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Favorite movie bad guys you love. Here are mine: (Original Post) LakeArenal Mar 2023 OP
John Wick. rubbersole Mar 2023 #1
This guy LakeArenal Mar 2023 #3
Yep. rubbersole Mar 2023 #10
dr. no AllaN01Bear Mar 2023 #2
Oh NO! LakeArenal Mar 2023 #4
lol. i saw what you did there . AllaN01Bear Mar 2023 #5
Here's a bit better pic for ya; A HERETIC I AM Mar 2023 #14
DeNiro in "Heat" OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2023 #6
Love some Robert D. LakeArenal Mar 2023 #8
DeNiro in Cape Fear remake crud Mar 2023 #12
Lee Van Cleef. Polly Hennessey Mar 2023 #7
Ahhh yess. LakeArenal Mar 2023 #9
The thing about that movie is I don't think there was a good guy... Wounded Bear Mar 2023 #13
I second that. callous taoboy Mar 2023 #11
Powers Booth as Curly Bill in Tombstone. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2023 #15
Last of the Mohicans bad guy..that was a great movie. One of my all time favorites Deuxcents Mar 2023 #16
That Wes Studi in my original post. Magua. LakeArenal Mar 2023 #22
Ty..didn't know his name! Deuxcents Mar 2023 #23
Donald Pleasance as Blofeld in "You Only Live Twice." Different Drummer Mar 2023 #17
Sean Bean in GoldenEye. Hugh Laurie in The Night Manager. highplainsdem Mar 2023 #18
Han, villian of "Enter the Dragon" Prairie_Seagull Mar 2023 #19
Asa Watts! Anyone who kills John Wayne is my hero! Floyd R. Turbo Mar 2023 #20
Bruce Dern. Killing JW didn't happen often!!' LakeArenal Mar 2023 #30
Al Leung in every American action movie from 1985 to 2005. Midnight Writer Mar 2023 #21
When I first saw it, Keyser Soze in The Usual Suspects... RockRaven Mar 2023 #24
Frank (Henry Fonda), Once Upon a Time in the West n/t sarge43 Mar 2023 #25
Excellent choice. NT mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 #28
Fonda really stepped out of his comfort zone sarge43 Mar 2023 #29
Clemenza Auggie Mar 2023 #26
Keyser Soze - The Usual Suspects Mad_Dem_X Mar 2023 #27
Daniel Day Lewis in 'Gangs of New York'. n/t Pharlo Mar 2023 #31
He was a bad boy for sure!! LakeArenal Mar 2023 #32
This message was self-deleted by its author debm55 Mar 2023 #33
Oscar worthy performance in a mediocre movie. Pharlo Mar 2023 #35
Darth Vader we can do it Mar 2023 #34
I'm quite versatile on my movie bad guys. Niagara Mar 2023 #36
I get that! LakeArenal Mar 2023 #37
Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet ironflange Mar 2023 #38
That whole movie was over the top. LakeArenal Mar 2023 #39
That it was ironflange Mar 2023 #40
I'm not good at weird movies. LakeArenal Mar 2023 #41
You'd best not see Eraserhead then ironflange Mar 2023 #42
You are probably right. LakeArenal Mar 2023 #43
Let me see... jmowreader Mar 2023 #44

rubbersole

(6,748 posts)
10. Yep.
Wed Mar 8, 2023, 08:12 PM
Mar 2023

He always shoots everybody a second time - in the head to make sure they're dead. The splatter looks realistic. Hey everybody, don't forget it's just a movie. (Regardless, they deserved it.)

Wounded Bear

(58,760 posts)
13. The thing about that movie is I don't think there was a good guy...
Wed Mar 8, 2023, 08:25 PM
Mar 2023

The Man Without a Name or "Joe" (Clint Eastwood) was perhaps less evil than the other two, with Angel Eyes (Lee van Cleef) being the worst of the three, but all of them definitely had feet of clay.

Great movie, though.

OAITW r.2.0

(24,723 posts)
15. Powers Booth as Curly Bill in Tombstone.
Wed Mar 8, 2023, 08:41 PM
Mar 2023

The final scene with Doc Holliday (Val Kilmer) was a classic....

highplainsdem

(49,081 posts)
18. Sean Bean in GoldenEye. Hugh Laurie in The Night Manager.
Wed Mar 8, 2023, 09:49 PM
Mar 2023

I like cool villains in spy films.







Oh, and seeing Tom Hiddleston as the hero in The Night Manager reminds me of how good he's been as the often-villainous Loki:


RockRaven

(15,058 posts)
24. When I first saw it, Keyser Soze in The Usual Suspects...
Thu Mar 9, 2023, 01:59 AM
Mar 2023

In the intervening years, stuff about the director and actor have come out which make a re-watch less enjoyable because their shitty personal behavior intrudes on the film-watching experience somewhat.

(yes, for spoiler-free reasons -- even though it has been out for decades -- I said "Keyser Soze" and not another name)

But Magua and The Sheriff (and Hans Gruber!) are up there.

Heath Ledger's Joker is definitely on my short list too, along with Robert Patrick's T1000 in Terminator 2: Judgement Day.

Response to LakeArenal (Reply #32)

Niagara

(7,707 posts)
36. I'm quite versatile on my movie bad guys.
Thu Mar 9, 2023, 03:08 PM
Mar 2023

1st up is Michael Myers. Played by several actors including Tony Moran and Nick Castle.






2nd would be Charles Brady in Sleepwalkers. Played by Brian Krause.




Definitely The Joker played by Joaquin Phoenix.






Another favorite is Courtney Gains. He played Malachai in Children of the Corn and Hans Koplek in The Burbs.





Knowing me, it's possible that my favorites are always changing. If I was asked this same question two months from now, my answers could be way different.




LakeArenal

(28,863 posts)
37. I get that!
Thu Mar 9, 2023, 03:14 PM
Mar 2023

Edit to add: I’m already thinking

Pillsbury Dough boy.

Alan Rickman in Quigley

Hans Gruber that someone else posted.

jmowreader

(50,572 posts)
44. Let me see...
Fri Mar 10, 2023, 12:17 AM
Mar 2023

Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men

Hans Gruber in Die Hard

Damon Killian in The Running Man

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