tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7638298281070675587.post5567076003787601300..comments2024-01-08T22:23:18.482-08:00Comments on The Flick Chick: Friday's Top 5... Movie AssassinsNorma Desmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12185179321818700556noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7638298281070675587.post-89160562812551175272011-04-09T12:20:11.837-07:002011-04-09T12:20:11.837-07:00Interesting topic, and nice choice of "Movie ...Interesting topic, and nice choice of "Movie Assassins"!!! <br /><br />Pulp Fiction & No Country for Old Men are 2 of my favourite films, so loved seeing their unforgettable assassins topping the list. I liked Leon a lot too. <br /><br />Though I didn't like La Femme Nikita much, but I guess I'm on a minority on that given its enormous popularity. <br /><br />And finally, I too had found Grosse Pointe Blank a fun movie, and it was really nice seeing John Cusack's existential crisis-ridden assassin finding a place in your list.Shubhajithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02040495040897333606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7638298281070675587.post-26928474902874586702011-04-08T20:51:27.440-07:002011-04-08T20:51:27.440-07:00Terrific list. I wonder how close Raymond Shaw (L...Terrific list. I wonder how close Raymond Shaw (Lawrence Harvey) from "The Manchurian Candidate" came to making the top 5?J. Drewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7638298281070675587.post-49420417910774242202011-04-08T17:59:06.822-07:002011-04-08T17:59:06.822-07:00I haven't seen Le Samourai, though it is on my...I haven't seen Le Samourai, though it is on my list of movies I need to see (a veeeeery long list). Soon, hopefully.Norma Desmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12185179321818700556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7638298281070675587.post-89347213674747841842011-04-08T10:54:54.379-07:002011-04-08T10:54:54.379-07:00Norma, good choices for a type of character that&#...Norma, good choices for a type of character that's hard to like. May I suggest Jef Costello (Alain Delon) in Melville's "Le Samourai" (1967)? Ice cold, deadly, and surely the best-looking hit man (male hit person?) in cinema history.R. D. Finchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05045080274131718843noreply@blogger.com