Well, it looks like this will be the first week where the movie that I voted for loses in the poll. I haven't seen any of the movies in the poll - I'm very slow when it comes to watching new stuff, and
You Can Count On Me sounds awful (sorry
@AndersonsFoot) - so I voted for the one that (a) I feel like I
should see the most yet (b) I'm the least likely to actually watch. But whatever wins will be one new movie that I get to cross off the list, so no complaints from me.
As for the top theme, I'm not a big comic book guy, and, from my comic book movie watching experience, it's more about the heroes than the villains. However, I'm a
huge Batman guy, and one of the many awesome things about all the Batman movies and TV shows is the stable of villains. Added to which, the quality of actor they always manage to get to play those villains is staggering. So here's my list of what amounts to my favorite Batman movie villains:
1) Tom Hardy as Bane in
The Dark Knight Rises - Love everything about the character, from the way Nolan crafted him to the way Hardy brought him to life.
2) Tommy Lee Jones as Two-Face in
Batman Forever - His intro in the opening scene is one of my favorite things in movies. "Blind, stupid, simple, doo-dah, clueless luck!"
3) Arnold Schwarzenegger as Mr. Freeze in
Batman & Robin - Arnold rules. Need I say more?
4) Jim Carrey as The Riddler in
Batman Forever - One of Carrey's many acting tours de force, though particularly impressive for the way he managed to wed light Carrey-style humor with a darker and more sinister edge (which he'd really dig into the next year for
The Cable Guy).
5) Heath Ledger as The Joker in
The Dark Knight - Home run of a performance.
