Movie bad guys that have your full sympathy

Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction.

Op, is totally okay with abuse in relationships-got it.

Jame Gumb in "Silence of the Lambs." All he wanted to do was make great big fat people useful for his fashion needs!

[quote] Op, is totally okay with abuse in relationships-got it.

Not really, but I'd be willing to make an exception if the abuser happened to own a house like the one in Sleeping With The Enemy was.

Andrew Stevens in “The Seduction”.

Misunderstood...and gorgeous!

The Penguin - Batman Returns

Dawn Davenport. If only her parents had given her those cha cha heels for Christmas...

[quote]Not really...

No. Really.

[quote]The Penguin - Batman Returns

He was his parents’ number one and they treated him like number two.

[quote]Patrick Bergin in Sleeping With The Enemy - I'm not sure why Julia was trying to run away from a handsome man who listened to Berlioz, liked to keep the kitchen cabinets clean and knew how to throw one mean fuck. He'd be more than welcome in my house.

You sympathize with a character who beat the shit out of his wife on a regular basis?

[quote]Op, is totally okay with abuse in relationships-got it.

[quote]Not really, but I'd be willing to make an exception if the abuser happened to own a house like the one in Sleeping With The Enemy was.

No, you are okay with abuse if you sympathize with a Bergin's character instead of the innocent person he physically and emotionally abused. You sound like a lovely person.

I'm with r1. I was only a kid but I remember feeling awfully sorry for Alex Forrest.

I think Julia's new guy was much hotter.

I’ll be over for apple pie, R12.

Pussy Galroe. All she wanted was enough money to go buy that private island for herself and the girls in her flying circus.

Dexter

Madeline Ashton

Steff from Pretty in Pink

R12 Yup. Kevin was definitely hotter. It’s too bad Anderson lost his way, he was a fine performer. Think he originated Joe in London stage version of Sunset Blvd. Had a TV show back in the ‘90s. Manager ran off with all his money. Don’t think he ever recouped it or recup’d from it.

Mommie Dearest. Christina was an entitled selfish little cunt with ugly hair.

Maybe not my FULL sympathy because of all the collateral damage he caused, but Magua has to be one of the most understandable antagonists of all time. Wes Studi's performance, where he has a moment of clarity and reaches out to Col. Munro's daughter at the falls, wasn't even nominated for an Oscar, illustrating yet again why the Academy Awards are a joke.

The gopher in Caddyshack. Fuck golf. It uses up way too much water and land.

Whatever was trying to chase down and kill Mark Wahlberg in "The Happening."

Annette Benning and Chris Cooper in 'American Beauty'. Angelica Houston in 'The Grifters'.

The Wicked Witch of the West- Come on, those ruby slippers belonged to her dear departed sister. Why shouldn't she want them back from the murderous little bitch who dropped a house on her?

Jason Vorheis. The counselors weren 't paying any attention! They were making love while that young boy drowned! No wonder he’s pissed.

Debbie in Addams Family Values. All she wanted was a ballerina Barbie, in her pretty pink tutu.

Veda in "Mildred Pierce." Who hasn't blamed their parents at some point in their lives for not having the finer things.

I'll go with Loki -- maybe because Tom whatshisface (in his only really good performance) made him quite appealing....

eta: actually, he was pretty good in Only Lovers Left Alive (I'm one of the 12 people who actually saw this)

I agree, R3 . Jame provided a free weight-loss spa complete with accommodations (AirB&Bing in a quaint vintage well is a hipster’s delight), meals (bucket ‘o’ scraps), and even complimentary fancy expensive lotion!

Rebecca Demornay’s character in Hand that Rocks the Cradle. Teresa Russell in Black Widow.

I agree with r24, I also would submit Hannibal Lecter. if people would stop being so fucking rude he would not have to kill them.

The Phantom in Phantom of the Opera.

I agree with r30. I was on Peyton's side.

Also in complete sympathy with DL fave Barbara Covett in NOTES ON A SCANDAL. Go Barb!

Helena Boneham Carter's Kate in THE WINGS OF THE DOVE (1997)

Because she did it all for Linus Roache!!

Jeremy Northam in The Net. It was implied in the film that he kind of fell for Sandra Bullock's character (they were both computer nerds, after all) and was trying to kill her only because he was ordered to. I was sad when Sandy pushed him off that ramp.

Miss Hannigan in Annie. Who wouldn't be driven to drink if you were stuck caring for all those horrid children?

Sean Bean and (again) Patrick Bergin in "Patriot Games."

Antonio Banderas in Law of Desire

Alien Wuornos, Monster

Selina Kyle, Batman Returns

Penguin, Batman Returns

Alan Rickman as The Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves.

Marian was an idiot for choosing whimpy Robin instead of George. George looked great in black and he had a better sense of humor.

Hitler, Downfall

second for Antonio Banderas in Law of Desire!!

I know a lot of these are tongue-in-cheek, but I sincerely agree about Miss Hannigan.

I saw her as a total villain when Annie came out, but I was 7 at the time. Now in my 40s, I totally understand why Hannigan was a bitchy drunk. Can you imagine having to take care of a bunch of bratty kids for a living?

Not to mention she redeemed herself in the end by trying to protect Annie from her brother.

"She may be a mean, rotten, little orphan, but I'm not gonna let you kill her!"

Yes, we had a VHS copy when I was growing up and I watched it so many times I still have it memorized. Sad AND Mary!, I realize.

Killmonger from Black Panther.

Bow down, bitches.

The husband in the musical Waitress. He was faithful (though admittedly a jerk). But the slutty wife cheats on him with her doctor! The nerve!

Pazuzu

Kyle Ren

This lil' cutie...

The Wolf Man

Another vote for Selina Kyle, boy was she right in trying to kill her boss and other people!

Francis Dolarhyde, the kind of treatment his grandma dealt him would make anybody bonkers.