TDK's Joker: The best film villain of all time? - Page 10

Venom75 · 05-25-2012, 07:21 PM

Ledger's Joker is without a doubt,one of the greatest. I don't know if I could rank anyone above anyone else. I think when it comes to villains it really depends of the impact that villain had on you(or the person watching the film/TV show;etc). Personally,along with Ledger's Joker I love:

-Freddy Krueger(esp. for the 1st and 3rd Elm St. films)
-Hannibal Lecter
-the Wicked witch of the West
-Christopher Lee's Dracula

Blitzkrieg Bop · 05-25-2012, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by El Payaso

I'm going to be butchered for this, but I don't feel that Vader was so different than this.

He is in the first one, fo sho.

Robin91939 · 05-29-2012, 08:55 AM

The Joker (The Dark Knight)
The Shark (Jaws)
Darth Vader (Star Wars Episodes IV-VI)
Keyser Soze (The Usual Suspects)
Hannibal Lecter (Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, and Red Dragon)
Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter Series)
Norman Bates (Psycho)
Max Cady (Cape Fear)
Hans Gruber (Die Hard)
Doctor Octopus (Spider-man 2)

I wouldn't say that Heat's Joker was the best, but he is certainly in an elite group -- and near the top -- if not THE top. It's close.

-R

Boom · 05-29-2012, 04:40 PM

Alex Forrest (Fatal Attraction)
Alonzo Harris (Training Day)
Amon Goeth (Schindler's List)
Anton Chigurh (No Country for Old Men)
Bill Cutting (Gangs of New York)
Captain Hook (Peter Pan)
Commodus (Gladiator)
Count Dracula (Dracula)
Cruella de Vil (One Hundred and One Dalmatians)
Darth Vader (Star Wars)
Frankenstein's Monster (Frankenstein)
Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare of Elm Street)
Gill-man (The Creature from the Black Lagoon)
HAL 9000 (2001: A Space Odyssey)
Hannibal Lecter (The Silence of the Lambs)
Hans Gruber (Die Hard)
Hans Landa (Inglourious Basterds)
Henry Potter (It's A Wonderful Life)
Jack Torrance (The Shining)
Jafar (Aladdin)
Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th)
John Doe (Se7en)
Khan Noonien Singh (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan)
Lady Tremaine (Cinderella)
Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter)
Keyser Soze (The Usual Suspects)
Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty)
Michael Myers (Halloween)
Noah Cross (Chinatown)
Norman Bates (Psycho)
Nurse Ratched (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)
Phyllis Dietrichson (Double Indemnity)
Regan MacNeil (The Exorcist)
Scar (The Lion King)
Shere Khan (The Jungle Book)
The Joker (The Dark Knight)
The Man (Bambi)
The Predator (Predator)
The Queen (Snow White and the Seven Dwarves)
The Shark (Jaws)
The T-800 (The Terminator)
The T-1000 (T2: Judgment Day)
The Wicked Witch of the West (The Wizard of Oz)
The Wolf Man (The Wolf Man)
The Xenomorph (Alien)
The Zodiac Killer (Zodiac)
Walter Kurtz (Apocalypse Now)

Picard Sisko · 05-29-2012, 05:57 PM

Let's not forget Khan from Star Trek!

WarrenPeace2012 · 05-30-2012, 08:11 AM

Scar from the Lion King was a great villain and he could sing, but as for Joker being the greatest villain of all time, I might have to disagree. I'm gonna wait till I see Bane, cause I think he's gonna be the greatest villain of all time

MarvelKnight · 05-30-2012, 04:51 PM

The best film villain ever in the history of cinema? That is a heck of a lot of history and a crap-load of villains to wade through throughout the history of movies. I'll say he is up there but 'the best' is tough.

I'd say out of all the batman movies in history this joker was definitely the greatest

The original '54 Godzilla was a great villain.

Venom75 · 05-31-2012, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by MarvelKnight

The original '54 Godzilla was a great villain.

He was also a pretty evil sob in GMK. Killing people just for the hell of it.

darklord1967 · 06-03-2012, 11:16 PM

The best? No. Not even close. For me, all of that stupid lip-smaking was enough to disqualify him even from consideration.

Fudgie · 06-03-2012, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Robin91939

The Joker (The Dark Knight)
The Shark (Jaws)
Darth Vader (Star Wars Episodes IV-VI)
Keyser Soze (The Usual Suspects)
Hannibal Lecter (Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, and Red Dragon)
Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter Series)
Norman Bates (Psycho)
Max Cady (Cape Fear)
Hans Gruber (Die Hard)
Doctor Octopus (Spider-man 2)

I wouldn't say that Heat's Joker was the best, but he is certainly in an elite group -- and near the top -- if not THE top. It's close.

-R

The best list so far. Max Cady is underrated.

CConn · 06-03-2012, 11:38 PM

Max Cady is underrated. Particularly for when the original movie was made. To have an unabashed abuser of women and child predator like that take center stage must've been truly terrifying back then.

Fudgie · 06-03-2012, 11:59 PM

I know. That music they used in the movie was so creepy too. I liked the original Cady more than Deniro's.

Broseph44 · 06-04-2012, 02:35 AM

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Originally Posted by darklord1967

The best? No. Not even close. For me, all of that stupid lip-smaking was enough to disqualify him even from consideration.

Wow hahaha dumbest thing I read tonight

CConn · 06-04-2012, 03:48 AM

You're both in New York. You should get together and wrassle over it.

KalMart · 06-04-2012, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by CConn

Max Cady is underrated. Particularly for when the original movie was made. To have an unabashed abuser of women and child predator like that take center stage must've been truly terrifying back then.

Yes, a very racy proposition for the time and portrayed chillingly by Mitchum. I actually found him even creepier in 'Night Of The Hunter'.

darklord1967 · 06-15-2012, 02:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Broseph44

Wow hahaha dumbest thing I read tonight

Wow. Ha, ha, ha... Dumbest thing I read all year

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Originally Posted by CConn

You're both in New York. You should get together and wrassle over it.

No thanks. I've got much better things to do with my time... clipping my toenails comes to mind.

darklord1967 · 06-15-2012, 02:13 AM

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Fudgie · 06-16-2012, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Broseph44

Wow hahaha dumbest thing I read tonight

Yup.

jimbean · 06-17-2012, 03:41 AM

Everyone's forgetting Biff Tannen

FigsNFilms · 06-18-2012, 01:36 AM

I feel like he's by far and away the best comic book movie villain of all-time.

Young Superman · 06-19-2012, 05:20 AM

TDK's Joker has nothing on Darth Vader, good old Darth would just force choke that crazy clown.

The Joker · 06-21-2012, 05:12 PM

Vader turned good at the end

CConn · 06-21-2012, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by darklord1967

No thanks. I've got much better things to do with my time... clipping my toenails comes to mind.

You seem to have the sense of humor of dying snail.

Baneis8feettall · 06-21-2012, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Young Superman

TDK's Joker has nothing on Darth Vader, good old Darth would just force choke that crazy clown.

Darth Vader was a disgrace for both Jedi & Sith... Pretty much killed both sides and he died as well.

At least Joker was chaotic evil that we love.

CConn · 06-21-2012, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Baneis8feettall

Darth Vader was a disgrace for both Jedi & Sith... Pretty much killed both sides and he died as well.

I agree wholeheartedly with that. If ANH and ESB were the only two Stat Wars movies, Vader would definitely be the best ever.

But ROTJ and ROTS simply humanized him way too much to be that frightening of a villain.

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05-25-2012, 07:21 PM	#226
Venom75 I'm symbiotic! Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Pittsburgh,Pa. Posts: 1,528	Re: TDK's Joker: The best film villain of all time? Ledger's Joker is without a doubt,one of the greatest. I don't know if I could rank anyone above anyone else. I think when it comes to villains it really depends of the impact that villain had on you(or the person watching the film/TV show;etc). Personally,along with Ledger's Joker I love: -Freddy Krueger(esp. for the 1st and 3rd Elm St. films) -Hannibal Lecter -the Wicked witch of the West -Christopher Lee's Dracula __________________ -I'm a Freddy Krueger,Spider-man and Venom(the Eddie Brock version) FANATIC!

05-29-2012, 08:55 AM	#228
Robin91939 Master Tim Join Date: May 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 8,558	Re: TDK's Joker: The best film villain of all time? The Joker (The Dark Knight) The Shark (Jaws) Darth Vader (Star Wars Episodes IV-VI) Keyser Soze (The Usual Suspects) Hannibal Lecter (Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, and Red Dragon) Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter Series) Norman Bates (Psycho) Max Cady (Cape Fear) Hans Gruber (Die Hard) Doctor Octopus (Spider-man 2) I wouldn't say that Heat's Joker was the best, but he is certainly in an elite group -- and near the top -- if not THE top. It's close. -R Last edited by Robin91939; 05-29-2012 at 08:59 AM.

05-29-2012, 04:40 PM	#229
Boom I got nothin' Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Sitting on the nitpicket fence Posts: 28,266	Re: TDK's Joker: The best film villain of all time? Alex Forrest (Fatal Attraction) Alonzo Harris (Training Day) Amon Goeth (Schindler's List) Anton Chigurh (No Country for Old Men) Bill Cutting (Gangs of New York) Captain Hook (Peter Pan) Commodus (Gladiator) Count Dracula (Dracula) Cruella de Vil (One Hundred and One Dalmatians) Darth Vader (Star Wars) Frankenstein's Monster (Frankenstein) Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare of Elm Street) Gill-man (The Creature from the Black Lagoon) HAL 9000 (2001: A Space Odyssey) Hannibal Lecter (The Silence of the Lambs) Hans Gruber (Die Hard) Hans Landa (Inglourious Basterds) Henry Potter (It's A Wonderful Life) Jack Torrance (The Shining) Jafar (Aladdin) Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th) John Doe (Se7en) Khan Noonien Singh (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan) Lady Tremaine (Cinderella) Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter) Keyser Soze (The Usual Suspects) Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty) Michael Myers (Halloween) Noah Cross (Chinatown) Norman Bates (Psycho) Nurse Ratched (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) Phyllis Dietrichson (Double Indemnity) Regan MacNeil (The Exorcist) Scar (The Lion King) Shere Khan (The Jungle Book) The Joker (The Dark Knight) The Man (Bambi) The Predator (Predator) The Queen (Snow White and the Seven Dwarves) The Shark (Jaws) The T-800 (The Terminator) The T-1000 (T2: Judgment Day) The Wicked Witch of the West (The Wizard of Oz) The Wolf Man (The Wolf Man) The Xenomorph (Alien) The Zodiac Killer (Zodiac) Walter Kurtz (Apocalypse Now) __________________ "I had no idea a ninety-year-old man could cave in my chest cavity like that." Last edited by Boom; 06-19-2012 at 10:59 PM.

05-29-2012, 05:57 PM	#230
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MarvelKnight Side-Kick Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 2,533	Re: TDK's Joker: The best film villain of all time? The best film villain ever in the history of cinema? That is a heck of a lot of history and a crap-load of villains to wade through throughout the history of movies. I'll say he is up there but 'the best' is tough. I'd say out of all the batman movies in history this joker was definitely the greatest The original '54 Godzilla was a great villain. __________________ "Well, I guess the laws of physics cease to exist on top of your stove!"

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darklord1967 Side-Kick Join Date: May 2012 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 190	Re: TDK's Joker: The best film villain of all time? The best? No. Not even close. For me, all of that stupid lip-smaking was enough to disqualify him even from consideration.

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CConn Fountainhead of culture. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Peter North's Southern Headquarters Posts: 57,456	Re: TDK's Joker: The best film villain of all time? Max Cady is underrated. Particularly for when the original movie was made. To have an unabashed abuser of women and child predator like that take center stage must've been truly terrifying back then. __________________ It's like a non-consecutive 24-hour dance party.

06-03-2012, 11:59 PM	#237
Fudgie Side-Kick Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,948	Re: TDK's Joker: The best film villain of all time? I know. That music they used in the movie was so creepy too. I liked the original Cady more than Deniro's.

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CConn Fountainhead of culture. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Peter North's Southern Headquarters Posts: 57,456	Re: TDK's Joker: The best film villain of all time? You're both in New York. You should get together and wrassle over it. __________________ It's like a non-consecutive 24-hour dance party.

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06-19-2012, 05:20 AM	#246
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