I am going to unveil my list of top movie villains and heroes in a series of blogs over the next few days/weeks. I have done my ranking of the top 50 heroes and the top 50 villains using several lists (inluding American Film Institute's list. The criterea I went with was movies in the last 100 years that have been somewhat widely viewed. The character must be known (at least by name to the average person over the age of 20. The heroes were easy to pick (although not to rank), but the villains were a different story. Some are people that you actually cheer for, while some you root for their death. Some are funny, and some are pure evil. Either way I enjoyed ranking these characters (with the help of my wife and mother-in-law). Here are numbers 50-40 with heroes first.
Heroes
50. Jason Arnold: The character played on the Bourne Supremacy and Bourne Identity. Great action hero.
49. Lt. Chris Sabian: In the Negotiator. Great movie, great character.
48. Harry Stamper: Bruce Willis character in Armageddon. He does a great job as the tough, but ultimate hero of a father.47. Dr. Stanley Goodspeed: Played by Nicholas Cage in The Rock. Comedy mixed with a character we can relate to who adapts to his situation.
46. Trip: The character played by Denzel Washington in Glory. One of three Denzel characters to make the list. A great movie that had many heroes to pick from, his role was very memorable.
45. Simon Templar: In the movie The Saint. Jamey and I love the newer version with Val Kilmer in this role. His many costumes/roles are great. The older version, I have heard, is great as well.
44. Doc Holliday: The second Val Kilmer character. This movie is great and the alcoholic gunslinging Doc Holliday is a great movie character.
43. Chon Wang: The only Jakie Chan character to make the list is hillarious in both Shanghi noon and Shanghi nights.
42. Coach Norman Dale: The ultimate coach in the ultimate sports movie. Gene Hackman does a great job in this underdog story. 41. Benjamin Martin: A Mel Gibson character in the Patriot. He does a great job as the father and the soldier.
40. Jack Ryan: Harrison Ford in Patriot games. Great movie. Harrison Ford does a great job.
Villains
50. Shooter McGavin: The crazy golfer in Happy Gilmore. He does a great job of making you hate him.
49. The Clown in IT: This has made my generation fear clowns.
48. Biff Tannen: The Back to the Future Trilogy is one of my favorites. And this character is perfect (all 4 generations of him) as the villain to Michael J. Fox.
47. Jigsaw: In the first two Saw movies. Jamey still has nightmares of this one. He does a great job, and most of his role is just his voice. The situations he puts people in still make me cringe.
46. Rachael Phelps: The owner of the Indians in the great movie Major Leagues. Makes you hate her and root for the bunch of misfits she has put on the field.
45. Jack Sparrow: One of the villains you love. Although I was not as impressed with the second movie, Jonny Depp did an outstanding job with this villain we love.44. Gaston: The first of a few disney characters to be on this list. He is the Beast hunter in Beauty and the Beast. "No one fights like Gaston..."
43. Chucky: One of my little brothers is still scared of this doll.
42. The Grinch: I know we are all "Christmased out" but this character is a great one. I am not a Jim Carrey fan, but he does a good job with this one.
41. Senator Joseph Paine: The Senator in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington". He is a great character that does come around in the end.
40. Dr. Malcolm Crowe: In the sixth sense. Bruce Willis (one of the few to make both lists) does an outstanding job with this character. Even though he is a good character he technically is the villain (he is a ghost).
Well that is the first ten in each list. What do you think? I am going to release 10 more heroes in a few days and then 10 more villains.
5 comments:
I just have two comments about the Villians list: First of all, for #49 - the clown's name is Pennywise. And secondly, #40 - I'm not sure I agree that Dr. Malcolm Crowe is a villian. Even if he is a ghost.
Crowe is the force that is scaring the boy. That is why he was in that list. Their are a few on the "villain" list that are some of our favorite characters.
Thanks for the name of the clown.
Chucky...that dude is wicked. And Pennywise...I still have nightmares.
What about the clown doll in Poltergeist I. The one where it is sitting in the kids chair and the lighting flashes and when kid looks back nothing is there but the chair is rocking back and forth. So the kid looks under the bed and it jumps out and grabs him. Ooooohhhh!!!!
You scared of clowns too Jon.
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