Thursday, March 27, 2014

Top/Bottom 5 Movie Roles - Samuel L. Jackson

Here is where I pick a random actor or actress's Top 5 and Bottom 5 Movie Roles (I assume the post title gave that away).  This won't necessarily be the chosen actor or actress's best roles, but a combination of their best and my favorite.  In other words, if there is a tie, I'll go with my favorite.  Also, I won't actually be ranking them, they will be in a random order.  Lastly, this isn't these actor's or actress's best movies, but their best characters.  Let's get started:


Top 5
Nick Fury, Marvel Movies - We might as well start with the obvious.  What I like best about his character is that in the comic books, Nick Fury is white and when Samuel plays this role, you could care less because he nails it.
Stephen, Django Unchained - Leo and Christoph Waltz were nominated for their roles, but Sam's character was still my favorite in this movie.  I guess it was the way he dropped all of those N-bombs.
Elijah Price, Unbreakable - This movie was kind of letdown and had M. Night not have wasted two hours getting around to showing some action, it could have been a lot better....maybe.  Regardless, Sam's part was perfect and it wasn't his fault this movie sucked.
Jules Winnfield, Pulp Fiction - I think his wallet said it all.
Hold-Up ManComing To America - This last pick was tough because he has done so many awesome roles.  It came down to this and Frozone from The Incredibles, but I went with this one because if you go back and watch this movie and see the scene where a guy comes into McDowell's and tries to rob the place, you always forget that it was Samuel who was the robber and he was awesome.

Bottom 5
OctopusThe Spirit - I never saw this movie, but I don't think I had to to know that no matter how awesome Sam was, even he couldn't have saved it.
RolandJumper - Did anybody see this thing?  It was one of those movies that tried to jump on the "people with superpowers" trend, but failed miserably.
Mace WindoStar Wars Prequels - Yuk.
Ray ArnoldJurassic Park - I picked this role because Sam's character was supposed to be a computer specialist, but couldn't even figure out how to fix a computer virus without shutting down the power to the whole park and getting himself killed in the process.
Neville FlynnSnakes on a Plane - The only thing I remember about this movie was that before it came out, you could call a number and Sam would yell "Get these motherfucking snakes off of my motherfucking plane".  I think I called that number 100 times and yet still didn't go see this movie.


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