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Favorite Movie Villain
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Duke Diablo
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Hmm...
Now that I think about it, my fav villain of all times would be Jigo, from Princess Mononoke.
From the movies, well, those guys aren't that great, cos they usually end up loosing in the end for some stupid mistake or obscene hobby. I kinda like Freddy Kruger's style though. I think what movies really need is one good MASTERMIND! And I mean mastermind, not some fool who thinks of a plan that the viewers don't figure out only because some important fact was hidden from them and is visible to hero all the time(like, he has an evil twin brother(this is just an example of it)). Also, they usually have complexes and the need to expose their evil plans to their enemies before they kill them.
Here is a list I found on a net(the attachment). It is basically an instruction for criminal masterminds, and is funny.
Now that I think about it, my fav villain of all times would be Jigo, from Princess Mononoke.
From the movies, well, those guys aren't that great, cos they usually end up loosing in the end for some stupid mistake or obscene hobby. I kinda like Freddy Kruger's style though. I think what movies really need is one good MASTERMIND! And I mean mastermind, not some fool who thinks of a plan that the viewers don't figure out only because some important fact was hidden from them and is visible to hero all the time(like, he has an evil twin brother(this is just an example of it)). Also, they usually have complexes and the need to expose their evil plans to their enemies before they kill them.
Here is a list I found on a net(the attachment). It is basically an instruction for criminal masterminds, and is funny.
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Ah, yes, forgot the file.
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Classic Villainy
Ditto the members who mentioned Cody Jarrett from "White Heat" and Basil Rathbone from, well, dozens of films. (Quick bit of Hollywood trivia: the only film in which Rathbone won a swordfight is "Romeo and Juliet," in which he played Tybalt.)
However...great as these guys were...my favorite movie villain is Cabman Grey, the resurrection man in "The Body Snatcher," a subtle little gem of a horror flick from the 1940's, based on a Robert Louis Stevenson story. It's set in 19th century Edinburgh, and involves a medical school forced to deal with grave robbers in order to get cadavers for its students. It's moody and scary and rich with layers of irony. And it contains the finest performance of an underrated and often ill-used actor, namely Boris Karloff.
Ditto the members who mentioned Cody Jarrett from "White Heat" and Basil Rathbone from, well, dozens of films. (Quick bit of Hollywood trivia: the only film in which Rathbone won a swordfight is "Romeo and Juliet," in which he played Tybalt.)
However...great as these guys were...my favorite movie villain is Cabman Grey, the resurrection man in "The Body Snatcher," a subtle little gem of a horror flick from the 1940's, based on a Robert Louis Stevenson story. It's set in 19th century Edinburgh, and involves a medical school forced to deal with grave robbers in order to get cadavers for its students. It's moody and scary and rich with layers of irony. And it contains the finest performance of an underrated and often ill-used actor, namely Boris Karloff.
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Seinfeld's nemesis, Newman, was the funniest comic villain I've ever seen 🙂
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Furthermore....
Rattigan is right about Basil Rathbone as Don Esteban, but if any of my fellow Americans want to follow up and rent or buy the film, they should be aware that in the U.S. it is known as "The Mark of Zorro." (I assume "Sign of Zorro" is the title they gave it in Great Britain.) And yes, it does contain the best duel I've seen in a film. No going up and down staircases or over balconies, no swinging from the chandelier...just a masterpiece of confined violence in the commandant's little office.
Another of the finest movie villains is pictured in Rattigan's avatar, the immortal Claude Rains. In the words of film historian Leslie Halliwell, Rains was "often villainous, but always suave and usually sympathetic." He is most famous for "The Invisible Man," but you should also check him out in Hitchcock's "Notorious" and the 1940's remake of "Phantom of the Opera." He's also nasty in "Adventures of Robin Hood," as Prince John, pulling the strings of Guy of Gisbourne (the aforementioned Rathbone).
Rattigan is right about Basil Rathbone as Don Esteban, but if any of my fellow Americans want to follow up and rent or buy the film, they should be aware that in the U.S. it is known as "The Mark of Zorro." (I assume "Sign of Zorro" is the title they gave it in Great Britain.) And yes, it does contain the best duel I've seen in a film. No going up and down staircases or over balconies, no swinging from the chandelier...just a masterpiece of confined violence in the commandant's little office.
Another of the finest movie villains is pictured in Rattigan's avatar, the immortal Claude Rains. In the words of film historian Leslie Halliwell, Rains was "often villainous, but always suave and usually sympathetic." He is most famous for "The Invisible Man," but you should also check him out in Hitchcock's "Notorious" and the 1940's remake of "Phantom of the Opera." He's also nasty in "Adventures of Robin Hood," as Prince John, pulling the strings of Guy of Gisbourne (the aforementioned Rathbone).
Even though I laugh at Star Trek now I saw Star Trek VI : The Undiscovered Country and was really taken aback by the main villain General Chang. He was a bad ass Klingon who wanted to do battle with Captain Kirk to see who was the better warrior. Right before he died by an Enterprise torpedo he quoted Shakespeare..."To be or not to be." Then the ship blew up killing Chang. Pretty good movie for a Star Trek one.
Honorable Mention: Elle Driver, Kill Bill 1&2...Tall Man, Phantasm and Gemini Killer, Exorcist:Legion
Honorable Mention: Elle Driver, Kill Bill 1&2...Tall Man, Phantasm and Gemini Killer, Exorcist:Legion
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Some good ones mentioned in this thread. Going for something more obscure:
I liked Kirk Douglas as Cactus Jack Slade. He was quite entertaining in a western I can't even remember the name of... starred a young Arnold Swartzenager and Ann Margarette.
I liked Kirk Douglas as Cactus Jack Slade. He was quite entertaining in a western I can't even remember the name of... starred a young Arnold Swartzenager and Ann Margarette.
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The Kirk Douglas comedy was called....drum roll please..."The Villain."
It was indeed a hoot, with Douglas doing broad comedy for the first time. A lot of the sight gags were lifted from classic cartoons. I remember them recreating an old Roadrunner bit when Cactus Jack tries to ambush Arnie and Ann's buckboard by painting a tunnel entrance on a sheer rock face. Of course, I don't have to tell anyone what happened.
My favorite bit in the movie (aside from the luscious Ann-Margret) was when Cactus Jack swaggers into a saloon, sits at the bar between two other cowpokes and orders his drink. Then he punches the lights out of the guy on his left and explains to the bartender that he used a right cross on him. He turns to his right and decks the other fellow, then proudly tells the bartender, "Uppercut!" At that point, a little old fellow who looks like the whiskey drummer from "Stagecoach" comes up behind Douglas, lays him out with a piece of lumber, and announces, "And that was a two-by-four!"
It was indeed a hoot, with Douglas doing broad comedy for the first time. A lot of the sight gags were lifted from classic cartoons. I remember them recreating an old Roadrunner bit when Cactus Jack tries to ambush Arnie and Ann's buckboard by painting a tunnel entrance on a sheer rock face. Of course, I don't have to tell anyone what happened.
My favorite bit in the movie (aside from the luscious Ann-Margret) was when Cactus Jack swaggers into a saloon, sits at the bar between two other cowpokes and orders his drink. Then he punches the lights out of the guy on his left and explains to the bartender that he used a right cross on him. He turns to his right and decks the other fellow, then proudly tells the bartender, "Uppercut!" At that point, a little old fellow who looks like the whiskey drummer from "Stagecoach" comes up behind Douglas, lays him out with a piece of lumber, and announces, "And that was a two-by-four!"
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Just to stir the drinka bit:
I'd say the duel between Captain Esteban Pascual (Basil Rathbone) and Don Diego Vega (Tyrone Power) in The Mark of Zorro was the best one ever put on film. The whole duel was improv except for Basil's death scene. Historic stuff.
Another of my all time fave villains was Jeremy Irons in Die Hard 3 when he plaed Simon Peter Gruber. He was so in control, so precise, and always a step ahead. Really great stuff.
I'd say the duel between Captain Esteban Pascual (Basil Rathbone) and Don Diego Vega (Tyrone Power) in The Mark of Zorro was the best one ever put on film. The whole duel was improv except for Basil's death scene. Historic stuff.
Another of my all time fave villains was Jeremy Irons in Die Hard 3 when he plaed Simon Peter Gruber. He was so in control, so precise, and always a step ahead. Really great stuff.
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Why thats easy me lads! The Leprechaun of the horror movies Leprechaun. He made an amazing 5 sequels to the 1993 hit Leprechaun. The green guys got it all, just dont take his gold coins! 😎
