"Hell, you scare me - and I'm the prince of darkness." ~Gary Oldman as The Devil

        The Wikipedia description of Gary Oldman reads "an English actor and filmmaker, well-known to audiences for his portrayals of dark and morally ambiguous characters", i.e., literally spelling out what this list is all about. Much like his Harry Potter co-star Alan Rickman, he too is widely-loved, but never "awards-esquely" appreciated.
      Lets hope times change.

 A look back...

Sid Vicious: If it wasn't for my mum's kindness, we'd be out on the fucking streets!

Lee Harvey Oswald: What the fuck's he doin' here?

Count Dracula: I am the monster that breathing men would kill. I am Dracula.

Drexl: He must have thought it was white boy day. It ain't white boy day, is it?

Stansfield: I like these calm little moments before the storm. It reminds me of Beethoven. Can you hear it? It's like when you put your head to the grass and you can hear the growin' and you can hear the insects. Do you like Beethoven?

 

Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg: I don't like warriors. Too narrow-minded, no subtlety. And worse, they fight for hopeless causes. Honor? Huh! Honor's killed millions of people, it hasn't saved a single one.

Mason Verger: I guess now you wish you would've fed the rest of me to the dogs.

Richard Crosby: You wouldn't happen to have a really big fork?

The Devil: I am the Devil! Satan, Lucifer, Beelzebub, the Prince of Darkness! Well, the Princ-ess of Darkness, anyway.

Sirius Black: I *was* going for the rat. Normally, I have a very sweet disposition as a dog. In fact, more than once, James suggested that I make the change permanent. The tail I could live with. But the fleas? They're murder.

Lord Shen: The only reason you are still alive is that I find your stupidity mildly amusing.

And finally...

Ivan Korshunov: You can end this all with one phone call Mr. President!



          I know that Ivan Korshunov is a seemingly random choice for my favourite, but that is the first film of his I saw, and I'm a huge Air Force One fan, and he was a very effective villain in it. Also yes Beat The Devil is a short (a brilliant one nonetheless) and Richard Crosby is from FRIENDS (which is the best TV show ever), but aren't they just the most brilliant characters?

        

A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MR. OLDMAN!! YOU ARE A CINEMATIC LEGEND!!

        

This is part 6 of Favourite Villains and Anti-heroes.

Day 3 of HP Day-a-Thon- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

This is probably the best made Harry Potter film made yet... Alfonso Cuaron is a genius. It was shocking as well as admirable the way this film suddenly descends into darkness, as compared to the previous two and thus pave the way for the future, even darker films. "Something wicked this way comes."

Also, while one of the best things about these films remain the stellar support cast, with already existing legends like Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, Richard Griffiths and Robbie Coltrane, Prisoner of Azkaban brought with itself fantastic actors like Gary Oldman, Emma Thompson, Timothy Spall, Michael Gambon as the new Dumbledore and David Thewlis. I absolutely worship Gary Oldman, and Sirius Black was perfect.
Random HP trivia- Ewan McGregor was being considered for Lupin's role...just imagine how that would've turned out. Also Tim Roth for Snape and Hugh Grant for Lockhart...

Also, I think it is very essential to mention that Daniel Radcliffe never looked better or more like Harry than in this film and they should've kept him and his hair that way...