Favorite movie villian?

[Ardent15]

I would say Heath Ledger's portrayal as the Joker is up there for my favorites.

[seaker]

1. Robert Mitchum in Night of the Hunter

[mitchum]

10. That's the one...

followed by Big Bob's portrayal of Max Cady in Cape Fear

[cemaphonic]

25. Ah, little lad, you're staring at my fingers

Would you like me to tell you the little story of right-hand/left-hand?

Yeah, he was great.

[seaker]

27. Creepy

Shudder...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. I don't remember his name...

But it was the guy who won the Oscar for best supporting actor this year in Inglourious Basterds.

He MADE that movie, which is what a really good villain does.

Heath Ledger is right up there too...

[Amerigo Vespucci]

17. Christoph Waltz

http://oscar.go.com/nominations/nominees/christoph-waltz/2847

:toast:

[meeshrox]

58. Yes! Love this guy!

[MiddleFingerMom]

3. It's just GOTTA be...

.
...The Penguin.
.
And not that Burgess Meredith nor Danny Devito guy, neither.
.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw0RPSjynK0
.

[Lionel Mandrake]

4. Amon Goeth (Ralph Fiennes) in "Schindler's List"

He was a memorable villain if there ever was one.

[hippywife]

42. I agree. He was really horrid.

My others are Tim Roth as Archibald Cunningham in Rob Roy and one I just saw on Masterpiece Theater the other night. That one was Toby Stephens as General Dodd in Sharpe's Challenge. That last one stayed with me the whole next day. Pretty violent.

:hi:

[zx_3500]

61. loved the scene

where he tries to fire the malfunctioning gun

[The Magistrate]

5. Mr. Oldman's 'Stansfield', Sir, In 'The Professional"

[XemaSab]

6. Kevin Spacey in Seven

:D

[tigereye]

57. yeah, he was scary

:scared:


Mine probably would be Hannibal Lecter- complex, witty and very, very disturbed.

[zx_3500]

60. I hated him so much

Se7en showed how great of an actor Spacey is

[SeattleGirl]

7. I have to agree with you.

Ledger was fantastic as The Joker!

[pinboy3niner]

8. C'mon . . . gotta be Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs

Ben Kingsley has also done some humongously frightening parts in movies like "Sexy Beast."

[Bertha Venation]

12. + 1

[Forkboy]

9. Brick Top from Snatch.

Though technically, depending on the which films in the series we're talking about, my pick would really be Godzilla. But he's a goodie goodie sometimes, so I'll pick Brick Top, who most certainly isn't one. :)

[MrCoffee]

20. Good choice! "Do you know what nemesis means?"

[carlyhippy]

11. Heath was the perfect Joker

amazing yet very disturbing

[charlie and algernon]

13. "you wanna know how I got these scars?"

Heath Ledger's Joker has to be in the top 10 of best all-time movie villians.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

14. I'll let my friend James T. Kirk say it for me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRnSnfiUI54

[Lindsey]

15. I agree with California Peggy. The guy who won the Oscar

in Inglorious Basterds at this time tops my list. I think his name was Christopher waltz (?).

[Lionel Mandrake]

38. Close. His name is Christoph Waltz...nt

[Amerigo Vespucci]

16. "...Eventus stultorum magister..."

Johnny Ringo: (Ringo steps up to Doc) And you must be Doc Holliday.
Doc Holliday: That's the rumor.
Johnny Ringo: You retired too?
Doc Holliday: Not me. I'm in my prime.
Johnny Ringo: Yeah, you look it.
Doc Holliday: And you must be Ringo. Look, darling, Johnny Ringo. The deadliest pistoleer since Wild Bill, they say. What do you think, darling? Should I hate him?
Kate: You don't even know him.
Doc Holliday: Yes, but there's just something about him. Something around the eyes, I don't know, reminds me of... me. No. I'm sure of it, I hate him.
Wyatt Earp: He's drunk.
Doc Holliday: In vino veritas.
("In wine is truth" meaning: "When I'm drinking, I speak my mind")
Johnny Ringo: Age quod agis.
("Do what you do" meaning: "Do what you do best")
Doc Holliday: Credat Judaeus apella, non ego.
("The Jew Apella may believe it, not I" meaning: "I don't believe drinking is what I do best.")
Johnny Ringo: Eventus stultorum magister.
("Events are the teachers of fools" meaning: "Fools have to learn by experience")
Doc Holliday: In pace requiescat.
("Rest in peace" meaning: "It's your funeral!")
Tombstone Marshal Fred White: Come on boys. We don't want any trouble in here. Not in any language.
Doc Holliday: Evidently Mr. Ringo's an educated man. Now I really hate him.

:toast:

[Biker13]

19. Kick Ass!

Great film!

Biker's Old Lady

[jobycom]

29. I don't agree that Ringo was a great villain, but Kilmer was brilliant.

One of the best.

[VOX]

41. "I'm your huckleberry!"

Agreed, Kilmer did a terrific turn. :thumbsup:

[Kali]

36. OH! OH! OH!

some tiny outdoor scene from that movie was filmed here on the ranch!

I never figured out what or where and maybe they cut it out, but we got paid!

Funny tidbit - they didn't want to travel all the way to the real Tombstone area for filming. (which is only another 30 miles)

[mockmonkey]

18. Lord John Whorfin

Laugh-a while you can, monkey-boy.

[av8rdave]

21. Anton Chigurh

Played by Javier Bardem in "No Country For Old Men."

Methodical, unemotional, lethal, with a twisted sense of chance and fate. Occasionally has sympathy for his victims, but feels his crimes are predetermined and demanded by fate.

Creepy.

[Biker13]

45. I Agree!

That was one bad ass dude!

Biker's Old Lady

[RT Atlanta]

22. I really liked Joaquin Phoenix in Gladiator

To me, he was a perfect "bad guy," and as I saw it, there were a lot of parallels between his character and the then-shitbag-for president bush*

[jobycom]

30. Yeah, I thought of him, too. Underappreciated performance. But Bush wasn't president.

The film came out in 2000, Bush took office in 2001.

I thought he should have gotten the Oscar, but damn that was a good year for supporting actors. Jeff Bridges, Albert Finney, Willem Dafoe, and Benecio Del Toro (who won).

[redqueen]

23. Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter

[flvegan]

24. Baby Firefly

The Devil's Rejects. Hottest villain ever.

[cemaphonic]

26. Henry Fonda in "Once Upon A Time in the West" was pretty memorably loathsome.

[RedSpartan]

54. Excellent, excellent pick.

I mean, the first time we see him, he shoots a little kid. Henry Freaking Fonda kills a little kid! As you say, a loathsome bastard.

[sarge43]

55. Indeed.

That scene where he's drumming his fingers on Cardinale's bare back - jeebus, that was chilling.

[Richardo]

28. Professor Fate

[book lady]

39. I loved Jack Lemmon as Professor Fate and I loved Peter Falk as his toady :)

[Richardo]

48. "Push the button, Max!"

:D

[jobycom]

31. Hades

"Whoa, is my hair out?"

[Captain Hilts]

32. 'Lucky' Ned Pepper in True Grit. "Mighty bold talk for a one-eyed fat man." nt

[RedSpartan]

33. Hans Gruber

So smart, so suave, so smooth.

[Mad_Dem_X]

34. Heath Ledger's Joker and

Keyser Soze from The Usual Suspects.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

35. Kneel before ZOD!

[General Zod]

44. You are very wise

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

46. I have a heightened sense of self-preservation. Say hi to Ursa and Nom from me. -nt

[Gidney N Cloyd]

37. Casanova Frankenstein

[VOX]

40. Cody Jarrett in "White Heat," James Cagney's tour-de-force. "Top of the world, Ma!"

:nuke:

Great screen villian and one of the more flamboyant death scenes in cinema.

Top marks also to Daniel Day Lewis as Bill Cutting in Scorsese's "Gangs of New York."

[pokerfan]

43. Dr. Christian Szell

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"Is it safe?"

[Pharlo]

47. Alan Rickman.

The Sheriff of Nottingham
Hans Gruber
The rancher in "Quigly Down Under"
Snape

[Still Blue in PDX]

52. Yes, yes, yes, and yes. eom

[zx_3500]

62. hans gruber was the best character

in Die Hard 1

[sarge43]

49. The ladies are somewhat under represented.

False Maria, Metropolis

Leslie Crosbie, The Letter

Wicked Witch, The Wizard of Oz

Velma, Murder My Sweet

Eve, All About Eve

Frau Sabastian, Notorious

Mrs Iselin, The Manchurian Candidate

Maddie, Body Heat

Morgana, Excalibur

The Hive Queen, Aliens

Lady de Winter, any Three or Four Musketeers (My favorite is Faye Dunaway)

Borg Queen, ST: First Contact

[MissMillie]

50. Max Cady in Cape Fear (possible spoiler)

I swear, at the end of that movie, I expect DeNiro to pop out of the water as the credits are rolling.

[caitxrawks]

51. oh boy, there's so many.

Oh goodness.

Heath Ledger as The Joker
Christoph Waltz as Hans Landa
Javier Bardem as Anton Shugur
Daniel Day-Lewis as Bill the Butcher
Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter
Robert de Niro as that crazy ass dude in Cape Fear


And...ahhh...I know there's more, but it's too early for me to get out of a brain fart.

[RedSpartan]

53. Messala from Ben-Hur

A cold-blooded sonofabitch who gets his comeuppance big time.

[nytemare]

56. Louise Fletcher as Nurse Ratched

A nod to the female villains.



Kathy Bates as Annie Wilkes


Tilda Swinton as Karen Crowder

[Richardo]

64. Good calls!

:thumbsup:

[zx_3500]

59. ED-209

from Robocop

[stewartcolbert08]

63. "The Jew Hunter" Col. Hans Landa

played by Christoph Waltz in Inglorious Bastards. I thought he was awesome!