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selftitled85
05/12/07, 08:27 AM
but i am only talking about villains from movies based on comics.

who was the best?

and who was the worst?

even though i do like the way venom was portrayed in the new spiderman. i think i have to go with the joker from batman. jack nicholson did an incredible job bringing the joker to the big screen.

i despised how they made phoenix in the newest x-men movie. i was so disappointed with what they did. they could have made her so cool...or at least somewhat like the comic. but nooo...they destroyed her for me. and destroyed the series.
Trainsaw
05/12/07, 08:33 AM
Jack Nicholson by far and away
williek311
05/12/07, 08:33 AM
Jack Nicholson is by far the best comic book villan portrayed on the big screen.

The worst would have to be Mr. Freeze from Batman and Robin. That whole movie was just horrible.
MIKEY_HORROR
05/12/07, 08:35 AM
A toss up between The Joker and The Penguin for me

and Mr. Freeze or Poison Ivy were the worst....or the Riddler
selftitled85
05/12/07, 08:36 AM
im kinda nervous about the new batman. i have no idea how they will bring the joker to life. not to mention whoever is playing the joker (heath ledger i think?) has a big role to live to.
underthetalking
05/12/07, 08:37 AM
Gotta go with Jack. I think Dafoe played a pretty good Goblin.

I hated the entire X-Men series. That shit was terrible.
underthetalking
05/12/07, 08:37 AM
Heath might be good. Not nearly as good as Jack. But I have hope.
underthetalking
05/12/07, 08:38 AM
Oh. I did love Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor. I hated Gene Hackman.
williek311
05/12/07, 08:39 AM
im kinda nervous about the new batman. i have no idea how they will bring the joker to life. not to mention whoever is playing the joker (heath ledger i think?) has a big role to live to.
I have no doubt that the new batman will be just as good as the first.
Trainsaw
05/12/07, 08:40 AM
Heath might be good. Not nearly as good as Jack. But I have hope.

i think he's going to do fine, w/ Nolan directing i think he's really going to capture the darkside of the Joker.
selftitled85
05/12/07, 08:54 AM
i think he's going to do fine, w/ Nolan directing i think he's really going to capture the darkside of the Joker.

the darkside of the joker? heath can def do that. but the crazy/fun/maniacal part...that was jacks forte.
Trainsaw
05/12/07, 09:08 AM
the darkside of the joker? heath can def do that. but the crazy/fun/maniacal part...that was jacks forte.

i think he'll have spots of that, but no where near jack's, you're right in that.
FondestMemory
05/12/07, 11:50 AM
i say this in every thread where nicholson gets praised for batman, but he was entirely overrated as the joker.

he played jack nicholson in white makeup. jim carrey's riddler was a better joker than nicholson was.
Trainsaw
05/12/07, 11:52 AM
i say this in every thread where nicholson gets praised for batman, but he was entirely overrated as the joker.

he played jack nicholson in white makeup. jim carrey's riddler was a better joker than nicholson was.

i watched that movie this morning, he was perfectly cast for the part, but the movie overall made his performance forgetable
lew_1987
05/12/07, 12:10 PM
galvatron would be my pick.... no actually i prefer unicron.
fluke182
05/12/07, 12:15 PM
Cillian Murphy as the Scarecrow in Batman Begins or Jude Law as Harlen Maguire in Road to Perdition. Not over the top, just awesome. Also Liam Neeson as Ra's Al Ghul in Batman Begins. Did I mention I liked Batman Begins a wee bit?
FondestMemory
05/12/07, 12:23 PM
law was fucking perfect in road to perdition.
JIMMYateEARTH
05/12/07, 12:30 PM
I'm going to go with Orson Well's as Unicron. I love Transformers the movie, beyond that I'm going to have to think about it Never put to much stock into liking villians
Love As Arson
05/12/07, 12:40 PM
Obviously, The Lord Of Darkness from Legend:

http://www.scifilm.org/images3/legend3.jpg
fluke182
05/12/07, 12:41 PM
law was fucking perfect in road to perdition.
Amen. That's an incredibly underrated performance in a generally overlooked movie.
selftitled85
05/12/07, 06:26 PM
is road to perdition from a comic?
FondestMemory
05/12/07, 06:34 PM
is road to perdition from a comic?

yes.
EnderDove
05/12/07, 07:21 PM
im kinda nervous about the new batman. i have no idea how they will bring the joker to life. not to mention whoever is playing the joker (heath ledger i think?) has a big role to live to.

After Batman Begins, I am confident the next two movies will be good.
EnderDove
05/12/07, 07:22 PM
Cillian Murphy as the Scarecrow in Batman Begins or Jude Law as Harlen Maguire in Road to Perdition. Not over the top, just awesome. Also Liam Neeson as Ra's Al Ghul in Batman Begins. Did I mention I liked Batman Begins a wee bit?

Mmmm, couldn't agree more with Murphy and Neeson. I enjoyed them just as much, if not more than Nicholson.