Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Top 10 greatest movie villains of all time...



A few weeks ago a colleague of mine asked who would I rate as the best movie villains of all time, or if I had ever put any thought toward that. I had not. Yet her question intrigued me so I took my time and analyzed several different characters (based on different criteria) and came up with my top 10...

Here it is...(in no particular order)
  • Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Silence of the Lambs).
  • Denzel Washington as Det. Alonzo Harris (Training Day).
  • Kevin Spacey as John Doe (Se7en).
  • Louise Fletcher as nurse Ratched (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest).
  • Heath Ledger as The Joker (The Dark Knight).
  • Joe Pesci as the hot blooded mob enforcer Nicky Santoro (Casino).
  • Kevin Bacon as the pedophile prison guard Sean Nokes (Sleepers).
  • Ralph Fiennes as SS Commandant Amon Göth (Schindler’s List).
  • Robert Patrick as T-1000 (T2: Judgment Day).
  • Bob Gunton as warden Norton (Shawshank Redemption).
Some of the runner ups include: Patrick McGoohan as King Edward the “Longshanks” (Braveheart), Gary Oldman as Det. Norman Stansfield (Léon: The Professional), Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurh, the emotionless, compassionless killing machine (No Country for Old Men) and Jack Nicholson as the mob boss Frank Costello (The Departed).


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Did I miss anything? Go ahead and your thoughts to the comments section!


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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

You forgot Vincent Vega from Pulp Fiction!!

Anonymous said...

Your colleague is one thought-provoking lady!

Viira said...

Haha...she must be:)

jess said...

which colleague was this? and i think ralph fiennes should get a triple nomination for red dragon and voldemort in harry potter. hahaaaa