I was impressed with Nicholas Hoult because he's such a likable guy when you see him, but he plays
a great villain in your film.
Not exact matches
In short, this is an amazing
film with memorable quotes, more
great characters and a
great villain.
In fact, the
film's
villain, the Vulture, played with a
great mix of darkness and realness by Michael Keaton, makes his living stealing the technology from the bad guys of the other movies.
An amazing
film, from the battle scenes ripped off by Spielberg
in Saving Private Ryan, to the Noh influences
in make - up, costume and acting, the brilliant use of color, and the terrific, non-method acting, especially by Nakadai and Mieko Harada, who as a combination Lady MacBeth, Edmund character is one of the
great movie
villains of the 80s.
Diego Luna (soon to be seen
in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) is typically
great as the
film's principal
villain, supported by a crew that's sadly only lightly sketched.
There are no
greater villains I've seen on screen this year than Julianne Moore and Steve Coogan
in this
film, to the degree that it's difficult to separate my hostility toward them from my misgivings about the
film in general.
But
in many ways, the
film's
greatest achievement is its
villain, Killmonger, played with unbelievable intensity by Michael B. Jordan.
In 1996 horror made a comeback, the kind of unlikely rise from the dead Michael Myers does at the end of every Halloween
film (all
great horror
villains are zombies of a kind).
Despite those shortcomings, Tom Holland perfectly embodies the character and Michael Keaton's Vulture is one of the universe's best
villains, creating a
great first
film for the friendly neighborhood Spider - Man
in the official MCU canon.
Though, the fact that the
film isn't entirely without obvious merit confuses things even further: Krauss is wryly brilliant as Krauss and delivers the
film's biggest laugh with his Herzog - ian reasons for using a wheelchair; Gael Garcia Bernal has a
great time as a lecherous member of Laura's delegation, spinning his suitcase with the sneering verve of a cartoon
villain who twirls his mustache and gleefully acts smarmy before being felled by his own beleaguered bowels; Herzog's shots of Diablo Blanco, portrayed by Bolivia's real - life Uyuni salt flats, are among the most stunning
in any
film released this year; Shannon has fun
in the impromptu photo shoot that takes place toward the end of the
film; and as expected, there's a fascinating push and pull
in the battle between human and nature at the heart of the
film's central premise.
The movie wasn't a
great sequel; it felt like Iron Man 2 but with a stronger
villain, basically rehashing the same internal issues of distrust and despair
in the first
film.
Their line of descendants, cut short
in the
film because, as the
villains, they both get killed, is the line of the British monarchy, a more or less direct descent from Cerdic to Alfred the
Great to William the Conquerer, Henry VIII, and the present Elizabeth II.
(Subsequent to this
film, he has also voiced
villains in Stuart Little 2 and Rolie Polie Olie: The
Great Defender of Fun, and established himself as THE man to voice cartoon baddies.)
There is a
villain in the
film, but he won't go down into the pantheon of
great movie bad guys, merely serving as a catalyst for the events that unfold.
To discuss the
film in any further detail would be akin to revealing to Thanos where an Infinity Stone was hidden, and after seeing what a
great job they finally did with a
villain, that thought is a terrifying one.
Shot on location
in Japan, the Lewis Gilbert - directed / Roald Dahl - scripted
film took
great advantage of the far - flung Tokyo and countryside / island settings before depositing the explosive finale
in one of the most memorable
villain's lairs ever devised for a Bond
film, courtesy of mainstay production designer Ken Adam.
Marvel
films are not generally known for their
great villains, but Guardians of the Galaxy's Ronan the Accuser (the incomparable Lee Pace; not since Mickey Rourke has Marvel so spectacularly wasted a fine actor
in a forgettable role) was a new low.