Yay! That's a good one. These are perhaps not my definitive Top 5, but they're what I thought of first.
1. Clint Eastwood in practically anything. Possibly mostly as Blondie in The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, and most revently in Gran Torino. The voice, the squint, the cigar, the sometime bastard facade and the smushy nice guy underneath.
2. Ellen Ripley. She's not only badass, she is *especially* badass because she is vulnerable and overcomes it! She will cry, wipe her nose, then KICK YOUR ASS.
3. Dracula. Gary Oldman. I don't know if this counts, I wouldn't exactly call him "tough", but he's hard to kill and will fuck your shit up. Mostly I love the way Oldman plays him, I know his lines by heart and I giggle and giggle with evil glee everytime I see this movie. Also another good combination of emotionally vulnerable and physically formidable!
4. T-1000 as portrayed by Robert Patrick. Damn near indestructible! And emotionally invulnerable! The perfect badass. Unlike the lame T-X from the third film who was annoyingingly indestructable, he managed to be both more badass than the original T-101 but still slightly physically vulnerable, keeping him interesting.
5. Book!Eownyn, far more awesome than movie!Eowyn. I can't even remember why, it's been so long since I've read, just that I loved her dearly, loved Tolkien for writing such a strong character, and was disappointed in Jackson for not pulling it off a little better.
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Date: 2009-08-09 07:26 pm (UTC)1. Clint Eastwood in practically anything. Possibly mostly as Blondie in The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, and most revently in Gran Torino. The voice, the squint, the cigar, the sometime bastard facade and the smushy nice guy underneath.
2. Ellen Ripley. She's not only badass, she is *especially* badass because she is vulnerable and overcomes it! She will cry, wipe her nose, then KICK YOUR ASS.
3. Dracula. Gary Oldman. I don't know if this counts, I wouldn't exactly call him "tough", but he's hard to kill and will fuck your shit up. Mostly I love the way Oldman plays him, I know his lines by heart and I giggle and giggle with evil glee everytime I see this movie. Also another good combination of emotionally vulnerable and physically formidable!
4. T-1000 as portrayed by Robert Patrick. Damn near indestructible! And emotionally invulnerable! The perfect badass. Unlike the lame T-X from the third film who was annoyingingly indestructable, he managed to be both more badass than the original T-101 but still slightly physically vulnerable, keeping him interesting.
5. Book!Eownyn, far more awesome than movie!Eowyn. I can't even remember why, it's been so long since I've read, just that I loved her dearly, loved Tolkien for writing such a strong character, and was disappointed in Jackson for not pulling it off a little better.