Hafsa Alami
"It's good to be evil." Perhaps this sentence reflects what the bad guys are thinking in soap operas and movies. Over the years, the filmmakers have made the bad guys heroes who have the public's sympathy and attention despite their lack of compass of ethics, and their decisions based on emotion rather than rational thinking.
Wicked actions are usually exciting, unpredictable and enjoyable, while good heroes tend to appear in the form of perfection and sometimes "deliberate" kindness.Due to this pictorial dynamic, the audience often admires the bad person more than the hero, though the latter always wins.
In this report we will look at some of the films that have made the villains the icon of the screen, in which evil managed to gain wide popular popularity.
Joker .. Between humor and frustration
Todd Phillips' new film has stirred controversy over his psychopath, the Joker of the clown Arthur Flick, who is beaten in the street and harassed by his colleagues, forcing him to switch from a failed comedy to a murderer named "The Joker."
The public's sympathy for this evil character prompted critics to warn against encouraging the film to glorify crime and violence, because the Joker appears in the role of a victim of community oppression and a failure to obtain the social status that earns him respect.
Thanos .. Marvel's most dangerous villains
Thanos first appeared in Marvel comics, then in the 1973 Iron Man film by Jim Starlin, and his debut in The Avengers forced Marvel's world heroes to work together to face his enormous power, after he received gems. Six, he made a glove "immortality."
His quest for the millennium was not a quest for power, but to fulfill his desire to save the world by exterminating half of the planet's population until the other half had enough resources to live. This philosophical idea earned him respect for the public and provoked much controversy.
La Casa de Papel
With the masks of "Salvador Dali" and in the names of different cities, eight thieves stormed the Spanish Royal Money House, led by "Professor", the mastermind of the ideal theft plan, the Spanish series "La Casa de Papel" or "Paper House", produced by Netflix, gained wide fame His characters have won the admiration and sympathy of the public around the world.
The plan involves wasting as much time as possible to print their own money at the house of the money bank and implement their escape plan.Along the dramatic and dramatic events of the series, we see the enthusiasm and support of the Spanish people for the thieves, as a symbol of the revolution in the absence of social justice and the uncertain circumstances they live in.
We were struck by the intelligence of the professor in arranging the clues of his court plan, which became a matter of resistance to public opinion, and his insistence not to resort to violence in the treatment or killing of hostages helped the public support him, and led the viewer to think about the concept of good and evil, and the power of global capital, Saying "It's nothing, just paper", because it is not considered that what he does steal.
It was not only the professor who gained popular popularity, but Tokyo was bold and reckless in her actions, as well as her relationship with Rio, which was often her weak point. Nairobi was one of the central characters in the series. She seems violent and strong because of her leadership in the process of printing currency, but another aspect appeared in the third part linked to drug addiction, which led to the loss of her child.
The series portrayed scenes of wounded thieves who suffer from social problems very similar to his problems, as if mirror reflects his daily reality, and focused on their human relations that hold them together, such as love, paternity and friendship.
Eric Kilmonger
Nadaka, also known as Eric Stevens, was the son of one of the princes of Canada in the 2018 film `` Black Panther '' or `` Black Panther, '' but he and his family were banned by order of the country's King Chala after his father was accused of treason.
The brutal conditions he experienced while serving in the US Operations Unit earned him the nickname "Kilmunger", and his anger toward Clau, the King and Canada led him to devote his life to getting rid of his cousin, the hero, in order to avenge his father's desire to dominate the world and stop the persecution of people of African descent. .
"I lived my whole life waiting for this moment; I trained, lied and killed to get here, I fought in America, Afghanistan and Iraq, and robbed my brothers and sisters here on this continent, all this death, so I could kill you," Kilmunger tells Chali.
Kilmonger is a composite figure because of his cruel childhood, and Chala's father's injustice to him, which justifies his motives for revenge.
He won the public's sympathy in his death scene to become one of Marvel's best evil characters.
Geoffrey , the troubled king
Geoffrey Braathion is a fictional character from Irish actor Jack Gleason in the series "Clash of Thrones." His bad qualities made him one of the most sadistic and hate characters of the epic work, as he was paranoid even though he did not manage to govern.
Everyone believed that he was the heir to the throne of his father, King Parathon, but in fact he was an illegitimate son of his mother, Queen Searcy and her brother, Jimmy Lanster, which led to anger and ordering the murder of all illegal children in the area.
Joffrey killed the hero in the series "North Stark" in the Kingdom during the events of the first season, and kidnapped his eldest daughter "Sansa" to live with him and his mother and continue to torture her throughout his life.
Although the public awaited the death of King Joffrey, a large segment of them sympathized with him as an illegitimate child, and the impact on his unbalanced personality, and no one can deny that he is one of the characters who changed the course of the events of the series.