Monday, February 13, 2006

Great Mentors in Literature, Film, and History

Here is my list, add comments or your own. Thanks to Don for the picture idea

1 - Obi Wan Kenobi to Luke(just watched the scene in the bar in Mos Eisley... incredible) (http://www.geocities.com/xtrafiles/BenCantina.gif)
2 - Mr. Miyagi to Daniel LaRusso (http://www.americanphoto.co.jp/pages/movie/HE/Previews/Plans-38241.jpg)
3 - That Guy who trains Van Damme to fight blind in whatever movie that was... Bloodsport? (http://www.movie-montage.com/images/upload/898p.jpg)
4 - Mickey to Rocky (http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9709/10/meredith.obit/rocky.jpg)
5 - Gandalf to Frodo (http://img-fan.theonering.net/rolozo/images/rivoche/frodo_and_gandalf.jpg)
6 - Yoda to Luke (http://innocentbystander.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/yoda.jpg)
7 - Norman Dale to the Hickory Huskers (http://www.americanrhetoric.com/images/hoosiersintroteam.JPG)
8 - Abbé to Edmond Dantés (http://images.hollywood.com/images/4_1102955.jpg)
9 - Morpheus to Neo (http://matrix.thescarymonkeyshow.com/images/morpheus.jpg)
10 -Athos to D'Artagnan (http://www.wineintro.com/movies/threemusketeers/athos.jpg)
11 - Baloo to Mowgli (http://www.etek.chalmers.se/groups/EKAK/historia/97/pics/baloo.jpeg)
12 - Mrs. Weston to Emma (http://www.pemberley.com/wdl/Images/westons.jpg)
13 - The Master to Grasshopper in Kung Fu (http://fusionanomaly.net/kungfudoyouhear.jpg)
14 - Master Splinter to Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo (http://www.animezu.com/Anime/cels/pics/Teenage%20Mutant%20Ninja%20Turtles/Splinter/splinter01.jpg)
15 - Dumbledore to Harry (http://www.pottersrealm.com/albums/Chamber-of-Secrets/BabyFawkes.sized.jpg)

7 comments:

Anna B said...

Agreed! Impressive. Most impressive.

Anna B said...

A couple more:
Doc to Marty
James Greer to Jack Ryan

Linda Bennion said...

Okay, here are a few of my favorites:

Andy Griffith to Opie

Forrester to Jamal Wallace (Finding Forrester)

Ben Kingsley to the little kid in Finding Bobbie Fischer

Sam Mossabini to Abrahams in Chariots of Fire

I love you...MOM

Don and Amy Bennion said...

A few that come to mind:
Joy to C.S. Lewis (Shadowlands)
Richard Winters to Easy Company
Jacob Kahn to Asher Lev
Greg Popovich to Tim Duncan

Don and Amy Bennion said...

Oh yea, and the Beatles to Oasis :)

Joe said...

I'm suprised my brother's haven't gotten Uncle Ben to Spiderman!
http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/43/37/22m.jpg

Wendy and John said...

Mom,

Is it Abrahams or Abrams?

Good call Joe. Thanks for the photo. When I first read it, I was asking myself, "did I miss Peter Parker's rice addiction?"