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Added 2020-09-25 05:50:15 +0000 UTCWho is your favorite movie villain any why?
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Ghostface of Scream; they could be anybody and the protagonists have to discover the identity with high stakes of possible death!
davis376 .
2024-10-10 01:03:46 +0000 UTCSpoiler but I'll go with Amy Dunne. Fantastic femme fatale whose wit and cunning instincts help her evade trouble. She plays on gender roles to her own duplicitous advantage where a beautiful face helps mask her inner self to the public. I also admire a mainstream Hollywood film where in the end the villain gets exactly what they want.
Emerson B
2020-09-28 01:12:48 +0000 UTCGustavo Fring. I love how he was always composed and polite except being ruthless when he needs to. Always a few steps ahead of everyone. Not only my favorite villain of all time but also my favorite character in Breaking Bad. Giancarlo Esposito gave a brilliant performance.
Oskitello
2020-09-27 23:24:56 +0000 UTCThis may sound like a stretch but I think Heath Ledger's joker is the greatest performance of the 21st century and my favorite performance of all time. There have been great, comics accurate, interpretations of the character (Mark Hamill, Jack Nicholson) but never before have we seen a portrayal that maintains the essence of the joker (weirdness, playfulness, mysteriousness) while introducing a Daniel Day-Lewis level of intensity, maturity, and depth. I've never seen an actor that engrossed in his character (he WAS the joker, Bale is really punching him and he doesn't flinch). There was no vanity in his portrayal -- he was a real, vulnerable guy who was in pain but he never shoved that in your face (the way Phoenix did). He never did anything with the mindset "the joker would do this in this situation, so let me try this"; he WAS the joker so he didn't have to think about it, the next thing to do came naturally to him which is why his joker is so believable. I'll end by saying that Heath Ledger was a once in a generation talent (like the Michael Jordan of acting), put in an iconic role, and gave an iconic performance that is burned into the brains of a generation of people.
Michael Smith
2020-09-27 17:04:33 +0000 UTCEllen Harland from Leave Her to Heaven. She doesn't get as much recognition as she deserves. Gene Tierney was never better. Someone who stops at nothing to keep her new husband all to herself and I mean nothing. Some of the most terrifying scenes in movie history. Totally, surprises you with how messed up in the head this person is. Makes other great villains look pathetic by comparison. The less said, the better.
Wolfman Brandon
2020-09-25 17:08:25 +0000 UTCGonna have to go with Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber in Die Hard. He's witty, erudite, and always three steps ahead of everyone. Rickman was mesmerizing in a role many thought he couldn't pull off. He reportedly approached the character as a genuine protagonist which gave Gruber a touch of hope and authenticity that made you almost root for him. In the backdrop of 80's machismo, he was as much an anti-villain as Bruce Willis was an anti-hero and the dual contrast worked beautifully in that film.
James ODonoghue
2020-09-25 06:59:43 +0000 UTC
