10 Smart Movies That Tricked Us Into Rooting For The Bad Guys

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Was the ultimate villain of these movies the screenwriter?
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  • @donaldfrederick501
    @donaldfrederick501Ай бұрын

    Interesting - thought Edward Norton in Primal Fear would have made the list.

  • @italianviking80
    @italianviking80Ай бұрын

    What about Michael Douglas's character in "Falling Down"?

  • @Whoischrislewis

    @Whoischrislewis

    Ай бұрын

    Yes great example

  • @DTA707

    @DTA707

    Ай бұрын

    Perfect example

  • @dylanogg347

    @dylanogg347

    Ай бұрын

    "TOO MUCH!"

  • @HariSeldon913

    @HariSeldon913

    27 күн бұрын

    Because he was mostly targeting organizations people already hate - the convenience store owner so greedy he took a beating over 15 cents, McDonalds, and road construction (needed, but nobody likes driving through it).

  • @ScottCrouse
    @ScottCrouseАй бұрын

    Kevin Costner in "No Way Out"

  • @caseymacmacl7463
    @caseymacmacl7463Ай бұрын

    It would definitely be Primal Fear for me. That whole Aaron/Roy switcheroo had me fooled right to the end!

  • @kumbazzz
    @kumbazzzАй бұрын

    I was lucky enough to see hard candy after the first 15-20 minutes had played and without having seen the trailer A much much better film when you don’t know whether Patrick Wilson is guilty or not

  • @Hipp0campus_1
    @Hipp0campus_1Ай бұрын

    Ed Norton in Primal Fear. And Josh Hartnett in Lucky Number Slevin (Though I'm not sure he really counts as the bad guy here).

  • @jarrodbright5231

    @jarrodbright5231

    Ай бұрын

    The Wrong Man / Lucky Number Slevin was a revenge movie disguised as a romantic comedy. Slevin was the protagonist of both but that doesn't make him a bad guy despite revenge movies often following a morally questionable character. Primal Fear is probably one of the best examples though.

  • @patrick-aka-patski
    @patrick-aka-patskiАй бұрын

    Would never root for a character played by Jake Gyllenhaal. Even in The Day after Tomorrow I rooted for the ice to get him

  • @DTA707

    @DTA707

    Ай бұрын

    I'm the same way with James Franco 🤣🤣

  • @beatrixdobson4795
    @beatrixdobson4795Ай бұрын

    What about Sweeney Todd?

  • @danielrodriguez6080
    @danielrodriguez6080Ай бұрын

    I would add Neil McCauley in “Heat”

  • @southern_welsh_cowboy
    @southern_welsh_cowboyАй бұрын

    I’d throw in another Johnny Depp performance - as Mort Rainy in Secret Window. An overlooked film that has you right behind Depp all the way. So much so that when the twist is finally revealed it’s still had to actually turn on him.

  • @chanelhenderson8460

    @chanelhenderson8460

    Ай бұрын

    "I know I can do it...Tod Downey said helping himself to another ear of corn from the stamina bowl...I'm sure that in time her death will become a mystery...even to me"

  • @kraigowaffles2110
    @kraigowaffles2110Ай бұрын

    But with Goodfellas, if you didn't know the story of Henry Hill and watched it blind like that, it's a major twist at the end that he rats out the other guys and goes into witness protection. Because his "character" seems like the last guy to ever do so because he loved the life so much.

  • @thelozza3397
    @thelozza3397Ай бұрын

    I was expecting Frank Abagnale Jr in Catch Me If You Can. You do feel bad for him that he ran away from home as a teen and conned to survive but the dude committed so many federal offences at the time.

  • @jjgonzalez7703
    @jjgonzalez7703Ай бұрын

    I never questioned the amount of punishment in hard candy. If anything, it wasn't enough

  • @DTA707
    @DTA707Ай бұрын

    Nobody rooted for Lou in Nightcrawler at any point 😂

  • @nellurban7826
    @nellurban7826Ай бұрын

    wait were you guys actually cheering for Lou in Nightcrawler?

  • @kurtb8474
    @kurtb8474Ай бұрын

    These may be 10 smart movies, but there are more than 10. The late 60s and early 70s had many movies that had us rooting for bad guys. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting, Charley Varrick, Cool Hand Luke just to name a few.

  • @joekoe97
    @joekoe97Ай бұрын

    Although Hannibal is not really a good movie, Hopkins is incredible in it.

  • @katywhite6370

    @katywhite6370

    Ай бұрын

    I think you root for him even more in Hannibal Rising. He's doing terrible things but you totally understand why and want him to get his revenge.

  • @iamthewerebear4837
    @iamthewerebear4837Ай бұрын

    Devils Rejects, anyone? The Firefly family were pure evil but holy shit, they were infinitely more likable than the clearly out of his mind Sheriff Wydell.

  • @yourstruly4817
    @yourstruly4817Ай бұрын

    11: The Lost World Jurassic Park, Nick van Owen sabotaged the expedition and got a lot of innocent people killed in the process

  • @O4FUXACHE
    @O4FUXACHEАй бұрын

    Paul Atreides - Dune . . .

  • @MagusA87
    @MagusA87Ай бұрын

    Disappointed Ocean's 11 (2001) was not mentioned. Sure, the antagonist was a jerk, but the movie still had us cheering for a group of casino heisters who directly caused a city-wide blackout for their scheme.

  • @zaturnneo
    @zaturnneoАй бұрын

    Public Enemy is good, I just didn't need to watch past the first time. I grew up outside of Dilingers home town, so I heard a lot about the man and the myth.

  • @kawaiiyet8514
    @kawaiiyet8514Ай бұрын

    Johnny Depp... IS.

  • @aaronhepler8070

    @aaronhepler8070

    Ай бұрын

    ....over-rated

  • @kawaiiyet8514

    @kawaiiyet8514

    Ай бұрын

    @@aaronhepler8070 you wish lol

  • @rorylynch7775

    @rorylynch7775

    Ай бұрын

    .....A washed up has been and a lazy actor

  • @noeldavid3184

    @noeldavid3184

    Ай бұрын

    An American treay

  • @mrmojomajestic8317

    @mrmojomajestic8317

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@kawaiiyet8514 "You wish lol" What ? That makes no sense !! You are made of stupid.

  • @Shadowcat753
    @Shadowcat75310 күн бұрын

    I'll say it - where is Saw 6 and Saw X? Saw 6 - I'm routing against main character William Easton, despite all the traps he went through, since I can relate to many of his insurance holders that get screwed by "Pre-existing conditions clauses" in health insurance to the point that we literally have a family that lost their husband/father to one decide his fate. I'm not saying the Jigsaw killer or his helpers are good people, but I think this is where we can say the MC of this film has his hands so indirectly covered with blood that I'll say John Kramer had a good point. This is said as someone who does have a few medical issues myself and has seen other people suffer due to disease/disability here too. As for Saw X, we follow John Kramer and can relate to just why he'd be pissed off about getting tricked into thinking Cecelia cured his brain cancer. Besides the fact that stealing money that people with literal cancer are trying to save themselves with is utterly gross, Cancer can be a pretty horrific disease in general. It's one thing to squish hope like a bug like William Easton does, but selling false hope like Cecelia does to just snatch it away is somehow more f*cked up. Besides the fact that Cecelia is a terrible person for doing this, I think literally any cancer patient with a terminal case would not only get mad to find that out but might go on a revenge kick as they literally have nothing to lose left. So, again, I'll relate to John Kramer here because of just how many victims Cecelia likely has directly caused the deaths of.

  • @GroundhogJay
    @GroundhogJayАй бұрын

    Nah, no part of me ever wanted his torment to stop in Hard Candy. He deserved it all.

  • @chanelhenderson8460
    @chanelhenderson8460Ай бұрын

    Robert DeNiro - Heat Marlon Brando/James Caan - The Godfather Al Pacino/Robert DeNiro - The Godfather prt 2 Gerard Butler - Law Abiding Citizen Johnny Depp - Sweeny Todd

  • @tyrellr7818
    @tyrellr7818Ай бұрын

    Captain Jack Sparrow vs. Batman. I can see why everyone roots for John.

  • @djcruiselover3827
    @djcruiselover3827Ай бұрын

    I can’t lie public enemies is just a downright bad movie. It’s a pretty movie. But it’s bad.

  • @Mike-fq1jl
    @Mike-fq1jlАй бұрын

    The Killing Gene with Stellen Skarsgard I apologize if I misspelled

  • @anthonyohara2132
    @anthonyohara2132Ай бұрын

    Hard Candy should not be on this list. There is no sympathy for Child Rapists. And all the little boys being triggered by acknowledging Elliot Page by his name - You are entitled to your opinion, but that doesn’t make your opinion right.

  • @kelleyk28

    @kelleyk28

    28 күн бұрын

    But that doesn't make your opinion right either. Calling him by the name he used when he was in that movie is less confusing. I had no idea he changed his name until 2 years ago, since I don't watch TV or the news. Elliot was not his name in Hard Candy. Doesn't matter why he changed it, the fact is, he was Ellen then. Calling him Ellen when talking about any movie he does now, would be disrespectful.

  • @cannibalbananas
    @cannibalbananas24 күн бұрын

    I liked the 1st 1/2 of Us, but as soon as they started explaining everything, they lost my attention & the horror element. Also, why did Red need to explain anything if Adelaide already knew the why? 🙄

  • @corbz273
    @corbz273Ай бұрын

    Matt Damon in the Departed

  • @SinCitysOnly
    @SinCitysOnlyАй бұрын

    Y'all at WhatCulture are still backing up Amber Heard?

  • @alm2187
    @alm2187Ай бұрын

    US might be a smart movie in the sense that an Escher drawing is smart art. It kinda can't make sense.

  • @HariSeldon913
    @HariSeldon91327 күн бұрын

    Rocky Horror.

  • @TombRaiderLover1995
    @TombRaiderLover1995Ай бұрын

    I don't need to be tricked, people like me ALWAYS naturally root for the bad guys as let's be real here, all good guys suck.

  • @bperlmutter
    @bperlmutter21 күн бұрын

    Too bad John Dillinger isn't alive to play Johnny Depp and to make him likeable

  • @wafflebroz
    @wafflebrozАй бұрын

    7:00 She was Ellen Page at this time. She has decided to transition, but that does not erase who she was

  • @aaronhepler8070
    @aaronhepler8070Ай бұрын

    Can you blame Adelaide though?

  • @AldrianCG
    @AldrianCG26 күн бұрын

    Where’s Blade Runner?

  • @Wesiswhack
    @WesiswhackАй бұрын

    this is the same video they did years ago and i mean to a t

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430Ай бұрын

    Love your content guys 😊😊

  • @BloodyAngel88
    @BloodyAngel88Ай бұрын

    HAH! Joke's on you...I HATED Anakin in the movies. (One the other hand, I did kind of like him in the Clone Wars series)

  • @fredgarvinism
    @fredgarvinismАй бұрын

    Enjoy the films sure, but root for any of these? really?

  • @bheast86
    @bheast86Ай бұрын

    I think that filmgoers were familiar enough with Annakin and Hannibal to know already they were watching the bad guy. Likewise with PUBLIC ENEMIES which wasn't the first biopic of Dillinger. It was Ellen Page in HARD CANDY, not Elliot in drag; don't pretend you knew what was coming.

  • @davet319
    @davet319Ай бұрын

    "Elliot Page" 🥴🥴🥴🙄🙄🙄

  • @chanelhenderson8460

    @chanelhenderson8460

    Ай бұрын

    Accept it or shut up. Its not ruining your life in any way

  • @davet319

    @davet319

    Ай бұрын

    @@chanelhenderson8460 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 No

  • @katywhite6370
    @katywhite6370Ай бұрын

    Doesn"t take much to trigger the transphobes does it?

  • @MultiAbstrak
    @MultiAbstrakАй бұрын

    these are all like movies i went "SKIP!" to

  • @ShaunHensley
    @ShaunHensleyАй бұрын

    Hard Candy starred Ellen Page

  • @jarrodbright5231

    @jarrodbright5231

    Ай бұрын

    As a close relative of a trans person who has transitioned, it is normal for a trans person to refer to something done under their former identity as being done by their former name so you would generally be correct here. Probably best to go with the individual's stated preference however - I don't pay much attention to Page since he has dropped out of the spotlight since transitioning but unless he's stated his preference I'd go with the name on the movie's credits.

  • @aliensgoesrawr
    @aliensgoesrawrАй бұрын

    i'm sorry, but people felt bad for Jeff in Hard Candy? The pedo? The guy who specifically went out of his way to meet a literal teen and then took her to his house "to take pictures?" Really?

  • @kumbazzz

    @kumbazzz

    Ай бұрын

    I stumbled into the movie right when he was drugged so I had no idea whether he was innocent or guilty, made it a much much better movie

  • @ebbderelict

    @ebbderelict

    Ай бұрын

    I never saw Hard Candy, but I did see The Woodsman with Kevin Bacon, and he did an excellent job portraying someone what was disgusted with himself, and it did create some empathy for his character... from me at least. I've talked to others about the movie and they did not feel the same way. :D

  • @robbobby1118
    @robbobby1118Ай бұрын

    Incorrect there is no such thing as too much punishment for those who sexually assult children.

  • @skittleboy15
    @skittleboy15Ай бұрын

    Stop rewriting history!

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