Villain thread

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Someone start posting pics and/or youtube vids

 

[bullets]

My Top -Ten


Darth Vader
Joker
Dr. Octopus
T-1000
Agent Smith
Bill the Butcher
Magneto
Mr. Blonde
Norman Stansfield ( Gary Oldman in The Professional )
It .. Tim Curry

 

[gwynplaine]

I forgot

Wez (The Road Warrior)
Commodus (Gladiator)

 

[rdh007]

My personal favorite is Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber from Die Hard. Ozzing with charm.

Alan Rickman reading the phone book has win written all over it.

 

[snakeinthegear]

Gert Frobe as Auric Goldfinger

 

[Eggyman]

The Joker (all versions)

Just an amazingly captivating and rich character, and for me has always been infinitely more enjoyable than Batman as a character.

Keyser Soze

My favourite villain, excluding The Joker. To me this guy is what The Joker would be in the real world - manipulative, just a shadow of a man, like smoke, with an almost paranormal talent for crime. An excellent performance, which made me start to pay attention to Spacey as an actor.

Hannibal Lector

My third favourite, with similar attributes as mentioned for the two above. The performance is one of my favourites ever. Truly captivating and evil, yet with plenty of humanity just below the surface.

Agent Smith

It's the smell This guy has soo much personality, and throughout the film you see the cracks start to show as he is influenced by the plot and the characters that fill said plot.

Darth Vader

To enjoy this guy now I have to forget about how the prequels have turned him into a lil bit**. No, George, the story should not be about him. Admit it, you made that up to sell your sh** to the masses.

I need to point out that what makes a good villain is having an actor who has persona and weight. Obviousl, you need a good writer for that too, along with a good director.



So what I'm saying is that a villain can't just do evil things to make a legitimate threat. He needs to have gravity.



For example, The Joker from the Dark Knight is a complete mystery but he's well development and you can see where he's coming from, despite how twisted his idelogy is. With that being said, the villains from The Transporter 2 or..XXX are evil men, but they're so hallow and empty that they end up being generic.

Excellent post and I completely agree. Also, like I said about Agent Smith, I think great villains should not just influence events but be be influenced by them and have their own small arc within the film, which is the case with every villain I mentioned to some degree.

 

[Sentinel X]

Although Hannibal Lector is my FAVORITE villain of all time, I think Buffalo Bill gets overlooked a lot. The guy who played him gave a good performance as well (and deserved a supporting actor nod) and the character is down right creepy and very believable.

Hopkins memorable perfomance as Hannibal Lector stole the show and some people probably don't realize how creepy Buffalo Bill was because of that.

 

[The Joker]

Gert Frobe as Auric Goldfinger

How could I forget him? Auric Goldfinger, and Oddjob. Best Bond villains.

I'd also like to add the Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz.

 

[dude stannis]

Best. Villain. Ever. No exceptions:

 

[amazingfantasy15]

Keyser Soze

My favourite villain, excluding The Joker. To me this guy is what The Joker would be in the real world - manipulative, just a shadow of a man, like smoke, with an almost paranormal talent for crime. An excellent performance, which made me start to pay attention to Spacey as an actor.

Seriously? You think Keyser Soze is a real world Joker, the whole point of the Joker is that he loves the spotlight. He wants people to know what he's doing, he could never stick to the shadows.

 

[gwynplaine]

Max Cady (De Niro but mostly Mitchum in both versions of Cape Fear.)
Liberty Valance (Lee Marvin in "The Man who shot Liberty Valance.")
Jack Palance in "Shane."

 

[Heffer Wolf]

Thought I'd throw out a couple that might be overlooked:

El Indio - For A Few Dollars More
Biff - Back To The Future
Nihilists - Big Lebowski
Danny DeVito - Death to Smootchy
Elijah Skuggs - Freaked
Bill The Butcher - Gangs of New York
Gozer - Ghostbusters
That Prince guy - Hellboy 2
Beef Supreme - Idiocracy (not sure if he is a bad guy, but he tried to kill the main character, so yes. Also, I think this is my favorite movie character of all time)
The dad - Pan's Labrynth
Goldberg - Santa's Slay
Brick Top - Snatch
Mugatu - Zoolander
Ed-209 - Robocop

 

[gwynplaine]

Jaws ("The Spy who Loved me.")

 

[Chris Wallace]

Best. Villain. Ever. No exceptions:

WHile I won't go that far, he definitely deserves a place on this thread.
"Simon says bleed."
I like to watch him & Stallone fight & say stupid stuff like, "That was for 'Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot'!" "That was for 'Disappearing Acts'!"
And while we're on the subject of Wesley Snipes, let's not DARE leave out Nino Brown.

 

[That-Guy]

Paul and Peter - Funny Games

Anton Chigurh - No Country for Old Men

Mademoiselle - Martyrs

Woo-jin - Oldboy

Alan Rickman's triple-play of awesome villains - Sheriff of Nottingham (Robin Hood), Hans Gruber (Die Hard) and Elliot Marston (Quigley Down Under)

Howard Payne - Speed

T-800 and T-1000 - Terminator 1 & 2

Alex - A Clockwork Orange

Patrick Bateman - American Psycho

Aaron - Titus

 

[gwynplaine]

^ Good list.

Freddy Krueger.

 

[That-Guy]

Thanks. Ah, yes, can't forget Freddy. And something tells me Jackie Earle Haley's new incarnation of Freddy will soon make the grade as well.

 

[Iron_Stark]

Darth Vader

The Joker

The Predator

T-800

T-1000

Zod

Emil Blonsky/Abomination

The Xenomorph

 

[gwynplaine]

Yul Brynner in Westworld.

Nurse Ratched.

The witch in Snow White.

 

[That-Guy]

John Doe - Se7en

Jigsaw - Saw series

Daniel Plainview - There Will Be Blood (not a total villain, but far from a hero)

Robert Angier - The Prestige

Grinko and Kolzak - Transsiberian

Le Chiffre - Casino Royale

Don Logan - Sexy Beast

Costello - The Departed

Mr. Blonde - Reservior Dogs

 

[Iron_Stark]

Lord Humongous from Mad Max was a badass.

 

[Eddie Dean]

Best movie villain of all time.

 

[SUPER SAIYAN D]

Simon Phoenix - Demolition Man
Sgt. Andrew Scott - Universal Soldier
Gozer - Ghostbusters
Nino Brown - New Jack City
Bishop - Juice
Akasha - Queen of the Damned
Joker - Dark Knight
David - The Lost Boys
Jason Voorhees- Jason X
Stripe - Gremlins
Eddie Quist - The Howling
Dracula - The Monster Squad
Tommy - Goodfellas
Brick Top - Snatch

 

[PyroChamber]

Some of my favorite villains...

The Operative
Galvatron
Severen
Alonzo Harris
Freddy Krueger
Evil Ash
Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg
The Joker
Palpatine
Deacon Frost
Magneto
T-800
T-1000
Hans Gruber
Castor Troy
Bartleby
Lo-Pan
Chozen Toguchi
The Penguin
Abomination
William Stryker

 

[Chris Wallace]

Best movie villain of all time.

Sorry. Can't give props to a prop.