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Dana beat me to it. For me Chris Tucker in THE 5th ELEMENT is far and away most annoying.
Hard to beat, right? But I think the sniveling Shelly Duvall in THE SHINING comes in a very close second.
(Credit to young "Mr. X" for first mentioning Tucker in his list.)
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Apr 7, 2014 - 7:26 AM
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Ado
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Thanks to everyone for all of the replies. Just a reminder that the choices are not mine but those of a 14 year old movie lover who prepared the article and told me of why he chose them.
Nice work. And I'm sure that LeHah would have couched his post differently if he'd put two and two together.
The Star Wars prequels could populate a large part of such a list, if I could even be bothered to think about it much, and I'm not even sure that JJB would be the worst offender. So let's say seven of them plus Sheriff J W Pepper, Q ("R") and Willard Whyte.
Anakin, Hayden Christensen, has some pretty annoying qualities in the prequels. Granted, this character is basically written pretty unlikable, and poorly. But I think that I would probably enjoy the direction that George Lucas gave for this character more than the movie itself. I imagine something like this, "Hayden, toss your hair into your face and lower your brow, look pouty, no more pouty - more, now snarl your mouth - there that is just right, now makeup, spray some sweat on his face."
Yesh
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The late, great Mickey Rooney as Mr. Yunioshi in Breakfast at Tiffany's.
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Jim Carrey as The Riddler - He was supposed to over the top, but he was WAY TOO FAR over the top.
How about Arnold's Mr. Freeze?
And I take it back -- you can't edit out Kirk's son, 'cause of the reference to him in STVI: TUC. Damnit.
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Or how about that character that Michael Madsen played in the James Bond film "Die Another Day"? ABSOLUTELY PAINFUL!!!
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Fat Bastard, from "Austin Powers 3: Goldemember". I had managed to forget about him. Not so fast, brain.
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HARVEY KEITEL IN TAXI DRIVER-SUCK ON THIS- BANG.WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL.
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The late, great Mickey Rooney as Mr. Yunioshi in Breakfast at Tiffany's.
Yes, that seems to be a popular choice...(even the Director regretted having him in there).
However, at least his scenes are minimal, he doesn't interact much with the others, and at the time the movie came out nobody seemed that bothered by it at least publicly. After watching the movie many times and recently paying close attention to his scenes I thought he was pretty funny and in a way, quite adorable. (Who likes noisy neighbors??) I think the more modern P.C. response just kind of snowballed and people felt guilty. Also I think some just like to point the finger at older movies forgetting about the numerous examples of far less humorous or more pointedly insulting, racial stereotypes appearing in current popular cinema.
I remember talking with some family and friends once many, many years ago and we were discussing our favorite T.V. shows. My Mom's boss at the time was a successful talent agent and said his favorite was Amos and Andy. Hardly a surprising response given the show's popularity at the time although he seemed a little reticent about mentioning it, perhaps because he was black.
When racial stereotypes are portrayed in drama, especially in a slanted way, I can understand people objecting to it (Birth of a Nation comes to mind). But those done in a clever and humorous spirit (and there are plenty of examples of the latter, not only in the cinema but in real life as well) are generally speaking, all right by me since the creative ones seem to make fun of THE IDEA OF STEREOTYPING rather than the race their characters represent.
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The most recent one for me: Ethan Edwards (John Wayne) in THE SEARCHERS. But I might as well blame it on the whole movie.
This is no troll post. I mean it and am ready for stones being thrown at me. 
Just to clarify, is it because of his persistent hostile attitude toward others or his sudden change of heart at the end of the film? I would think in the context of this topic it would be the former because the latter only occurs at the story's conclusion. Or is it another specific personality trait that annoys you?
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