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Scaramanga, on the other hand, was really James Bond as an independant assassin. its really what made that movie such a great movie was seeing those two characters set against each other. that and Christopher Lee did a fantastic job of making that part as good as it was.

 

You forgot the most important part: He has a midget sidekick called Nick Nack :D

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More personal faves--

 

Clancy Brown as The Kurgan in Highlander

Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrace in The Shining

Malcolm McDowell as Alexander DeLarge in A Clockwork Orange

Laurence Olivier as Dr. Christian "The White Angel" Szell in Marathon Man

And yeah, the Killer Bunny in Holy Grail

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The performance that spawned a movement of marital mistrust of epic proportions. The divorce rate shot up 18% the first year of this movie.

 

Yeah, I'd say she qualifies.

 

We also had a monster stock market crash in '87--while it didn't cause a depression as feared, it did affect the economy. Since money problems are generally cited as the number one reason for divorce (I'd have to go find the citations if you are dying to know), I suspect that this may have had more of an impact than the movie.

 

She did a fantastic job of playing someone with some serious mental issues, too, almost as good as Hopkins' portrayal of the sociopathic Lechter.

They both did (or arranged to have done) some great research for their roles.

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Another babe with mental/homicidal/reality issues was Rebecca DeMornay(sp) in "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle".

 

talk about creepy ladies...

 

I wanted to mention King Kong, but in the actual storyline, if you read between the lines, it's difficult to tell who's the villian.

Ape or man.

He was the king of his domain, but a just a 40ft pawn when brought here. I actually felt for the beast and a bit perturbed at my own species.

If it was the desired effect, then it was somewhat successful.

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Another babe with mental/homicidal/reality issues was Rebecca DeMornay(sp) in "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle".

 

talk about creepy ladies...

 

I wanted to mention King Kong, but in the actual storyline, if you read between the lines, it's difficult to tell who's the villian.

Ape or man.

He was the king of his domain, but a just a 40ft pawn when brought here. I actually felt for the beast and a bit perturbed at my own species.

If it was the desired effect, then it was somewhat successful.

 

Every time I think of King Kong, all I can think of is my then-3 year old sister who went to the '70's version of the movie with the rest of my family. She was very excited to see "King Kong Rated PG!" (had to have the 'rated pg' in there, it was part of the title to her.).

She asked everyone sitting around us if they were there to see 'King Kong Rated PG,' too. It would have been annoying if she hadn't been so darn cute.

When he appeared on screen for the first time, she exclaimed loudly with joy, "There's King Kong!!!" The crowd laughed.

The final moments when you hear his heartbeat stop, the theater was silent. The next thing we all heard was my sister, sobbing loudly, "He di-i-i-ed". She was heartbroken. The crowd laughed again--she certainly broke the tension of the moment, that's for sure.

I've never been able to watch any King Kong movie seriously since.

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I also agree with the Riddick nomination. It's strange how there are not many females on here...

 

hummm....

 

I can't think of any...

 

Dark Phoenix??? (X-3 of course, assuming that the movie is going to center around that)

annnnd....

 

Mystique (X 1,2, & 3) Never liked her in the comic books, but they really took her to another level on screen.....a whole slew of new, cool fighting techniques, no bone jewlery (thank goddess, I think that stuff was born of a different fashion era and just never went away) ...AND no GIANT GUN.

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Most of my favourites have already been mentioned, but one villain I remember finding really scary when I was younger was Clarence Boddicker from Robocop. Kurtwood Smith was pretty evil in that film. And now he cracks me up in That 70s Show!

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Tis a sad, sad world when no one picks The Brain as a scary bad guy...

 

"They're dinky, they're Pinky and The Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain..." :p

 

Many of the ones mentioned are quite good selections, so on top of those I would like to add...

 

John Lithgow's Eric Qualen in Cliffhanger and Lord John Whorfin/Dr. Emilio Lizardo in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai were some that were memorable.

 

Pei-pei Cheng's Jade Fox in Crouching Tiger: Hidden Dragon, she was as evil as they come...

Patrick McGoohan's Roger Devereau in Silver Streak, he was quite a bad one...

Michael Lonsdale's Hugo Drax in Moonraker, he was a very bad one wanting to annihilate all humankind..

Tchéky Karyo's Corrupt Police Officer Richard in Kiss of the Dragon, a real foul one...

Paul Blackthorne's Captain Andrew Russell in Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India, one arrogant character ol' Capt. Russell...

 

Ziyi Zhang's Hu Li in Rush Hour 2 was also good... plus she is really hawt! :naughty:

Famke Janssen's Xenia Onatopp in Goldeneye, such a good bond femme fatale! She is also hawt! :naughty:

 

Any villan played by Cristopher Walken is likely a worthy addition.

 

Oh yeah one more would be Master Pain/Betty in Kung Pow: Enter The Fist, he works for the 'Evil Council'! :xp:

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Admit it! You only like her because of the sex-kill she can do!

 

Hey we all got to go in some way and i'd prefer that way than being hit by a bus or drowning, infact being killed by sex has to be on the top of list of the 'ways i would like to die list'.

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Another babe with mental/homicidal/reality issues was Rebecca DeMornay(sp) in "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle".

 

Who can forget Catherine Tramell (by Sharon Stone) in Basic Instinct from '92? Once you get through all the sex and violence which almost earned it an NC-17 (OK, maybe you don't want to get through that.... ;) ), talk about a manipulative, brilliant, and utterly psychopathically heartless woman. If you like emotional roller coasters, that one will fit the bill pretty well. She's one of the few really smart villainesses I've seen in film.

One interesting thing I discovered is that men and women view the idea of Catherine's guilt differently--women know without a shadow of a doubt that Catherine is guilty as sin of the murders, men aren't as sure.

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Who can forget Catherine Tramell (by Sharon Stone) in Basic Instinct from '92? Once you get through all the sex and violence which almost earned it an NC-17 (OK, maybe you don't want to get through that.... ;) ), talk about a manipulative, brilliant, and utterly psychopathically heartless woman. If you like emotional roller coasters, that one will fit the bill pretty well. She's one of the few really smart villainesses I've seen in film.

One interesting thing I discovered is that men and women view the idea of Catherine's guilt differently--women know without a shadow of a doubt that Catherine is guilty as sin of the murders, men aren't as sure.

 

We aren't as sure as women are because we were distracted by the leg crossing and um, the use of her sultry, um, ...eyes? yeah that's it, ...eyes.

 

Actually, I'm still not quite sure she did it. :giveup:

How could you call that sweet thing a villian? Shame on you. :Prplgh:

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We aren't as sure as women are because we were distracted by the leg crossing and um' date=' the use of her sultry, um, ...[i']eyes[/i]? yeah that's it, ...eyes.

 

Precisely. ;)

 

(and I can recommend some good websites on anatomy, because it's definitely not the eyes. ;P)

 

Actually, I'm still not quite sure she did it. :giveup:

How could you call that sweet thing a villian? Shame on you. :Prplgh:

 

Look under the bed in the final scene after Nick says skip the rugrats. You'll see the icepick there, just waiting to be used, and Beth's already dead.

Since she was writing the book and described in detail that final scene where Gus and Beth die, and no one except Nick read it, there's only one conclusion you can make about the guilty party.

 

It also helps that the director said she was the guilty one. :D

 

However, I knew the whole movie that she was the one who did it. Not being quite so distracted by her 'charms,' I found it fascinating to see how she manipulated the whole course of events to throw everyone off the right track.

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