The most memorable movie villains are often also the most outlandish.
In reality, villains are more mundane.
They seldom wear outlandish costumes, and they dont necessarily even kill or injure people.
Here, she proves to be a master of subtle manipulation.
Beneath his urbane demeanor lies a chilling lack of empathy.
Would you really feel any pity if one of those dots stopped moving forever…?
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman
Full Metal Jacket
Few of us have actually met a sociopathic killer.
Precisely none of us have met a comic book supervillain.
Theres been some speculation that Buddys based on real-life producer Scott Rudin, or maybe Joel Silver.
So let me make something plain: I dont like you jerking around, bothering our citizens, Lebowski.
I dont like your jerkoff name.
I dont like your jerkoff face.
I dont like your jerkoff behavior.
And I dont like you.
When The Dude makes a smart remark in response, Kohl resorts to some spectacularly abrupt physical violence.
AfterOffice Space,all I can think of when I see Cole is his blandly horrible corporate Bill Lumbergh.
Usually prefacing his sentences with the words, Mmm.
Yeah…, Lumberghs cool-guy self-image masks a callous heart of ice.
Just look at the way he relentlessly pursues burnt-out programmer Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingstone) for TPS reports.
Um, Im gonna need you to go ahead come in tomorrow.
So if you could be here around nine that would be great.
Fortunately, Hollys once again on hand with a well-aimed taser gun.
The template for every other spoiled manipulative bully, fromMean GirlstoHeathers?
The richest one percent of this country owns half our countrys wealth, five trillion dollars.
You got 90 percent of the American public out there with little or no net worth.
This article originally appeared in 2015 onDen of Geek UK.
