Hans Gruber has become one of the most iconic villains in film history, often hailed as one of the greatest. Empire magazine ranked Gruber as the 17th Greatest Movie Character of All Time, while John McClane was placed 12th. Additionally, Gruber holds the No. 4 spot on Empire's Greatest Movie Villains of All Time list, surpassed only by Darth Vader, The Joker, and Loki. IGN also recognized Hans Gruber, placing him at #14 on their top 100 villains list. His influence is evident in subsequent movie villains, including Howard Payne in Speed, Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom in Con Air, Eric Qualen in Cliffhanger, and Egor Korshunov in Air Force One. Alan Rickman's portrayal of Gruber marked his first significant film role, cast after producer Joel Silver saw his performance in Les Liaisons Dangereuses on Broadway. Actor Hans Buhringer, who played the criminal Fritz, noted that Rickman meticulously researched to perfect his German accent, successfully mastering the German-English dialect for the film.
The contrast between a seasoned professional criminal and the police detective who relentlessly chased him piqued Michael Mann's interest. This scenario was first described to Mann by Chuck Adamson during their meeting in the 1970s, as detailed in Steven Rybin's 2013 book, "Michael Mann: Crime Auteur."
Lol "As the saying goes, great power comes great corruption." Who the fk ever said that??? At least get the quote right. "With great power comes great responsibility."
If I had the power of bullseye I be a baseball player have lots of money and a sexy wife and lots of babies he could of had that for himself but he’s crazy 🤪
I think I was either Logan or victor in my past life, you describe the suffering I can recognize it, the hundreds of people that died in my past life, I felt each one of their pains., it’s only getting worse
Homelander is a demon with emotions and Soldier boy is a demon without emotions. He shut down any emotions as a "shield" until the very end when he saw that Homelander is just like him (his "shield" was broken).
if i had to be locked in a room with either soldier boy or homelander for an hour, i’d easily choose soldier boy. at least he has some morals. might make a few misogynistic jabs but better than not being a cooked pile of flesh and blood on the floor lmaoo
It's not that he thought he could or he thought rick couldn't. It was that he knew what kind of person you had to be and was afraid he couldn't do it himself. He needed Rick to do it so he didn't have to. When he brought Rick to the woods he knew only one of them was walking out. And whoever walked out was going to have to prove they were the one who would do what it takes.
Your analysis of Zod probably not having free will? I think he did have free will, but only to an extent. Because if he didn't, why would be able to even attempt a coup against the Kryptonian council? I think it's more he cannot choose to do nor be anything beyond the realm of his genetic programming/purpose. He has been genetically locked into serving the needs of Krypton above anything else and cannot choose to be anything else than what he already is.
I think you nailed this one. I’ve watched this movie many times since I first went to see it in the cinema with my dad. A lot of my thoughts on him as a psychotic but highly intelligent man-child are all on display. I have a theory that he is actually the reason his parents are dead. You are right in saying it wouldn’t take much for him to work out who his parents (and his birth name) were, and therefore it wouldn’t take much for him to find them, visit them and kill them with the help of the Red Triangle Gang. Him later putting on a display and twisting it to his favour is an un/planned benefit.
This is probably the most complex screen Joker. His vanity is definitely a big part of his need to kill, however I also would go further to say it combines with need or power. He says Carl can’t run the city without him, and he has a sense of needing to eliminate any competition for power. The Detective challenges him and is killed, Carl tried to kill him and was killed in return, Tony (?) defies him at the meeting and is killed, and so on. He refuses anyone to be a hindrance or obstacle, be it friend or foe. Combine this with his vanity and desire to push is disfigurement onto others, and you are much closer to the Joker. At his core he is an anti-social psychopath, and it is fuelled by vanity and drive for power. A true villain.
Catwoman has always been a fan favourite of mine. Her story always intrigues. I agree with a lot of what you have said, in that she starts off lonely, isolated and repressed, but at the same time it is also clear that she repressed herself in order to try and make herself likeable to others. She is quite the athlete and gymnast (which is evident in her Catwoman movements, racketball game, and in a deleted scene) but her note on letting her guy win is the only hint we really get beforehand. She is meek and quiet and awkward because if she lets out what she really thinks she would be disliked. When she snaps and begins trashing her apartment, she is rebelling against two things; her self image to this point, and sociable norms. She trashes all the cute and pretty things girls are stereotypically expected to have and she owns as a front to normality, and replaces them with her black outfit, whip and more pointed sign. Hell Here represents both what it was and what it now is in a darker context. No more pretty pink, this is now rough pink and black that will hurt you. Michelle Pfeiffer said that Catwoman was 4 different characters; the before character (meek), the in between character (apartment scene), the after character (confident Selina) and Catwoman. The movie was filmed so out of order she had a hard time keeping up with where the character was in her journey as it is so complex. However I think we can all agree she pulled it off wonderfully, to display a darker image of Batman that is still figuring itself out. Batman is too good, Penguin is too evil and she still seeks her own indents, which she finds once she is freed from Shreck. She sits in the middle as she dispenses justice like Batman, but kills like the Penguin.
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