Top 10 Smartest Movie Villains
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joker is no 1 …
moriarty is smarter then lecter
Khan's outfit was awful, even for that time, but Montleban's performance overcame it big time. As a young boy, that was the first time I remember really liking the villain.
Why do you have to show the bad ending saw 1!!!
Why not Norman Bates from Psycho? His motives, his story, and everything he does is just horrifying, and the way he dresses as his mother to make up for her dying, he would have fit well on this list, would he not?
How can Jigsaw be the 8th? Not only did he craft those traps, but he also predicted and manipulated the whole events in all 7 movies. He should be at least the 3rd one!
no James Moriarty?
1. Count Ol-
Oh wait
Olaf was stupid.
Jigsaw is #8?
I'm a dangerous cannibal, worse Hannibal. making crazy like an animal….
I feel like John Doe from se7en should be on this list
I know this is only movies but Psycho-Pass' villain (forgot his name, I'm not really good with Japanese) is a genius too.
hannibal lecter really was the best
John Kramer should be number 1
OMG Sheev Palpatine sedused a little boy. What an evil man
The Joker should have won because In a way he won
He proved his point that everyone is just one bad day away from becoming him by turning Harvey Dent into 2 face and he got rid of the batman for the 8 years between the dark knight and the dark knight rises
the joker isnt clever he is mad
Clever and smart are not the same thing.
So why did Cipher from Fast and Furious not make it to this list? She manipulated and hacked her way through the series and got away in the end.
Anton Sigurgh
I honestly don't think HAL 9000 should be on this list, not being a true villain. I agree that HAL 9000 killed the crew of the ship, but he did so in order to complete the mission as he was programmed to do. HAL 9000 was constructed for the specific purpose of "the accurate processing of information without distortion or concealment" and then commanded to conceal the true mission from the crew. This caused a contradiction in his programming that (given the scenario) could have only been resolved by the death of the crew and given that HAL 9000 was compelled entirely by his programming, that is what happened.
Howard Payne in Speed.
Sid from toy story?
But is Jig-Saw really a bad guy?
I would have ranked Kahn higher, but solid list overall
HAL isn't a "villian" per se
HAL has no motivation except to follow its programming. THAT would make its programmer(s) the villian(s), not HAL itself.
But even so, "villany" requires motivation to do harm or "fight the power" so to speak, and there is nothing like that when it involves HAL.
HAL simply makes a logical decision based upon conflicting orders. No villany involved. Just faulty programming.
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jigsaw should be 1
Mr.Brooks
Where is Robbie Rotten?
And where's Lisa? "The Room" Lisa.