Favourite Movie or Television Villains

**Mal Hombre** · June 7th, 2009, 03:15 PM

As far as i can tell this has not been done before ,so who are your fave bad guys? Here are a few of mine (in no particular order):
Darth Vader "I find your lack of faith ............disturbing"
The Joker(Heath Ledger)
Max Cady (Robert Mitchum,Cape Fear)
Waco Johnny Wade (Dan Duryea,Winchester 73)
Cody Jarrett(James Cagney, White Heat)

**tabler** · June 7th, 2009, 03:39 PM

Oh nice one, I always liked Alan Rickman as the Sheriff of Nottingham, CANCEL CHRISTMAS!

**sydney1** · June 7th, 2009, 03:54 PM

"Wait till they get a load of me".

Jaaaaaaack Nicholson. Batman.

**Wendigo** · June 7th, 2009, 04:04 PM

Harry Powell - Robert Mitchum (Night of the Hunter)
The Hitcher - Rutger Hauer
Dennis Peck - Richard Gere (Internal Affairs)
Hannibal Lecter - Brian Cox & Anthony Hopkins
Christian Szell - Laurence Olivier (Marathon Man)

and a villain as a hero.
Harold Shand - Bob Hoskins (The Long Good Friday)

**LeroyLargeCar** · June 7th, 2009, 04:32 PM

The ultimate villain, Jack Palance as Jack Wilson from the classic western, Shane. No one seemed to relish killing more than he did.

The personification of evil. Richard Widmark as Tommy Udo from the movie, Kiss of Death. Here he is, giving Grandma a helping hand down the stairs.

Eejdrijun · June 7th, 2009, 04:46 PM

The Kurgan in Highlander: "I've got something to say, it's better to burn out than to fade away!!"

**eelcat** · June 7th, 2009, 07:58 PM

My vote would go to Dennis Hopper as Frank Booth in Blue Velvet.
But a special mention goes to all the villians in every Blaxploitation movie I've ever seen

smallblock · June 7th, 2009, 09:31 PM

The one the only Hannibal Lecter.Maybe streching the villain part a bit with this one, more of a hero to some I'm sure.

**imtrying** · June 7th, 2009, 09:53 PM

Andy Robinson as The Scorpio Killer in "Dirty Harry". I also loved Robert Shaw as the villian in both "The Sting" and "The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3". Alan Rickman in "Die Hard" was pretty cool, too. And kudos to some of the aforementioned, especially Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda and James Cagney.

**scoundrel** · June 7th, 2009, 10:30 PM

Bruno Ganz as Adolf Hitler
Uhlrich Matthes as Joseph Goebbels
Corinna Harfauch as Frau Magda Goebbels
Kenneth Brannagh as Reinhard Heydrich

Downfall

Ganz's is by far the most convincing and fully rounded portrayal of Adolf Hitler that I have seen on film. He dared to present the private persona which the historical record strongly indicates was there: we see a Hitler who loves his dog, is kind and caring towards his private staff, and grateful to Eva Braun for being there for him in his last days. This makes the hysterical rages, the obsessive and all consuming hatred, the positive eagerness to bring the whole of Germany down in ruins with him so much more horribly credible. The tantrum scene, where Ganz as Hitler finally accepts the reality of defeat, but absolutely none of the responsibility and no duty to salvage anything for the sake of Germany, is a bravura display of raw, evil passion, and really blood curdling stuff.

Matthes as the implacable believer, Joseph Goebbels is also a creature of rare and exquisite horror, determined like his boss to see the dreadful play acted out to its bitter end, regardless of how many lives are uselessly forfeited. Harfauch as his cold and fanatical wife is also fit to chill the blood of a frozen cod. Her vile murder of her own children to ''save'' them from the Russians plumbed the uttermost depths of criminal insanity: Harfauch performs the crime with a clinical detachment which leaves the viewer wondering whether any human being could be worse than this thing that calls itself a mother. The worst of it is that Matthes and Harfauch are totally convincing all through, great acting from both.

According to the post war accounts of the bunker staff who fell into Russian hands, they were personally cross-examined by Stalin, who wanted to be certain that Hitler was really dead. They survived only because they told the truth and all their stories tallied. When he heard about the Goebbels children, even Stalin was shaken, alledgedly commenting that he would never have harmed the children. It didn't stop him harming 20 million other people though.

Downfall: best film seen from the German side of the war I know: even better than Cross of Iron.

Conspiracy

Another compelling and shocking film, depicting the notorious Wannsee conference in January 1942, where Reinhard Heydrich supervised the detailed planning of Hitler's ''final solution''. Heydrich is played by Kenneth Brannagh, who shows him as a classic alpha male, dominating the fractious and bickering Nazi bureaucrats effortlessly by sheer force of personality: charming, suave, persuasive, menacing and radiant with pitiless cruelty.

Lets hope there's plenty of room in Hell.

June 7th, 2009, 03:15 PM	#1
Mal Hombre El Super Moderador Join Date: May 2009 Location: Adoptive Monkey Hanger Posts: 58,127 Thanks: 772,558 Thanked 855,626 Times in 57,558 Posts	Favourite Movie or Television Villains As far as i can tell this has not been done before ,so who are your fave bad guys? Here are a few of mine (in no particular order): Darth Vader "I find your lack of faith ............disturbing" The Joker(Heath Ledger) Max Cady (Robert Mitchum,Cape Fear) Waco Johnny Wade (Dan Duryea,Winchester 73) Cody Jarrett(James Cagney, White Heat) __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. If in doubt, Just ask Yourself What Would Max Do ? It is a porn site,But its a Classy porn site. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

June 7th, 2009, 03:39 PM	#2
tabler Comfortably Numb Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: St James Park Posts: 7,028 Thanks: 112,501 Thanked 146,054 Times in 8,009 Posts	Oh nice one, I always liked Alan Rickman as the Sheriff of Nottingham, CANCEL CHRISTMAS! __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. *Velcome to zee Forum. You must obey zee rules!*

June 7th, 2009, 04:04 PM	#4
Wendigo Former Staff Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Blighty Posts: 113,748 Thanks: 259,843 Thanked 1,139,091 Times in 113,870 Posts	Harry Powell - Robert Mitchum (Night of the Hunter) The Hitcher - Rutger Hauer Dennis Peck - Richard Gere (Internal Affairs) Hannibal Lecter - Brian Cox & Anthony Hopkins Christian Szell - Laurence Olivier (Marathon Man) and a villain as a hero. Harold Shand - Bob Hoskins (The Long Good Friday) Last edited by Wendigo; June 7th, 2009 at 04:11 PM..

June 7th, 2009, 04:32 PM	#5
LeroyLargeCar Vintage Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 276 Thanks: 10,756 Thanked 18,552 Times in 268 Posts	Jack Palance and Richard Widmark The ultimate villain, Jack Palance as Jack Wilson from the classic western, Shane. No one seemed to relish killing more than he did. The personification of evil. Richard Widmark as Tommy Udo from the movie, Kiss of Death. Here he is, giving Grandma a helping hand down the stairs. Last edited by LeroyLargeCar; April 23rd, 2010 at 10:34 PM..

June 7th, 2009, 04:46 PM	#6
Eejdrijun Blocked! Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 267 Thanks: 2,093 Thanked 7,546 Times in 276 Posts	Kurgan The Kurgan in Highlander: "I've got something to say, it's better to burn out than to fade away!!"

June 7th, 2009, 03:54 PM	#3
sydney1 Vintage Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,378 Thanks: 10,562 Thanked 27,960 Times in 1,357 Posts	"Wait till they get a load of me". Jaaaaaaack Nicholson. Batman.

June 7th, 2009, 07:58 PM	#7
eelcat Vintage Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 660 Thanks: 2,389 Thanked 6,300 Times in 648 Posts	My vote would go to Dennis Hopper as Frank Booth in Blue Velvet. But a special mention goes to all the villians in every Blaxploitation movie I've ever seen

June 7th, 2009, 09:31 PM	#8
smallblock Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Wales Posts: 102 Thanks: 18,085 Thanked 801 Times in 98 Posts	The one the only Hannibal Lecter.Maybe streching the villain part a bit with this one, more of a hero to some I'm sure.

June 7th, 2009, 09:53 PM	#9
imtrying Vintage Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 1,068 Thanks: 14,832 Thanked 17,239 Times in 1,043 Posts	Andy Robinson as The Scorpio Killer in "Dirty Harry". I also loved Robert Shaw as the villian in both "The Sting" and "The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3". Alan Rickman in "Die Hard" was pretty cool, too. And kudos to some of the aforementioned, especially Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda and James Cagney.

June 7th, 2009, 10:30 PM	#10
scoundrel Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: England Posts: 26,237 Thanks: 162,388 Thanked 278,408 Times in 26,182 Posts	From 'Downfall' and from 'Conspiracy' Bruno Ganz as Adolf Hitler Uhlrich Matthes as Joseph Goebbels Corinna Harfauch as Frau Magda Goebbels Kenneth Brannagh as Reinhard Heydrich Downfall Ganz's is by far the most convincing and fully rounded portrayal of Adolf Hitler that I have seen on film. He dared to present the private persona which the historical record strongly indicates was there: we see a Hitler who loves his dog, is kind and caring towards his private staff, and grateful to Eva Braun for being there for him in his last days. This makes the hysterical rages, the obsessive and all consuming hatred, the positive eagerness to bring the whole of Germany down in ruins with him so much more horribly credible. The tantrum scene, where Ganz as Hitler finally accepts the reality of defeat, but absolutely none of the responsibility and no duty to salvage anything for the sake of Germany, is a bravura display of raw, evil passion, and really blood curdling stuff. Matthes as the implacable believer, Joseph Goebbels is also a creature of rare and exquisite horror, determined like his boss to see the dreadful play acted out to its bitter end, regardless of how many lives are uselessly forfeited. Harfauch as his cold and fanatical wife is also fit to chill the blood of a frozen cod. Her vile murder of her own children to ''save'' them from the Russians plumbed the uttermost depths of criminal insanity: Harfauch performs the crime with a clinical detachment which leaves the viewer wondering whether any human being could be worse than this thing that calls itself a mother. The worst of it is that Matthes and Harfauch are totally convincing all through, great acting from both. According to the post war accounts of the bunker staff who fell into Russian hands, they were personally cross-examined by Stalin, who wanted to be certain that Hitler was really dead. They survived only because they told the truth and all their stories tallied. When he heard about the Goebbels children, even Stalin was shaken, alledgedly commenting that he would never have harmed the children. It didn't stop him harming 20 million other people though. Downfall: best film seen from the German side of the war I know: even better than Cross of Iron. Conspiracy Another compelling and shocking film, depicting the notorious Wannsee conference in January 1942, where Reinhard Heydrich supervised the detailed planning of Hitler's ''final solution''. Heydrich is played by Kenneth Brannagh, who shows him as a classic alpha male, dominating the fractious and bickering Nazi bureaucrats effortlessly by sheer force of personality: charming, suave, persuasive, menacing and radiant with pitiless cruelty. Lets hope there's plenty of room in Hell. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Last edited by scoundrel; June 8th, 2009 at 09:59 AM.. Reason: Typing (again)

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