Who is your favourite movie detective?

Question

It can be a duo if you like...

I love David (Brad Pitt) and William (Morgan Freeman) in Se7en.

BQ: Any movie related plans for the weekend?
BQ2: Stand By Me or Back To The Future?
BQ3: Happy birthday to David Lynch. Favourite Lynch movie?

Answer 1

Ciao Medeleine :)



I'm agree with your duo ;)

Also great duo that i love so much are Jack Vincennes (Kevin Spacey), Bud White (Russell Crowe)

in "L.A. Confidential"...great movie and actors !



Solo:The great detective Jake(Jack Nicholson) in "Chinatown"



BQ:I think i'll see J.Edgar by Clint Eatwood

BQ2: 2 great movie...my heart say Stand by me,my mind Back To The Future :)

BQ3:I love all the movie of this genius...so hard to understand but so attractive!

My favourite are Mulholland Drive and The Elephant Man...two masterpieces :)



Always nice question!



See you soon

Regard from Italy ;)

Answer 2

There is no doubt. Clarice Starling in Silence of the Lambs. I can't believe that she was not even mentioned once! She is such a dynamic character. She has strong will, but she is not without weaknesses. You see her absolutely terrified in the end but she still got the courage to open every door where the killer may be.



BQ: This weekend I am watching Another Earth, The French Connection, Edward Scissorhands, maybe 8 1/2, and maybe Good Will Hunting.



BQ2: Back to the Future



BQ3: I've actually never seen a Lynch movie.

Answer 3

I'm going to go with a left field pick here, and say Jeffrey Beaumont from Blue Velvet. I'm sure there are dozens of better picks that I'm just not thinking of, but I really do like this character. He's not even an official detective, but he has such a knack for it.



BQ: Finally going to watch The Artist. Aside from that, maybe A Separation and Contraband. There are so many that I need to see.



BQ2: Wow, that's tough. I'm going to have to say Back To The Future, but it's almost too close to call.



BQ3: Awesome, happy birthday Lynch. I've only seen Blue Velvet and Mulholland Dr., and I can't decide between the two. If I had to guess, I'd say Blue Velvet is more "timeless" than Mulholland, but I've only seen them in full once each. Right now, I'll go with Blue Velvet.

Answer 4

I'd probably go for Arbogast from Psycho. Love that movie. The duo from Se7en would come in at a close second.



BQ: Yes. I wanna watch a bunch of DVDs I rented.

BQ2: Love both, but Back to the Future.

BQ3: Happy Birthday Mr Lynch. My favorite is The Elephant Man



Great question!

Answer 5

Wow thats cool. Because I was going to say Morgan Freeman in Se7en. Morgan Freeman is my favorite actor and Se7en is one of my top 10 all time favorite movies.



Also will give a mention to Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon and also Al Pacino as Vicent Hanna in Heat.



BQ- I would like to finally see Mission Impossible Ghost Protocal

BQ2- Both are good but I will go with Stand By Me. Its has more substance to it.

BQ3- The Elephant Man It was so good and freaked me out as a kid when I first saw it. And is also such a sad movie.

Answer 6

I'll have to go with TV show detective because I can only think of the ones I'm loving right now,

Sherlock Holmes and John Watson from the British television series Sherlock :)



BQ: Not really unfortunately :(

BQ2: Back to the Future all the way, I must've watched that film a thousand times, it's still on top of my favourite movies of all time! :D

BQ3: Well, Happy Birthday David! Guess what? I've never seen any of his films! o__O

Answer 7

I absolutely love Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock Holmes, and Jude Law as Watson...they bring a certain modern touch to the dynamic duo, yet being confined to the end of the 19th century, and their bromance and chemistry is fantastic.

Jacques Closeau from the Pink Panther played by Steve Martin was hilarious all the while proving to be the best detective in all of France.



A: No plans.

A2: Neither.

A3: Happy Birthdat to David Lynch...

Answer 8

J.J. Gittes from Chinatown



BQ- Yes, going to watch The Adventures of Tintin tomorrow

BQ2- Love both.. But I'm going to go with Back To The Future

BQ3- Blue Velvet or The Elephant Man

Answer 9

Hello again :)



I really like Detective Hal (Harvey Keitel) in Thelma & Louise. He's a good guy. And if 'made for TV movies' count, then Columbo gets my vote every time (genius)



BQ: I'll watch some movies yeah! My boyfriend wants to see '2001: A Space Odyssey' so definitely that. I've got a couple of new (low rent) horror movies I wanna watch too :)....um Dead Silence and Cherry Tree Lane.



BQ2: Stand By Me (no contest!)



BQ3: happy birthday you weird basterd! The Elephant Man (no contest!)

Answer 10

Colombo!!!!

obviously!



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but just seeing your BQs you inspired me to write another detective that i've liked much too see .. David Lynch' Lil, the dancer from Twin Peaks, if you can consider it a detective :S...







BQ: Any movie related plans for the weekend? i've not plans for the weekend

BQ2: Stand By Me or Back To The Future? Stand By me !!!... really, i never like much Back to the future...

BQ3: Happy birthday to David Lynch. Favourite Lynch movie? ... favorite.. mmmhh... probably Wild at Heart.. just becouse of is energy.. and Willem Dafoe's Bobby Peru :B ... Lynch is oniric, and simbolic and iconical like every oniric place, I like the most some of his charaters than the entire his movies.

Answer 11

Yo Maddie!



I just love the dynamic detective duo in Se7en! But, Freeman personally, MADE that movie what it is - to me. He brings so many layers to Sommerset, a man who's retiring, who's seen horrible things but learns not to give up, it's such a detailed portrayal. Ah! I just can't say enough amazing things of what a legend of a man Morgan Freeman is.



Since you've already mentioned one of my favourites, I'll say that another character I enjoy watching Inspector Jacques Clouseau in 'The Pink Panther'. :D Steve Martin is wholly entertaining to watch in practically anything he does, watching him bumbling in French without being overly annoying or irritating...he's just brilliant!



BQ: I'm trying to beg/kidnap anyone who wants to watch 'Haywire' with me, it's got Michael Fassbender! So I don't even care if it's any good I just want to see it lol.

BQ2: Stand By Me, it really tugs at your heartstrings. Anyone who's seen that movie and hasn't even got teary-eyes makes me doubt if they have a soul. It had more of an effect on me than Back To The Future- so i'll go with SBM. Oh! and Wil Wheaton!

BQ3: Most definitely, 'Blue Velvet'. That movie was just o_o

Answer 12

Sherlock Holmes

Answer 13

Batman.



BQ: No unfortunately.

BQ2: Back to the Future

BQ3: Elephant Man

Answer 14

Ok, you have the best answer so I am going to fall off the grid and go with a TV movie detective Columbo

BQ Yes, I am going to a movie Sunday

BQ2 Stand By Me

BQ3 Well gee I only like his series Twin Peaks aThe Elephant Mann

((Maddie))

Answer 15

Humphrey Bogart as Philip Marlowe In the 'Big Sleep'



Also him playing Sam Spade in 'The Maltese Falcon'



Basically he is playing the same 'Private Dick'



Raymond Chandler who wrote the Big Sleep also did the film script of Maltese Falcon.





Edit



I liked Se7en up until the end, the baddie was too all seeing and the film lost my suspension of disbelief, no one can be so all knowing. Because if they were they would not be in the position they are to start with.



And would probably be running the Country or some large Multi National.

Answer 16

No movie detectives. I like the TV crime solvers who can find an amazing amount of clues that no one else can see, like Adrian Monk, Columbo and Hercule Poirot. Have you seen the new Sherlock Holmes series on Masterpiece Mysteries on PBS? It comes on at 10 pm on Sundays here. It's about a young Sherlock set in our modern day (he likes to send texts). Fun series.



BQ 1 - no

BQ 2 - BTTF

BQ 3 - Who's he?

Answer 17

do Private Detectives count?



if so, Jake Gittes from Chinatown



BQ- I have The Ides of March on blu-ray, definitely gonna watch that. And maybe The Station Agent

BQ2- Back to the Future by far

BQ3- probably Eraserhead. i need to watch and/or rewatch all of his movies though

Answer 18

Dave Toschi from Zodiac.



BQ: Surprisingly, no.

BQ2: I haven't seen Stand By Me

BQ3: Blue Velvet

Answer 19

Bud White from LA Confidential.

He detect's with his fists ;)

Happy Birthday Mr Lynch. Fave of his is 'Wild at Heart'.

EVERYONE must see a Lynch film, he's that good.

More to the point, was that good.

Answer 20

Hercules Poirot :)



BQ: Hangover

BQ2: Back To The Future

BQ3: hmm... I don't know. It's so many movies ;)

Answer 21

Sherlock Holmes1& 2 ( Robert Downey )

Detective School Q (Character : Dan)

Answer 22

James Bond

Answer 23

Detective Bullitt from the movie Bullitt, played by Steve McQueen.

Answer 24

The Pink Panther

Answer 25

Q1- Nick Charles, 'The Thin Man'

Q2- No

Q3- Stand By Me

Q4- Who's Davis Lynch?

Answer 26

Adrian Monk and Hercule Poirot (Agatha Christie)

Answer 27

Ace Ventura

Answer 28

Columbo

Answer 29

Eddie Valiant - Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Nopers

Back to the Future

Happy Birthday.., but I don't know who you are. sssssorry! :(

Answer 30

The guy who played in Fallen

Answer 31

Dirty Harry

Answer 32

with jonh lee jones

Answer 33

sherlock

Answer 34

shaft

Answer 35

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Answer 36

L from Death Note.



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