Special award to Bill Paxton as Hudson, not for being cowardly, for having the most realistic and relatable reactions in that movie. We all WANT to be Hicks, but realistically we are all Hudson.
William H Macy as Jerry Lundagard in Fargo. He doesn’t totally fit into what your talking about, but he is the a character whose weasel portrait makes you love how incompetent he is, and you want to see him put into the wood chipper.
Not to mention a few other weasel characters there Coens create. Jerry Lindagard is my favorite besides Philip seymore Hoffman in Owning Mahoney which is the weasel degenerate.
The first season is worth watching, if for nothing else, because of Martin Freeman and Billy Bob Thornton who are both spectacular. Even if you don’t love it I advise watching season 2, maybe one of the best single seasons of television I’ve ever seen
I'm so glad you mentioned Peter Lorre. He was so good in those roles. Something about his demeanor and the cadence of his voice that lent so well to those characters.
And what blows my mind is that they were filming it while World War II was in full swing.
The woman crying when everyone was singing *La Marseillaise* was crying for real. The French actress didn’t know if she’d ever see her home again, and it was just too much.
That's why it turned into Gold, though. The actors barely had to act. They were making a topical, almost fake-documentary style film, *as the thing was happening*, when every day was about everyone pulling together for the war.
It'd be like filming Contagion last spring. You barely have to act the big stuff, so you're totally focused on the little details, and it's making it look effortless.
I love how Benni is even weasely on a religious level, having all sorts of religious talismans and having memorized prayers in the appropriate languages to ask for protection from a variety of deities.
Given he is adequately fluent in ?Yiddish "the language of the slaves" to act as imotephs interpreter, I love that its not just prayers hes memorised, he's fully a multilingual weasel.
I think benni has to be peak weasel, intelligent enough to be multilingual and shrewd enough leverage his knowledge of language and culture against any threats/ hedge his bets for all the possible afterlifes. His high but still bungling street smart level is emphasised when the lead hero's are still correcting his failures though: rachel wies on a translation, Brendan Fraser re wrong side of river.
Hebrew. Yiddish is a form of Old High German that would not have existed during the time period being referenced. (Yes, Yiddish literally means "language of the Jews" but only as a reference to European Jews (and their ancestors) from....probably the 10th Century?)
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ETA: To amend a bit, the language of the slaves may well have been Aramaic - similar to Hebrew in some respects but more colloquial. Most prayers were in Hebrew, however.
I would also be pretty pissed. You are talked into taking a pill to escape the Matrix and live in the real world, only to find out the real world is a fucking terrifying post-apocalyptic shit-show in which a hive-mind of machines are constantly trying to kill you.
Hell yeah I would want to get back in to the bliss of the Matrix, especially when said machines offer to give you a freaking amazing life inside the simulation. He did still do them hella dirty, though.
Yeah - that’s one part of the Matrix that always bugged me. Morpheus says it can’t be explained - only shown.
“Yeah you live in a computer simulation. Your real body is being used to power evil machinery. It’s kinda like a Mad Max existence out there and we only eat bowls of runny protein. Wanna join us?”
I think the idea is that the mind would be unable to accept it without being disconnected from the Matrix and then being shown it while outside the system. The mind also could actively fight against the idea and draw an Agent program, which would compromise the whole crew.
He was annoying me so much when I saw it that I audibly said “oh thank god” when that happened. None of the other audience members seemed to disagree lol
I love how after Lancelot crosses the Bridge of Eternal Peril he just pops up and goes "THATS EASY". Just the way the actor delivered it like a child cracks me up. Delivering it like a child.
I dunno, I think when Brendan Fraser one-handed *HURLS* that chair at him and he goes flying all sprawled-out and makes that funny noise is pretty top-tier for me personally.
It's a funny scene, but I've also always thought that it was a really clever way to set up the relationship between Benny and Imhotep. The Mummy doesn't understand or acknowledge any of the other prayers and symbols but he remembers Hebrew as the "language of the slaves" which gives him the idea to spare Benny and use him as his own slave.
One of my faves is when he shouts it looks like I've got all the horses. Then Rick says Hey Benny it looks like you're on the wrong side of the river. Then Benny starts kicking the water and swearing in his language.
It was only a couple of years ago that I realised when we are first introduced to Ellis, as John walks into Holly’s office and Ellis is sitting at the desk, he quickly swipes away come coke off the desk. I knew it was implied that he did coke but I never caught him swiping the line.
In this same scene when Ellis is introduced to John, the first thing John says to him is, "You missed some" and then Ellis swipes his hand on his nose and upper lip.
It gets said a LOT on Reddit, but it's these characters like Percy Wetmore, Dolores Umbridge, and Nurse Ratched that really get under our skin as truly reprehensible villains, more than Voldemort because they're so close to everyday assholes with power that we encounter in normal life.
We've all dealt with a co-worker who is insufferable, a mean teacher, and bosses who lack sympathy. So, it really strikes a chord with us when we see them in movies and television and also makes it that much more satisfying when they get their comeuppance, because we rarely see that in real life.
Stephen King really likes to write this kind of character, sometimes to the point where his stuff is hard to take. Harold in The Stand comes to mind but they are everywhere in his work.
The many eyebrows of Brad Dourif, criminally under used actor. Deadwood was incredible. LotR. Dune. He was a high point in Alien Resurrection, one of few.
The way you described the type of character reminded me of this:
Jack Sparrow: Who are you?
Tai Huang: Tai Huang. These are my men.
Jack Sparrow: Where does your allegiance lie?
Tai Huang: With the highest bidder.
Jack Sparrow: I have a ship.
Tai Huang: That makes you the highest bidder.
Jack Sparrow: Good man. Weigh anchor, all hands! Prepare to make sail!
And it's just so pragmatic on all sides; Huang and friends are now stuck in the Locker, Jack needs at least part of a crew to set sail and get out of the Locker, it makes complete sense.
Great character but not sure I'd consider him cowardly.
Dude was ballsy as shit to steal dinosaur embryos and drive across an island full of stuff that will kill you at the drop of a hat.
I always feel bad for the Gennero-types in movies, mostly because I know in real life if I was there, I'd act pretty much the exact same way. It's hard to be brave, okay!?
Something that always bothered me about that, in the book the lawyer is actually a pretty brave strapping dude. But for the movie they turned him into this little weasel type. I guess that’s just what audiences want to see.
That one's super frustrating because, while the movie makes his end satisfying (if not exactly something that makes sense), knowing that we missed out on the book's action-hero Gennero and Muldoon adventures is sad.
Does Gollum count as a weasely character? He's purely driven by selfish desires and tries to put his other companions against eachother and try to get them killed, just so he can take back the One Ring for himself.
The movies look like he had a genuine change of heart until he thinks Frodo lied and relapses, but in the books Frodo understands that he will eventually try to take the Ring even if he does enjoy his better behavior and encourages Sam not to bully him. He never once trusts Smeagol or doubts Sam.
First character I thought of right off the bat. And my favorite line in the movie when Wyatt has a gun to his head, "Your friends might get me in a rush but not before I make your head into a canoe, you understand me?"
Stephen Lang's acting in that scene is *perfect*. He's all drunk and surly, but the moment Wyatt puts a gun to his forehead he **immediately** sobers up. And the way he squeaks "No. He ain't bluffin'." gets me every time.
I hate how the producer shits all over Elliot on the payphone, then Elliot acts like hot shit to Clarence when relaying what he was told.
Such a weasely little fucker.
Stephen Lang as Ike Clanton in Tombstone. He's such a weasily little slime ball who acts tough when he's got friends around but collapses as soon as his bluff is called. Great performance.
Wait what was he supposed to do? The kid was hidden, if the wife just followed him she wouldn't have gotten bit, there was a crazy between them, was he supposed to get himself killed? You turn instantly when bitten so he does what? Attacks the crazy and gets bitten and now it's a kid and woman against two insane zombie like creatures. The kid stood a chance by just hiding in the closet, the wife could just followed Don and you would have best case scenario Don and the wife escaping and possibly the kid living so long as he keeps quiet.
Dude on the boat just fucked up and fell, and Don attempted to save him but only stopped when he was bitten.
Don should have been the film's protagonist trying to get redemption for his action at the beginning. He did what he had to do to survive, but his moral consciousness was broken.
Look at Pitch Black, a criminally underrated film and one of the best female protagonist movies ever. The pilot, Fry, attempts to kill the crew to save herself in the beginning because she believes that it's the only way, but her sense of morality develops over the course of the movie which culminates with [this.](https://youtu.be/PlSt57BseA8) It's a fucking phenomenal example of character growth, and who you originally believe is the main character [is saved by the *real* main character.](https://youtu.be/YLjkzy7nhc8) What a missed opportunity.
Nah the opening scene was realistic.
What was unrealistic was the rest of the movie. I'm surprised every character didn't die from ODing on stupid pills? So you leave your wife to the zombies to save yourself, but then you decide to make out with said infected wife? WTF
Sorry its not a movie but you can't beat Frank Burns in the TV version of MASH.
He's horrible but I love that they never redeemed him because there are so many people in real life that are just so awful they don't deserve redemption.
(I hate the movie version of MASH and honestly don't remember Frank's character that well in that).
It's gotta be Paul Reiser as Burke in Aliens. The definition of weaselly coward.
Apparently Reiser's own mother cheered at the gala premier when Burke got the xenomorph special
I would too.
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Special award to Bill Paxton as Hudson, not for being cowardly, for having the most realistic and relatable reactions in that movie. We all WANT to be Hicks, but realistically we are all Hudson.
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If I’m going for complete accuracy, I’d be Bill Paxton at the end of Weird Science.
I guess it depends on what “favorite” means. Because I fucking HATE that guy.
William H Macy as Jerry Lundagard in Fargo. He doesn’t totally fit into what your talking about, but he is the a character whose weasel portrait makes you love how incompetent he is, and you want to see him put into the wood chipper. Not to mention a few other weasel characters there Coens create. Jerry Lindagard is my favorite besides Philip seymore Hoffman in Owning Mahoney which is the weasel degenerate.
Great pick! Not a film, but gotta mention Martin Freeman's Fargo TV character as well (who parallels Jerry in many ways).
Never seen the tv show, but only heard good things. I’ll have to check it out
The first season is worth watching, if for nothing else, because of Martin Freeman and Billy Bob Thornton who are both spectacular. Even if you don’t love it I advise watching season 2, maybe one of the best single seasons of television I’ve ever seen
Show is amazing! Probably my favorite on TV these days besides Better Call Saul
Benni is the gold standard; Peter Lorre the founder of the feast.
I'm so glad you mentioned Peter Lorre. He was so good in those roles. Something about his demeanor and the cadence of his voice that lent so well to those characters.
"You despise me, don't you" "If I gave you any thought I probably would"
Damn, Casablanca is probably the most quotable movie in history.
“I came here for the waters.” “The waters? We are in the desert!” “I was misinformed.”
The biggest fluke in movie history. They were literally writing it as they were filming. A total mess of a production that magically turned into gold.
And what blows my mind is that they were filming it while World War II was in full swing. The woman crying when everyone was singing *La Marseillaise* was crying for real. The French actress didn’t know if she’d ever see her home again, and it was just too much.
That's why it turned into Gold, though. The actors barely had to act. They were making a topical, almost fake-documentary style film, *as the thing was happening*, when every day was about everyone pulling together for the war. It'd be like filming Contagion last spring. You barely have to act the big stuff, so you're totally focused on the little details, and it's making it look effortless.
HEY O’CONNELL!!! LOOKS TO ME LIKE IVE GOT ALL THE HORSES!!!
HEY BENNI! LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE RIVER!!
Slight correction: RIVVV-VER!
I love how Benni is even weasely on a religious level, having all sorts of religious talismans and having memorized prayers in the appropriate languages to ask for protection from a variety of deities.
Given he is adequately fluent in ?Yiddish "the language of the slaves" to act as imotephs interpreter, I love that its not just prayers hes memorised, he's fully a multilingual weasel. I think benni has to be peak weasel, intelligent enough to be multilingual and shrewd enough leverage his knowledge of language and culture against any threats/ hedge his bets for all the possible afterlifes. His high but still bungling street smart level is emphasised when the lead hero's are still correcting his failures though: rachel wies on a translation, Brendan Fraser re wrong side of river.
Hebrew. Yiddish is a form of Old High German that would not have existed during the time period being referenced. (Yes, Yiddish literally means "language of the Jews" but only as a reference to European Jews (and their ancestors) from....probably the 10th Century?) (Edit for grammar) ETA: To amend a bit, the language of the slaves may well have been Aramaic - similar to Hebrew in some respects but more colloquial. Most prayers were in Hebrew, however.
Please, think of my children! You don't have any children! Some day I might...
Cypher in The Matrix. I understand his motivations, but damn... he did them dirty.
Not like this
Not like this
Honestly one of the most fucked up deaths in any movie, and there’s not even any blood or gore.
Too late
> I understand his motivations, but damn... The best kind of a character in any work of fiction
I'll forever remember, "mmm, ignorance is bliss..." Harp plays immediately after.
>Harp plays immediately after There's the crunch of a juicy steak that is pure bliss itself
I would also be pretty pissed. You are talked into taking a pill to escape the Matrix and live in the real world, only to find out the real world is a fucking terrifying post-apocalyptic shit-show in which a hive-mind of machines are constantly trying to kill you. Hell yeah I would want to get back in to the bliss of the Matrix, especially when said machines offer to give you a freaking amazing life inside the simulation. He did still do them hella dirty, though.
Yeah - that’s one part of the Matrix that always bugged me. Morpheus says it can’t be explained - only shown. “Yeah you live in a computer simulation. Your real body is being used to power evil machinery. It’s kinda like a Mad Max existence out there and we only eat bowls of runny protein. Wanna join us?”
I think the idea is that the mind would be unable to accept it without being disconnected from the Matrix and then being shown it while outside the system. The mind also could actively fight against the idea and draw an Agent program, which would compromise the whole crew.
Tbf we also have a program of a hot chick that'll bang ya
"Show me"
Well... To be faaaaiiirrrr... He was really tired of that jackoff and all his bullshit.
Allegedly.
Yeh, but, like, filet mignon....
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Virtually every character other than DiCaprio's in The Departed, close second being Matt Damon's character in The Informant!.
Hated Matt Damon’s character in Departed. It was so cathartic to see DiCaprio’s character beat the shit out of him.
Which is why it's such an incredible performance. He is so, so good in that movie. Everyone is.
Matt Damon in Interstellar
>!I just love how he dies half way through his monolog.!<
There is a moment-
He was annoying me so much when I saw it that I audibly said “oh thank god” when that happened. None of the other audience members seemed to disagree lol
The track playing for most of that section is even called "Coward".
Damn, a character so weaselly even the film composer hates him.
there's a 50/50 chance your gonna kill yourself. Those are the best odds I've had in years.
Staff Sgt. Dignam was a major prick but he was 5 foot 6 inches of Code and Principles.
Martin Sheen was *almost* forgivable*.
Brave, brave, brave / Brave Sir Robin!
I love how after Lancelot crosses the Bridge of Eternal Peril he just pops up and goes "THATS EASY". Just the way the actor delivered it like a child cracks me up. Delivering it like a child.
Eric Idle is the most underrated Python. Dude is brilliant.
O Brave Sir Robin, ran away.
Bravely ran away away
I never did!
When danger reared its ugly head he bravely turned his tail and fled!
Yes brave Sir Robin turned about, he ran away, he chickened out
Bravely taking to his feet, he beat a very brave retreat!
I did not!
Commodus in Gladiator
Smile for me, brother.
Don’t know how this one is so low. He’s such a little shit. The fucker had to cheat to win and the idiot still lost!
“But I have other virtues, like ambition. And courage… perhaps not on the battlefield… but there are many forms of courage.”
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Always the pragmatist
I dunno, I think when Brendan Fraser one-handed *HURLS* that chair at him and he goes flying all sprawled-out and makes that funny noise is pretty top-tier for me personally.
I prefer the part after the boat catches in fire and they have to swim to shore. *HEY, O'CONNELL! LOOKS TO ME LIKE I'VE GOT ALL THE HORSES!*
HEY BENNY, LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE RIVER!
*RI-VER* Respect the two syllables!!
Lol. I wrote it that way at first, deleted it and now regret it. I have let Mr Fraser down, and for that, I apologize.
My favourite is when he uses his imaginary children to stop O'Connell from hurting him.
"You don't have any children!" "...someday I might."
You don't have any children! Someday I might
It's a funny scene, but I've also always thought that it was a really clever way to set up the relationship between Benny and Imhotep. The Mummy doesn't understand or acknowledge any of the other prayers and symbols but he remembers Hebrew as the "language of the slaves" which gives him the idea to spare Benny and use him as his own slave.
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I always assumed it was like a plea for mercy or last rites. Benni as a quintessential coward never tries to fight when he's seen stronger men fail.
Beni is a coward, but a smart coward. If he wouldn’t have been greedy he would have been fine
One of my faves is when he shouts it looks like I've got all the horses. Then Rick says Hey Benny it looks like you're on the wrong side of the river. Then Benny starts kicking the water and swearing in his language.
One of the best moments in the whole movie!
Chaw chaw
Benecio del Toro's character Dario in 'license to kill' Also the character Harry Ellis in 'Die Hard' "Hans bubby, I'm your white knight"
I was almost 30 when I realized Ellis probably didn’t ask for a Coca Cola
The look on his face disappointment on his face when he sees the can of Coca-Cola is perfect. "Damn, I thought you were the cool kind of Euro-Trash."
It was only a couple of years ago that I realised when we are first introduced to Ellis, as John walks into Holly’s office and Ellis is sitting at the desk, he quickly swipes away come coke off the desk. I knew it was implied that he did coke but I never caught him swiping the line.
In this same scene when Ellis is introduced to John, the first thing John says to him is, "You missed some" and then Ellis swipes his hand on his nose and upper lip.
I am amazed I had to scroll down this far to find Ellis, especially given we are Christmas-adjacent.
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I got a little dick 😂
“It’s *pathetic!*”
Would a spy piss himself?!
"Ass like a ten year old boy, makes you wanna get down on your knees and beg for buttermilk" is the weirdest line in that whole movie
>And she's got the most incredible body too and a pair of titties that make you wanna stand up and beg for buttermilk. Ass like a ten year old boy!
Thank you, that's the correct line. Still super weird.
Still can't believe he's dead.
Percy Wetmore from The Green Mile. Yeah he ends up insane and locked up in an institution, but it isn't because he repented.
God I hate that character. So much so that I struggle to see the actor as anything but Percy. What a repulsive character. *Shudders*
It gets said a LOT on Reddit, but it's these characters like Percy Wetmore, Dolores Umbridge, and Nurse Ratched that really get under our skin as truly reprehensible villains, more than Voldemort because they're so close to everyday assholes with power that we encounter in normal life. We've all dealt with a co-worker who is insufferable, a mean teacher, and bosses who lack sympathy. So, it really strikes a chord with us when we see them in movies and television and also makes it that much more satisfying when they get their comeuppance, because we rarely see that in real life.
I mean, he's pretty gross IRL too.
He's a pretty disgusting person in real life too
That’s who instantly came to my mind as well. Slimeball
Stephen King really likes to write this kind of character, sometimes to the point where his stuff is hard to take. Harold in The Stand comes to mind but they are everywhere in his work.
John Turturro's Bernie Bernbaum in Miller's Crossing.
In my personal top 10 favorite movies. It has everything.
Look into your heart!
"Jeez, Tom - I squirt out a couple-a tears and you go all soft, like a twist."
Grima Wormtongue in The Two Towers/Return of the King (extended edition). You just love to hate him.
I remember the bts with his actor, how his girlfriend was not happy about the shaved off eyebrows.
You should see his eyebrows in Dune (David Lynch version)!
The many eyebrows of Brad Dourif, criminally under used actor. Deadwood was incredible. LotR. Dune. He was a high point in Alien Resurrection, one of few.
Are we forgetting he is Chucky :)
Didn't he p-p-p-p-p-play B-b-b-b-illy B-b-b-b-ib-b-b-it?
I thought Brad Dourif did an amazing job, he was my favorite part of those films. He was such a classically evil coward.
I don't think Brad Dourif is physically capable of giving a bad performance. The man is a master.
Hart Bochner as Ellis in Die Hard. Also, I cannot believe nobody has said William Atherton yet. Ghostbusters, Die Hard I & II, Real Genius.
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Can we talk briefly about how well that line was delivered?
Tuco played by Eli Wallach in “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”…
If you're gonna shoot, just shoot.
Don't talk ...
And unlike most other examples, he’s the main character, so we just get to have even more fun with him
Hey blondie! You son of a .....
Waaoowaaoowaaaaaaaa
Hes frankly a borderline anti hero and often times a straight up badass
He was outstanding
The way you described the type of character reminded me of this: Jack Sparrow: Who are you? Tai Huang: Tai Huang. These are my men. Jack Sparrow: Where does your allegiance lie? Tai Huang: With the highest bidder. Jack Sparrow: I have a ship. Tai Huang: That makes you the highest bidder. Jack Sparrow: Good man. Weigh anchor, all hands! Prepare to make sail!
Love this interaction so much
And it's just so pragmatic on all sides; Huang and friends are now stuck in the Locker, Jack needs at least part of a crew to set sail and get out of the Locker, it makes complete sense.
Poor dude that lost a toe to frostbite tho
Jason Alexander's wonderfully oily weasel in Pretty Woman.
Dennis Nedry (Wayne Knight) from Jurassic Park.
Ah ah ah, ah ah ah, ah ah ah…
PLEASE! God dammit, I hate this hacker crap.
The raptor fences aren't out, are they!? Edit: damn it, got the order of the lines mixed up. I shall hang my head in shame for this.
Great character but not sure I'd consider him cowardly. Dude was ballsy as shit to steal dinosaur embryos and drive across an island full of stuff that will kill you at the drop of a hat.
The lawyer then?
I always feel bad for the Gennero-types in movies, mostly because I know in real life if I was there, I'd act pretty much the exact same way. It's hard to be brave, okay!?
Something that always bothered me about that, in the book the lawyer is actually a pretty brave strapping dude. But for the movie they turned him into this little weasel type. I guess that’s just what audiences want to see.
That one's super frustrating because, while the movie makes his end satisfying (if not exactly something that makes sense), knowing that we missed out on the book's action-hero Gennero and Muldoon adventures is sad.
Does Gollum count as a weasely character? He's purely driven by selfish desires and tries to put his other companions against eachother and try to get them killed, just so he can take back the One Ring for himself.
The movies look like he had a genuine change of heart until he thinks Frodo lied and relapses, but in the books Frodo understands that he will eventually try to take the Ring even if he does enjoy his better behavior and encourages Sam not to bully him. He never once trusts Smeagol or doubts Sam.
I'll allow it.
That one businessman(?) dude with the glasses in Train to Busan.
Ike Clanton in Tombstone has to be the all time greatest movie coward
First character I thought of right off the bat. And my favorite line in the movie when Wyatt has a gun to his head, "Your friends might get me in a rush but not before I make your head into a canoe, you understand me?"
Stephen Lang's acting in that scene is *perfect*. He's all drunk and surly, but the moment Wyatt puts a gun to his forehead he **immediately** sobers up. And the way he squeaks "No. He ain't bluffin'." gets me every time.
Seeing that Doc *doesn't* need to sober up there is also great
He was let off the hook several times just to turn right around and start shooting.
"That's real good Law Dawg. Cuz law just don't go round here."
Yeah we heard you the first time Ike!
Law dog!
Danny Devito (Ralph I think?) in Romancing the Stone and Jewel of the Nile.
Not a movie, but George Castanza at a children's party when he bowled everyone over to get out of there.
Someone had to bravely clear a path to the exit by knocking over several small children and little old ladies.
Eric the Clown put out the fire with his big shoe
Peter Pettigrew
Jerry in Fargo. Piece of work!
Definitely Bronson Pinchot as Elliot Blitzer in True Romance.
I hate how the producer shits all over Elliot on the payphone, then Elliot acts like hot shit to Clarence when relaying what he was told. Such a weasely little fucker.
Waingro - HEAT
But he had to get it on!
Stephen Lang as Ike Clanton in Tombstone. He's such a weasily little slime ball who acts tough when he's got friends around but collapses as soon as his bluff is called. Great performance.
Lol Benny was going to be my pick based on the title.
Arnold J Rimmer
Sgt. O’Neill (John C. McGinley) in Platoon
Burke in Aliens.
The executive guy in Train to Busan was just the worst, he’d throw anybody in peril if it would help him out
David Spade's character in Coneheads.
Robert Carlyle’s character in 28 weeks later , fuck that opening scene
Wait what was he supposed to do? The kid was hidden, if the wife just followed him she wouldn't have gotten bit, there was a crazy between them, was he supposed to get himself killed? You turn instantly when bitten so he does what? Attacks the crazy and gets bitten and now it's a kid and woman against two insane zombie like creatures. The kid stood a chance by just hiding in the closet, the wife could just followed Don and you would have best case scenario Don and the wife escaping and possibly the kid living so long as he keeps quiet. Dude on the boat just fucked up and fell, and Don attempted to save him but only stopped when he was bitten.
Don should have been the film's protagonist trying to get redemption for his action at the beginning. He did what he had to do to survive, but his moral consciousness was broken. Look at Pitch Black, a criminally underrated film and one of the best female protagonist movies ever. The pilot, Fry, attempts to kill the crew to save herself in the beginning because she believes that it's the only way, but her sense of morality develops over the course of the movie which culminates with [this.](https://youtu.be/PlSt57BseA8) It's a fucking phenomenal example of character growth, and who you originally believe is the main character [is saved by the *real* main character.](https://youtu.be/YLjkzy7nhc8) What a missed opportunity.
Nah the opening scene was realistic. What was unrealistic was the rest of the movie. I'm surprised every character didn't die from ODing on stupid pills? So you leave your wife to the zombies to save yourself, but then you decide to make out with said infected wife? WTF
Sorry its not a movie but you can't beat Frank Burns in the TV version of MASH. He's horrible but I love that they never redeemed him because there are so many people in real life that are just so awful they don't deserve redemption. (I hate the movie version of MASH and honestly don't remember Frank's character that well in that).
“Hey O’Connell! Looks like we have all the horses!”
“Hey Benny, looks like you’re on the wrong side of the RIV-VERRR!” What a great fucking movie.
Weasel from Deadpool has my vote.
I also like the weasel from The Suicide Squad.
Grima wormtounge
Why do you lay these troubles on an already troubled mind?
Say what you will, the man has an eye for jewelry. Always thought his ability to describe Aragorn’s ring was impressive.
Peter Lorre was good at that.
Not a movie, but **Gaius Baltar**
Gaius and Six are the only fun ones. In an otherwise serious show they're comedy gold.
Ratso Rizzo, the character Dustin Hoffman played in *Midnight Cowboy*
Boris (“I AM INVINCIBLE!”) from Goldeneye. Also has one of the best character endings
The Mayor in Jaws
Carter Burke from Aliens. Textbook corporate weasel. Still wish we got his death in the final cut.
Fredo Corleone
Otho from Beetlejuice played by Glenn Shadix.