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Is Jaapie Botha the worst villain in the cinema history?

posted 18 years ago by Movieloverrrr
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It's difficult to me to found any man or women as bad, cruel and ruthless as Bootha. I really enjoyed a lot when he was killed

[–] fruitycookie77 18 years ago

aldolf hitler???

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[–] marcelle-8 18 years ago

Adolf Hitler was not a villain in cinema, he was real.

Japie Botha (that's the correct spelling, like "P.W. Botha") is so completely one-dimensional, that it was very hard for me to take him seriously, he was too cartoony, almost laughable in his evilness, not to mention that Mr New James Bond (Daniel Craig?) who is playing him, has such an APPALLING South African accent!

That just enhanced the caricature-effect for me.

BUT I was very happy indeed when he got killed in the end, but for of his bad accent and his one-dimensionality!

I just wished old "PoesKlap" (PK) could have been arrested and detained by the security police too though, he irritated me too much with his Johnny Clegg rip-off-songs and his self-righteousness.

[–] kkuger 18 years ago

He's even worse in the book.

[–] marcelle-8 18 years ago

He's even worse in the book.

Poesklap of Japie? Ek't nie die boek gelees nie.

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[–] sweetbradley38 18 years ago

Great response Marcelle 8. I agree. With both your posts.

[–] DeckardB2364 18 years ago

Clarence Bodicker in Robocop was a real bastard, probably even more sadistic than Botha.

"Destroy Superman Now!"

[–] przgzr 18 years ago

Charles Dickens' books are full of such characters, led by Bill Sikes from Oliver Twist (Oliver Reed played him great in one of the versions).

Elkanah Bent from "North and South" is also competing for this title. Robert de Niro's Max Cady from Cape Fear also. And remember all those James Cagney and Edward G. Robinsons movies...

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[–] przgzr 18 years ago

Never heard any of the names.

Sorry, I've never seen any Harry Potter movie and hope I never will.

Oh, mistake. I've read the names again. Bellatrix is one of the seven brightest stars in Orion. But as it is considered to be one of the most beautiful constellations, I wouldn't think about Bellatrix as a villain.

[–] ahooker07 18 years ago

my dad always says that exact thing i need to see if its true and how ruthless is he?

[–] I_Shall_Be_Released 16 years ago

Kreacher? I don't think he was considered a villian...and the worst and most sadistic? He was an elf...how sadistic can he be?

[–] onlybegottenson88 16 years ago

Wait, wait, forgive me if i'm wrong (i can't remember the names of most characters, only saw this once), but is this the kid with the Nazi tatoo who kills the chicken then later grows? He may have been one demensional, but he was supposed to be. He wasn't worst bad guy...pretty good one. That's the sort who are dnagerous in these histories and stories. With that school preacher screaming at the beginning about races in South Africa...that's a big part of how you get a hitler.

[–] roguetrip99 12 years ago

I think Dolores Umbridge beats him in the most despicable villain department, but only barely.