Poll
Question: What is your favorite PTA character?
My vote goes to Reed Rothchild (John C. Reilly in BN). Barry Egan probably comes second.
I love them all! It's like one big family. I love them all!
Cosmo! (He's Chinese)
this thread is lacking claudia wilson and its ghey.
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dixon the prophet.
Dirk Diggler all the way. And it's not a homo-erotic thing or anything.
donnie smith
Quote from: RecceDirk Diggler all the way. And it's not a homo-erotic thing or anything.
suuuuuuuuuure
it all makes sense now. soderbergh must be unrequited homosexual love
Barry Egan.
Punch-Drunk Love moved me. And when Barry talked about crying without knowing why, I was like, "Oh my. I'm like th...I mean, I know someone, a friend, like that."
All I'll say is: why are all the female characters placed in the 'other' catagory? Even a frog gets his own separate choice.
Amber Waves.
Quote from: MacGuffinAll I'll say is: why are all the female characters placed in the 'other' catagory? Even a frog gets his own separate choice
yeah, crap selection.
took me too long to decide this: Jim Kurring.
I aGREE with the BEE
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took me too long to decide this: Jim Kurring.
Its cool to rock out now and then - but you can't do it everyday.
You need a lady who will go to the drug store.
Shame on you.
i voted for Quiz Kid Donnie Smith because he's the guy that every uses as a doormat. He's been taken advantage of since he was little like when his parents took all the money he won on the show. he's been shafted up the butt with a screwdriver wrapped in sandpaper in an upward motion all his life and finally he decides that he's not gonna take it. no he's not gonna take it. so he decides to rob his boss and even then all the low self image everyone's projected on him keeps him from keeping the money. and finally he busted in the mouth (which was so frikin' awesome) with a fatty frog and now he really does need "corrective oral surgery"
Quote from: [P]Quote from: MacGuffinAll I'll say is: why are all the female characters placed in the 'other' catagory? Even a frog gets his own separate choice
yeah, crap selection.
took me too long to decide this: Jim Kurring.
yeah, sorry bout their being no ladies. i just added all my favourite characters, and i didn't really think about that. come to think of it claudia and amber should have definatly been in their! anyone know how to edit the damn thing?
Frank T.J Mackey is the character that sealed the deal for me, to be cliche, hit home....[/u]
I think Sidney has the most understated depth. But perhaps that's just Baker hall doing what he does best. The scene where Hoffman beats him in craps is fantastic. The way that they play those two completely characters was fantastic.
The same thing goes for Hoffman in Punch Drunk. The part when Sandler confronts Hoffman is deffinetly the best scene in the movie.
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Shame on you.
damn straight, mah dawg!
Quote from: i/oI think Sidney has the most understated depth. But perhaps that's just Baker hall doing what he does best. The scene where Hoffman beats him in craps is fantastic. The way that they play those two completely characters was fantastic.
The same thing goes for Hoffman in Punch Drunk. The part when Sandler confronts Hoffman is deffinetly the best scene in the movie.
Ah, finally someone who gets it. Sydney does have the most depth which makes him (for me anyway) PTA's best character!!!!!!!! :P
I 100% agree that it's completely ridiculous to leave out all the female characters... I voted "other," but I'd say Amber Waves or Linda Partridge.
The only way I would ever vote for Dirk Diggler as my favorite character is if it were a gay thing, since he's a far cry from the most interesting character in Boogie Nights, in my opinion. Note to the Taxi Driver with the complex: Protesting too much always raises suspicion.
Jeez, none of the Hoffman characters were on the ballot, either... totally unforgivable.
To sum up:
-Julianne Moore (and all the other female players) and Phil Hoffman and their characters are getting extremely short shrift here.
-A board devoted to PTA is the last place I'd expect to find the tinges of sexism and homophobia (things which, going by his films, he's unequivocally against) I'm seeing so far...
Hey, freedon of speech (and thought) works both ways. I'm allowed to be a bigot if I so choose... and I do.
Sexism is fun, too.
Oh, and Jim Kurring is my fav character
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Sexism is fun, too.
I agree, but it's just a little surprising to see it flourishing in a discussion of a director with such a nuanced yet generally very anti-sexist world view.
People can say what they want, though. I never told anyone to shut up, and I wouldn't expect them to. I hate P.C., but I can only hate P.C. because I never avoid expressing my own opinions, and I can stand up for them.
And I agree that all kinds of bigotry and prejudice can be funny... but when it comes to exluding all the female characters (which I realize was apparently a thoughtless error and nothing intentional), I think it's only fair to point out what a glaring gaffe that is. It's not really amusing sexism the way, say, a Cramps album is. Or
The View.
Ha. Too true.
Yeah, Claudia should've been on that list.
Hi, I'm new and love PTA movies
My favorite character is Donnie Smith and the scene in the bar is just GREAT!!
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Donnie Smith is greatttt. However I must go with Dirk. Donnie just can't quite kick it like Dirk's Ka-Ra-Ta.
Sydney