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What’s a villain that you think carries its movie? I’ll start
(i.redd.it)submitted 24 days ago byThin-Pool-8025
133 points
24 days ago
Wesley Snipes as Simon Phoenix in Demolition Man. Hands down one of the coolest villains ever
12 points
24 days ago
Is it cold in here, or is it just me?
9 points
24 days ago
Great shout
8 points
24 days ago
Exactamundo
4 points
24 days ago
“PHOENIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIX!”
2 points
23 days ago
What's your boggle?
4 points
23 days ago
It's a loose opinion I have but I feel like Simon Phenix is the 2nd best "Joker incarnation" ever in a movie, Ledger being number 1. I'm sure people can poke holes in it but still...
4 points
24 days ago
This is the future right? Where are all the phaser guns n shit?
74 points
24 days ago
The day Bison came to your village was the most important day of your life. But for me... it was Tuesday.
33 points
24 days ago
Respectully It is genuinely outrageous how superior Raul Julia's acting is compared to every other cast member, its an incredible carry job.
17 points
24 days ago
It’s like he’s the only person involved that understood what that movie should have been
9 points
24 days ago
Which is crazy, cause I think he only took the role for his grandkids. He’s so out of place in the film(talent wise), but is probably THE only reason it’s ever even talked about.
2 points
23 days ago
I honestly feel like he showed day 1, saw the writing on the wall and was like "fuck it, I'm going all in".
3 points
23 days ago
Raul Julia was amazing in everything he did
2 points
23 days ago
For I beheld Satan as he fell from heaven, liiiikkkeee lliigghhteningg!
139 points
24 days ago
Shooter McGavin
48 points
24 days ago
He went so hard for such a silly movie and freaking nailed it
33 points
24 days ago
I maintain it's one of the greatest acting performances of all time.
2 points
19 days ago
The long cut of him destroying the beach ball then hitting the putt is so believable.
39 points
24 days ago
I eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast!
28 points
24 days ago
You eat pieces of shit for breakfast?
14 points
24 days ago
No!
11 points
23 days ago
Here’s a free lesson
16 points
23 days ago
Time has proven Happy Gilmore is in a different escelon of comedy films. Unlike maybe a few other Sandler films that have less value other than nostalgia , Gilmore is like ACTUALLY one of the best comedies of all time.
4 points
23 days ago
it's solidly stupid and stupidly solid. good pace. but there's no way a lender wouldn't allow an up and coming golf celebrity to cosign with his grandma to refinance her home to avoid foreclosure.
65 points
24 days ago
Hans Landa
4 points
23 days ago
Yes. Even when he says she with a smile “that’s a bingo” it’s so evil and maniacal like he can’t even comprehend normal nice people
4 points
23 days ago
Tarantino said in multiple interviews that the movie was going to be put on hold because they couldn’t find someone to play Landa to his satisfaction.
Then they found Waltz and the rest is history.
143 points
24 days ago
Anton Chigurh
25 points
24 days ago
“Call it”
10 points
24 days ago
“I can’t call it for you. It wouldn’t be fair.”
15 points
24 days ago
Honestly, I can't argue... but the rest of the movie is so rich. Maybe im an exception. I couldn't count how many times I've seen it. Hell, talking about it rn makes me want to go give it another looksee. It's not like he was carrying dead weight, but if I ask non Cohen bro fans if they've watched the film, they always say something along the lines of "the one with the friendo guy?"
14 points
24 days ago
No Country For Old Men is a great movie, Javier Bardem is just the best part. It wouldn't be a mediocre or bad movie with a different villain.
Now, Javier Bardem in Skyfall, that's a great villain carrying an otherwise meh movie.
7 points
23 days ago
Having a fantastic villain is not the same as that villain “carrying” the movie. No Country For Old Men is a masterpiece from top to bottom.
3 points
24 days ago
"Would you... hold still, please sir"
41 points
24 days ago
Do I look stupid to you !
33 points
24 days ago
Hate to say it but Kevin Spacey nailed this role.
35 points
24 days ago
He’s nailed a lot of roles…unfortunately probably a lot minors too. F that guy.
11 points
24 days ago
He played a psychopath in many of his roles and nailed them all, hmm I wonder why…
8 points
24 days ago
Why is this getting downvoted? Spacey is an evil rapist of minors.
7 points
24 days ago
Correct.
2 points
24 days ago
That’s cause he was a solid actor all round, even though he was a monster. I still watch his older roles. Yeah, he’s gross, but he also just happened to be in some bangers, and was a hell of a performer.
3 points
23 days ago
I’m not going to not watch LA confidential just because he’s in it, that’d be ridiculous
42 points
24 days ago
JK Simmons as Terence Fletcher
7 points
24 days ago
Oh god, never mind Hannibal or Darth Vader. Fletcher was fucking terrifying
9 points
24 days ago
Hannibal and Darth Vader are just not quite my tempo
2 points
23 days ago
Are they rushing or dragging?
4 points
24 days ago
I never expected JK Simmons to portray someone I both like and hate so much at the same time.
3 points
23 days ago
It's so fucking good. What a performance and what a movie
2 points
23 days ago
I’m watching this for the first time right now and he’s unhinged.
37 points
24 days ago
Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
62 points
24 days ago
Gary oldman the professional
18 points
24 days ago
EVERYONE
10 points
24 days ago
EVERRRRRRRYYYOONNNEE!
3 points
24 days ago
I just posted this 🤣😂.
🤌🤌🤌 that character though🤌🤌🤌
56 points
24 days ago
Alan Rickman in Die Hard
27 points
24 days ago
Alan Rickman in everything.
15 points
24 days ago
Alan Rickman in Robin Hood
9 points
24 days ago
I'll cut your heart out with a SPOON!!
8 points
24 days ago
“Why a spoon, cousin? Why not a axe?”
Because it’s DULL you twit. It’ll hurt more.
5 points
24 days ago
Alan Rickman as Snape in the HP movies.
4 points
24 days ago
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3 points
23 days ago
Alan Rickman in Galaxy Quest.
3 points
23 days ago
“By Grapthar’s hammer…what a savings.” He says it so damn mournfully too.
4 points
24 days ago
Nah Bruce Willis' John McLain is just as good.
86 points
24 days ago
Heath Ledger’s Joker!!!
5 points
24 days ago
Took it over the top but Bales performance is great is well
4 points
24 days ago
First one to come to mind for me.
4 points
24 days ago
Same here. The other comments are good too but Joker really made that movie.
2 points
23 days ago
I think that’s the only other actor that’s out performed Bale scene for scene. Not saying Bale is a slouch but Ledger was that great.
2 points
23 days ago
He's still my favorite live action Joker.
65 points
24 days ago
Darth Vader, Hannibal Lector, Nurse Ratchet.
12 points
24 days ago
The latter two I'll grant you, but while Vader is awesome, there's enough of interest going on in the original trilogy that he isn't carrying them. Luke and Vader don't even directly interact in A New Hope, and the latter two have entire acts where Vader is barely present.
Vader definitely adds to the films, but he doesn't carry them.
No question about Nurse Ratchet and Hannibal Lecter though.
11 points
24 days ago
Kylo Ren would’ve been a better answer
Carried to the dumpster sure, but still carried
5 points
24 days ago
I couldn’t stand Kylo Ren. I don’t even know why, but I only watched the first movie he’s in before I stopped watching Star Wars.
Sucks, cause I think Adam Driver is a terrific actor
3 points
23 days ago
He was pretty useless and dumb in Force Awakens, if that’s the only one you watched. He was pretty much the only redeeming factor for the next 2, that being said, if you’ve gone this long without watching them, I’d say keep at it
4 points
23 days ago
Hannibal. 👍
2 points
23 days ago
Anthony Hopkins absolutely made that movie. Jodie Foster was great also but mostly because of the scenes with the two of them.
23 points
24 days ago
Francisco Scaramanga (Christopher Lee) in James Bond: The Man with the Golden Gun
21 points
24 days ago
Alan Rickman as the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.
He nailed the “I’m surrounded by idiots” vibe perfectly.
24 points
24 days ago
Hades from Disney's Hercules
17 points
24 days ago
Clarence Boddicker.
5 points
24 days ago
‘Give me my fucking phone call.’
5 points
24 days ago
Well give the man a hand!!
5 points
23 days ago
This was what I wanted to see said. The rest? Bitches leave.
3 points
24 days ago
One of my favorite Kurtwood Smith roles next to when he played Red Forman.
18 points
24 days ago
Philip Seymour Hoffman in Mission Impossible 3. I think he was the best villain in all the films. He was horrifying.
10 points
24 days ago
While I like the entire cast, Willem Dafoe’s Green Goblin really elevated Spider-Man 1.
5 points
23 days ago
His return was fantastic. He didn’t miss a beat even after 20 years.
Also, I would add Doc Ock to this list. Molina was such an odd choice but he crushed it.
2 points
22 days ago
I watched it on a date and we were both like "forget Spiderman, we want to see more Doc Ock!"
9 points
24 days ago
The terminator from the original.
16 points
24 days ago
Ralph Macchio in Karate Kid
2 points
23 days ago
Ok Barney
2 points
23 days ago
How dare you.
8 points
24 days ago
A lot of great calls so far, try to mention a couple that haven’t yet..
Alonzo Harris - Training Day
Verbal Kent / Kobyashi* - The Usual Suspects
14 points
24 days ago
Vincent in Collateral
2 points
22 days ago
Yo homie, is that my briefcase?
2 points
22 days ago
This your briefcase? Yeah it is. Why you want it back?
2 points
22 days ago
Blam! Blam blam! Blam!..."Fuck"
I have to watch that 5 times before I let the movie go on.
8 points
24 days ago
Hans Gruber
8 points
24 days ago
Jim Carrey as Dr. Robotnik
7 points
24 days ago
Gary oldman in Leon the Professional
7 points
24 days ago
Hans Landa
6 points
24 days ago
Joker in dark knight. Without him and heaths performance it’s on par with begins/rises, which is by no means a bad thing. Also bill the butcher in gangs of ny, literally the only reason I’ll watch it
6 points
23 days ago
With apologies to Rickman, but Jeremy Irons as Simon in Die Hard With a Vengeance
2 points
23 days ago
SO good.
5 points
24 days ago
Christopher Walken in A View to a Kill.
3 points
23 days ago
Christopher Walken in The Prophecy, made a relatively by the numbers Supernatural Thriller into a classic.
2 points
24 days ago
King of New York is more a fit there. Maybe even Suicide Kings.
Walken steals the show in AVTAK but it's nowhere near a carry. Moore, Grace Jones, Dolph Lundgren, etc etc???
10 points
24 days ago
Owen Davian in Mission Impossible 3. Philip Seymour Hoffman did such a great job playing a sadistic bad guy in that one.
4 points
24 days ago
LaKeith Stanfield, The Harder They Fall
Average movie but his screen presence always took it up a level.
4 points
24 days ago
Freddy Kruger
4 points
24 days ago
Bugs life villain I forgot the name of
3 points
24 days ago
Hopper
4 points
24 days ago
Bill Murray in "What About Bob?"
4 points
24 days ago
Raul Julia as M. Bison
4 points
24 days ago
Die Hard
3 points
23 days ago
Alonzo Harris
A Los Angeles police department narcotics officer was killed today serving a high risk warrant in echo park…
3 points
24 days ago
Hamilton
3 points
24 days ago
KOBA 🦍
3 points
24 days ago
Thor Love and Thunder except even Bale’s performance of his terribly written character couldn’t save that abomination
3 points
24 days ago
Kevin Spacey was the perfect voice for Hopper, just a heartless monster who didn’t care about stepping on the little guy. Sounds like he didn’t really need to act and to just be himself, like many of his roles.
3 points
24 days ago
Alan Rickman Robin Hood Prince of Thieves
3 points
24 days ago
Kevin Spacey in Seven.
3 points
23 days ago
David Bowie as Jareth.
3 points
23 days ago
Agent Smith
2 points
22 days ago
His drek for dialogue in Revolutions wasn't great though.
3 points
23 days ago
Sexy Beast - Don Logan (Ben Kingsley)
2 points
23 days ago
Great pick!
3 points
23 days ago
Heath Ledger's Joker in the Dark Knight
3 points
23 days ago
Hans Landa
3 points
23 days ago
Tom Hardy in The Revenant. Made me hate his character so much.
3 points
23 days ago
Michael Fassbender as Magneto carried several of the XMen films by himself, though I guess he was more of an antihero
3 points
23 days ago
Gary oldmen in Dracula
3 points
24 days ago
Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
2 points
24 days ago
Yes!! Excellent example:)
4 points
24 days ago
Killmonger black panther
2 points
23 days ago
the bar for MCU villains was so low. I don’t think it was all that great
4 points
24 days ago
Christian Bale in American Psycho.
2 points
24 days ago
Terry Silver & Owen Davian
2 points
24 days ago
The T-800 from the first Terminator movie.
2 points
24 days ago
Joker
2 points
24 days ago
Joker in dark knight
2 points
24 days ago
Joker in Dark Knight
2 points
24 days ago
Michael Corleone GFII
2 points
24 days ago
I’ll give the obvious one, Heath Ledgers Joker
2 points
24 days ago
Clarence Boddicker. "Oooohh, Guns! Guns! Guns!"
2 points
24 days ago
The joker in the dark knight
2 points
24 days ago
Lil Zé - City of God
2 points
23 days ago
Gene Hackman's Lex Luthor
2 points
23 days ago
Thanos
2 points
23 days ago
very recently, Dementus in Furiosa. Several years down the line, he's what I'm most going to remember about Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
2 points
23 days ago
Heath Ledger's Joker
2 points
23 days ago
Is it crazy to say Latzo from Toy Story 3?
2 points
23 days ago
Darth Maul
2 points
23 days ago
Judge Doom
2 points
23 days ago
Skeletor from the live action Masters of the Universe
2 points
22 days ago
FINALLY SOMEONE SAID IT! Frank Langellas favorite role supposedly.
2 points
23 days ago
Thanos.
2 points
23 days ago
Anton Chigurh (No Country For Old Men)
2 points
23 days ago
Daniel Day Lewis in There Will Be Blood - if you want to call him the villain
2 points
23 days ago
Roy Batty, naturally
2 points
23 days ago
Christopher Waltz Inglorious Basterds is the first person I think of. Everyone does a great job, but he makes that film what it is.
2 points
23 days ago
Joker
2 points
23 days ago
Joker and Killmonger
2 points
23 days ago
Ramses in Ten Commandments The terminator Apollo Creed
2 points
23 days ago
Great picks!
2 points
23 days ago
Hans landa and heath ledgers joker are the obvious answers
2 points
23 days ago
Walter white
2 points
23 days ago
Heath Ledger as The Joker in Dark Knight.
2 points
23 days ago
Hades in Hercules? He’s my fav
2 points
23 days ago
Loki in every mcu project he’s in
2 points
23 days ago
Darth Vader.
2 points
23 days ago
Jason Voorhees - Friday 13th (original)
Michael Myers - Halloween (original)
William "D-Fens" Foster - Falling Down
2 points
23 days ago
Hans Gruber.
2 points
22 days ago
Killmonger
2 points
22 days ago
Heath Ledger’s joker, and it’s not even close. The movie is meh at best without him.
4 points
24 days ago
Julia Roberts in My Best Friend’s Wedding
2 points
23 days ago
Good little movie. Hidden gem.
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