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Most Sympathetic Villain in a Movie?

Posted on 1/19/11 at 12:05 pm
Posted by theunknownknight
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Posted on 1/19/11 at 12:05 pm
I was curious as to who you all thought would be considered some of the most sympathetic movie villians in movie history. I'll start:

Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMC in The Rock

Posted by Sophandros
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Posted on 1/19/11 at 12:06 pm to
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Posted by LewDawg
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Posted on 1/19/11 at 12:06 pm to
Patriot =/= Villain

RIP, General...
This post was edited on 1/19/11 at 12:11 pm
Posted by Baloo
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Posted on 1/19/11 at 12:09 pm to
Gary Oldman in Air Force One. Watch the movie again, from his point of view. Everything he accuses the the president of is absolutely true.

Also, to live up to my name, Shere Khan in The Jungle Book is 100% justified.
Posted by fouldeliverer
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Posted on 1/19/11 at 12:13 pm to
I almost wanted to cheer for those evil blue people trying to stop human economic progress. But I didn't.
Posted by rondo
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Posted on 1/19/11 at 12:16 pm to
Mr. White from Reservoir Dogs and its not even close.
Posted by MadMaxwell
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Posted on 1/19/11 at 12:25 pm to
I was going to say Vader.

But Hummel was a really good character, Ed Harris really made that movie.
Posted by OMLandshark
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Posted on 1/19/11 at 12:28 pm to


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.
Posted by BilJ
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Posted on 1/19/11 at 12:30 pm to
would Hummel even really be considered a villain?
Posted by constant cough
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Posted on 1/19/11 at 12:32 pm to
Got blamed for things that were 'human error'

Posted by rondo
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Posted on 1/19/11 at 12:32 pm to
Dude threatened to kill the city of San Francisco...how the frick is not a villain.

And whats so sympathetic about him?

Its Mr. White.
Posted by BilJ
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Posted on 1/19/11 at 12:36 pm to
yea but it was a total bluff
Posted by LSU lilly
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Posted on 1/19/11 at 12:39 pm to
quote:

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.



Logical.
Posted by rondo
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Posted on 1/19/11 at 12:42 pm to
Means he was a pussy IMO.


Mr. White shot his boss over what was right.

And killed Mr. Blonde for torturing a cop.
Posted by scoot25
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Posted on 1/19/11 at 12:42 pm to
Posted by LuckySo-n-So
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Posted on 1/19/11 at 12:46 pm to
Norman Bates.
Posted by LSU lilly
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Posted on 1/19/11 at 12:48 pm to
I always feel weird about movies that make me want the bad guy to win.

Like in American Gangster. Although I knew the story, I was rooting for Denzel the whole time. Also Depp in Public Enemies.
Posted by OMLandshark
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Posted on 1/19/11 at 12:52 pm to
This was a sympathetic individual

This post was edited on 1/19/11 at 12:55 pm
Posted by TDTGodfather
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Posted on 1/19/11 at 12:52 pm to
quote:

And killed Mr. Blonde for torturing a cop

mr orange did that.

gotta go with hummel so far.

Posted by Pilot Tiger
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Posted on 1/19/11 at 12:56 pm to


I think Darth Vader is the very definition of this subject

I'd also throw in King Kong though he may not count
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