(Yeah, we know you’re not really Chuck Norris, but let’s face it the elf had it going on.)

Obadiah Stane is a darned good villain in IRON MAN, and unlike a lot of folks, I didn’t find him silly in the Iron Monger suit, and I enjoyed the battle between Iron Man and Iron Monger. But then, I could watch Jeff Bridges do pretty much anything onscreen and still enjoy it, and I thought IRON MAN was a lot of fun and a very enjoyable, rewatchable movie.

do you have the list of alltime greatst 10 villians

Ross, I agree with you, wholeheartedly, that In Bruges was a nice, little piece of Cinema (and I’m glad to see there are a few others out there who have seen the movie) but it seems that your perception of the Ralph Fiennes character is somewhat… distorted. Fiennes’s character is not a Hitman but is in fact a Boss in the Firm to which both Gleeson and Farrell are associated. And the character is hardly painted as a “villain” (really, all charcters in the film seemed to be created as nothing more then people…and all people have flaws). He is moral, principaled (attributes Gleeson even mentions during the Belltower scene) and above all else, he cares about the things that matter to him (also displayed in the Belltower scene and with his wife after their “inanimate object” argument). As another matter of fact, Fiennes even sends the two to Bruges as an act of kindness to the one he wanted “hit” (initially Farrell was the only one “contracted”. Remember why?…because he killed a child, which was something Fienne’s character thought no one should be able to get away with…not even himself). I’d hardly call that a principle of someone villainous. He, himself even goes to Bruges to deal with Gleeson as a show of respect to a longtime friend (Gleeson) when he could have just as easily sent a couple of his boys to do the dirty work. Yes, Fiennes was a prick at times and yes, he was willing to kill. But the movie’s antagonist was not Fiennes at all but the life of violence the three men chose for themselves.

I felt compelled to mention this because (IMO) the characters need to be fully understood to fully understand the message of In Bruges (which is actually quite powerful).

Now on to the list…)

Though, I may disagree with the order in which some characters are placed, I think, for the most part, this list and the accompanying reasons for those chosen is really well thought out.

I’m glad to see that not only did Nuada not go unnoticed, he has been given such high praise by so many intelligent individuals. He really was a “tragic” villan or hero depending on which side of the fence you’re standing. I also wanted to say that (IMO) Stane was a great villan in Ironman who didn’t need a lot of fleshing out to expose his true evil. He was the father (figure) who would sell out his own son if it meant gaining absoloute power and control. Like Nuada, Stane is given understandable motivation for his actions (although not as “noble”) but puts his own selfish intentions before that of the greater good. And if I can’t judge good and evil by levels of selfish intent then I’m not really sure how to judge.

Stane may have comes across as a little silly towards the end but the darker you make him the bleaker the movie would have been and the tone of Ironman seemed to be anything but.

P.S. Isn’t mentioning Sloan as a villain giving away one of Wanted’s key plot points?