# most incredibly worthless, annoying character in an otherwise decent movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 4, 2009, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-incredibly-worthless-annoying-character-in-an-otherwise-decent-movie/491961 "2009-04-04T11:23:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Omgalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/41988e/32.png) [@Omgalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omgalion)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-incredibly-worthless-annoying-character-in-an-otherwise-decent-movie/491961/61 "2009-04-05T07:05:18Z")
> [@PeskiPiksi](#): > > I’ll nominate Andi MacDowell’s Carrie in _Four Weddings and a Funeral_. The movie is excellent in spite of her, which is remarkable considering she’s supposed to be the female romantic lead in a romantic comedy movie. But she’s just horrible…both the acting (“Is it still raining? I hadn’t noticed.” puke), and the writing which casts her as a person who cheats on her fiance, has a promiscuous sexual history, and registers for outrageously expensive wedding gifts. God yes. I love that movie but loathe her character (and her). Perhaps the writers were making the point that after dozens of mistakes, Charles still had terrible taste in women. ---
**Author:** ![maplekiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@maplekiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maplekiwi)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-incredibly-worthless-annoying-character-in-an-otherwise-decent-movie/491961/62 "2009-04-05T07:40:15Z")
Blaine in **Pretty in Pink**. He is so _wet!_ ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-incredibly-worthless-annoying-character-in-an-otherwise-decent-movie/491961/63 "2009-04-05T08:14:42Z")
Nobody has mentioned Mickey Rooney’s “Mr. Yunioshi,” in \*Breakfast at Tiffany’s. \*A totally gratuitous, offensive, obnoxious, pointless . . . I’d need a thesaurus to list all the adjectives. And the worst thing is, the character was supposed to be funny, not offensive. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-incredibly-worthless-annoying-character-in-an-otherwise-decent-movie/491961/64 "2009-04-05T08:19:38Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Nobody has mentioned Mickey Rooney’s “Mr. Yunioshi,” in \*Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Post #9. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-incredibly-worthless-annoying-character-in-an-otherwise-decent-movie/491961/65 "2009-04-05T08:30:11Z")
> [@Rubystreak](#): > > I hated Fabienne in _Pulp Fiction_. After what Butch just went through, she cried because she couldn’t get blueberry pancakes. Grrrr. I think that her being an annoying little so and so was the whole point. Every guy watching that part of the movie is wondering what kind of magic pussy she must have to keep Butch coming back. It must be amazing. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-incredibly-worthless-annoying-character-in-an-otherwise-decent-movie/491961/66 "2009-04-05T08:39:06Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > Post #9. :smack: Well, it was worth mentioning again. ---
**Author:** ![A\_qui\_profite\_le\_crime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@A\_qui\_profite\_le\_crime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_qui_profite_le_crime)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-incredibly-worthless-annoying-character-in-an-otherwise-decent-movie/491961/67 "2009-04-05T09:45:03Z")
\*Mos Def’s \*character in **16 Blocks** and his endless whining about that stupid bakery. Bruce Willis deserves a special recognition award for not shooting him after 3 seconds. ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-incredibly-worthless-annoying-character-in-an-otherwise-decent-movie/491961/68 "2009-04-05T11:27:42Z")
What is with Bruce Willis that pairs him up with these annoying characters? ---
**Author:** ![Mississippienne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-incredibly-worthless-annoying-character-in-an-otherwise-decent-movie/491961/69 "2009-04-05T14:16:17Z")
> [@maplekiwi](#): > > Blaine in **Pretty in Pink**. He is so _wet!_ Oh my god, yes. PiP is my least-favorite John Hughes movie because of Blaine, and it amazes me that people find it so romantic that he and Andie get together. I mean, Blaine is a spoiled rich kid who makes no attempt to understand Andie’s world. He takes her on the most awkward date ever so she can be insulted by his preppy, snotty friends. When his best friend calls Andie “trash” to his face, all Blaine can muster is a weak “So what if I like her?” He asks her to the prom and then starts avoiding her because his idiot clique doesn’t like her. Then he has the nerve to show up at the prom and tell Andie that he “always believed in her”. Right asshole, you believed in her so much that you treated her like shit and let your friends abuse her. Blaine is a total pussy. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-incredibly-worthless-annoying-character-in-an-otherwise-decent-movie/491961/70 "2009-04-05T14:27:54Z")
> [@cactus\_waltz](#): > > What is with Bruce Willis that pairs him up with these annoying characters? I think it is that same psychological thing that has an attractive girl hang out with a not attractive girl - the thought that they will look better standing beside them. I think Willis feels he will come off the more sympathetic character in a comparison. ---
**Author:** ![A\_qui\_profite\_le\_crime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@A\_qui\_profite\_le\_crime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_qui_profite_le_crime)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-incredibly-worthless-annoying-character-in-an-otherwise-decent-movie/491961/71 "2009-04-05T15:41:56Z")
> [@TV\_time](#): > > I think it is that same psychological thing that has an attractive girl hang out with a not attractive girl - the thought that they will look better standing beside them. I think Willis feels he will come off the more sympathetic character in a comparison. Well, he certainly comes off as someone with the patience of a saint given that he has so far resisted shooting them in the kneecaps. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-incredibly-worthless-annoying-character-in-an-otherwise-decent-movie/491961/72 "2009-04-05T16:21:49Z")
> [@](#): > > Oh my god, yes. PiP is my least-favorite John Hughes movie because of Blaine, and it amazes me that people find it so romantic that he and Andie get together. Apparently the original ending had her ending up with Duckie, but the test audiences didn’t like it. They wanted her with Blaine. Always bugged me, too. I know it’s weird to say, since she’s the main character and all, but _Rachel Getting Married_ would have been a much better movie without Anne Hathaway’s character. I would have happily watched an entire movie about that wedding itself, without Kym the Drama Llama trying as hard as possible to screw it up. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-incredibly-worthless-annoying-character-in-an-otherwise-decent-movie/491961/73 "2009-04-05T16:29:04Z")
> [@fusoya](#): > > Milton was awesome (and Office Space was based on a SNL cartoon that Mike Judge made ABOUT Milton). And need I remind you that it was Milton burning down the office which caused the other characters to finally break free of that job? I realize the origin of the character but he annoyed the living shit out of me and was completely unnecessary in the film. Him burning down the office allowed the guys to get away with their plan, but that could’ve been accomplished any number of ways. And everyone except Peter - who was clearly done in that field of work - went right back to the same type of job anyway. Plus, working in an office ever since then, I’ve had to hear crappy impressions of “th-that’smystapler” way too many thousands of times. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-incredibly-worthless-annoying-character-in-an-otherwise-decent-movie/491961/74 "2009-04-05T23:45:40Z")
> [@Mississippienne](#): > > Oh my god, yes. PiP is my least-favorite John Hughes movie because of Blaine, and it amazes me that people find it so romantic that he and Andie get together. I mean, Blaine is a spoiled rich kid who makes no attempt to understand Andie’s world. He takes her on the most awkward date ever so she can be insulted by his preppy, snotty friends. When his best friend calls Andie “trash” to his face, all Blaine can muster is a weak “So what if I like her?” He asks her to the prom and then starts avoiding her because his idiot clique doesn’t like her. Then he has the nerve to show up at the prom and tell Andie that he “always believed in her”. Right asshole, you believed in her so much that you treated her like shit and let your friends abuse her. All of the John Hughes comedies are pretty creepy. Look at _Sixteen Candles_ (Jake pretty much encouraging Farmer Ted to rape his passed out girlfriend) or _Ferris Bueller’s Day Off_ (lying, scummy weasel cons his way through the day, manipulates his best friend, bullshits his girlfriend, et cetera). Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-incredibly-worthless-annoying-character-in-an-otherwise-decent-movie/491961/75 "2009-04-06T00:52:37Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Nicholas Cage, in pretty much any movie he’s made. His real last name, Coppola, and the Coppola family ties are the only reason the guy is an ‘actor’ at all. But bad actors should be a different thread. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-incredibly-worthless-annoying-character-in-an-otherwise-decent-movie/491961/76 "2009-04-06T01:36:25Z")
Nigel in **Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix**. He’s not even in the books–why does he get so much screen time? ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-incredibly-worthless-annoying-character-in-an-otherwise-decent-movie/491961/77 "2009-04-06T01:59:29Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > Finally, in \*\*Kingdom of the Crystal Skull \*\*(which, to be fair, I haven’t seen), you have Cate Blanchett’s Russian character who, up-front, is the main villain of the film and (I believe) has no sexual entanglements of any kind with Indy. I don’t want to spoil anything for you, but there is another major (and non-evil) female character in **Crystal Skull** who does have a romantic relationship with Indy. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-incredibly-worthless-annoying-character-in-an-otherwise-decent-movie/491961/78 "2009-04-06T02:26:42Z")
Sheriff JW Pepper in **Live and Let Die**. The most stereotypical southern cracker you ever did see, horribly acted by Clifton James. [http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0000393/](http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0000393/) ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-incredibly-worthless-annoying-character-in-an-otherwise-decent-movie/491961/79 "2009-04-06T02:36:14Z")
> [@mahaloth](#): > > he’s more **forceful** and intelligent, not some silly kid pretending. icwydt 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shawn1767](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Shawn1767](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shawn1767)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-incredibly-worthless-annoying-character-in-an-otherwise-decent-movie/491961/80 "2009-04-06T02:37:05Z")
I was coming in here to mention Andie McDowell’s character in "Four Weddings and a Funeral,’ but I see that it was already mentioned. I loved the movie, hated her acting and the character. She’s so in and out of the movie that she’s almost a MacGuffin, something to just move the plot along. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-incredibly-worthless-annoying-character-in-an-otherwise-decent-movie/491961.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-incredibly-worthless-annoying-character-in-an-otherwise-decent-movie/491961.md?page=5)