Since Halloween is coming soon, I decided to write a few posts about Movie Villains. Not sure how relevant this actually is to Halloween since some villains are evil but not scary but I am sure some of you will actually dress up as some particular movie villain and not just an anonymous ghost or a vampire , so … lets give you some suggestions with those posts !
I will start first with those kinds of villains we grew up to "fear" – the cartoon villains and more specifically, the Disney ones. I will also comment on those who remain to be my favorite ones.
Disney villains are not at all really scary because their creatures’ goal was not to scare the sh** out of the kids and make them have nightmares but instead “the bad guys“ are representing “evil” in a soft , entertaining way .
Almost none of those villains is very complicated – they are malicious and have bad intentions and you don’t usually pity them but also you don’t usually really hate them. Most of them are simple greedy to have something that doesn’t belong to them . You know , the usual things - beauty , power , world domination .
Most of those characters are characterized by being physically ugly and unattractive. Sometimes they might even seem ridiculous and “funny” but in any case they are all very strongly characterized.
Take Ursula from the Little Mermaid , for example – her half octopus monstrous body does leave an impression but she is actually pretty entertaining while making her evil schemes or in her attempts to look “nice “ in front of Ariel. Also, I remember that when I was like 7 years old I found her quite menacing and intimidating at the end of the movie when she became enormous and start stirring the ocean water with her stick as if making a soup . Therefore, for me, she fulfills well the role of both an entertaining and scary villain.
Another of my favorite bad guys is Iago ( the parrot from Aladdin ) . He is an example of a “bad” character that people loved so much that he got the chance to join the good ones in the sequels that Disney made for Aladdin.
The movie about the magic lamp, was , I think , one of the most funny Disney movie and was full of entertaining characters (the Jeanie leading the way)
The always sulky and complaining “evil” parrot is one of those characters, being as entertaining and loved as any of the “good ones “.
No one can deny that a well made bad guy character can be more fun than any “good” one . Good ones can get boring at times and it is their opponent that gives the real flavor to the story.
Now to prove that not all bad people are necessary ugly , here comes Gaston in Beauty and the Beast . He is supposed to be good-looking but with bad character. His vanity and ridiculously high self-esteem makes viewers laugh at him most of the time until, almost like Ursula but in his own way, he gets pretty bad at the end .
I may go on forever commenting on every Disney villain I have seen … but it is too late at night .
Let me ask you – who is your favorite and least favorite Disney villain ? Did someone managed to actually scary you when you were a child ?
I am will be happy if you post any comment!
pictures from http://www.fanpop.com andwww.geekologie.com/
Vicky
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