Come on! Lets get three more votes for Lecter!
Indiana Jones (Indiana Jones)
Hannibal Lecter (The Silence of the Lambs)
Let's look around first, maybe I got it all wrong and the thread is here...
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I voted for Indy, because honestly, I would be more likely to rewatch Indy movies more times than Hannibal movies even though I love both.
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Regarding Lecter being a "bad guy", he is very much a bad guy. Just because he wasn't the main villain of Silence of the Lambs doesn't mean he wasn't a bad guy. I've met people very much like him in my life, and I mean VERY much like him. Trust me on this one, no matter what sort of polish and clothing he may wear, he's definitely a villain. Remember, no matter how pretty it looks on the outside, no matter how delicious you may think it will be, a rotten apple is still rotten.
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No big deal, I just love the line, too. "Indiana's" fahthah might just be an even great character than Indy himself. Too bad he got no nomination here.
Great idea. I'll keep an eye out for that thread, as well.
For me, that can be replaced with liking both the character and the writer. (And thanks for the compliment.)
alas, in Lecter case, I like neither the character, nor the writer, nor the director........
(liked what Sam wrote, though)
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It's more complex than that. It's not like he's, say, Freddy Krueger.
For example, in Hannibal (the book), a girl was raped by her pedophile brother. Hannibal was her psychiatrist, and he helped her get over the blame that she was feeling over it. And when she finally killed her brother, Hannibal willingly took the blame so she wouldn't get caught. He does have a moral code and a sense of right and wrong, no matter how warped that may be. (And I know some people think this was added at the last minute in the third book, but it's still present in Silence in some spots).
If people here think Mordred (of all people) is misunderstood when Mordred never committed a nice act in his life, I think Lecter should be afforded a similar courtesy.
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I'll have to agree with Sam on this one. Lecter is a cannibalistic serial killer. If you make a habit of killing people for your own gratification this pretty much makes you evil. While his twisted sense of morality and fair play does make him a more complex character there's nothing complex about the fact that he's one bad dude.
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I liked Lecter best, though I love Indiana too.
On the subject of good and bad guys I think it's rather rare that a person is one or another and I have no problem loving a bad guy in fiction or in real life. Behavior or actions don't make for a bad guy IMO. Good people do some very despicable things too sometimes. Rarely is someone a clearly good or bad person.
I don't think Lecter was just plain bad though. I think the books add significantly more to the character. Hope's a funny thing. There is pretty much always hope.
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