Every once in a rare while, fans are blessed with a truly great comic book movie villain.
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Key word: “rare.” Because more often than not, we get stuck with awful one-dimensional villains in movies that completely ignore everything that made the character awesome in the first place. And why? When it comes to crafting an on-screen villain, the blueprints are right there in the comic books — so it becomes mind numbingly frustrating when movies still get it so, so wrong.
And that’s what’s on the table for discussion today as we list off the so-bad-they’re-bad baddies with the 10 Worst Comic Book Movie Villains!
Click on the video at the top of the article to see who all made the list, or feel free to scroll on down to read our choices.
10. Deadpool
9. Parallax
Poor Ryan Reynolds. Another stinker here through no fault of his own. The amount of bad CGI in Green Lantern boggles the mind, but perhaps the worst perpetrator here is Parallax, a villian who’s actually pretty frightening in the comics but did not translate well to the big screen. About the best thing anyone can say about Parallax is that he’s not the worst alien on this list.8. Dr. Doom
Just… no.
7. Malekith
That’s right – Malekith the Accursed from Thor: The Dark World. It wasn’t that he was necessarily bad, per say, but he was sooooo boring that most Marvel fans forget he was even in a movie. Which is a shame because Christopher Eccelston really is a great actor, but as Malekith he’s nearly unrecognizable and has nothing of substance to with which to work.6. Bane
But turning Bane into a mindless roided up zombie!? Every true comic book fan knows that was an unforgivable disservice to the character. Especially considering what Christopher Nolan and Tom Hardy were able to do with the character in The Dark Knight Rises (if you exclude the weird death scene and all.)
5. Blackheart
So in a way, it’s kind of impressive how “not scary” Wes Bentley is in the role. Horribly miscast, we’re sad to say that Blackheart isn’t the worst thing about Ghost Rider. No, that honor goes to Nicolas Cage’s wig.
4. Two-Face
3. Rhino
2. Venom
Where do we even begin. Fans had long been waiting for Spider-Man’s evil doppleganger to hit the big screen, so imagine the collective disappointment when Sony cast… that guy from That 70’s Show? Not once did anyone ever hear the voice of Topher Grace in their head when reading the voice of Venom in the comics, and try as he might, Topher Grace was doomed from the start. Miscast in a role that felt incredibly rushed, there was no way this was going to turn out well.1. Galactus
And the award for the worst comic book movie villain ever goes to the giant freakin’ cloud from Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. It’s supposed to be Galactus, but nope, it’s just a stupid outer space cloud. Seriously Fox, you guys got Silver Surfer spot on, so who thought turning Galactus into a cosmic tornado was a good idea? On the plus side, at least there were no actors horribly embarrassed by the role.Most Viewed
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