Jar Jar top pain by far far (Binks voted 'most annoying character in film history')

The Sun (U.K.) ^ | December 19, 2004 | GARY MENEELY

[Stoat]

Annoying ... Jar Jar

Jar Jar top pain by far far

By GARY MENEELY

STAR Wars alien Jar Jar Binks has been voted the most annoying character in film history.

The elastic-tongued creature, from The Phantom Menace, beat Eddie Murphy’s Donkey from Shrek into second place.

Jar Jar’s high-pitched voice — provided by little-known actor Ahmed Best — stuck in fans minds.

Comic Jim Carrey had FOUR characters in the top 20. His idiotic Lloyd Christmas from Dumb And Dumber was third.

Carrey’s portrayal of Stanley Ipkiss in The Mask was eighth, his title role in The Cable Guy came 11th and The Grinch was 17th.

Rowan Atkinson’s Mr Bean was the highest British entry at No4, while Sasha Baron Cohen’s Ali G was 19th.

Nearly 5,000 film fans were quizzed in the poll for DVD movie game Scene It?

Spokeswoman Gylla Kelly said: “Everyone has a favourite movie character — as well as a list of those they find annoying.

“When people play the game they usually like to debate over which characters have made their mark on the movie scene.”

[Stoat]

My guess is that if this had been a U.S. poll, Michael Moore would likely have figured quite prominently in it.....

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SW ping

[John Jorsett]

Good thing this guy has never been in a movie.

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http://imdb.com/name/nm0078886/

[demecleze]

What the heck some of the characters on there are funny not annoying!

[JoJo Gunn]

[marajade]

I love Wicket!

[JoJo Gunn]

My condolences....

[AmishDude]

Sounds like they just wanted a list that they could put Jar Jar on the top of.

[marajade]

For real... I like Eddie Murphy as Donkey, and Jim Carrey as the Grinch, and definitely Andy S as Gollum.

[AmishDude]

Donkey was supposed to be exactly as annoying as he was. I guess Gollum is annoying in the ROTK commentaries, but not in the film. Besides, I have a better list: Michael Moore, Farenheit 9/11. Michael Moore, Bowling for Columbine. Michael Moore, Roger and Me. And you cannot forget the ensemble work for Canadian Bacon.

[marajade]

Did you ever see the Gollum easter egg on TTT? It was extremely funny.

[Oztrich Boy]

Wow. The legal department on The Shining really screwed up when they gave clearance for the character name "Shelley Duvall" (played by Wendy Torrance). You would have thought that they would have found there is actually a well known person named Shelley Duvall.

[AmishDude]

It's the best of the 3 Easter eggs. And I love how they bleeped him. Even on the DVD. It's much funnier bleeped.

[marajade]

I couldn't believe how he cursed at Peter Jackson in that clip.

[AmishDude]

Are you kidding, Peter Jackson loves that stuff. Jackson gets killed as an extra in the ROTK extended cut.

[marajade]

Did you see the two easter eggs on ROTK discs 1 and 2 yet?

[AmishDude]

I've seen the one on disc 2.

[AmishDude]

I've seen them both. Still not as good as TTT.

[marajade]

If I were a certain part of the population, I'd be rather offended.