rooting for the bad guy in movies
01-27-03, 01:24 PM
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rooting for the bad guy in movies
anyone got some good dvd ideas for movies where you end up rooting for the bad guy - whether intentional or not by the director/writer. e.g pitch black (vin diesal).
i know there was another one ive seen recently because i remember talking to my friends about it, and now i cant think of it (and its driving me mad!).
would you guys consider oceans 11 an example since they are actually robbing the place and breaking the law?
i know there was another one ive seen recently because i remember talking to my friends about it, and now i cant think of it (and its driving me mad!).
would you guys consider oceans 11 an example since they are actually robbing the place and breaking the law?
01-27-03, 04:57 PM
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Bruce Willis in Payback, was a bad charecter, but over shadowed by worse charecters. Then there was also O-Dogg in Menece to Society. The hughes brothers in that movie talk about how he is a bad charecter, but every one liked him.
01-27-03, 05:33 PM
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Moving to Movie Talk from Main. Even though you say you want "dvd ideas," you're asking about the movies, not anything related to the discs' specs.
01-27-03, 05:48 PM
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Chucky from the "Child's Play" films
Feathers McGraw from "The Wrong Trousers"
Maleficent from "Sleeping Beauty"
The headless horseman from "Sleepy Hollow"
The Joker from "Batman"
Feathers McGraw from "The Wrong Trousers"
Maleficent from "Sleeping Beauty"
The headless horseman from "Sleepy Hollow"
The Joker from "Batman"
01-27-03, 07:41 PM
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Originally posted by Fok
Darth Vader. I liked him because he didn't take s**t from anyone.............until the end of ROTJ.
Darth Vader. I liked him because he didn't take s**t from anyone.............until the end of ROTJ.
Also Forest Whitaker's character in Panic Room.
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01-27-03, 11:00 PM
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Clint Eastwood in Unforgiven (even tho he was the protagonist, he was still a "bad guy").
Micheal Corleone (ditto the above).
While i don't generally cheer for the bad guy in movies, i do tend to find their characters more interesting.
Micheal Corleone (ditto the above).
While i don't generally cheer for the bad guy in movies, i do tend to find their characters more interesting.
01-28-03, 04:08 PM
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There are literally thousands of movies that fit this description. Any crime movie worth its salt will have you symapthizing with the "bad guy". How about:
Psycho
Any of the Hannibal Lecter movies
The Getaway
A Perfect World
The Godfather films
Double Indemnity
Goodfellas or pretty much any Scorsese movie
Fargo
The list goes on and on...
Psycho
Any of the Hannibal Lecter movies
The Getaway
A Perfect World
The Godfather films
Double Indemnity
Goodfellas or pretty much any Scorsese movie
Fargo
The list goes on and on...