Your favourite villain in film ? - General Discussion Discussion

[–] nyctc7 (44119) 7 months ago

Archie Cunningham (Tim Roth) - Rob Roy (1995)

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (78628) 7 months ago

That was one of the greatest sword fights in Hollywood history. Honestly, it probably beat any sword fight in Conan 1982 and I do NOT say that lightly, that’s my favorite movie. But yeah, that fight scene at the end of Rob Roy was a real wowser!

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[–] jriley555 (8557) 7 months ago

ditto

other honorable mentions...

Tarantino villains (in general)
'dad' longworth (Karl Malden) - One-Eyed Jacks (61)
jj hunsecker (Burt Lancaster) - The Sweet Smell Of Success (57)
Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) - The Godfather (72)

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[–] PaladinNJ (21786) 7 months ago

Cactus Jack (Kirk Douglas)

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[–] mikethemartian (7005) 6 months ago

He was a living Wile E. Coyote.

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[–] robocat893 (16260) 7 months ago

Hannibal Lecter. He was only in Silence of the Lambs for about 16 minutes and he made a huge impact. A true villain!

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (78628) 7 months ago

Oh yeah, I just came back to this post to mention Hopkin’s performance as Dr. Hannibal Lecter.

He’s one of fictions most chilling psychopaths, I read the novel a couple of times, it’s one of the few books that actually was quite scary
And I’ve read pretty much all of them.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (78628) 7 months ago

Cristoph Waltz as Col. Hans Landa in the Inglorious Basterds was a heck of a great villain. He was a deadly wolf in sheep’s clothing, so polite and charming and well groomed but a total Nazi monster. Great performance, I think he got an Oscar for that role!

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[–] KiwiJim (1816) 7 months ago

I agree completely, Waltz was fantastic in Inglourious Basterds. I thought it was a shame that magic didn’t translate to his Bond villain though, he kind of walked through that role.

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[–] overseas7 (5080) 7 months ago

It was a very good performance.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (78628) 7 months ago

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (78628) 7 months ago

I think we should mention Darth Vader here. He was totally intimidating and frightening.

I’m still displeased with the ending of Return Of The Jedi where all of a sudden he turns nice. Phooey to that nonsense, Darth was evil and all of a sudden he gets a heart?!?

Luke was handling things well enough against the Emporor, OK, he was getting his ass
Kicked by that evil Jedi lightening but still, the kid was putting up a good fight.

Suddenly Darth Vader becomes a nice guy…I really did not buy that at all.

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[–] AndyKing1967 (39875) 7 months ago

He was the first name that popped into my head, until they took his helmet off and he looked like a boiled egg, lol.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (78628) 7 months ago

Ha, he was no looker lol😵

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[–] MaximRecoil (4860) 7 months ago

I'm not going to name just one, so in no particular order:

Buddy Repperton - Christine
Biff Tannen - Back to the Future
Darth Vader - Star Wars
L. G. Murphy - Young Guns
The Terminator - The Terminator
Andrew Scott / GR13 - Universal Soldier
Elliott Marston - Quigley Down Under
Apollo Creed - Rocky II
Clubber Lang - Rocky III
Prince Humperdinck - The Princess Bride
The Wicked Witch of the West - The Wizard of Oz
Chong Li - Bloodsport
White Goodman - Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting - Gangs of New York
Ursa - Superman II
Bill Lumbergh - Office Space
Robby - Joe Dirt

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[–] coreydude (332) 7 months ago

Professor Moriarty in all the Sherlock Holmes films

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[–] nyctc7 (44119) 7 months ago

Ever see Daniel Davis as Moriarty in two Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes? I thought he was great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msjQKkkW2Wo

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[–] coreydude (332) 6 months ago

Yeah I remember that episode. It was a good one.

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