Who is the greatest movie bad guy?
08-23-05 | 09:23 PM
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Bob Morton (Miguel Ferrer)
Morton a bad guy? Wha? He was RoboCops champion, he just liked a little coke and whores. Can't blame a guy for that can you?
Morton a bad guy? Wha? He was RoboCops champion, he just liked a little coke and whores. Can't blame a guy for that can you?
08-23-05 | 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by BuddyRevell
Bob Morton wasn't really a villain. Sure he had some connections, but wasn't pure evil like Dick or Clarence.
08-23-05 | 10:28 PM
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I always thought Warden Norton from the Shawshank Redemption was a great movie bad guy.
Bob Gunton was remarkable in that part. I couldn't see why he didn't get an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
08-24-05 | 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by inri222
Kakihara from Ichi The Killer
also the Bad Guy from the movie "Bad Guy" I can't remember his name but
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08-24-05 | 02:53 PM
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jmattver - for ruining the ending to collateral. (check out the spolier/spoiler tag thread so you can avoid this in the future 
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otherwise, the absolute greatest movie bad guy ever is :
)otherwise, the absolute greatest movie bad guy ever is :
08-24-05 | 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by pdinosaur
jmattver - for ruining the ending to collateral. (check out the spolier/spoiler tag thread so you can avoid this in the future )
)Did anyone mention Pacino in "The Devil's Advocate" man he plays a really cool bad guy in that one, pretty likably bad really.
08-24-05 | 10:20 PM
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This thread is as old as the site itself, but still fun. Can there truly be any “best” villain?
Some more of my favorites:
What if The Alien and Darth Vader had a baby?
Jacinto from The Devil’s Backbone
Tetsou (aptly named, horribly)
and...
James Caan as Joe Sarno in The Way of the Gun.. In a movie populated predominately by villains, he was the king.
Some more of my favorites:
What if The Alien and Darth Vader had a baby?
Jacinto from The Devil’s Backbone
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Tetsou (aptly named, horribly)and...
James Caan as Joe Sarno in The Way of the Gun.. In a movie populated predominately by villains, he was the king.
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08-25-05 | 09:22 AM
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I would say Gary Oldman from Leon/The Professional.
and Robert DeNiro from Taxi Driver.
and Robert DeNiro from Taxi Driver.
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08-25-05 | 08:21 PM
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Can't believe nobody has mentioned Agent Smith from the Matrix Trilogy. Looking at the first post, it looks like the definition we're going for here is the "coolest" bad guys, as in bad guys who are just so cool you gotta love 'em. So here we go:
Darth Vader (Star Wars)
Agent Smith (Matrix)
Tony Montana (Al Pacino - Scarface, he really was a bad guy...)
Vincent (Tom Cruise - Collateral)
Darth Vader (Star Wars)
Agent Smith (Matrix)
Tony Montana (Al Pacino - Scarface, he really was a bad guy...)
Vincent (Tom Cruise - Collateral)
08-25-05 | 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by SuprVgeta
Tony Montana (Al Pacino - Scarface, he really was a bad guy...)
08-26-05 | 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by duff beer
Nope he had his morals like no killing women or children (which pissed off his cocaine partner causing the invasion on Tony's mansion) and only killed those that deserved it like his boss who ordered that secret hit on him, he even let his boss's assistant work for him after he offed the boss and the crooked cop. He's what many of those in the gangster/mob/dealer movies are- an anti-hero. Still the protagonist.
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08-26-05 | 10:24 PM
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I don't really buy Nurse Ratched from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. She did some good things, and IMHO she definitely was a gray character, not exactly a bad one.
I'd have to agree with The Terminator. Someone mentioned that Arnold's becoming good in T2 made it impossible to choose the terminator, and perhaps there's some truth to this, but looking at T1 as just ONE film and not part of a series, I'd have to say Arnold there is excellent.
I'd have to agree with The Terminator. Someone mentioned that Arnold's becoming good in T2 made it impossible to choose the terminator, and perhaps there's some truth to this, but looking at T1 as just ONE film and not part of a series, I'd have to say Arnold there is excellent.
08-27-05 | 10:10 AM
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or
or Maxxx Orbison in Orgazmo:
Seriously though, for some that have not been mentioned, I'd have to go with:
John Lithgow (in both Cliffhanger and Ricochet)
Maximilian:
Michael Douglas for not even knowing he was the "bad guy":
Ronny Cox (Robocop, Total Recall)
Pig Vomit:
And lastly, I'm suprised no one mentioned:
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