Favorite Movie Villain

[Spanish Moss]

Other: The Joker from The Dark Knight

His nihilistic tendencies were so vicious he was quite the disturbing character, and how he was portrayed by Heath Ledger was so insanely immaculate that I don't think any fictional villain, ever, will match up to his version of The Joker.

And, as much as I obviously disagree with his nihilism, violence, etc - he makes you think, because he does make an interesting philosophical point.  When talking to Harvey Dent in the hospital scene, he notes how if things like soldiers dying or a gangbanger getting shot happens... nobody freaks, because it's all part of the plan.  But that he threatened to kill the Mayor, that's not part of the plan - and it freaks everyone out.

I actually find a bit of truth in that observation.  One example, sadly, is the Colorado shooting (where the guy who did it said he was the Joker).  The media (as they should have) freaked out, this wasn't supposed to happen.  Yet I see no reporting on the atrocious conditions in diamond mining, sweatshops, economic destitution at the stranglehold of mega-corporations in the third world... those are all normal, continuing things.  But when out-of-the-ordinaries happen... the Colorado shooting, the Haiti earthquake... that's when people care.  Clearly I disagree with how The Joker chooses to respond to that reality, but he makes an interesting point.

A villain who can come off as so chaotically evil, who can also make you honestly think is a well developed, well rounded character.  He'll truly never be beat in this category.