So, who else loves a good movie villain?

[nytemare]

I mean the GOOD ones, like Hannibal, the Queen of Diamonds and such. The ones that give the heebie jeebies because they are just eerie folks, rather than just coming in and slashing everything up with a big chainsaw. Although, I will say Christian Bale was interesting in American Psycho.

Real life bad guys suck, like * in the White House now. But the movie villians rock!

[Floogeldy]

1. I love the most evil, dastardly bastard a writer can cook up!

But not as good as the guys in the white hats.

B-)

[nytemare]

3. I root for the good guys more if the bad guy is REALLY bad

Nothing worse than a boring villain.

[Ready4Change]

2. I like over the top villians, a bit old fashioned.

Baron von Bombburst from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Terry Thomas is Magnificent Men and Thier Flying Machines, Auric Goldfinger in "Goldfinger" (Same actor as Bombburst. Hmmm.)

I like villians who seem to be evil for the sake of being evil.

[nytemare]

4. Jack was a great Joker

Great role for him!

[TroubleMan]

18. Don't forget Jack in The Shining

nt

[nytemare]

20. Oh I could never do that!

My favorite performance by him was in "Cuckoo's Nest". He wasn't a villain in that, but that was his best performance in my book.

[Lilith Velkor]

52. Mark Hammil is a far better Joker

JMHFO, y'know.

[nytemare]

53. I hear he will be in the next flick

Or that there are discussions of it. I am a big Star Wars fan, and I like Hamill, but I will have to wait to see him to judge. He does the voice well, though.

[Lilith Velkor]

60. holy Cockknocker!

Where'd you read that? If so, cool!

[nytemare]

67. I can't remember, to be honest

I just heard something that since he did the voice, he might get the role in the next movie.

Sorry I can't be more specific.

[havocmom]

5. I'm an 'Evil Roy Slade' fan myself

:popcorn:

[nytemare]

8. Never saw that!

Gomez!! I love the Addams Family!

[havocmom]

12. Dick Shawn was in it too if memory serves

It is so campy and funny... Don't know if it has been released on DVD. Doubt it, not too many remember it. Well, to be fair, most who have seen it are probably dead. Gads, Astin was so perfect in that film.

[nytemare]

17. His son was an awesome Samwise!

He turned in a great performance in LOTR.

[BrklynLiberal]

24. ...................

[hippiechick]

6. WILLEM !!!!

:loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[nytemare]

7. Chris Walken does a good bad guy!

He was pretty creepy in Sleepy Hollow!

[hippiechick]

10. Walken is incredible too !!

Even when he's not trying to be a 'bad guy' ... he still gives me the creeps.

I loved him in 'The Prophecy' series.
And just about everything else he's done.


:hi:

[nytemare]

46. Have you seen the video where he is dancing?

I think it is called "Weapon of Choice". It is funny as hell.

[hippiechick]

48. Yes, Fatboy Slim ... it won a few MTV awards ...

Walken was, I believe, trained as a dancer before he went into acting.
If you pay really close attention, he incorporates (nonscripted) movement/dance into alot of his roles -- he's got rhythm !!

:hi:

[nytemare]

51. I loved that video!

Every time I would hear the song I ran to the TV.

"You can go with this, you can go with that"

The dancing was spectacular!

[BrklynLiberal]

9. I first fell in love with Alan Rickman when he was the terrorist in the

very first "Die Hard".

[nytemare]

14. Wasn't he the bad guy in "Robin Hood"?

I know, now it is corny, but in the early 90's, it was cool!

[BrklynLiberal]

23. YES! He was Prince John,another villain, but with a comical touch

EDIT to correct

[tanyev]

47. He was such a good villain I was rooting for him

instead of *yawn* Kevin Costner.

[Ready4Change]

50. "You're just a common thief!"

Rickman: "I'm an extraordinary thief!"

Dialog between Bruce Willis' character, who just discovered the "terrorism" is really just cover for a theft, and Rickmans, who's insulted at being called "common."

Loved that exchange. :)

[Dervill Crow]

11. Ralph Fiennes is an awesome bad guy.

It's strange, because he's not really creepy looking.

[nytemare]

15. Yes, he was great in "Schindler's List"

Chilling, indeed.

[usedtobesick]

13. Also Alan Rickman but

as Prince John in Robin Hood. Or Richardo Montabahn (sp?) as Kahn.

[nytemare]

16. Brits seem to make the best villains.

[usedtobesick]

27. unless it is a Bond film..

then they have to be Russian.

[Lisa]

69. Canadians too...

Maybe because nobody suspects us?

We've got Dr. Evil (Mike Myers), Andre Linoge (Colm Feore), Baltar from the original Battlestar Galactica (John Colicos), Donald Sutherland (innumerable films) ...

[TroubleMan]

19. Daniel Day Lewis in The Gangs of New York

nt.

[VOX]

25. **Outstanding** bad guy! When he's not onscreen, you wait for him!

Best kind of bad guy -- a scene stealer who doesn't chew the scenery.

:toast:

[LeftyDarthBrodie]

35. Bill the Butcher saved Gangs of New York

I had such high hopes for this movie but was let down by most of it besides Bill the Butcher.

[giant_robot]

37. Brilliant!

I don't know how Daniel Day-Lewis was passed over at Oscar time for that performance!

[sundog]

21. michelle pfeiffer as catwoman

pretty campy

[nytemare]

32. That outfit had to be uncomfortable...LOL.

She was campy. Good role for her.

[sundog]

38. she played the schizo aspect to the hilt...

which is why it was a little different from newmar & kitt's takes... not necessarily better, just different... and memorable in its own right

i love that perf

[candy]

22. Lee Van Cleef was a great bad guy--

He's an old timer who,as far as I know,only played bad guys---the steely eyed,clenched jaw type that would scare the hell out of you.

[Kraklen]

64. Yeah, that guy made something like 80 movies.

Most of them westerns.

He was in Escape from New York, with Russell Crowe. He played the police chief giving "Snake" all the orders. The only role I know that he played where he wasn't the big bad guy.

[Robeson]

26. Vincent Price is my favorite actor, so what does that tell ya'.....?

[usedtobesick]

30. Best commercial ever

was Vincent and the bug zapper. The way he rubbed his hands together with glee after you hear the bugs hit the zapper.

[nytemare]

40. I suppose we would be remiss to leave out Christopher Lee as well

Classic.

[usedtobesick]

28. Doctor Evil?

The madman Drefus from the Pinkpanther movies?

[nytemare]

31. Dr Evil was funny as hell

I love the character for the funny. But, in reality, he was quasi evil.

[usedtobesick]

34. Ok he's only mostly evil

can we count Mini-me?

[nytemare]

39. Now, Mini-me went for the crotch

He has to be evil.

[derby378]

29. Kurtwood Smith as Clarence Boddicker in ROBOCOP

"Ooooooh! Guns, guns, guns! Come on, Sal! The Stockers are playing - to-niiight! And I never miss a game."

[nytemare]

33. I haven't seen that in forever

I would have to refresh my memory. I do remember liking it!

[Lannes]

36. David Patrick Kelly

He was in "The Warriors" "The Crow"
"48 hours" "Dreamscape" among others.

[lpbk2713]

41. Jack Palance was always a bad guy I loved to hate.

He was particularly good in Oklahoma Crude.

[Celeborn Skywalker]

42. One of the better villains recently

was, IMHO, Palpatine/Sidious in Episode III played by Ian Mcdiarmid. He was so conniving and deceitful. I hope Ian gets an oscar nod for this performance.

[nytemare]

44. Oh, most definately!!

I have him in my sigline. I was wondering if someone would bring him up.

:evilgrin:

[Flying Flyn]

43. Rutger Hauer in Blade Runner

Although in the end it became clear he wasn't such a bad guy after all.

[nytemare]

45. He was surely creepy in "The Hitcher"

I need to watch Blade Runner again. It has been quite a while!

[ucmike]

49. michael madsen in reservoir dogs and kill bill

not the lead villain, because both movies were full of bad guys.

everytime i watch reservoir dogs and see that scene i think to myself, "geez, there are really guys like that out there."

[nytemare]

55. He is a good character actor/bad guy

Steve Buscemi is a great bad guy, too, but more funny.

[Lilith Velkor]

54. Agent Smith

The only character in the Matrix saga who actually emotes. Hugo Weaving raawks!

[nytemare]

57. "Misssssster Anderrrrson"

He was great in LOTR as well!

[Lilith Velkor]

61. He's gonna be V (as in V for Vendetta)

That's gonna rock.

[nytemare]

62. Wow!

Did you see Sin City? If you did, how was that?

[Lilith Velkor]

68. Loved it

Favorite movie this year, Star Wars aside. (I don't judge Star Wars the same way I do other films, it's more like anime)

I read the graphic novels after I saw it, and I must say it was the most faithful comic adaptation I've ever seen.

[nytemare]

70. That should be on DVD soon!

A purchase I will surely make! Thank you.

[ksilvas]

56. Lee Van Cleef, just plain mean.

[nytemare]

58. I may have to go back to watch something with him

I used to watch the old flicks all the time. It has been too long ago for me to remember, now.

:)

[Kraklen]

65. Then you'll want to watch him at his best.

People say that The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly is a Clint Eastwood picture. But I think that it's really Lee Van Cleef's.

[Liberalynn]

59. I sure love

Dr. Doom aka Julian Mcmahon in the Fantastic Four. I saw it this Saturday. He was great. :evilgrin: He sure plays the bad boy well. Plus the guy Dr. Doom first zapped after gaining his electrical powers had the same first name as a certain freeper ex-boss of mine, who I really couldn't stand.

So when Doom took him out, I couldn't help but grin in vicarious glee. "No hard feelings, Ed" indeed! snicker, snicker. Nice shot Dr. Doom. :evilgrin:

[nytemare]

63. I like him in "Nip/Tuck"

I may have to wait for DVD for Fantastic 4. :)

[Lisa]

66. I think a great villain is even more important to the pic than a hero ...

Christopher Lee did a remarkable job of laying it all out, in an essay more than a decade ago. He explained that in some ways, it's more interesting to portray the villain, because there are so many directions in which you can take the character. You can be the "bad guy" because you're forced into it by circumstance, or because you really believe you're doing the right thing -- because you hold a grudge against the hero, or because you're trying to accomplish your goals and s/he's getting in the way. There are angry, vengeful, pathetic, and truly unbalanced villains (think "Saw" or Inspector Morse's "The Last Enemy").

Some of my favourites are the scheming sorcerer in "The Thief of Baghdad", Tartuffe in Moliere's play of the same name, and Martin Sheen's character who threatens Jodie Foster in "The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane". (Sheen actually does some pretty memorable villains -- I really hope that the West Wing gig doesn't typecast him from now on.)

I think that * would be quite a good movie villain. Honestly, he's the answer to a writer's (and actor's) prayers. But I wouldn't be satisfied with him just being a moron ... I'd really want him to be more cunning (though he scores high in the manipulative, arrogant, and heartless departments). So if I were writing a screenplay for him, I'd probably have to merge his character with Karl Rove's. It wouldn't be much of a stretch, because they're both vindictive and a nice blend of pettiness with delusions of grandeur. The situations when he pretends to be a nice, kindly guy (and a cowboy, at that!) are so shoddy and yet so over-the-top that I'm sure a performer could run wild with them.

[nytemare]

71. Nice post!

I loved Christopher Lee's performance in LOTR. I recently watched "Sleepy Hollow" which he had a part in. I notice that I seem to like the actors that Tim Burton casts. He always seems to chose those character actors who are just a little off. I have loved the films that Depp has done with him. I would like to see Depp play a deliberate bad guy. In Secret Window he was mentally ill, and there was duality. I just want to see him play a total bastard. Wasn't he a bad guy in "Once Upon a Time in Mexico"?

[sakabatou]

72. I like the ones where you can't quite tell if they're good or bad

Or the baddass ones like Vicious from Cowboy Bebop. He is cool.