Badmouth » William Atherton http://www.badmouth.net Look, Ma! No pants! Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:04:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 top five movie assholes http://www.badmouth.net/top-five-movie-assholes/ http://www.badmouth.net/top-five-movie-assholes/#comments Tue, 23 Sep 2003 08:46:40 +0000 John Marcotte http://www.badmouth.net/wordpress/top-five-movie-assholes/ I've always felt that action movies can be measured by the villain. Die Hard rode the performance of Alan Rickman as cynical terrorist Hans Grueber. Batman was fueled by the maniacal Joker, and the crushing tension in Silence of the Lambs was fed by the evil presence of Hannibal Lector.

That's great for action movies. But what about comedies?

I think a similar principle is at work for comedies. Instead of villains though, a great comedy requires a great asshole�not a true villain�but a person who is so instantly dislikable, that we don't mind when they are tormented the rest of the movie.

So, without further ado, Badmouth introduces: The Top 5 Movie Assholes.

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