Do you root for the bad guys and villains in movies?

[Asylum Patient]

Are you one of those based assholes who bursts out laughing when the hero gets brutally killed by the villain?
When there is no happy ending in a movie and the audience is upset about it but you are sitting there smiling like a kid on Christmas?

A good example would be a movie like No country for old men. Love it. I'm not saying that all movies should be like that or try to force it that the villain wins (that would suck too, it needs to have a natural and logical progression) but we need more movies who are that unforgiving, that merciless.

Of course its always the question who is defined as the "bad guy" and who is the "good guy". But you get my point.

 

[Fabio]

Is Tom in Tom & Jerry considered a villain? Always rooted for him. But on a serious note, usually not.

 

[kaang]

i root for the good guy. only exception is fight club where the bad guy was the protagonist

 

[milkistermoo]

Is Tom in Tom & Jerry considered a villain? Always rooted for him. But on a serious note, usually not.

To kids he is, but as you grow up you realise Jerry is the real bully.

 

[Fabio]

To kids he is, but as you grow up you realise Jerry is the real bully.

I absolutely hated Jerry

 

[SoupaSilva]

To kids he is, but as you grow up you realise Jerry is the real bully.

Jerry is an inspiration to manlets around the world.

 

[milkistermoo]

Jerry is an inspiration to manlets around the world.

How?

 

[SoupaSilva]

How?

Showed us that we can fuck up people larger than us. Jerry's cousin is the only reason I bother exercising and he's an icon of inclusivity in the media

 

[Saito]

I absolutely hated Jerry

Always liked the very few episodes where Tom wins. They're only like 2 or so episodes like that.

 

[Neetgod]

Are you one of those based assholes who bursts out laughing when the hero gets brutally killed by the villain?
When there is no happy ending in a movie and the audience is upset about it but you are sitting there smiling like a kid on Christmas?

A good example would be a movie like No country for old men. Love it. I'm not saying that all movies should be like that or try to force it that the villain wins (that would suck too, it needs to have a natural and logical progression) but we need more movies who are that unforgiving, that merciless.

Of course its always the question who is defined as the "bad guy" and who is the "good guy". But you get my point.

I wouldn't necessarily say i consciously root for the villan but I definitely find them more interesting there pretty much the only reason I watch comic book movies

 

[Neetgod]

i root for the good guy. only exception is fight club where the bad guy was the protagonist

Soy

 

[Kevin Logan]

Is Tom in Tom & Jerry considered a villain? Always rooted for him. But on a serious note, usually not.

Tom was just protecting his house

 

[KaiserWilhelmll]

Not really
I almost exclusively root for the good guy. The villian must be exceptionally unique and well written for me to be sympathetic