Friday, November 16, 2012

Top 10 Bond Villains Of All Time


I recently saw Skyfall in theaters and I have to say it's in the top 3 Bond movies of all time. It's a wonderful new direction to take James and gang. Skyfall has one of the greatest Bond villains of all time. After I thought about it I decided to go ahead make a Top 10 Bond Villains Of All Time. The only James Bond movie I haven't seen is Die Another Day.


10 Max Zorin
There's something so unsettling about a person who appears normal and is a ruthless killer underneath. Max Zorin is one of the strongest examples of this in the Bond franchise. Not only is he unnerving, but he's played by Christopher Walken.

9 Oddjob
A small man that kills people by throwing his hat at them. How much more crazy and off the wall can you get than this?

8 Le Chiffre
Bad ass modern bad guy who makes all the right moves except deciding to mess with James Bond.

7 Jaws
This character is even more ridiculous than Oddjob and even more iconic. Throwing in the love story in Moonraker makes Jaws an interesting Villain. He does what he's told but has a heart at the same time.

6 Red Grant
Classic Spy Espionage with Great Britain vs Russia, Sean Connery vs Robert Shaw. The fight between these two is so brutal and epic that it will forever remain a classic fight scene.

5 Goldfinger
"No Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!"

4 Alec Trevelyan
Classic MI6 Agent goes rogue and tries to take out 007 in the process. Amazing fight between Sean Bean and Pierce Brosnan.

3 Dr. No
Think about this for a moment. This Doctor became so powerful and mad that he captured James Bond and just toyed with him over and over. The items mentioned about Max Zorin stand as the best example here.

2 Raoul Silva
Old and new is the name of the game for this Villain. He's a Cyber Terrorist which is the latest and greatest and at the same time totally twisted which is really a staple for James Bond Villains. He meets Bond's wit and then outdoes him at every turn until he decides it's time to end his own life more or less. So much struggle, anger, psychotic behavior, and mind games I have a hard time believing this is the same James Bond from the 70's that was basically like watching a cartoon (Roger Moore I'm looking at you). And then on top of it all it's hands down the best performance a Bond Villain has ever had. Javier Bardem fits Rauol Silva better than Heath Ledger fits the Joker, that's how good I thought it was.

1 Ernst Blofeld
The number 1 reason Blofeld is at the top of this list is that he is synonymous with James Bond. You take him away and you take away the history James Bond has shot his way through. He defined a new level of Bond Villain and forever holds one of the most iconic scenes in movie history; the classic camera set at his hands petting the cat while he talks and makes us wonder who this man is.

To hear my thoughts on Skyfall check out the Podcast I did with my friend Ryan Estabrooks here:
http://learnedfromfilm.blogspot.com/2012/11/what-ive-learned-from-film-ep-26-skyfall.html

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