The original post: /r/movies by /u/KillikBrill on 2025-01-04 16:47:58.
I just want to take a moment and appreciate Harrison Ford. In my opinion, he is the best every man action hero that I can recall in cinema. His most iconic characters aren’t the best of the best at every single thing. Even when he wins the fight, he usually has taken a beating throughout and barely manages to make it out alive. The fight choreography is really clumsy, just like how an everyman character should be. I personally love when he throws a haymaker and almost falls over.
Indiana Jones is an academic first and foremost. Deckard is a cop. Han is a smuggler. Jack Ryan is an analyst. His characters find themselves in extraordinary circumstances but you never find their involvement unbelievable. His character is just lucky to make it to see another day. They show confidence in the skills they should and he perfectly portrays when he’s out of his depth. His character finds themselves grit to go on because it’s the right thing to do, but he hopes for the best without knowing he’ll win in the end.
I love watching the over the top action spectacles from time to time where the main hero breezes through waves of bad guys and has the best one liners. But if the goal is to see yourself in a character, I think Harrison Ford is the best action hero of his generation.