Best Movie Villain

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no Ming the Merciless yet?

On a more serious note, I'd go for Darth Vader, iconic, robotic, evil (sort of) and forever scarred in my memory.

The baddie that scared me the most when I was young was the Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.....   

On that note a rather Evil TOTPD.... Mwahahahaha.

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That would be the case for me if he didn't let Luke go off without him.  He just ended up being a sort of hero.

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I vote for The Joker in Tim Burton's Batman.
Jake Nicholsin is rememberal in this film.
He had the perfect insane touch.

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Now let's see, I'm a Bond fan and I satirize it with my SpyOrama, what should I choose.  I know Goldfinger, "No, Mr. Bond I expect to die."

Also, I like Hannibal, Agent Smith, Denzel Washington's character from "Training Day".  Scarface, The Terminator, Darth Vader, Freddy Kruger and many more.

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Agent Smith! Terminator! Oh, why couldn't I have thought of these before? I think the Terminator is one of the coolest movies ever! (Even if the first is incredibly fake)

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Originally posted by Woodbot 2.0:
I vote for The Joker in Tim Burton's Batman.
Jake Nicholsin is rememberal in this film.
He had the perfect insane touch.

I'd go with that as well, it was a fantastic performence and you got a real sence of evil which is hard to find.

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Jack Nicholson seems to be a pretty good evil characted, he was great in that film where he say "Heres Johnny" (for the life of me i can't remember the name of it)

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Its called 'The Shinning' jakass

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Originally posted by Coilette:
The baddie that scared my the most when I was young was the Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.....   

He scared the hell out of me too! His long greasy hair... his crooked nose...
not surprisingly, the guy was a ballet dancer.    He died a while back, though, didn't he?
He'll always be my favorite villain.   

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The main character in 'A Clockwork Orange' scared the hell out of me, he seemed so cool and charismatic, yet vindictive and pshycotic at the same time...with a whole lot of individuality lobbed in there too, legend, but scary!!

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NORMAN BATES!!!!!!

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Yeah thats what I said.... 

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thats not the name of the guy in 'A Clock Work Orange' i think his character called Alex.  Norman Bates is the freak from 'Psycho'.

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He wasn't a freak, he was just cranky because that guy had a better business card than him.
 

Originally posted by EvilLunch:
And the Tim Curry smog in FernGully...

How about Tim Curry in general!!
*shudder* 

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Originally posted by Tramp:
thats not the name of the guy in 'A Clock Work Orange' i think his character called Alex.  Norman Bates is the freak from 'Psycho'.

Alex DeLarge.  And he ain't the villain.  I think the best movie villain actor ever is Wang Lung-Wei, from the old Shaw Bros. kung fu movies.  But the best villain might be Harry Lime in the Third Man.

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I think the best is Richardo Montoban as Khan in StarTrek II. He was so evil and one hell of an actor in that movie.

KHAN!!!!! KHAN!!!!

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What about jason, leather face, freddy krueger, and some others i cant think of?

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Originally posted by tom123:
Agent Smith! Terminator! Oh, why couldn't I have thought of these before? I think the Terminator is one of the coolest movies ever! (Even if the first is incredibly fake)

How could you say the first movie was a fake?  Sure the special effects are sort of cheesy, but it is still way better than T3 and much more cult like than T2.  Terminator 1 is my of all the Terminator films, because it still holds up today.

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I didn't say I didn't like it. I just thought it was fake (cheesy, same thing). For example when he takes off his face you can tell it is fake. No way would I disagree with you that it is a great movie. If it wasn't I wouldn't have bought it on Dvd.

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I would say one of the coolest was Darth Maul, I know he got toasted but any body who can take on two jedi and toast one while he is at it is way cool in my book. The way he died was STUPID,he should have fragged Obi-wan, that was just the "good guys must win" theme tacked on :P I mean that guy just OOZED malice, admit it! He wanted the Jedi DEAD and he wanted to do it all himself so he could look them in their beady little eyes after he gutted them. Such a beautiful mind...

The guy from The Professional was pretty good as 'pill-popping evil' and the guy from fifth element is right up there among my favorites. Such a deft wit...

Dr. Evil qualifies for funniest evil to me but hey he hasn't offed Austin Powers yet so he can NEVER be the King.

Going to sneak an anime one in here too...  Hellmaster Phibrizzo from The Slayers: Next. That SOB was so evil I wanted to off him personally, I don't get that worked up very often.

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Originally posted by tom123:
I didn't say I didn't like it. I just thought it was fake (cheesy, same thing). For example when he takes off his face you can tell it is fake. No way would I disagree with you that it is a great movie. If it wasn't I wouldn't have bought it on Dvd.

Okay, I was misinformed, thanks for clearing that up.  I know that scene in cheesy, but it still looks more real than other 80's special effects films.

#100     

Here's a bonus, I managed to get the AFI top 100 heroes and villains

RANK # HEROES
       VILLAINS (in this order)
 
1. Atticus Finch (in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD)

Dr. Hannibal Lecter (in THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS)

2. Indiana Jones (in RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK)

Norman Bates (in PSYCHO)

3. James Bond (in DR. NO)

Darth Vader (in THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK)

4. Rick Blaine (in CASABLANCA)

The Wicked Witch of the West (in THE WIZARD OF OZ)

5. Will Kane (in HIGH NOON)

Nurse Ratched (in ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST)

6. Clarice Starling (in THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS)

Mr. Potter (in IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE)

7. Rocky Balboa (in ROCKY)

Alex Forrest (in FATAL ATTRACTION)

8. Ellen Ripley (in ALIENS)

Phyllis Dietrichson (in DOUBLE INDEMNITY)

9. George Bailey (in IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE)

Regan MacNeil (in THE EXORCIST)

10. T. E. Lawrence (in LAWRENCE OF ARABIA)

The Queen (in SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS)

11. Jefferson Smith (in MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON)

Michael Corleone (in THE GODFATHER: PART II)

12. Tom Joad (in THE GRAPES OF WRATH)

Alex De Large (in CLOCKWORK ORANGE)

13. Oskar Schindler (in SCHINDLER'S LIST)

HAL 9000 (in 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY)

14. Han Solo (in STAR WARS)

The Alien (in ALIEN)

15. Norma Rae Webster (in NORMA RAE)

Amon Goeth (in SCHINDLER'S LIST)

16. Shane (in SHANE)

Noah Cross (in CHINATOWN)

17. Harry Callahan (in DIRTY HARRY)

Annie Wilkes (in MISERY)

18. Robin Hood (in THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD)

The Shark (in JAWS)

19. Virgil Tibbs (in IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT)

Captain Bligh (in MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY)

20. Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid (in BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID)

Man (in BAMBI)

21. Mahatma Gandhi (in GANDHI)

Mrs. John Iselin (in THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE)

22. Spartacus (in SPARTACUS)

Terminator (in THE TERMINATOR)

23. Terry Malloy (in ON THE WATERFRONT)

Eve Harrington (in ALL ABOUT EVE)

24. Thelma Dickerson & Louise Sawyer (in THELMA & LOUISE)

Gordon Gekko (in WALL STREET)

25. Lou Gehrig (in THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES)

Jack Torrance (in THE SHINING)

26. Superman (in SUPERMAN)

Cody Jarrett (in WHITE HEAT)

27. Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein (in ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN)

Martians (in THE WAR OF THE WORLDS)

28. Juror #8 (in 12 ANGRY MEN)

Max Cady (in CAPE FEAR)

29. General George Patton (in PATTON)

Reverend Harry Powell (in THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER)

30. Luke Jackson (in COOL HAND LUKE)

Travis Bickle (in TAXI DRIVER)

31. Erin Brockovich (in ERIN BROCKOVICH)

Mrs. Danvers (in REBECCA)

32. Philip Marlowe (in THE BIG SLEEP)

Clyde Barrow & Bonnie Parker (in BONNIE AND CLYDE)

33. Marge Gunderson (in FARGO)

Count Dracula (in DRACULA)

34. Tarzan (in TARZAN THE APE MAN)

Dr. Szell (in MARATHON MAN)

35. Alvin York (in SERGEANT YORK)

J.J. Hunsecker (in SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS)

36. Rooster Cogburn (in TRUE GRIT)

Frank Booth (in BLUE VELVET)

37. Obi-Wan Kenobi (in STAR WARS)

Harry Lime (in THE THIRD MAN)

38. The Tramp (in CITY LIGHTS)

Caesar Enrico Bandello (in LITTLE CAESAR)

39. Lassie (in LASSIE COME HOME)

Cruella De Vil (in ONE HUNDRED AND ONE DALMATIONS)

40. Frank Serpico (in SERPICO)

Freddy Krueger (in A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET)

41. Arthur Chipping (in GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS)

Joan Crawford (in MOMMIE DEAREST)

42.Father Edward (in BOYS TOWN)

Tom Powers (in THE PUBLIC ENEMY)

43.  Moses (in THE TEN COMMANDMENTS)

Regina Giddens (in THE LITTLE FOXES)

44.  Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle (in THE FRENCH CONNECTION)

Baby Jane Hudson (in WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE)

45.  Zorro (in THE MARK OF ZORRO)

The Joker (in BATMAN)

46.  Batman (in BATMAN)

Hans Gruber (in DIE HARD)

47.  Karen Silkwood (in SILKWOOD)

Tony Camonte (in SCARFACE)

48.  Terminator (in TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY)

Verbal Kint (in THE USUAL SUSPECTS)

49.  Andrew Beckett (in PHILADELPHIA)

Auric Goldfinger (in GOLDFINGER)

50.  General Maximus Decimus Meridus (in GLADIATOR)

Alonzo Harris (in TRAINING DAY)

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I voted for the Joker from Batman...

[Reply #102 on:]

fryfanSpyOrama: That list seems pretty arbitrary to me.

Darth Vader I choose you!

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Oddly enough, I haven't even heard of at least half the people on that list.

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i voted Dath Vader....the classic villian.

Some villians u may not have thought about.(some may have been mentioned before)

- main character from 'Clockwork Orange'
- The villian in the John Woos 'The Killer'
- Agent Smith 'the matrix'
- Ed Harris in 'Enemy at the Gates'
- The Joker' Batman'
- Stephen Dorf 'Blade'
- John Travolta 'Broken Arrow'
- Dorthy the Dinosaur (perhaps the evilist of them all)

But seriuosly John Travolta in Broken Arrow and Stephen Dorf in Blade are big contenders

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I agree with Stephen Dorf, what was his characters name though?  I loved the way Blade killed him with the syringes of syrum which made him blow up, sick.  Kind of reminded me of that girl from Willy Wonker and the Chocolate Factory who had the bubble gum which made her go all big and round. Then the UmpahLumahs roled her away, classic!  Did any one else think Willy Wonker himself had an evil quality, with is top hat (im talking about his portrayal in the film here)

[Reply #106 on:]

Deacon Frost.
But nah, he's a light weight. (And whatever John Travolta's villian is called, loses points because of the amount of times he shows up in other movies).
Now, The Joker, he was pretty damn cool. And Vader was damn badass, as well. And Ian Mckellans Magneto was also awesome (I haven't the comics.) That grenade trick was class.   
But, no love for Ernst Stavros Blofeld? He created a whole villian sterotype! Who do you think Dr. Evil is based on! Cat stroking wierdo...

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Blofeld was easily the best of the Bond villains.

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I disagree, Goldfinger what the best Bond villain.  I mean setting up a laser that is going up into your jaffers, that is just pure evil!

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Robin Williams in "One Hour Photo" and "Insomnia."

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The most horrible villain was Nosferatu aka Count Dracula played by Max Schreck in the movie Nosferatu

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Originally posted by Sweetmelly:
The most horrible villain was Nosferatu aka Count Dracula played by Max Schreck in the movie Nosferatu

Is that the old skool film or the modern one?

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Nosferatu is very old school. It's the first Dracula movie ever made (though it wasn't 'officially' a Dracula movie... the film was nearly destroyed as part of the lawsuit against it...). He's the funny bald guy with big fingers.
Are you talking about the film "Shadow of the Vampire," Nerdlingus?

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I thin Batman was a bit evil, i mean making Robin wear that gay costume.  He really could have treated him better.

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Originally posted by nerdlingus:
 Is that the old skool film or the modern one?

Nosfetatu was released in 1925, so it is incredibly 'old skool'. I think it's very atmoshperic, there are no words to ruin the movie, it's all looks....

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Agreed, it is a silent film, and it can scare the pants off you... The actor who played that lead role did a stupendous job. Take Uncle Fester from the Addams family, make him an anorexic, and add twelve gallons of pure evil and a pound of insanity....

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I also liked Lord Helmet from Spaceballs.

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I'm going to go with the old classic, Darth Vader. Superb evilness radiating off him. 

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Agent Smith is one of the best movie villains I've ever seen. I choose him.

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I wanted to kick Macaulay Culkin's ass and beat him to a pulp after I saw The Good Son.       He was so evil.