While I was watching the film, I kept wanting to strangle Blanche Barrow until she died. I think she may have been the most annoying character in film history.
What do you think? And what characters in other movies can compete with her as the most irritating ever?
I'll see your Estelle Parsons (who was excruciating), and raise you an Angela Lansbury, in Blue Hawaii.
Buggin' Out, the character from Do the Right Thing, should probably also be mentioned
as should Jar Jar Binks, from the Star Wars prequels.
I was also frustrated with Walter Brennan in To Have and Have Not.
I wanted to mow down all the members of the "Dead End Kids" with a tommy gun, from Angels with Dirty Faces; especially one in particular.
"It's covered ya two-bit redneck peckerwood."~Strother Martin, The Wild Bunch
I will second that motion SeanJoyce in regards to Jar Jar Binks. I personally have never had to sit through a motion picture experience handling an irritatingly painful character as that.
In my own personal opinion, I also found Asha Menina character of Sally Matthews in House of Cards (1993) also quite annoying. The "whinning" she inflicted throughout various parts of the film, almost seemed never-ending.
Did I also mysteriously omit Judith Barsi as Thea Brody in Jaws the Revenege (1987)? Personally I would have had no problem whatsoever if Bruce actually devoured her in a heartbeat.
I'll have you eviscerated for this!
Richard Jaeckel, John Carpenter's Starman
you know Judith Barsi was murdered about a year after that?
I am the ray of darkness in your otherwise sunny day...
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Nah what about Morrie From Goodfellas
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she was anooying in the movie, but Blanche Barrow wasn't like that in real life.
shareAgreed, she was quite the renegade. She was no Bonnie Parker (though she was amused by Bonnie's unfounded fear of thunderstorms) but she was still a tough bitch.
shareActually, if you read Blanche's memoir, she does portray herself as Estelle Parsons did, especially during the gunfights. Blanche was deathly afraid of guns and even described herself jumping up and down "like a maniac" during the battles. The others made fun of her, especially Bonnie, who never missed a chance to poke fun at people who showed fear in the face of danger. She did the same to gang members W.D. Jones and Raymond Hamilton. Jones was 16/17 during his run with B&C and often cried and was fearful of life on the run, and Hamilton (a tough talker) once hid rather than fight during a battle. Bonnie, who could be a bit of a mean girl (she was known to beat up girls and boys in school), never let them forget it. In fact, Bonnie and Clyde wrote Hamilton a letter in prison (dictated by Clyde, written by Bonnie) in which they expressed regret for not having killed him when they had the chance and once again brought up the fact that Hamilton could be a bit of a coward.
Anyway, in the movie, Blanche is only seen as hysterical during the first battle in Joplin, when she runs out screaming, spatula in hand. But after that, her demeanor seems cooler. Look at her in the last two battles (Platte City, Dexfield), no excruciating screams, except when she gets shot in the eye and Buck is mortally wounded, but that's understandable. But in her memoir, Blanche acts overwrought in all her depictions of the gunfights. Methinks Blanche was embarrassed of Parsons' portrayal because of the negative reaction it got from audiences. Clearly, no one wants to be a hated character, so Blanche distanced herself from the film, despite initially approving the film. She claimed the script they originally gave her, when she signed the rights to the use of her name, had characterized her differently than the final version. It's true that the early scripts were different. For instance, at one point, the screenwriters wanted to make Bonnie, Clyde, and C.W. Moss have a love triangle, but I don't know if this was still in the script by the time Blanche got a copy. If so, why didn't she object to that ridiculous and unfounded ménage à troi?
In conclusion, I believe that Parsons' Blanche was closer to the truth than the elderly Blanche made it seem. You just have to read her memoir.
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The most annoying character has to be Dakota Fanning's character in War of the Worlds, all she did was scream.
shareI agree that Blanche Barrow did give me a migraine from her incessant bitching and moaning. Jar Jar Binks definitely gave himself a spot in the most annoying movie character list as well.
Here are some that I pointed out myself:
- Joey Starrett from SHANE
- Annie from SPEED (though Sandra Bullock was quite cute in the movie regardless)
- Jody from THE YEARLING
- Short Round from INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE
- Paulie in ROCKY
- Fredo Corleone from THE GODFATHER
Sorry, you must be mistaken...
Don't you mean that Short Round is one of the greatest characters in film history?
Nope, I'm not mistaken.
I personally couldn't stand his high-pitched squealing.
Yeah, he was a right pain. For the same reason, I can't bear "Newt" in Aliens. As well as the godawful torture-pitch squealing and screaming, the character was just not credible (and being played by a kid who plumbed the very depths of child "acting" didn't help much either.)
When morning comes twice a day or not at all
The real Blanch Barrow didn't like the portrayal either, but she signed a release (which paid for a new house) and had no legal recourse - although lots of relatives sued, only one person successfully sued the production, and that was the widow of Frank Hamer.
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You mean 'Temple of Doom'.
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Annie from SPEED (though Sandra Bullock was quite cute in the movie regardless)
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Willie Scott from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is one of the most irritating characters I have ever seen on screen.
How could I have known that murder can sometimes smell like honeysuckle?
Well, I say Chloe Webb, who played Nancy in 'Sid and Nancy.' OMG, her voice was soooooo annoying. I hated whenever she opened her mouth.
shareFor me, they don't come more annoying than Bruce Willis' girlfriend in "Pulp Fiction":
"Weell you geeve me oral pleasure?"
"I want a pot (belly)"
I loved when Bruce screamed at her. Then again, she *is* supposed to be stupid, so maybe the actress played her too well.
You give a little love and it all comes back to you(La, la, la, la la la la!)
How about that shreiking, squawking, brain-damaged skank Pumpkin?
When morning comes twice a day or not at all
The little boy, Oscar, in "The Tin Drum." He just kept banging on his drum and screaming throughout the whole movie.
Lina Lamont in "Singin' in the Rain." She had the most annoying voice ever.
Compared to some of the following Blanche Barrow isn't so hard to take:
the screeching kid in Cujo
the monotone kid in Child's Play
the glum kid in The Shining
Brenda Blethyn in Little Voice
Al Pacino as Serpico
Barbara Eda-Young in Serpico
Sally Struthers in The Getaway
Pacino's mom in Dog Day Afternoon
Annie Potts in Crimes of Passion
Jessica Lange in Blue Sky
Jessica Lange in Frances
Kim Stanley in Frances
Barabara Bel Geddes in Vertigo
Veronica Cartwright in The Birds
Tom Hulce as Amadeus
Susan George in Mandingo
Susan George in Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry
Holly Hunter in The Piano
Mrs. Bates, the nosy next door neighbor in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?(62)
Andrea Feldman as Sylvia Mles' daughter in Heat(72)
Karen Lynn Gorney in Saturday Night Fever
Nicol Williamson in I'm Dancing As Fast As I Can
"Doc" (Ned Glass) in West Side Story
Diane Baker in Marnie
Shelley Winters in A Patch of Blue
Cecil Kellaway in Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Richard Benjamin in Diary of a Mad Housewife
Mercedes McCambridge in Suddenly, Last Summer
Edward Herman in Compromising Positions
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Hulce's hyena-laugh and contemporary attitude in a period piece could be consdered anachronstic, but I found it annoying, and after 21/2 hours, insufferably one-note.
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How the hell is Holly Hunter annoying in the Piano? The one thing you could find annoying about her is her voice and she doesn't speak for once in this film! Did you just not like the Piano as a film at all?
Mama:They're all gonna laugh at you!
Carrie:For reals?Then I'll f*k them UP!
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this might be the dumbest post I've seen here in a while.
Mama:They're all gonna laugh at you!
Carrie:For reals?Then I'll f*k them UP!
I third the nomination of Short Round. He's indecipherable.
Some others:
Bogart in the Caine Mutiny, which is a great accomplishment because the character is SUPPOSED to be annoying
Elvis in just about everything he did (except Flaming Star)
Of course, Jar Jar Binks... but the kid playing Anakin was a pain, too
Edward G Robinson in The Ten Commandments... again, GOOD performance at being annoying
The one thing you could find annoying about her is her voice and she doesn't speak for once in this film!
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Not as long as Madeleine Sherwood in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof exists. At least you can look at Estelle Parsons without wincing.
Hildy- Don't be hasty. Remember my dimple. Love, Walter.