Thor
I love a tortured and vulnerable bad guy. Someone you just want to hug because it might fix all his problems. Loki was so gracefully and believably broken.
Underworld
Lucian. I've had many say he's not a bad guy and I agree to a degree but I feel like he became so vengeful that the ends don't justify the means kind of thing. He's noble, and loyal and totally bamf as long as you forget that he held all the sons of Korvinus and turned Michael.
I, too, dig the characters played by Alan Rickman (Snape!), Michael Emerson (Ben!), and Karl Urban. Thinking out loud, two more "bad guy" faves for me... James Callis as Gaius Baltar on BSG and Alan Tudyk as Alpha on DOLLHOUSE. Cool list!!
I agree about Lucian, he has noble intentions. And I absolutely love Loki, he's so layered, tortured, and real. Max might not be a whole lot like the comic book version, but yeah, he is pretty funny. And Kirill, he doesn't enjoy what he does for a living, but he's just so good at it.
Would Prince Nuada from Hellboy II fit in this list? He's another "villain" I can't help but feel loads of sympathy for.
Ozymandias from Watchmen, to a certain extent.
Ooh! Magneto from X-Men! Also Mystique. Even Sebastian Shaw from First Class.
And Kroenen from the first Hellboy movie. He is just so damn cool.
She was working for the wrong team when we first meet her. She was redeemed like many of the bad guys I love so much, but in the beginning she was definately a villain in my book.
I mean, Ben Linus, Loki, Lucian and Sylar weren't always villains but when they were bad it was soooo good.
He's not that bad, he got his reasons, doesn't he? :)
... Great list!
Would Prince Nuada from Hellboy II fit in this list? He's another "villain" I can't help but feel loads of sympathy for.
Ozymandias from Watchmen, to a certain extent.
Ooh! Magneto from X-Men! Also Mystique. Even Sebastian Shaw from First Class.
And Kroenen from the first Hellboy movie. He is just so damn cool.
Same with Deacon Frost from Blade.
Jeremy Irons is pretty good, too.
Suggestion: Prince Nuada from Hellboy II
I mean, Ben Linus, Loki, Lucian and Sylar weren't always villains but when they were bad it was soooo good.
2. The joker
3. Spike
4. Scar
Sylar is by far the greatest villain ever. He is sexier than hell and would beat the rest of their asses.