell Ride), Paul Rudd, Seann William Scott (Role Models) and Jason Mewes (Zack and Miri Make a Porno). I'm actually surprised that Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark (aka Iron Man) didn't make this list, what with his fairly obnoxious (but comedic) womanizing ways, and I'm sure there are several other offensive male characters spread across the films of 2008 that coulda shoulda been mentioned, but weren't.
This, however, brings up an interesting topic: Who were the most offensive movie characters of 2008? Could be male, female, talking animal (or robot) -- were there any characters that just rubbed you the wrong way? Any characters who deserved to be sent straight to human resources? Furthermore, were there any films in general that were so offensive, you either considered leaving halfway through or did, in fact, bolt out the door before the end credits rolled? Sound off below ...
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12-15-2008 @ 3:08PM
William Goss said...
How about every single neighbor in Henry Poole is Here?
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12-15-2008 @ 10:08PM
NP said...
Bleh. Couldn't they have chosen Happy-Go-Lucky instead of Changeling? Did it have to be a film about a woman put through the wringer?
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12-15-2008 @ 10:11PM
Jeff said...
I love how they say "Most Offensive CHARACTERS" and then just name the actors who played the role.
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12-16-2008 @ 4:55AM
Gary said...
These are women voting remember!
It is a fact that most women are incapable of separating an actor and the character they play onscreen. It is something that the female brain just always seems to have trouble with.
12-16-2008 @ 8:21AM
Plan9 said...
It is a fact that Gary can't help but make grossly general, condescending and sexist statements about 1/2 the human race. It is something that his brain just always seems to have trouble with.
12-16-2008 @ 10:05AM
Eric H said...
Zing!
12-16-2008 @ 3:08PM
Gary said...
Plan9, Chill your boots and learn to recognize a little humour.
Anyway, that whole list was sexist and offensive to the other 50% of the population.
12-15-2008 @ 10:25PM
nights said...
Frost 75% of the time in Frost/Nixon. I honestly wanted to strangle him for being so scared of Nixon in the movie.
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12-16-2008 @ 12:06AM
Kurt said...
I can't think of any particularly bothersome characters--but maybe because that's I religiously consult Rotten Tomatoes before I see a film.
But here's a thought. Can we call the award for "most offensive character of the year" the Annual Chris-Tucker/Fifth-Element Prize?
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2-04-2009 @ 10:00PM
Libby said...
OH MY GOD FINALLY SOMEONE WHO AGREES WITH ME THAT THAT MOVIE WAS A TERRIBLE, SEXIST PIECE OF CRAP.
12-16-2008 @ 12:46AM
YouFaceTheTick said...
Those characters were offensive? I saw most of those movies. Shrug.
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12-16-2008 @ 2:16AM
Randy said...
How did Tom Cruise's character from Tropic Thunder not make the list of nominees?
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12-16-2008 @ 10:03AM
j said...
Because these women still have his Top Gun poster on their bedroom walls.
12-16-2008 @ 8:36AM
filmsuki said...
Is there a "Most Offensive Women" list written by men, or is that sexist, evil, and blatant male chauvinist-pig propaganda?
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12-16-2008 @ 9:25AM
Kevin said...
Excellent point Randy. That character was offensive to existence itself. What a waste. As for a movie I found horribly offensive, I'll list one that I saw this weekend with my brother and his wife...Four Christmases. Man, that movie was horrible! I wanted to walk out half way into it. I felt disrespected by the very fact that someone had seen it at some point after it was completed and said to themselves "Yeah, we can still charge people for this". Man, I freaking hate it when my brothers wife picks the movies (before I get bashed by anyone for being "sexist" I'm not saying she can't pick movies because she's a woman...she just has AWFUL taste in film. She actually loved this movie.)
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12-16-2008 @ 4:37PM
jorien said...
Margot, from Margot at the Wedding was definitly the most annoying character from this year!
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12-16-2008 @ 10:05AM
Myles said...
I really disliked EVE.
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12-16-2008 @ 10:12AM
Eric H said...
Jason Mewes or "Lester the Molester Cockenstuff" from Zack and Miri Make a Porno is definitely offensive, but I don't see him as overly offensive to women, he was just general offensive. Not to mention awesome. Dutch Rudder FTW!
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12-16-2008 @ 10:16AM
atlredsox said...
I know this will sound like baiting, but I found all four female characters in the "Sex in the City" movie extremely offensive, and the movie as a whole insulting and derogatory towards women. Their whole lives revolve around being so insanely rich and materialistic that Donald Trump looks like a guy living in slums who only cares about his family. The movie was basically a 2 1/2 hour product placement and the message this movie sends to women is disgusting.
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12-16-2008 @ 11:16AM
artissco said...
and how about My Best Friend's Girl?
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