20 Movie Villains We Loved More Than We Should Have
One of the inherent problems of fiction is that a good villain has to be a good leader. In most cases, it’s pretty hard to antagonize without a team, so you’ve gotta be likable enough to convince at least some stupid henchmen to rally to your cause. But if you’re too good, the audience ends up liking you, too, maybe even more than the good guys, and then you have to deal with a bunch of nerds like us whining, “You know he’s the villain, right?”
For Redditor kaboomrico, it’s Hans Linda in Inglourious Basterds. “Christoph Waltz is absolutely incredible as him, and even though he’s a piece of shit, he’s still so entertaining to watch on screen,” they argued, before asking r/Movies, “What movie villain is a horrible person but an absolute joy to watch on screen?”
The amount of scenery chewed in the responses could feed an entire orphanage, though its eaters would rather blow one up.
The Three Musketeers
A Nightmare on Elm Street
The Green Mile
Die Hard
The Dark Knight
Gangs of New York
Misery
American Psycho
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
The Patriot
The Fifth Element
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
Last Action Hero
The Great Mouse Detective
Constantine
Whiplash
No Country For Old Men
Falling Down
Face/Off
