Showing posts with label Harry Potter. Show all posts
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Monday, September 29, 2008

MOVIE NEWS: Daniel Radcliffe Gets Thumbs Up for Nude Debut in Broadway



NEW YORK (Reuters) - The actor who portrays the schoolboy wizard in the Harry Potter movies received as much attention for appearing naked as for his range and depth in the London production of playwright Peter Shaffer's "Equus."
Daniel Radcliffe is now reprising the role on Broadway, and this time reviewers are concentrating on his able performance in the play first performed at the National Theater in London in 1973...

Ben Brantley of The New York Times said Radcliffe, 19, wore his part of a suburban stableboy who commits grotesque crimes against horses "like a tailor's delight -- that is, a natural fit that allows room to stretch."
"Like many beloved film actors Mr. Radcliffe has an air of heightened ordinariness, of the everyday lad who snags your attention with an extra, possibly dangerous gleam of intensity," wrote Brantley, adding his "Alsatian-blue gaze" helped his convincing performance.
USA Today carried the headline "'Equus': Radcliffe revealed as a serious actor" as reviewer Elysa Gardner said "the Harry Potter star puts to rest any arguments that his appeal should be limited to moony adolescents and maudlin grown-ups."
Like other reviewers, Gardner said Radcliffe's performance outshone the production.
"In his impressive debut in a major stage role, as the disturbed adolescent in 'Equus,' Daniel Radcliffe significantly helps overcome the fact that Peter Shaffer's 1975 Tony winner doesn't entirely hold up," said Variety.
While most reviews centered on praising Radcliffe's performance, some made reference to the nakedness that caused such a stir in London. 
"Radcliffe, despite the visceral physicality of the role, appears supremely comfortable in his own skin -- and yes, kids, thanks to the nude scene, we get to see all of it," said Newsday's reviewer Linda Winer, who also called the London-born Radcliffe "a smart, intense, wildly serious stage talent."
Variety noted Radcliffe had been criticized by some London critics for a lack of vocal control but said an extra year and a half of maturity may have helped.
"His delivery here is as confident and compelling as his febrile physicality -- whether fully clothed and wary or naked and defenseless," said David Rooney.
Brantley noted the similarity between Radcliffe's role in "Equus" and that of Harry Potter with both characters coming of age "in a menacing, magical world where the prospect of being devoured by darkness is always imminent."
Radcliffe will return to the boy wizard role soon when he begins filming the final Potter movie, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows."

I want to know too.

I don't understand how he could be so ~amazing~ in this when he's been fairly mediocre in all of the HP movies and the five minutes of December Boys that I somehow watched. It has a lot to do with directing/who you're working with as well. He works with some good people in HP, but a lot of his scenes are against Emma Watson, and people who were cast for looking like a particular character, so....

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Monday, September 15, 2008

NEWS: Hary Potter's Bonnie Wright Almost fell On Her Butt and Has a NEW Movie


Bonnie Wright attended the 2008 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards and had some problems with her fancy footwear The Hogwarts star's Prada heels were slightly too big for her small feet and she embarrassingly tripped right into Narnia star William Moseley backstage at the awards as she was about to go out and present. Bonnie was seen quietly talking to William after she came backstage where he then teased her about not falling flat on her back in front of the whole world.


A nervous Bonnie smiled as flash bulbs went off and screaming kids from the main stage filled the room with loud cheers. William made to exit the backstage area only to stand at the entrance to wait for Bonnie to catch up. The two were seen returning to their seats to watch the rest of the awards and performances. Evanna Lynch, who plays Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter, was also at the Nickelodeon awards and she presented with fellow potter pal Bonnie Wright.

Bonnie was also heard mentioning a new project she was looking to get involved in called "A Great and Terrible Beauty" playing the lead role as "Gemma Doyle". In July, 2006, Icon Productions, the film production company run by Mel Gibson, announced that it would adapt the book into a film based on the best-selling book, to be written and directed by Charles Sturridge.

Bonnie Wright stars as Ginny Weasley in the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince film due out next summer.


OH, THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR HAIR : Bonnie's New Hair
Does the new look pass? Y/N?

Left: Bourne Ultimatum Premiere
Right: 2008 Kids' Choice Awards




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Friday, August 29, 2008

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Harry Potter Porn {Not Kidding}

I thought all the BALL action I got from Daniel Radcliffe's Equus was hilarious, BUT THIS ONE WINS. I swear, seeing this video was the only time I laughed and "pfffttt" soo hard. I...i...i.. HAHAHAHA.
SPOILERS:
-I like your man tits.


-Well I'm sure you couldn't dance to save your life so I guess it serves you right, bitch.


-So is it true your shaggability meter is way lower than normal?


-FUCK ME.
-Shit-a-brick bitch, wtf?
Watch it. NOW.

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Thursday, August 21, 2008

TO MTV: Enough with the Fictional Character Rivalry!


Team Bella or Team Hermione? Whose Side Are You On?
Bella is magnetic. Hermione is awkward. But fans of both the Twilight and Harry Potter series pick Hermione over Bella any day. Why?
“Some girls want to see themselves as Bella,” said Megan Schuyler, who’s been capturing the wizard rock scene in her documentary film “The Wizard Rockumentary.” “If you’re feeling clumsy and different, it’s fun to imagine that some dreamy perfect guy would be obsessed with you.” - MTV Movies Blog

Along with the controversial reviews on the last book of the Twilight saga, this article was another topic for argument between the fans of both Harry Potter and Twilight... (Continue reading)


Yesterday, Jennifer Vineyard of MTV Movie Blog published the article
revealing a few insights of the Harry Potter fans about Twilight's female lead character, Bella, played by Kristen Stewart.

“She’s wimpy!” Megan Schuyler said, who’s been capturing the wizard rock scene in her documentary film “The Wizard Rockumentary". “When I went to the book release party, I wore a shirt that says, ‘Bella Sucks.’”

“I think Bella is a bit underdeveloped as a character,” said Amy Snow, of the wizard rock band Romilda Vane and the Chocolate Cauldrons. “Hermione was first and foremost a person, and she’s realistic. It’s a pity Bella doesn’t have a secret inner strength. She’s more of just a pure maiden.”



The reason writer's create fictional worlds is not to create role models, not to appease every besotted teen, but simply because they enjoy the craft of writing. It's a novel, not a guide to the world. That being said, applying a character from an entirely different novel series, a character I might add that has the ability to utilize magic and a wand to achieve greatness, in comparison to a truly vivid/realistic human without powers is a tad unfair, don't you think?

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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

NEWS: 'Harry Potter' says 'There Will Be Half-Blood"

On set of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince





NEWS FLASH: On August 14, the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was moved to summer 2009. But here's the early word. For more on the postponement, see this.




The tears have dried. The goose bumps have faded. The books, a complete set now, are lined on the shelf, gathering dust. In our imagination, Harry Potter lives happily ever after, his work as a global pop icon and publishing profit center now finished.


Almost.
At Leavesden Film Studios outside London, under a leaky roof dripping rain from an April downpour, Daniel Radcliffe stands on a crumbling stairwell that descends into a derelict corner of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, thumbing out a text message on his cell phone. At the call to ''Action!'' the young star slips the phone into his trousers and spirals down the stairs to find costar Emma Watson sitting on a step, stifling tears. In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, adapted from J.K. Rowling's penultimate Potter novel, Harry's pal Hermione Granger (Watson) is realizing that her heart belongs to Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint). The problem: Ron has just hooked up with Lavender Brown (newcomer Jessie Cave). In this scene, Harry tries to console his friend, but the job becomes infinitely harder when Ron and Lavender come bumbling into this dark corner of Hogwarts looking for a place to snog. Hermione shoos them away with a magical gust of wind, then weeps harder. Even after ''Cut!'' Watson continues to tear up, and Radcliffe offers comfort with a lingering side hug and whispered praise. ''Bloody f---ing brilliant, Emma. Just top-notch.''- interview by EW


The future weighs on all of them, none more so than Radcliffe. Committed to making acting his profession, he's taken a spate of work recently that's decidedly outside the Potter universe — most notably his emotionally and physically naked West End theater debut in Equus, which earned him admiring reviews during its blockbuster London run last year. (He'll be reprising the role in New York on Broadway beginning Sept. 5.) ''If I had just done these films without doing anything else, I would have become very frustrated, and would have started worrying more about the pressure of life after Potter,'' Radcliffe says. He hopes that his extracurricular acting will ''ease the public into the idea that I am going to be doing other things.'' Hmmm---yeah, like the all the ball action in your plays.





Still, it will be a while before Radcliffe knows whether his exit strategy has succeeded. At the very least, he can say that his stage work has prepared him for Hallows, which begins shooting next spring. The young actor says he's most looking forward to the haunting, emotional sequence in which Harry walks through a forest toward his final confrontation with Voldemort, accompanied by the ghosts of Sirius Black, his parents, and others. He's also excited to shoot Harry's last, dreamy encounter with Dumbledore, although he recently reread the sequence in the book and made the surprising discovery that Harry is naked during the scene. ''At first, I thought I had pants on,'' Radcliffe says. ''Apparently not.'' Is he nervous? ''Bah, I've sort of done that,'' he says, with mock bravado. ''It's all old hat now, really.''



Really, Mr. Potter? Some people find that extremely difficult to put in the past.

Like this photo for example.



The superimposed image of the horse on
his abdomen scares the hell outta me.




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Your thoughts?

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Friday, August 15, 2008

NEWS: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Delayed to Summer 2009



As other Potter fans, I was looking forward for the 6th installment of the blockbuster Harry Potter franchise. The book was great and it was plain discouraging to have heard this news. Looks like were going to have to wait LONGER for it. Hmmm.
Warner Bros. Pictures today announced that it has moved back the release date of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” to Summer 2009. The sixth installment of the blockbuster Harry Potter franchise will now open day-and-date domestically and in the major international markets on July 17, 2009. The announcement was made by Alan Horn, President and Chief Operating Officer, Warner Bros.

In making the announcement, Mr. Horn stated, “Our reasons for shifting ‘Half-Blood Prince’ to summer are twofold: we know the summer season is an ideal window for a family tent pole release, as proven by the success of our last Harry Potter film, which is the second-highest grossing film in the franchise, behind only the first installment.



I'm having difficulty settling with their decision. I understand the reason behind the move, but moving such a major film with a fan base that has been anxiously awaiting the next installment while the opening of the film draws near is a mistake in my point of view. And from a business point of view, I think its better for the movie showing to be closer to the release date of the latest book so that the momentum would be better for the movie.

I am in agreement with Movie Blog's sentiments regarding this move. I'm sure as hell the Warner Bros. Company realized long before that summer is the best time to release a movie. WHY make a move NOW when they have already set a date?
As far as I can assess, this move won't taint the quality of the movie but will be a dart in the heart of Harry Potter fans who were expecting  to see the long awaited movie.




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Thursday, July 31, 2008

MOVIE: HP Star Rupert Grint Responds to New HPB Trailer

That Harry Potter trailer some people say is too short or doesn’t include enough of their favorite characters? Don’t get too worked up, Rupert Grint says, it’s only a tease.
“It’s only a teaser, just to get people excited,” he told MTV News.
Speaking from the set of his new film “Cherry Bomb,” Grint hasn’t seen the trailer for “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” himself yet, but he’s looking forward to it. He was also happy to hear — despite one fan asking “Where’s Rupert Grint?” — that there is a shot of him in the trailer, as it was from one of his favorite scenes from the film.

Ron Weasley nearly dies after he drinks Professor Slughorn’s poisoned mead, a gift the professor was meant to pass on to Dumbledore, in an assasination attempt gone horribly wrong. Ron had already been poisoned in one sense — “He gets poisoned quite a bit in this film,” Grint laughed — because he ate Romilda Vane’s chocolate cauldrons (also meant for someone else, this time Harry) which were spiked with love potion. Harry rushes his friend off to the potions professor for a quick fix, only Ron goes from a bad predicament to a lethal one in mere moments. “That was a really fun scene,” Grint said.


READ Leaky Cauldron's Set Report


I visited the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince set in Leavesden in late January of this year; filming had been under way for weeks but the future was unclear: it was the midst of the writer’s strike, and while the studio hadn’t cut off communication with scriptwriter Steven Kloves, they weren’t allowed to talk with him about the Harry Potter films, according to producer David Barron.

Yet the first rumors about splitting Deathly Hallows into two films were around and alive, and while the studio remained mum, the prospect of the division leaked into every conversation. It seemed clear, at the time, that everyone favored the split.

“It’s being discussed almost as much by everyone who’s working here as it is by you guys,” Dan Radcliffe said. “There’s no obvious subplots you can take out. ... if anyone’s going to be able to do it, it’s [Steve Kloves]. After the writer’s strike is over.”

Director David Yates said he was too focused on HBP to think much about it, but said that splitting into two films would be, “finally giving the fans a bigger, more enriched experience that covers all the lovely corners that Jo turns.”

There’s a sense of impending end creeping in at the edges, too: almost everyone we interviewed for our upcoming full set report – which includes Dan Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Tom Felton, Bonnie Wright, Matthew Lewis, Evanna Lynch, Jessie Cave, David Barron and David Yates – commented on how soon the Potter filmmaking saga will be complete.

“It’s going to be quite sad,” Rupert Grint said. “It’s been nine years, and I’ve really enjoyed it… I will miss it.”

I’ve been visiting the sets since late 2003, and each year they build on the years past: The Gryffindor Common Room now sports more books and magical-themed games in tiny corners that will never been seen on film; the Burrow (which was new to me this time, but is nonetheless slightly different than it was in Chamber of Secrets) seems to be showing its stuffing like an old armchair, with tiny explosions of Weasleyphernalia everywhere (Bonnie Wright calls it “higgledy-piggledy”). The vast expanse of green screen sits in the area that used to house some of the largest sets, and then had an outgrowth of crystalline rock that we learned was the floor of the cave.

Before that, though, we have Half-Blood Prince coming, and just judging what we were able to see on set means that we’re in for, again, the best of the previously produced Potter films. A display case showed colorful boxes of Weasley prodcucts; a heavy, stone ring with a lightning strike-shaped crack down the middle; the tattered and stained potions book; small, crystalline vials of clear liquid marked as memories…

David Yates once characterized this film as being the most “sex, drugs and rock-and-roll”esque of the previous Potters; he amended this during our visit to “sex, potions and rock and roll.”

Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) agreed with one reporter’s characterization of the movie as the “romantic comedy Harry Potter,” citing specifically some physical humor played by Cormac McLaggen during Slughorn’s party. “They’re both in denial about they’re feelings,” she says of the often-jealous dynamic between her character and Ron.

The romance bug is making its rounds in this film, with Dan speaking of a script direction indicating an “oddly charged” moment between Harry and Ginny when they first see each other in the burrow. Jessie Cave, who plays Lavender Brown, meanwhile, threw herself, literally, into kissing Rupert as Ron. Grint said he was eating a lot of mints in preparation, while -

“I was more concerned about chipping a tooth,” Cave said said.

“She’’s absolutely throwing herself at these lines,” Radcliffe said of the newcomer. “Those lines that she has said as Lavender Brown could, if you did anything less than absolutely commit yourself to them 100 percent, they would be awful.”

Over the course of the day, we the scene of the cave, Dumbledore’s office, the “higgledy-piggledy” (says Bonnie Wright) burrow, and a lot more. We watched Ron as he tremulously walked down the Great Hall right before his first game of Quidditch. We saw Luna’s Christmas tree dress; the tender moments between Harry and Ginny and the actors’ thoughts on them; Draco spending time in the Room of Requirement, sending birds through the Vanishing Cabinet as practice; Lavender nearly chipping a tooth as she kissed Ron; the huge, hairy Fenrir and the dried-out, twisted mutation on zombies that will end up as the Inferi.

If the first trailer is any indication, this is the Harry Potter film that will start to drive the series to its natural, and huge end. By going back, by visiting with the shadow-eyed young Tom Riddle and growing the story down to its roots, we’re heading toward a fuller realization of the scope of the stories. And it’s going to be remarkable.

Stay tuned, because this is just the beginning: As we get closer to the films we’ll have more about our time on sets, and the details of them, to share!


- MTV Blog
- the-leaky-cauldron.org

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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

MOVIE: Harry Potter Half Blood Prince Teaser


For once Malfoy and I agree on something. I don't want to pull down the strings on Dumbeledore's Club and all, but I'm not sure if the teaser is working for me.
{read article to view trailer}
 






See evil in its youth as we meet Tom Riddle at the orphanage. 
[Image courtesy of Warner Brothers]
[Video courtesy of MTV Movies]

To tell you the truth, I was thrilled to see the long awaited trailer for the new Harry Potter movie. I've read almost ALL of the books (except the Chamber of Secrets, I'm at the last chapter.) and the trailer failed to incorporate the fast-paced feel I was hoping to see. The story-telling vibe wasn't awful, It was just, PLAIN. I was expecting more intensity if they have to come head on with the predicted high grossers for the upcoming movies later this year (like Twilight, James Bond 22 and Madagascar). Warner Brothers should release another trailer for Half Blood Prince. I'll be waiting.

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Monday, July 14, 2008

MOVIE: Best Movie Villains of All Time

In the recent list-craze, I've seen many a countdown about the movies -- best heroes, best villains, best kisses, etc. But no list to date has placed Ledger's Joker amongst its ranks... until now. What number, do you say? Click the cut to find out...






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In the recent list-craze, I've seen many a countdown about the movies -- best heroes, best villains, best kisses, etc. But no list to date has placed Ledger's Joker amongst its ranks... until now. What number, do you say?

25. Agent Smith, 'The Matrix' (1999)
Played by: Hugo Weaving
Agent Smith, voice dripping with disdain, eyes covered with his trademark shades, is the "muscle" of the Matrix and Neo's (Keanu Reeves) indefatigable foe. Intent on erasing Neo and obliterating the Scion rebels, Smith can replicate himself into the hundreds and thousands -- a virtual army with superhuman martial arts skills to boot.
24. Khan Noonien Singh, 'Star Trek: Wrath of Khan' (1982)
Played by: Ricardo Montalban
A vestige of Earth's late 20th-century eugenics wars, superman Khan has a super ego to match. Banished to a deserted planet in an episode of the 'Star Trek' TV series, Khan seeks revenge on the man who imprisoned him, his nemesis: Capt. James T. Kirk.
23. Frank Booth, 'Blue Velvet' (1986)
Played by: Dennis Hopper
Crime kingpin of Lumberton, N.C., Booth never met a form of depravity that he didn't like. His kinky sexual affinities include huffing gas, erotic asphyxiation, sadomasochism ... and those are just the ones we can print. Throw in mutilation, kidnapping and murder and you've got one well-rounded (if not well-grounded) sociopath.
22. Cruella de Vil, '101 Dalmatians' (1961)
Voiced by: Betty Lou Gerson
Her name (an amalgam of cruel and devil) sums up this crazed old bag who steals puppies with an eye to weaving their fur into ... gulp! ... coats. A monstrous fashionista, Cruella looms large in the pantheon of animated villains. As the song goes: "Cruella De Vil, Cruella De Vil, if she doesn't scare you, no evil thing will."
21. Alonzo Harris, 'Training Day' (2001)
Played by: Denzel Washington
Over the course of a single day, rogue narcotics agent Harris "evaluates" a rookie (Ethan Hawke) and subjects him to a litany of depredations and humiliations that end in extortion and murder. Washington won a Best Actor Oscar in the role of a streetwise cop on the make who can't distinguish between good and evil anymore.
20. Lex Luthor, 'Superman' (1978)
Played by: Gene Hackman
"Greatest Criminal Mind of Our Time" Luthor plans an uber real-estate swindle when he purchases thousands of miles of worthless Nevada desert intending to detonate a nuke in California's San Andreas Fault and voila! ... instant invaluable "coastline." Hackman's peevish, droll turn as the ultimate robber baron is hilarious.
19. Joan Crawford, 'Mommie Dearest' (1981)
Played by: Faye Dunaway
Dunaway chews more scenery than Secretariat ("No. More. Wire. Hangers!" ring a bell?) and keeps daughter Christina in such a state of abject terror in this camp classic that it's hard to believe the angelic child ever had the strength, years later, to write a dishy, tell-all memoir. Talk about payback.
18. T-1000, 'Terminator 2' (1991)
Played by: Robert Patrick
Ah-nuld's original Terminator gets all the glory, but it's Patrick's T-1000, a prototype model made of shape-shifting liquid metal, that truly terrorizes. This homicidal robot is the ultimate hit man who won't stop until his mission (to kill resistance leader John Connor) is completed or he ends up on the scrap heap -- whichever comes first.
17. Dr. Christian Szell, 'Marathon Man' (1976)
Played by: Laurence Olivier
Ex-Nazi concentration camp dentist Szell (in a role inspired by the infamous Dr. Mengele) uses a variety of drills, probes and picks to get to the, um, root of the matter when torturing Dustin Hoffman on whether "it's safe" to retrieve his horde of diamonds at a Manhattan bank. Pass the Novocaine, please.
16. Annie Wilkes, 'Misery' (1990)
Played by: Kathy Bates
Wilkes, the unhinged groupie of a famous writer (James Caan), kidnaps her favorite author and heaves a mallet to his ankles like she's A-Rod swinging for the fences. It's part of her mentoring campaign to get him to finish the latest installment of the exploits of her favorite heroine. God help the book club this woman joins.
15. Tom Powers, 'Public Enemy' (1931)
Played by: James Cagney
Presaging Pacino's Scarface by about six decades, Cagney, as a Prohibition-era hoodlum, rises fast in the gangland ranks by being more ruthless than any of his rivals. When he's not slamming half a grapefruit into girlfriend Mae Clarke's face, he's grabbing all he can get in this granddaddy of all gangster movies.
14. Mrs. Iselin, 'Manchurian Candidate' (1962)
Played by: Angela Lansbury
Mrs. Iselin would make Lady MacBeth squeamish as the Machiavellian political wife of a U.S. Senator who aspires to the presidency. She's not above using her son (Laurence Harvey) as a brainwashed guinea pig in a Chinese-Communist plot to assassinate the current leading presidential candidate.
13. Freddy Krueger, 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' (1984)
Played by: Robert Englund
Child murderer Krueger was burned alive by vengeful parents when he was sprung from prison on a technicality. Years later he returns to haunt local teens in their dreams (and kill in the "real world"). With razor-sharp knives for fingers, he's a malicious Edward Scissorhands.
12. Michael Myers, 'Halloween' (1978)
Played by: Tony Moran
Donning a latex mask (modeled on William Shatner's likeness), man of no words Michael Myers returns to Haddonfield after a 20-year layover in a mental institution for slicing and dicing his sister. Trouble is, this immutable berserker isn't exactly cured. So begins a rampage that spawned a franchise as big as its body count.
11. Harry Powell, 'Night of the Hunter' (1955)
Played by: Robert Mitchum
A psychotic preacher with the words "love" and "hate" tattooed on his knuckles pursues a couple of kids who hold the key to some stolen bank loot. When not spouting Bible verse, Mitchum menaces with a cool detachment that gets more ominous as the film (which influenced the Coen Brothers and Martin Scorsese) progresses.
10. The Queen, 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' (1937)
Voiced by: Lucille La Verne
In Disney's first full-length animated 'toon, the narcissistic queen covets the title of "fairest in the land," held by her virginal stepdaughter, Snow White. She'll go to any length -- to remove Snow from the competition, becoming the iconic evil stepmother in the process.
9. Max Cady, 'Cape Fear' (1991)
Played by: Robert De Niro
De Niro's take on a redneck illiterate who swears vengeance on his attorney (Nick Nolte) is an homage to Robert Mitchum's version in the '62 original but beats him in badness by sheer physicality -- his Cady is an amped-up, tattooed terror who brutalizes Nolte's legal clerk (Illeana Douglas) ... and likes it.
8. Hans Gruber, 'Die Hard' (1988)
Played by: Alan Rickman
Terrorist Gruber and his money-grubing, er ... grubbing, henchmen seize the Nakatomi Tower in downtown L.A. and take hostages. It's all part of an elaborate feint to swipe millions in negotiable bearer bonds. Hardly a driven ideologue, Gruber's prosaic American dream is to cash in and be "on a beach earning 20 percent."
7. Anton Chigurgh, 'No Country for Old Men' (2007)
Played by: Javier Bardem
A hit man with an unpronounceable name and a pageboy hairdo doesn't seem much of a threat, but this homicidal Moe Howard is nobody's stooge -- victims live or die on his coin toss. Bardem won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar as a mercenary who follows his own inscrutable code; woe betide anyone who gets in his way.
6. Goldfinger, 'Goldfinger' (1964)
Played by: Gert Frobe
Don't let his roly-poly look fool you: Goldfinger is a stone-cold killer with just one thought in mind -- to pull off the greatest bank caper in history by irradiating the U.S. gold reserve so that his own gold cache will skyrocket in value. All that stands between him and cashing in is James Bond, who is neither shaken nor stirred at the prospect.
5. The Joker, 'The Dark Knight' (2008)
Played by: Heath Ledger
Less cartoonish than 'Batman' villains past, Ledger's Joker is the darkest element of 'The Dark Knight.' He says he's the "better class of criminal" Gotham deserves -- and the caked-on clown makeup and disheveled appearance only add to Ledger's brilliantly disturbing portrayal ... sadly, the last role he completed before his untimely death.
4. Hannibal Lecter, 'Silence of the Lambs' (1991)
Played by: Anthony Hopkins
Not the guy you want to invite to dinner, Hannibal "The Cannibal" has a gruesome definitation of haute cuisine. 'Silence' won five Oscars, including a Best Actor nod for Hopkins as the cagy psychopath who, though in stir, always seems to be one step ahead of the Feds.
3. The Wicked Witch of the West, 'The Wizard of Oz' (1939)
Played by: Margaret Hamilton
As Dorothy Gale's (Judy Garland) arch enemy, the Wicked Witch was evil incarnate and gave generations of American kids nightmares. From her army of flying monkeys to her wickedly gleeful cackle, this is still the scariest character you'll find in a "family-friendly" film.
2. Darth Vader, 'Star Wars' series (1977-2005)
Played by: James Earl Jones, Hayden Christensen
Vader succumbed to allure of the Dark Side and became the face of evil eons in the future in a galaxy far, far away. Jones' stentorian baritone adds gravitas to Vader's prodigious lightsaber skills, which he used to lop off his son's hand. Christensen's younger version isn't as iconic, but he did slaughter a houseful of future Jedis.
1. Lord Voldemort, 'Harry Potter' series (2005-2007)
Played by: Ralph Fiennes
He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named is the most powerful dark wizard to ever wave a wand, and he schemes to enslave the whole muggle world. His slithering presence has been minimal in the films so far, but we've all read the books, so we know how much more evil he'll become.


Okay, I think #1 is complete bullshit.
Otherwise, the list isn't TOO offensive in its snubs. In my opinion, people shouldn't put Heath Ledger in the rank until critics (like me ^^,) can take a good hour's look at his role as The Joker. But where's Norman Bates? Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction??HAL 9000? FREAKIN' CHUCKY?
Who are your favorite villains (movies, books, whatever)? 



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