Best Movie Villian

[Arpikarhu]

He had his brother killed, and while Fredo had a good heart, he was stupid, and he was weak.

Judge: You are accused of killing your brother. How do you plead?

M: Guilty. But he was stupid and weak.

Judge: Well then, that's fine. You may walk. Court adjourned!

Seriously, anyone who thinks Michael Corleone wasn't a fucking scumbag probably thinks John Gotti or whoever is a saint. Michael Corleone was the ULTIMATE villain (spelling, Gonz <3). He started out good natured, but ended up as vicious - no - more vicious, than his father, than everyone he used to despise. He didn't care who he had to kill to gain power, and deep down inside he knew what he was doing was wrong, but he didn't care because ultimately he decided that what was best for him was more important than any sense of right or wrong. And that makes him worse than most movie villains (and makes the Godfather movies so great), because most villains are just depicted as pure evil from the beginning, no conscience, so they're free to do whatever in their own minds. Michael Corleone makes the conscious decision to do what he does despite the fact that he knows it's wrong.

And add William Zabka to the villain list. Johnny in the Karate Kid movies, Chas in Back to School, and the bully dude in Just One of the Guys...

good reasoning but incorrect. you are defining michael without taking into account his characters context in the film. as a person he is evil but in the context of the film as a whole, he is the anti-hero.