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I'm talking about a moment when a villain has the hero at their mercy and then does a move to really show what an utter bastard they are. There's no shortage of them, but one that really sticks out to me is one line from "Se7en" at the climax from Kevin Spacey as John Doe.

"Oh...he didn't know."

Anyone who's seen "Se7en" will know exactly what I mean. As brutal as that film's outcome is, that just makes it all the worse.

What's your worst?

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[–] Grimy 30 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Black knight when the joker sends him to the wrong warehouse.

I vividly remember hearing gasps in the theater.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

I alwaysbinterpreted that scene differently, that batman knew what the joker was doing and made the decision himself to save Harvey, because he thought Harvey was that important for Gotham, more so than batman personal feelings for his girlfriend

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

You seem to remember that Martin Lawrence film very differently from me!

[–] [email protected] 23 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"But for me, it was Tuesday"

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

By the same token, Thanos' line of "I don't even know who you are" to Scarlet Witch after she says he took everything from her. Certainly not true, and cruelly dismissive of her valid pain.

Also, love how she had >!an entire redemption arc in Wandavision (as much as possible, given she held an entire town hostage), but then Marvel just threw that away to make her the Big Bad in Doctor Strange's next movie. Complete character assassination.!< But I digress...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

Wasn't that alternative timeline thanos that said that though? He wouldn't have met her yet so that version of him didn't kill vision.

[–] GoofSchmoofer 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

When Walter White tells Jessie that he could have saved his girlfriend but instead just watched her die.

not really a villain but the elevator scene in Mad Men where Don Draper says "I don't even think about you"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Could've walter saved her tho ? Like he had no equipment or anything and she and jesse was unconscius and she died in the span of two minutes. But yeah walter is an asshole but i slways interepted that seen as him being a real asshole and twistimg the truth slightly to hurt jesse

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Yes, he absolutely could. She had a gag reflex and was choking, clearing her airway would likely save her, and he actively chose not to. Calling an ambulance about an opiate OD and possibly some breathing assistance would give her a good shot at survival.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Yea it could've worked i agree

[–] Squizzy 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Roll her over clear the airway

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It could work but there is no promise (i am not a medic and could be wrong) .

[–] Yggnar 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

She choked on her own vomit because she was on her back, he could've just rolled her onto her side and patted her back, and her chance of survival would've skyrocketed lol

[–] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago

As i said i am not a medic dude but i have watched some people die and even tho people are there no one was able to help them

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Not a film, but in the Foundation TV series what the emperor does at the end of season 1 is pretty damn cruel.

!He catches a conspirator and has her 'erased' -- killing not just her family, but everyone who knows her or has been in contact with her throughout her life so there will be no memory of her existence.!<

[–] numlok 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Woo-jin explaining "things" to Mr. Park in Old Boy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

This one. The big reveal of Old Boy is just so brutal

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

You asked about film but I'm gonna answer comic books. For me, the X-Men scene where Dark Beast "cask of Amontillado"s original Beast behind the brick wall is my top answer. The comic spends time clarifying that Hank McCoy's (Beast) nature is inquisitive, and his curiosity so great that merely not knowing an answer is harder for him than receiving a negative answer, so that the cruelty is extra-pronounced when Beast asks Dark Beast why he is doing this and Dark Beast just grins at him and says "Because" before placing the last brick. As a kid, I found that level of taunting truly to be haunting

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago