Favourite movie or television show villains

**Mal Hombre** · 06-07-2009, 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** · 06-07-2009, 03:39 PM

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

**sydney1** · 06-07-2009, 03:54 PM

"Wait till they get a load of me".

Jaaaaaaack Nicholson. Batman.

**Wendigo** · 06-07-2009, 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 · 06-07-2009, 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 · 06-07-2009, 04:46 PM

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

eelcat · 06-07-2009, 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 · 06-07-2009, 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** · 06-07-2009, 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** · 06-07-2009, 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.

06-07-2009, 03:15 PM	#1
Mal Hombre El Moderador Join Date: May 2009 Location: deepest Hampshire Posts: 11,855 Thanks: 138,052 Thanked 127,493 Times in 12,720 Posts	Favourite movie or television show 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) __________________ The Rules The nakedness of woman is the work of God-William Blake It is a porn site,But it's a Classy porn site. Mal Hombre

06-07-2009, 03:39 PM	#2
tabler Tits oot for the lads Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Leeds. But I'm at St James Park in spirit. Posts: 5,368 Thanks: 62,483 Thanked 75,005 Times in 5,926 Posts	Oh nice one, I always liked Alan Rickman as the Sheriff of Nottingham, CANCEL CHRISTMAS! __________________ *Hoo man, gan canny n read the rules y'naa?*

06-07-2009, 04:04 PM	#4
Wendigo Super Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Blighty Posts: 10,345 Thanks: 31,504 Thanked 116,683 Times in 10,573 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; 06-07-2009 at 04:11 PM..

06-07-2009, 04:32 PM	#5
LeroyLargeCar Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 177 Thanks: 6,600 Thanked 8,316 Times in 258 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; 04-23-2010 at 10:34 PM..

06-07-2009, 04:46 PM	#6
Eejdrijun Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 255 Thanks: 1,966 Thanked 8,397 Times in 308 Posts	Kurgan The Kurgan in Highlander: "I've got something to say, it's better to burn out than to fade away!!" __________________ ''I'm starting my own church and if you so much as look at an altar-boy the wrong way, I'm making you stand naked on Times Square carrying a neon sign saying "I carry a torch for little boys carrying crosses''. You fuckin' assholes!!'' Dennis Leary - Lock 'n Load

06-07-2009, 03:54 PM	#3
sydney1 Vintage Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 807 Thanks: 5,029 Thanked 11,183 Times in 912 Posts	"Wait till they get a load of me". Jaaaaaaack Nicholson. Batman.

06-07-2009, 07:58 PM	#7
eelcat Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 645 Thanks: 3,100 Thanked 4,763 Times in 799 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

06-07-2009, 09:31 PM	#8
smallblock Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Wales Posts: 82 Thanks: 11,408 Thanked 500 Times in 91 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.

06-07-2009, 09:53 PM	#9
imtrying Vintage Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 706 Thanks: 6,502 Thanked 6,175 Times in 805 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.

06-07-2009, 10:30 PM	#10
scoundrel Moderator Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: England Posts: 6,072 Thanks: 65,969 Thanked 61,400 Times in 7,108 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. __________________ A ship in harbour is perfectly safe. But that's not what ships are for. Last edited by scoundrel; 06-08-2009 at 09:59 AM.. Reason: Typing (again)

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