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longbough · 09-11-2006, 06:24 PM

Some movie characters are just so "vile" they're unforgettable. Here are a handfull off the top of my head.

Noah Cross (John Houston) in Chinatown - Spoiler: we discover that he's the biological father of his own granddaughter having raped his own daughter (Faye Dunaway) at the age of 12. At the end he takes custody of his granddaughter ... makes me queasy. I can't even look at John Houston in film without cringing anymore.

Harvey Keitel's character in The Bad Lieutenant - he was just too convincingly unsavory ... Spoiler: which really amplified the impact of his convincing epiphany at the end

The kidnapper in The Vanishing (I'm talking about the original Dutch film not the Hollywood remake)

Max Cady (Robert DeNiro) in Cape Fear - I'm afraid I didn't see the original so I can't compare

09-11-2006, 06:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
longbough Soylent Green is people. Location: Northern California	Movie characters too "evil" and/or "despicable" to forget Some movie characters are just so "vile" they're unforgettable. Here are a handfull off the top of my head. Noah Cross (John Houston) in Chinatown - Spoiler: we discover that he's the biological father of his own granddaughter having raped his own daughter (Faye Dunaway) at the age of 12. At the end he takes custody of his granddaughter ... makes me queasy. I can't even look at John Houston in film without cringing anymore. Harvey Keitel's character in The Bad Lieutenant - he was just too convincingly unsavory ... Spoiler: which really amplified the impact of his convincing epiphany at the end The kidnapper in The Vanishing (I'm talking about the original Dutch film not the Hollywood remake) Max Cady (Robert DeNiro) in Cape Fear - I'm afraid I didn't see the original so I can't compare