Villains?

[laughingrat]

Whenever we're discussing "Singin' in the Rain," I surprise my friends by admitting that I feel sorry for Lina Lamont. Yeah, she's awful, yeah, she's obnoxious, but she's so pathetic!

Ten years ago, if you'd told me I'd wind up feeling bad for such a spiteful character, I'd've thought you were talking nonsense. Are there any movie villains you feel unusual sympathy towards? Any villains you've changed your attitude towards, over time?

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[themis]

Rage in Heaven is such a guilty pleasure for me! But he is a good villain in that - not one I sympathize with, though, he's an asshole - which is especially odd because allegedly he wasn't bothering to act, and also the "hero" is . . . George Sanders. Movies are funny!

[klia]

I don't have guilty pleasures -- I totally own that I sometimes like moves that aren't stellar. ;)

Yeah, it was bizarre to have Sanders as the hero and Montgomery as the psycho -- very topsy-turvy -- but that's one reason I liked it. Same with Gene Tierney in Leave Her to Heaven -- very disconcerting! You'd expect Bette Davis or Joan Crawford in a role like that, but not Tierney.