TOP TEN: Movie Villains
Who's the baddest baddie of them all?
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Picking the best movie villains of all-time is tricky. While this might seem like an easy list to create there were a few things that I had to think about concerning a few of my favorite baddies. Take for example Tony Montana from Scarface and Michael Corleone from The Godfather II. These two guys aren't good guys, that is for damn sure, but are they villains? I see these two guys as anti-heroes and I might have to start a new top ten for just that topic because it pained me to leave either of them off this one.
Then I had a couple of personal favs that I wish I could have included that fell short. Names like Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting (Gangs of New York), Simon Gruber (Die Hard With a Vengeance and that big ol' fish Jaws. I also had a couple of oldies on the list with the Wicked Witch and Norman Bates, but they just couldn't make it.
The last honorable mention that fell just short was T2's T-1000, while he might have been ahead of his time visual effects wise he just wasn't good enough to crack the top ten.
So who did actually make it? I am sure several of these won't surprise any of you, but I hope I was able to throw a couple of curve balls at you as some of my favs are sure to be a bit different than yours.
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Awesome list! There is nothing the people love to see more than the bad guys! And your #1 is right on the money. Kevin Spacey is a great actor and I really don't think any other actor could have pulled off John Doe anywhere near as good as he did. I have two honorable mentions for your list…Robert DeNiro as the "over-seer" from Angel Heart and Sharon Stone's role as that money hungry cheating life ruining tramp from Casino. Women…
I never really thought of Sharon Stone from Casino, but that is a great call! Since I didn't have any women on this list perhaps top ten female villains is in order along with my idea for top ten anti-heroes! Thanks for the comment!
I don't think her character could really be classified as a villain but that bitch sure was crazy!
Great list, but I really ant to dwelve on the psyche of a true villain. What's a villain? "a deliberate scoundrel or criminal" says the dictionary, but I would add that a true villain must also be cunning, heartless and a heartfelt sociopath, and should scare the bejesus right off your skin; you would not want to encounter none of these people in a dark alley. So here goes my list.
1) John Doe "Seven"
2) Anton Chigurh "No Country for Old Men"
3) Hannibal Lecter "Silence of the Lambs"
4) Freddy Krueger "Nightmare on Elm Street"
5) Coronel Vidal "Pan's Laberynth"
6) Jack Torrance "The Shinning"
7) Agent Smith "The Matrix"
8) Alex Forrest "Fatal Attraction"
9) Darth Vader "The Empire Strikes Back) -hard to choose this one. After witnessing the birth of Anakin Skywalker's alter ego played by cute as a buttom Hayden Christensen, it's hard for me to consider him a villain any more.
10) Alien in "Alien"
Keith Ledger – Joker – The Darknight
Margaret Hamiltom – Witch – Wizard of the Oz
Ian McKellen – Magnet – Xmen
Glenn Close – Alex Forrest – Fatal Attraction
That's all in my list.