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re: Most Sympathetic Villain in a Movie?
Posted on 1/19/11 at 7:52 pm to iwyLSUiwy
Posted on 1/19/11 at 7:52 pm to iwyLSUiwy
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Why would I be sympathetic towards Dexter?
Yeah, the show goes out of its way to establish Dexter more as a tragic hero whose virtue arises merely as the result of a coincidental byproduct of his actions.
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Posted on 1/19/11 at 9:43 pm to theunknownknight
Posted on 1/19/11 at 10:06 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Russell Crowe's character in 3:10 to Yuma.
Posted on 1/19/11 at 10:13 pm to theunknownknight
Not a movie, but Arthur Frobisher (Ted Danson) on Damages. Feel sorry for him everytime he's on the show.
Posted on 1/19/11 at 10:14 pm to fouldeliverer
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I almost wanted to cheer for those evil blue people trying to stop human economic progress. But I didn't.
Posted on 1/19/11 at 10:17 pm to theunknownknight
Did anyone mention law abiding citizen? Everyone I know wanted butler to live and follow through his mission.
Posted on 1/19/11 at 10:20 pm to RBWilliams8
I wanted that movie to end after 10 minutes. Didn't matter to me if he finished his mission or not
Posted on 1/19/11 at 10:22 pm to OBUDan
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I wanted that movie to end after 10 minutes. Didn't matter to me if he finished his mission or not
yeah I was basically going by the reviews it got on here also.This post was edited on 1/19/11 at 10:23 pm
Posted on 1/19/11 at 10:25 pm to TDTGodfather
Ed Harris character in National Treasure... I mean all he wants to do is clear his past
Posted on 1/19/11 at 11:25 pm to rintintin
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Russell Crowe's character in 3:10 to Yuma.
Ben Wade stabbed a guy(albeit a douche) in the face for whistling a song, then threw the Pinkerton off the cliff for taking a jab at his momma.
Just sayin.
Posted on 1/19/11 at 11:38 pm to OBUDan
Law Abiding Citizen is one of my favorites in the last couple of years.
Posted on 1/20/11 at 12:17 am to tduecen
Both of Ed Harris' characters mentioned are good one's in my book but i dont think they count as true villians. Gen. Hummel wasn't evil til the end and eventually tried to help nick cage. Also his character sacrifices himself in National treasure too. I think the true 'sumpathetic Villian' is Gerrard butler from Law Abiding Citizen. He remained true to his convictions until the very end despite all the death he caused. By the end of the movie I almost didn't want him to die but knew the movie would need closure (sorry for spoilers).
Posted on 1/20/11 at 12:35 am to DopeyLemming
How about the Romulan leader/captain from the new Star Trek played by Eric Bana?
Posted on 1/20/11 at 1:04 am to theunknownknight
Not sure if i would call it sympathetic, but i sure as hell was pulling for GERARD BUTER in LAW ABIDING CITIZEN, which is definitely one of the best movies ive seen in a while
Posted on 1/20/11 at 2:35 am to jg8623
Butch Haynes in Perfect World
Michael Sullivan in Road To Pertition
G Joubert in Three Days Of The Condor
Ghost Dog in Ghost Dog:The Ways Of The Samurai
Big Chris in Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
William Foster in Falling Down
Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid
Leon The Professional
William Munny in Unforgiven
Sonny Wortzik and Sal Naturile in Dog Day Afternoon
Michael Sullivan in Road To Pertition
G Joubert in Three Days Of The Condor
Ghost Dog in Ghost Dog:The Ways Of The Samurai
Big Chris in Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
William Foster in Falling Down
Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid
Leon The Professional
William Munny in Unforgiven
Sonny Wortzik and Sal Naturile in Dog Day Afternoon
This post was edited on 1/20/11 at 3:07 am
Posted on 1/20/11 at 7:31 am to OMLandshark
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Got to go with the Wicked Witch of the West. All she really wanted was property that was already her's and maybe a little revenge for someone murdering her sister.
and i mean i REALLY lol'd at this. WELL PLAYEDD
Posted on 1/20/11 at 7:34 am to TheRoarRestoredInBR
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Butch Haynes in Perfect World
good call !
Posted on 1/20/11 at 7:34 am to CAD703X
...and while we're on the subject, if you are a fan of japanese movies, often they establish a villian early on and then by halfway through teh movie, they're not the 'villian' at all anymore.
see "nausicaa" and "princess mononoke" (anime).
that's one of the things i LOVE about japanese films..its not a cut-and-dry good guy vs. bad guy and circumstances could change their point of view. american movies..not so much.
see "nausicaa" and "princess mononoke" (anime).
that's one of the things i LOVE about japanese films..its not a cut-and-dry good guy vs. bad guy and circumstances could change their point of view. american movies..not so much.
Posted on 1/20/11 at 7:36 am to CAD703X
ps if we include tv in this i gotta go with:
Posted on 1/20/11 at 7:48 am to bomber77
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Michael Douglas in Falling Down
This is my answer. Every man has his breaking point. BTW, I love this movie!
"fi ? fi ? what the frick is a fi? you people come to this country and you don't even bother to learn the language?"
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