"It was Keyser Soze, Agent Kujan. I mean the Devil himself. How do you shoot the Devil in the back?... What if you miss?"
Say what you will about our love for the heroic champions of morality, few things in the world resonate as well with the public as an embodiment of evil. From modern giants of Keyser Soze and Hannibal Lecter to the classic masters like Norman Bates, Darth Vader, and The Wicked Witch of the West. How many of you can spit out the name HAL-9000 without batting an eye, but struggle to remember Dave Bowman?
It's a common place aspect of society in which cinema has finally found its niche. The right villain with the right actor/actress can present a world so vile, cold, and cynical that we can't help but turn away. They are theatrical performers on a stage of evil, representing the aspects of the world we fail to understand. Because of it they can get away with anything, and everything. Every thought we ever dreamed of having. Every action we ever wanted to take. In their own interests they act, because that's what we've made them.
After all, when it comes down to it. For them, it's only business.
So, what are some of your favorite film villains and why?
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