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Oscar Antonio M · 07-30-2002, 05:34 AM

Basically for me, it would be Max Fischer from "Rushmore".
Though i wasn´t one of the worst students ( i was more in the middle, with B+ averages).
When i was 12-17 i looked exactly like him, and felt the same way.
And i had a fight with the principal once, and i was quite a rebel.
I even once fell in love with my teacher.
And i wrote plays and a lot of stuff, and i also was the founder of many clubs.

I was particulary a rebel, but i was somewhat responsible.

MrTony · 07-30-2002, 05:38 AM

Damn near every character John Cusack has ever played. Sometimes I think he's been following me around taking notes.

**SilentBob** · 07-30-2002, 05:54 AM

Dante and Randel from Clerks

Dante:

-trust worthy employee
-comes in on days off and sometimes gets screwed by boos (stay longer then wanted too)
-stupid repeat customers
-hard worker and sometimes goes unnoticed
-druggies always trying to sneak into theaters with food or theater itself (well i guess out of store with food but you get the point)
-incident goes reported on your fault when it wasn't your fault (Randel sells cigarettes to kid. I got in trouble for not salting the theater steps 6 hours after my shift was done. *by lady who fell and cracked her head open on steps when she slipt on ice* but not in trouble from management)
-rooms always a mess and never seem to really wake up in the morning

Randel:

-customers who can't read anything(where's theater 6? Point to sign beside them)
-feel like taking out/spitting on some customers
-likes to make some guests feel unwelcome/tick them off when they make you pissed off
-tell people what you thought of movie when you haven't seen it but have read reviews
-sold cigarettes to kids (but they were the candy kind

)

Sad thing is this is all work related. Wait until i talk about the other part of my life but these 2 do stick out a lot. That's why Clerks is my favourite Kevin Smith movie.

DrDetroit · 07-30-2002, 07:33 AM

Ren MacCormack from Footloose.

I love to dance and I'm boinking the preacher's daughter. (Ok, the second one's not true... come to think of it, neither's the first.)

**aintnosin** · 07-30-2002, 07:49 AM

Superman, Indiana Jones, James Bond...

Oh, wait...you don't mean in real life, do you?

Scarface · 07-30-2002, 11:08 AM

<---------- Hopes no one says Frank Booth

IKEA_boy · 07-30-2002, 11:42 AM

I have to agree with Bob and say Dante & Randall from Clerks. I work at a video store too.
- "Where is 'title'?" ... "Here" ... "OK, where is 'title'?" ... "Here" ... "Alright, where is 'title'?" ... "Here" ... "Oh! They're alphabetized?!?" ... "Yup"

Also Stiffler from American Pie 1, not 2 though. I always had a thing for older women in High School. I would never ever use our bathrooms, even to take a leak. I could never identify and hang out with 99.9% of the population, I was too geeky for the popular folk and too popular for the geeky folk.

(Edit - Code Correction - Flash)
(edit: aye, my bad - IKEA)

Rhettmatic · 07-30-2002, 11:48 AM

Unfortunately, I actually identify with Steve Buscemi's character in Ghost World... not totally, but enough for that movie to be really depressing...

The character I identify with most isn't a "character" at all and isn't in a movie. But if you've read A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, I really identify with Dave Eggers... I'm just a really similar person in a lot of ways...

George McFly · 07-30-2002, 11:49 AM

Leo Getz from Lethal Weapon 2-4 because

Spoiler (Highlight or Triple Click to Read):
I can't deside what I wanna do for a living,(much like Leo) which is weird because I've had the same crappy job for 5 years now

plus I'm obnoxious as Hell.

SolidSnakeASS · 07-30-2002, 04:06 PM

Brodie from Mallrats. Same type of arguing nature.

Enid from Ghost World - because she is kind of drifting through her adolescence and can't relate to about 90% of humanity.

Indyphantom · 07-30-2002, 04:26 PM

I would probably have to say Steve Buscemi's character in Ghost World . And throw in a little Donnie Darko as well.

RamonesGirl · 07-30-2002, 05:02 PM

Max Fischer too (in high school, all of a few months ago!) I was a good kid but I'm not very academic (especially in math, yikes) and I'd make up a lot of things to make myself seem more interesting.

Now it's Enid from Ghost World, I have no idea what the heck I'm doing and I like weird people. Scary!

The Ghost · 07-30-2002, 05:03 PM

The main character from Office Space. Definitely.

DancinDave · 07-30-2002, 06:00 PM

Dirk Diggler

UFO · 07-30-2002, 06:48 PM

Without a doubt: Peter Gibbons - Office Space

That character IS me.

Jerm · 07-30-2002, 06:52 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by IKEA_boy
Also Stiffler from American Pie 1, not 2 though. I always had a thing for older women in High School. I would never ever use our bathrooms, even to take a leak. I could never identify and hang out with 99.9% of the population, I was too geeky for the popular folk and too popular for the geeky folk.

Ikea, I believe that you're referring to Finch. He was the one that slept with Stifler's Mom.

I would have to identify that guy from Office Space. My work life seems so much like his. I just wish that I could come in when I want, wear what I want...

asphodel5 · 07-30-2002, 09:42 PM

I can't think of any characters that are exacly like me. I identify with John C. Reily's character in Magnolia because I think that we share some of the ame compassion and idealism. I sometimes see myself as a cross between Enid and Seymour in Ghostworld. Finally, I'm sometimes afaid that I'll end up in the same situation as Tony Leung's character in In the Mood For Love. I can be quite shy.

LeonardShelby · 07-30-2002, 09:48 PM

I'll have to mix in a few characters for this one :

Mix in part 'Rob' (Cusack's character in 'High Fidelity')

Part 'Lloyd Dobbler' (Cusack's role in 'Say Anything').

A little bit of Steve Buscemi's character in 'Trees Lounge'

and maybe a little bit of 'Ray Kinsella' (Costner) - 'Field of Dreams'

and Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski in 'The Big Lebowski'.

Mostly the Cusack characters though!!

edited to add

'Peter' (Rob Livingston) from 'Office Space'

a touch of 'David St. Hubbins' - 'This is Spinal Tap'

and 'Mike' (Matt Damon's role) in 'Rounders'

Jumble them all in a blender and that's pretty much me...

Machinegunrap · 07-30-2002, 10:37 PM

Tyler Durden has made me who I am today.

Corky Roxbury · 07-30-2002, 11:03 PM

I would identify with Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingston), at my old job( I quit it, becuase people were annoying) but there was the "Dress for success day" which we had about once a month, where we were supposed to wear dress clothes, but not me, I once wore sweatpants and a t shirt, and another time I wore doctor's scrubs, an when most boss asked why I was wearing them, I say "It is Dress for Success day, and doctors are successful, not telemarketers." She told me to go home and change but I just left and went to Best Buy and bought some dvd's and went home and watched them.

Another time, I had Pizza Hut, and I did the cheese doddle scene with Peter and Lumberg, but what I did was I just put my pizza and breadsticks on my desk( no plate) and then pour my marinara(sp?) sauce on my desk, I got sent home for that too.

The great part was they were a afraid to fire me because I always read books there about Serial Killers and my boss thought I was crazy, the day I quit my friend who still worked there at the time told me, they sent around a memo(no, not atps report, but I did have close to 8 different bosses) that if I came back to tell a manager and I would be arrested.

It was the worse place every to work. I hate telemarketing!!!!

sub780lime · 07-30-2002, 11:07 PM

Kusko from emperors new groove (i know its animated, but his humor and stuff, though im not a ruler, and not so selfish), and also brodie from Mallrats, everythings an argument for me.

SephirothClone · 07-30-2002, 11:28 PM

I would have to go with Jack from Fight Club, him or Batman(I gotta have a night job!)

Marty McFly · 07-30-2002, 11:30 PM

I'm a combination between Ray Stantz in Ghostbusters, Frank Drebin in The Naked Gun, and Betelgeuse from Beetlejuice. Don't ask mw how I came up with that combination, but if you knew me you'd agree. :p

CompressedGravy · 07-30-2002, 11:33 PM

hannibal lecter

George McFly · 07-30-2002, 11:39 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by CompressedGravy
hannibal lecter

stay away from my face!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

kiscealguy · 07-30-2002, 11:51 PM

Dustin Hoffman in "The Graduate"
Albert Brooks in "Broadcast News"
Woody Allen in "Annie Hall"
Matthew Broderick in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"

and I'm 17. That's me!

redshifter · 07-31-2002, 12:22 AM

"the dude" from big lebowski. i don't bowl or have long hair, but besides that i try to model my life after him.

"macready" from the thing (kurt russell's character). noteable quotes: "i just want to go back to my shack and get drunk." and "yeah, well FUCK YOU TOO!"

SolidSnakeASS · 07-31-2002, 12:41 AM

I can't believe I forgot:

Travis Bickle.

TuerkAlert23 · 07-31-2002, 01:28 AM

dustin hoffman in the graduate, any really sarcastic characters(jack black, high fidelity), Jim from american pie, sadly i can't think of any more

airjosh · 07-31-2002, 02:48 AM

Baloo from The Jungle Book with just enough Trent Walker from Swingers to make things interesting.

Jens Christense · 07-31-2002, 11:10 PM

The narrator from Fight Club. Sadly.

Flash Ahhh · 08-01-2002, 06:37 PM

Hey Jens,

Welcome to DVD File Forums and thanks for posting.

-Flash

Sycowulf · 08-01-2002, 07:10 PM

Id have to say Brodie from Mallrats... I love comic books, and I have the same attitude as him... christ my girlfriend has said on multiple occasions that its scary how alike me and that character act...

Shawn Watson · 08-01-2002, 08:44 PM

In real life I am too much like Fletch. Sarcastic as hell even though no one really understands what I'm saying.

Shawn

C Roberts · 08-02-2002, 01:56 PM

Well, I have the same appearance as Christopher Lambert in Highlander. I look kind of psychotic the way he did in that movie, but I'm the good guy. :-\

I can definitely relate to the Office Space guy too. In fact I've been debating if I should buy that movie even though its bare-bones and I think I will now.

Oddly though, the character I most relate to is Silent Bob. I'm not shy at all, but I'm happy to keep to myself and let others do the talking.

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Oscar Antonio M Loves his "family" Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Heaven & Hell coalition	Film characters that you identify an awful lot with. Basically for me, it would be Max Fischer from "Rushmore". Though i wasn´t one of the worst students ( i was more in the middle, with B+ averages). When i was 12-17 i looked exactly like him, and felt the same way. And i had a fight with the principal once, and i was quite a rebel. I even once fell in love with my teacher. And i wrote plays and a lot of stuff, and i also was the founder of many clubs. I was particulary a rebel, but i was somewhat responsible. __________________ DVD's

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MrTony Forum Wise Guy Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Waterloo, Iowa, USA	Damn near every character John Cusack has ever played. Sometimes I think he's been following me around taking notes. __________________ Prevent tornadoes before they happen: Make sure that warm, moist air fronts do not converge with cool, dry ones. Movies, Music and a few Games My Top 20 Films

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SilentBob Silent Director/Silent Moderator Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Burlington, Ontario	Dante and Randel from Clerks Dante: -trust worthy employee -comes in on days off and sometimes gets screwed by boos (stay longer then wanted too) -stupid repeat customers -hard worker and sometimes goes unnoticed -druggies always trying to sneak into theaters with food or theater itself (well i guess out of store with food but you get the point) -incident goes reported on your fault when it wasn't your fault (Randel sells cigarettes to kid. I got in trouble for not salting the theater steps 6 hours after my shift was done. by lady who fell and cracked her head open on steps when she slipt on ice but not in trouble from management) -rooms always a mess and never seem to really wake up in the morning Randel: -customers who can't read anything(where's theater 6? Point to sign beside them) -feel like taking out/spitting on some customers -likes to make some guests feel unwelcome/tick them off when they make you pissed off -tell people what you thought of movie when you haven't seen it but have read reviews -sold cigarettes to kids (but they were the candy kind ) Sad thing is this is all work related. Wait until i talk about the other part of my life but these 2 do stick out a lot. That's why Clerks is my favourite Kevin Smith movie. __________________ SilentBob's DVD's Supporting both HD-DVD and Blu-ray XBOX LIVE: luvthempocket8s PS3 ONLINE: pokerlover

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IKEA_boy Director Emeritus ~~Persista~~ Persistent Student Join Date: Oct 2001	I have to agree with Bob and say Dante & Randall from Clerks. I work at a video store too. - "Where is 'title'?" ... "Here" ... "OK, where is 'title'?" ... "Here" ... "Alright, where is 'title'?" ... "Here" ... "Oh! They're alphabetized?!?" ... "Yup" Also Stiffler from American Pie 1, not 2 though. I always had a thing for older women in High School. I would never ever use our bathrooms, even to take a leak. I could never identify and hang out with 99.9% of the population, I was too geeky for the popular folk and too popular for the geeky folk. (Edit - Code Correction - Flash) (edit: aye, my bad - IKEA) Last edited by IKEA_boy : 07-31-2002 at 05:18 AM.

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Rhettmatic Actor Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Toronto	Unfortunately, I actually identify with Steve Buscemi's character in Ghost World... not totally, but enough for that movie to be really depressing... The character I identify with most isn't a "character" at all and isn't in a movie. But if you've read A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, I really identify with Dave Eggers... I'm just a really similar person in a lot of ways... __________________ My finger's on the pulse, but where's the beat? My CD Collection

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SolidSnakeASS Actor Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Winterpeg, Manitobaugh, Canada	Brodie from Mallrats. Same type of arguing nature. Enid from Ghost World - because she is kind of drifting through her adolescence and can't relate to about 90% of humanity.

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Indyphantom Forum Lothario Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: the black lodge...	I would probably have to say Steve Buscemi's character in Ghost World . And throw in a little Donnie Darko as well. __________________ My DVD List at DVD Aficionado

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RamonesGirl Actress Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Vegas baby, Vegas	Max Fischer too (in high school, all of a few months ago!) I was a good kid but I'm not very academic (especially in math, yikes) and I'd make up a lot of things to make myself seem more interesting. Now it's Enid from Ghost World, I have no idea what the heck I'm doing and I like weird people. Scary!

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The Ghost Actor Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Skyrockets in flight...afternoon delight...hey, afternoon delight.	The main character from Office Space. Definitely.

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UFO Actor Join Date: Feb 2002	Without a doubt: Peter Gibbons - Office Space That character IS me.

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LeonardShelby Actor Join Date: May 2002 Location: Jersey Shore	I'll have to mix in a few characters for this one : Mix in part 'Rob' (Cusack's character in 'High Fidelity') Part 'Lloyd Dobbler' (Cusack's role in 'Say Anything'). A little bit of Steve Buscemi's character in 'Trees Lounge' and maybe a little bit of 'Ray Kinsella' (Costner) - 'Field of Dreams' and Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski in 'The Big Lebowski'. Mostly the Cusack characters though!! edited to add 'Peter' (Rob Livingston) from 'Office Space' a touch of 'David St. Hubbins' - 'This is Spinal Tap' and 'Mike' (Matt Damon's role) in 'Rounders' Jumble them all in a blender and that's pretty much me... __________________ "Now... where was I?" Our Modest DVD Collection Last edited by LeonardShelby : 07-30-2002 at 09:59 PM.

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Machinegunrap Actor Join Date: May 2002	Tyler Durden has made me who I am today.

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Corky Roxbury Actor Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: New York	I would identify with Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingston), at my old job( I quit it, becuase people were annoying) but there was the "Dress for success day" which we had about once a month, where we were supposed to wear dress clothes, but not me, I once wore sweatpants and a t shirt, and another time I wore doctor's scrubs, an when most boss asked why I was wearing them, I say "It is Dress for Success day, and doctors are successful, not telemarketers." She told me to go home and change but I just left and went to Best Buy and bought some dvd's and went home and watched them. Another time, I had Pizza Hut, and I did the cheese doddle scene with Peter and Lumberg, but what I did was I just put my pizza and breadsticks on my desk( no plate) and then pour my marinara(sp?) sauce on my desk, I got sent home for that too. The great part was they were a afraid to fire me because I always read books there about Serial Killers and my boss thought I was crazy, the day I quit my friend who still worked there at the time told me, they sent around a memo(no, not atps report, but I did have close to 8 different bosses) that if I came back to tell a manager and I would be arrested. It was the worse place every to work. I hate telemarketing!!!!

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sub780lime Can't Spell Bilbo Join Date: May 2002 Location: A Galaxy Far Far Away	Kusko from emperors new groove (i know its animated, but his humor and stuff, though im not a ruler, and not so selfish), and also brodie from Mallrats, everythings an argument for me. __________________ love comes and goes, but an avatar . . . that's forever. - Pirate

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kiscealguy Actor Join Date: May 2002 Location: Long Beach, California	Dustin Hoffman in "The Graduate" Albert Brooks in "Broadcast News" Woody Allen in "Annie Hall" Matthew Broderick in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and I'm 17. That's me!

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redshifter Actor Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: the emerald city	"the dude" from big lebowski. i don't bowl or have long hair, but besides that i try to model my life after him. "macready" from the thing (kurt russell's character). noteable quotes: "i just want to go back to my shack and get drunk." and "yeah, well FUCK YOU TOO!" __________________ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Did you ever hear of "The Seattle Seven"? That was me... and six other guys.

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TuerkAlert23 Actor Join Date: May 2002	dustin hoffman in the graduate, any really sarcastic characters(jack black, high fidelity), Jim from american pie, sadly i can't think of any more

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Sycowulf Actor Join Date: Aug 2002	Id have to say Brodie from Mallrats... I love comic books, and I have the same attitude as him... christ my girlfriend has said on multiple occasions that its scary how alike me and that character act...

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C Roberts Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Multiple Account Ban	Well, I have the same appearance as Christopher Lambert in Highlander. I look kind of psychotic the way he did in that movie, but I'm the good guy. :-\ I can definitely relate to the Office Space guy too. In fact I've been debating if I should buy that movie even though its bare-bones and I think I will now. Oddly though, the character I most relate to is Silent Bob. I'm not shy at all, but I'm happy to keep to myself and let others do the talking.

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