Heroes are great, but sometimes it takes a badguy to reel the audience in. So, in the films of this year, who are the best villains you saw this year?
In my opinion, these are the best at being bad.
Dr. Facilier
"The Frog Princess" (please log in to view the image)
Voiced by the amazing Keith David, Dr. Facilier will go down as one of the best and most entertaining Disney villains ever. The voice, eerie design, incredible movements (major props to the animation department), and great dialogue, this guy's a paint-by-numbers villain, and yet still finds a way to jazz it up. It also helps that he has one of the catchiest and best villain songs in years.
Nero
"Star Trek" (please log in to view the image)
I was never a "Star Trek" fan, but man, was the recent movie good. Kirk, Spock, and the rest of the crew were fantastic characters, and with a cast like that, you need a great nemesis. Fortunately, they had to face Nero, a pissed off Romulan who is as mean as they come. But with this anger and intimidation comes a lack of words, a fact that makes Nero both threatening and exciting to view as he destroys planets as if they're plastic models. Galactus and Kahn would be proud of this welcomed addition to great movie villains.
Charles Muntz (please log in to view the image)
A curse of Pixar villains are they're terrible luck of recognition. You hear more people mention Captain Hook and Maleficent than you do Hopper and Syndrome. Though Muntz will most likely suffer a similar fate, this does not change how good of an adversary he is. For a man well into his 90s, he's one tough guy. You will see very few men with a sword and rifle be even close to as scary as this guy is when he wields weapons. There's something just plain creepy in thinking about this man coming after you. And the scene where he realizes that the bird Kevin is friends with our heroes will give you chills every time you watch it.
Colonel Koobus Venter
"District 9" (please log in to view the image)
Man, what a bastard. There's not much more you can say than that for this guy. If there was any foe this year that you never want to mess with, it's this douchebag. He's such a jerk to levels you never knew existed, but man does he do it well. I hope that ol' Venter gets some recognition in film, because whether or not I'm the only one he made piss their pants doesn't matter when the actor is that great to watch be an ass.
Obesandjo
"District 9" (please log in to view the image)
"District 9" had some compelling characters, and this baddie was surely one of them. Seriously, if there's one side villain that could effect you like the main antagonist, this is the guy. Crazy, backed up by an army of criminals with guns, and willing to do anything to reach his goal (even eating arms if he has to), Obesandjo is one guy you can't **** with.
Indeed, he was a good villain. But I didn't understand his motivations. Other than keeping his secrets hidden, what exactly was he trying to accomplish?
BTW, Hitler for the win. Hans Landa was an anti hero than a villain imo.
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Dec 16th, 2009 08:35 PM
