Which films have the best groups of villains?
MilleniumForce
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...not just based on one person, but based on the group of villains, so this include the main villains, main henchmen, and any other villains that are working together in the film.
I have a few favourites:
- Live and Let Die - Kananga, Baron Samedi, Whisper and Tee Hee
A great selection of villains, each memorable in their own way, and the best group.
- A View To A Kill - Zorin, May Day, Jenny Flex, Pan Ho, Scarpine, and Dr Mortner
Whilst only two are featured heavily, characters like Scarpine and Mortner had great potential.
-Licence to Kill - Sanchez, Dario, Truman - Lodge and Milton Krest
Sanchez is one of my favourite villains, and Dario and Krest are good and memorable characters.
- GoldenEye - Travelyean, Xenia Onatopp, Boris and General Ouromov
These characters are just great and work together really well like the villains of LALD.
-Die Another Day - Graves, Zao, Miranda Frost, Mr Kill and Vlad
One of the things I enjoy about DAD is that all those characters are memorable. They may not be the best, but they sure are memorable.
I have a few favourites:
- Live and Let Die - Kananga, Baron Samedi, Whisper and Tee Hee
A great selection of villains, each memorable in their own way, and the best group.
- A View To A Kill - Zorin, May Day, Jenny Flex, Pan Ho, Scarpine, and Dr Mortner
Whilst only two are featured heavily, characters like Scarpine and Mortner had great potential.
-Licence to Kill - Sanchez, Dario, Truman - Lodge and Milton Krest
Sanchez is one of my favourite villains, and Dario and Krest are good and memorable characters.
- GoldenEye - Travelyean, Xenia Onatopp, Boris and General Ouromov
These characters are just great and work together really well like the villains of LALD.
-Die Another Day - Graves, Zao, Miranda Frost, Mr Kill and Vlad
One of the things I enjoy about DAD is that all those characters are memorable. They may not be the best, but they sure are memorable.
1.LTK 2.AVTAK 3.OP 4.FYEO 5.TND 6.LALD 7.GE 8.GF 9.TSWLM 10.SPECTRE 11.SF 12.MR 13.YOLT 14.TLD 15.CR (06) 16.TMWTGG 17.TB 18.FRWL 19.TWINE 20.OHMSS 21.DAF 22.DAD 23.QoS 24.NSNA 25.DN 26.CR (67)
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1. Thunderball 2. FRWL 3. Casino Royale 4. TLD 5. OHMSS 6. SkyFall 7. GF 8. TSWLM 9. GE 10. FYEO
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Pros and Cons Compendium (50 Years)
It could have been AVTAK, but as much as I love Max Zorin, Scarpine and Karl Mortner aren't as good.
But with Goldeneye, every villain is strong. Trevelyen, Xenia, Ourumov, and Boris - All great villains.
1 - Moore, 2 - Dalton, 3 - Craig, 4 - Connery, 5 - Brosnan, 6 - Lazenby
Here is my List -
Goldfinger
Thunderball
For Your Eyes Only
My favourite group of villains are from Live And Let Die, I think they are all terrific, Dr.Kananga/Mr.Big, Tee Hee, Baron Samedi, Whisper, and Adam. Honorable mention to Octopussy, Kamal Khan, General Orlov, Magda, Gobinda, and the twins.
Nick Nack is still a unique Villain.
I absolutely agree on the first four, but DAD is not on my list. Instead I would ad FRWL (Rosa Klebb and "Red" Grant) and OHMSS (Blofeld and Irma Bundt).
Me too. Plus LTK.
FRWL has Klebb, Kronsteen, Morzeny, Grant and Blofeld. That's a lot of villains, and they are all fantastic.
I think Thunderball is the best for villains, with Largo, Fiona, Vargas, Count Lippe, Angelo, Kutze (who helps Domino at the end) and Blofeld. Plus, the SPECTRE meeting is fantastic.
I really don't care much for the villains in GE and DAD. I hope Spectre will have better villains than any of Daniel Craig's films so far. Silva was the only interesting one, but I can't even remember any other villains from that film. I know there was that other guy, but I can't remember who he is.
From Russia With Love
Goldfinger
Thunderball
Live & Let Die
Goldeneye...
... And raise you:
TSWLM (how can you ignore Stromberg, Sandor, Naomi, and of course the menacing first appearance of Jaws?). -{
Excellent list MF. -{
I would add:
FRWL: Klebb, Grant, Kronsteen, and General Gogol.
GF: The title character, Oddjob, and Pussy Galore
TSWLM: See Charmed & Dangerous post!
OP: Perhaps the biggest group of villains in this one! My favorite is General Orlov.
TND: Carver, Stamper, Gupta, and especially Dr. Kauffman. (Gupta would have been cooler if his deleted scenes were left in)
1. GE 2. MR 3. OP 4. TMWTGG 5. TSWLM 6. TND 7. TWINE 8.DN 9. GF 10. AVTAK
FRWL - Klebb, Kronsteen, Grant
TB - Largo, Volpe, Vargas, Lippe, Angelo
OP - Khan, Gobinda, Mishka & Grishka, Orlov
GE - Trevelyan, Onatopp, Boris, Oroumov
Bottom is YOLT
I agree entirely, especially with LALD being the top choice for the best set of villains on screen in a Bond film.
There are literally thousands of minions though, wearing multi-coloured jumpsuits as well which almost makes up for the inept henchmen. -{
+Burt Kwouk
Burt Kwouk never got roles big enough in the Bond films, but his presence was always fantastic.
I'm glad to see that there seems to be a consensus forming on AJB on this matter.
FRWL, GF, TB
LALD, TMWTGG, OP, AVTAK
LTK
GE, DAD
A banker (Le Chiffre) who teams up with freelance terrorists (Mollaka), African warlords (Obanno), greek government contractors (hard to suppress a smile here) and the mysterious grey eminence that is Mr. White - all of this sounds plausible in the real world and results in a very dark, threatening atmosphere to the movie.
That being said, I agree with most of the previous posts, too -{
"- That is something to be afraid of."
Dr No
From Russia with Love
Goldfinger
Thunderball
You Only Live Twice
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Diamonds are Forever (Wint & Kidd!)
Live and Let Die
The Spy Who Loved Me
Octopussy
I also think FRWL, TB and OP have great groups of villains.
Goldeneye
The World is Not Enough
I think the Brosnan films actually have pretty good villains; outlandish but memorable and inventive.