Welllllll An interesting thread but surely we can go on and on about who is the meanest villain in movies. Hannibal Lecter has to be up there. Alan Rickman had a great time in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves and Claude Rains as Prince John.
I actually think that one of the meanest things done by a villain type was when Al Pacino as Michael Corleone closed the door of Kay (Diane Keaton) when she was saying goodbye to her children in Godfather Part Two. But surely the top villain has to be Bruno Ganz in Downfall, he played the role with perfect study. Or what about Gert Frobe as Auric Goldfinger? Donald Pleasance as Blofeld? Annaihaltion of the super powers just for finance. Kenneth Brannagh did an excellent job as Heydrich in Conspiracy. Christopher Lee as Saruman? No, surely one of the greatest villains has to be Dave Prowse/James Earl Jones as Darth Vader. But we can go on and on...in the end it's who we love to hate that makes a good villain. -----Original Message----- From: Michael B <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:24 Subject: [MOPO] MEANEST VILLAINS watching the TMC lead-in to STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, it was suggested that Robert Walker played 1 of the 5 meanest movie villains, EVER!!! i suppose another one was in KISS OF DEATH (Richard Widmark???). WHO ARE THE OTHERS? mbb Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
