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Fancy dress/costume party, film theme, ideas please!

facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
edited December 2010 in All Encompassing Trip
Ok so I've got a fancy dress part coming up, the theme is characters from films, and I'm really stuck for ideas.
I really want to come up with something original, but it needs to be something people will recognise. Oh and it needs to be cheap-ish to put together. One last thing, I'm male and 29, so no female characters! And no the Borat mankini is not an option!!!

Cheers!
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  • JDBJDB Posts: 277
    Go as Braveheart dude, turn a sack into a tshirt, long haired wig, hire or buy an old kilt, paint your face blue, charge around yelling "Freedom" throughout the party. Plus you'll be a real talking point due to Mel Gibsons fall from grace.
  • unlost dogsunlost dogs Posts: 12,553
    When in doubt... Darth Vader.
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  • LizardLizard Posts: 12,091
    Napoleon Dynamite!! Now THAT'S Classy!!!

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    Get really thin, buy a battered down coat, grow a scraggly beard and long hair, and you can go as The Man. (Viggo Mortensen's character in "The Road.")
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    "The Dude" from The big lebowski
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    Forest, Forest Gump :mrgreen:

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    Construction guy, plumber, appliance repair person, any constume where your ass is half hanging out is what I advise.
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  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave Posts: 41,828
    facepollution wrote:
    Ok so I've got a fancy dress part coming up, the theme is characters from films, and I'm really stuck for ideas.
    I really want to come up with something original, but it needs to be something people will recognise. Oh and it needs to be cheap-ish to put together. One last thing, I'm male and 29, so no female characters! And no the Borat mankini is not an option!!!

    Cheers!


    What's wrong with going as a female? Not man enough? :) :P

    How about Rocky or Jack Sparrow (from Pirates of The Caribbean)?
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  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    eeriepadave wrote:

    What's wrong with going as a female? Not man enough? :) :P

    How about Rocky or Jack Sparrow (from Pirates of The Caribbean)?

    Man, I would look horrendous as a woman!

    The problem I have is that a couple of my friends take their fancy dress very seriously, so they've already done a lot of the good ones like Jack Sparrow, Mad Hatter, Avatar, The Joker...

    I just want something really different that nobody else will have thought of.
  • LizardLizard Posts: 12,091
    Got a suit and black sharpie??? go as him:



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    Edit: I was gonna say oops---not from a film but he WAS in the Hangover!!!
    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
    Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    I go to San Diego Comic Con every year, and while most costumes there are definitely a lot of work, there are some that can definitely be done fairly easily, but are pretty good. My favorite is Vegas Boba Fett

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    You could also take any iconic star and zombie them (like a Zombie blues brother, etc.). Heath Ledger Jokers, Duff Man (Simpsons), Video Game characters, etc. are all pretty popular too. Do a google image search for Comic Con Costumes, and you'll get plenty to choose from.
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