#89: Who is your favorite movie villian?
Last week’s fight centered around political dramas, a mild distraction from the real-life political dramas we’re all probably tired of. So this week, let’s talk villians, compliments of MFC member Kevin M. He asks:
Who is your favorite movie villian?
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I'm thinking about all of the villians who, when they're finally defeated, your heart breaks a little. Maybe they were wayward, or misunderstood, or deceived, or something else that made us sort of root for them when we know we shouldn't. But in Blade Runner [SPOILER ALERT] there is a villian I didn't root for at all during the film, and yet his final act before dying changes the viewers entire perception of him. Roy Batty, a replicant (cyborg), simply wanted to live longer than his programmer wanted. The final scene where he holds a pigeon, marveling at natural life and wishing he could be human is marvelous screenwriting.
"I have seen things...all those moments will be lost in time, like, tears in the rain." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoAzpa1x7jU
There are so many villains that I love to hate! For this one though, I am not only going to go with a villain that is menacing, but also because of the complexity of the character and how well the actor was able to explore those complexities.
James McAvoy did a fantastic job Kevin Wendell, who was the villain in Split. Playing a character with extreme multiple personality disorder is challenging to begin with. But McAvoy's ability to convincingly play out innocent, fearful, calculating, and purely evil personalities in the way that he does was well done.
Kevin Wendell from Split is my final choice.