The best movie villian
Originally posted by The Silver Bullet
And if Vito Corleone is a villian, then so is Brando in "A Streetcar Named Desire" as well. And Tennessee Williams once said that "there are no good or bad characters, some are a little better or worse, but in the end they are all driven by misunderstanding rather than malice". In other words, Brando as Stanley in "Streetcar" ain't no bad guy, Vito ain't a bad guy, and therefore cancelling De Niro out as Bickle and LaMotta.
I'm just saying.
I don't believe any of the above characters to be villains.
Bickle, LaMotta, Corleone, Stanley....
And if Vito Corleone is a villian, then so is Brando in "A Streetcar Named Desire" as well. And Tennessee Williams once said that "there are no good or bad characters, some are a little better or worse, but in the end they are all driven by misunderstanding rather than malice". In other words, Brando as Stanley in "Streetcar" ain't no bad guy, Vito ain't a bad guy, and therefore cancelling De Niro out as Bickle and LaMotta.
I'm just saying.
I don't believe any of the above characters to be villains.
Bickle, LaMotta, Corleone, Stanley....
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Some of these aren't complete villians but definately "villiany."
John Malkovich: Dangerous Liasons
Jeremy Irons: The House of the Spirits
Eventhough he isnt the ulimate evil in this film his character is nasty and cruel.
Harrison Ford: What Lies Beneath
Michael Douglas:A Perfect Murder
Matt Damon: The Talented Mr. Ripley
Jack Nicholson: A Few Good Men
Glenn Close: Fatal Attraction, Dangerous Liasons
Kathleen Turner: Body Heat
Jim Carrey: Batman Forever
Margaret Hamilton: The Wizard of Oz
(The Wicked Witch of the West and Almira Gulch)
Charles Boyer: Gaslight
Clark Gable: A Free Soul
Basil Rathbone: Captian Blood, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Mark of Zorro.
John Malkovich: Dangerous Liasons
Jeremy Irons: The House of the Spirits
Eventhough he isnt the ulimate evil in this film his character is nasty and cruel.
Harrison Ford: What Lies Beneath
Michael Douglas:A Perfect Murder
Matt Damon: The Talented Mr. Ripley
Jack Nicholson: A Few Good Men
Glenn Close: Fatal Attraction, Dangerous Liasons
Kathleen Turner: Body Heat
Jim Carrey: Batman Forever
Margaret Hamilton: The Wizard of Oz
(The Wicked Witch of the West and Almira Gulch)
Charles Boyer: Gaslight
Clark Gable: A Free Soul
Basil Rathbone: Captian Blood, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Mark of Zorro.
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I would guess the late J.T. Walsh
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I liked Hutger Hauer as Roy Batty in Blade Runner, although he was almost an anti-villian
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5. Louise Fletcher - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Nurse Ratched)
6. Lee Marvin - Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (classic bad guy / bully)
7. Gary Oldman - True Romance - (Drexyll!!!)
8. Dennis Hopper - Blue Velvet (Heineken? F--k that s--t! Pabst Blue Ribbon!)
2. Henry Fonda - Once Upon a Time in the West (that smile just before he shoots the boy)
3. Tim Roth - Rob Roy (great evil character in a very underrated film)
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2. Han - Enter The Dragon
3. The Terminator - The Terminator
4. Scar - Lion King
5. Master Pain/Evil Betty - Kung Pow: Enter The Fist
6. The Joker/Jack Napier - Batman
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2. Han - Enter The Dragon
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USA today by coincidence listed Top 10 Villains
1. Darth Vader
2. Norman Bates
3. Shark from Jaws
4. Hannibal Lector
5. Nurse Ratched
6. HAL from 2001
7. Jack Torrance from The Shining
8. Alex Forrest from Fatal Attraction
9. The hillbillies from Deliverance
10. Freddy Krueger from A Nightmare on Elm Street
I really like Alex Forrest and the hillbillies from this list
and also I'd like to add
Orson Welles as Harry Lime in The Third Man
Robert Mitchuum as Max Cady in Cape Fear
1. Darth Vader
2. Norman Bates
3. Shark from Jaws
4. Hannibal Lector
5. Nurse Ratched
6. HAL from 2001
7. Jack Torrance from The Shining
8. Alex Forrest from Fatal Attraction
9. The hillbillies from Deliverance
10. Freddy Krueger from A Nightmare on Elm Street
I really like Alex Forrest and the hillbillies from this list
and also I'd like to add
Orson Welles as Harry Lime in The Third Man
Robert Mitchuum as Max Cady in Cape Fear
Last edited by uconjack; 06-25-04 at 12:40 PM.
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2. The T-1000 - Terminator II
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