Monday, September 26, 2011

movie characters that i respect and admire

~ ripley - ya gotta love this woman with a heart and so brave she doesn't cut the aliens any slack

~ marge gunderson - pregnant sheriff who tromps through the snow after coldblooded killers

~ rose sayer - spinster missionary with guts to spare who literally charms the pants off charlie allnut

~ maria - her lover kills her brother and when chino kills her lover she unites the gang members

~ dorothy michaels - short guy in drag fools them all and gets the girl to boot

~ alma brown - classy broad who dares to tell hud ya coulda asked first

~ karin blixen - wins denys' love & the respect of the men but her heart is buried where lions lie

~ ada mcgrath - mute pianist loses a finger to enraged husband but lover whisks her away to happiness

~ alice - strong young woman wanders through a wonderful land but I woulda stayed there with jd

~ olive hoover - determined seven year old with quirky family learns that looks aren't the most important part of life


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ripley - Sigourney Weaver in Aliens

marge gunderson - Frances McDormand in Fargo

rose sayer - Katharine Hepburn in The African Queen

maria - Natalie Wood in West Side Story

dorothy michaels - Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie

alma brown - Patricia Neal in Hud

karin blixen - Meryl Streep in Out of Africa

ada mcgrath - Holly Hunter in The Piano

alice - Mia Wasikowska in Alice in Wonderland

olive hoover - Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine

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