Best modern-day cinematic villains... -- Rhinotainment

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Date Posted: 02:42:56 12/09/03 Tue
Author: Silk
Subject: Best modern-day cinematic villains...

Probably where a lot of movies fall over nowadays in that the arch-villain becomes a caricature, instead of a figure of pure evil.

Obviously, the best of the modern crop - although more of an anti-hero than villain - would be Anthony Hopkins's Hannibal Lecter. Each movie definitely picks up when he's in it, and he and Foster have great chemisty - which they failed to reproduce when Julianne Moore took over the part of Clarice Starling. (I would've went for Jill Hennessy from Crossing Jordan).

Joaquin Phoenix's Caesar in Gladiator is quite possibly my favorite of today's baddies. Here's a guy who epitomizes what a villain should be about - he's not evil for the sake of being evil, but because he believe's what he's doing is in the best interests of (in this case) Rome.

The last of the triumvirate who come to mind immediately, although not a total villain, is Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko (I think it was) in Wall Street. However, while I rate Douglas as an actor, this part was so well written any competent actor could've played it.

Anyway, I'm omitting villains from superhero-serials - i.e. Superman, Batman, even Spiderman (although Dafoe is superb!) and the James Bond movies, (and the last credible villain was Christopher Walken - the rest have sucked, since). They have a leg-up on most in that's what they're born to do.

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Dennis Hopper's Frank in Blue Velvet -- Repoman, 02:55:25 12/09/03 Tue
- Forgot about Hopper. All of David Lynch's villains are really good, though. -- Silk, 02:57:32 12/09/03 Tue
  - Lost Highway, for me a frustrating film -- Repoman, 03:05:08 12/09/03 Tue
    - I thought Lost Highway and Mulholland Drive were essentially the same concept. -- Silk, 04:33:11 12/09/03 Tue
not many. -- foxy, 04:10:34 12/09/03 Tue
- Saw that in Spiderman. -- Silk, 04:39:30 12/09/03 Tue
- You really NAILED those two Foxy (NT) -- They were the first two I thought of when I first read Silk's post, 16:17:23 12/09/03 Tue
  - Ooops -- Macho, 16:27:45 12/09/03 Tue
    - hopper in speed was decent. -- foxy, 17:23:15 12/09/03 Tue
The best villian I've seen in years is... -- Rocket, 16:38:18 12/09/03 Tue
- YES!!! -- The Rhino, 17:16:07 12/09/03 Tue
  - Just saw that. -- Silk, 17:30:35 12/09/03 Tue
    - Re: Just saw that also -- Tazz, 23:15:11 12/09/03 Tue
I got some -- The Rhino, 17:14:43 12/09/03 Tue
- Gary Cole's very underrated - was superb in "American Gothic". But Andy Garcia... -- Silk, 17:33:24 12/09/03 Tue
  - Garcia -- The Rhino, 17:38:29 12/10/03 Wed
    - Is he? -- Silk, 18:19:36 12/10/03 Wed
      - I don't know him personally or anything, but... -- The Rhino, 15:09:34 12/11/03 Thu
Saw Die Hard again the other night -- Walt K, 16:45:40 12/17/03 Wed
- Dwight Yokum! -- Rocket, 20:02:59 12/17/03 Wed
  - Yes you're right it was Dwight -- Walt K, 21:43:52 12/17/03 Wed
    - Was wondering how a Melrose Place actor would be capable of good acting! (NT) -- Silk, 22:16:04 12/17/03 Wed
      - Which is why I was so surprised, he does have pedigree though -- Walt K, 02:28:20 12/18/03 Thu
        Nicolas Cage is his sister?!? -- Sly, 17:27:13 12/18/03 Thu
        I felt the same thing -- Rocket, 19:12:59 12/18/03 Thu
        You know Russell Crowe's made it when... -- Silk, 19:17:58 12/18/03 Thu
        And Mira Sorvino and Marissa Tomei -- Repoman, 19:22:36 12/18/03 Thu
        Yeah... -- Rocket, 06:56:44 12/19/03 Fri
        There was that disabled character phase -- Walt K, 22:01:26 12/18/03 Thu
        Denzel Washington -- Rocket, 06:58:56 12/19/03 Fri
        Re: Geoffrey Rush... -- Silk, 17:11:11 12/19/03 Fri
        After seeing the real David Helfgott -- Walt K, 02:45:32 12/21/03 Sun
        Actually, I tend to think Geoffrey Rush is grossly overrated. -- Silk, 16:39:36 12/21/03 Sun