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Top 10 Shades Wearing Characters in Movies and TV


they’re the coolest frames to ever grace
both the silver and small screens
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
shades wearing characters lieutenant
Caine for this list we’re picking
characters who made sunglasses a part of
film and television fashion history and
made us want to embody their charisma
charm and self-confidence by sporting
our own pair of solar shields number 10
Jon nada they live either put on these
glasses or start eating that trash after
finding a pair of mysterious sunglasses
that expose a secret alien plot drifter
Jon nada goes on a crusade to inform the
world of their mental slavery where’d
you get those glasses tooth fairy
sporting the mystifying glasses as a way
to view the aliens in their true form
naty’s shades style wasn’t only
functional but also made him look pretty
damn badass at the same time it’s like a
drug here these glasses makes you high
decades later this sci-fi horror flick
remains memorable not only for the
quirkiness of its plot you’re fighting
the forces of evil that none of us can
see without sunglasses but also for the
way its hero rocked his signature shades
you see I take these glasses off she
looks like a regular person doesn’t she
huh put him back on from maldehyde face
number 9 Leone Montana Leone the
professional
this quiet and mild-mannered hitman
delivered an unforgettable look with his
signature circular sunglasses in this
luc besson thriller Texas may help you
I’ll call you back
actor Jean Renault managed to pull off
the look with ease the soft edge frames
hid his loneliness while providing a
subtle bullseye symbolism that was both
intimidating and sophisticated what do I
say never you want the murderer for hire
and his young sidekick are the perfect
combination of strength and weakness
with Mathilda making being a hitman hip
without sacrificing the realities of the
professions darker side
if you keep your mouth up a little
trigger capisci Oh
number 8 lieutenant Pete maverick
Mitchell Top Gun let’s go
while Tom Cruise is no stranger to
wearing shades see his breakthrough role
in the rom-com risky business
it’s the Ray Ban aviators he wore as
maverick in the action drama Top Gun
that have ascended the ranks he’ll cut
that while he never wore them while
soaring through the air
there’s no denying the sunglasses
embodied the definition of cool 80’s
confidence and machismo while he was off
the runway got it get some things
while ray-ban experienced a jump in
sales the shades also created an iconic
look that we still associate with the
film to this day I feel the need Oh
number 7 Thomas Crown the Thomas Crown
Affair Steve McQueen didn’t heat a pair
of shades to make him the coolest mofo
in the room but by golly if they didn’t
help in this 1968 crime flick what do
you have to worry about who I want to be
tomorrow as the millionaire mastermind
behind a bank robbery arranged out of
boredom
Thomas Crown manages to pull off the
crime with ease and all while sporting a
pair of awesome sunglasses and smooth
style that not even an extra two million
could buy number six blade blade is a
half vampire hybrid which means he
doesn’t actually need his shades to
protect himself from the sunlight so
these sunglasses are all for the sake of
looking like a total badass and we’re
not complaining it were stings out
tonight that vampires like would like me
whether he’s slaying his enemies with
powerful martial arts maneuvers or just
delivering plot driven dialogue she’s
been bitten should have killed it it
yeah I know what I did
blades signature Oakley’s are an
essential accessory to maintain his
tough exterior that he sports everywhere
he goes hey man thanks
he even wears them in the dark some
mother is always trying to ice skate
uphill how’s that for a style commitment
there’s still a war going and I have a
job to do you want to help number five
Jake and Elwood blues the Blues Brothers
one pair of sunglasses
you know you’ll love them this
suit-wearing duo remains some of the
most well recognized shades wearing
characters of all time it’s dark and
we’re wearing sunglasses from rocking
out with James Brown in a church to
embarking on a mission from God to save
their childhood orphanage and evading
the police on a car chase under the
cover of night today are not gonna catch
us we’re on a mission from God these
music loving brothers never take off
their sunglasses or they’re cool
demeanors taking us all on a rock and
journey of comedic hilarity in the
process
number four lieutenant horatio Caine CSI
miami drive by Miami style while most of
the characters on this countdown sported
sunglasses for the sake of fashion this
Florida detective used his shades for
dramatic effect we have a sinking crime
scene as probably the most amazing crime
solver Miami has ever seen horatio Caine
embodies the too-cool-for-school
detective persona to a tee with his
often imitated tendency to take off and
put on his shades of justice to coincide
with both dramatic pauses and musical
cues looks like something caught her his
silhouette tightened minimal art model
frames have become almost as infamous as
his character giving him both confidence
and a clever way to beat the Miami Heat
okay I’m gonna get to the truth
number three Morpheus the matrix as you
no doubt have guessed I am Morpheus
while shades wearing characters were
plentiful in this sci-fi action flick
they’re not hope yet
Morpheus out Shawn as the leader of a
gang of rebels on a mission to free his
fellow humans from the matrix the matrix
is everywhere it is all around us as
both mentor and teacher to reluctant
hero neo the Nebuchadnezzar captain’s
iconic look of frameless sunglasses was
so much the epitome of cool confidence
and utterly unique style that there were
few who didn’t want to sport a pair of
their very own you’ve been living in the
dream world neo this is the world as it
exists today number two
The Terminator it wasn’t only Arnold
Schwarzenegger as muscles that made him
an intimidating foe in this sci-fi
action movie I’m a friend of Sarah
Connor I was told that she’s here
courtesy of Lisa the sunglasses he
sports throughout the Terminator add to
the cold robotic nature of his cyborg
mentality
by eliminating any shred of human
emotion through lack of eye contact his
threatening appearance when rocking
these shades became a signature look he
would continue to sport throughout the
franchise
before we unveil our number one pick
here are a few honorable mentions wait a
minute he’s not coming with us is he yes
I can offer you a comfortable home sunny
garden a congenial atmosphere my cherry
pies gracious please forgive me she was
driving home late one night drunk cross
the center line there’s no reason for
everything you tell me who else would
tell someone at a half a block in a lake
my loyalty be untouchable you got it
number one agent J the men in black
franchise
I make this look good armed with cunning
wit playful sarcasm and lightning-fast
instincts Agent J is the coolest MIB
this secret agency has ever seen with
his feisty personality being the perfect
complement to partner agent K’s sterile
straight-man demeanor no be you won’t he
made their trademark sunglasses more
than just a necessary fashion accessory
to protect them from having their
memories erased razor water tap water
instead he rocked them with such style
their now iconic may have your attention
please
they’ve also helped him and his fellow
man in black continue to intimidate
extraterrestrials throughout the
universe as well as ensured the comic
sci-fi franchise a place in pop culture
history thank you for participating in
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