This is perhaps the worst of all Movie Clichés. The hero has just stumbled into an impossible situation due to a poor lapse in judgement and is looking at immediate death from the Villain that he tried so hard to stop for 2 the past 2 hours. After a long drawn out adventure, the hero is here, defeated and an inch away from death. All the Villain has to do is pull the trigger, and the movie is over. However...all the time that could be spent killing the hero and moving on with their lives, the Villain is busy explaining his "Devious Plot to take over the world".
These assholes are so self absorbed in their "Devilish Deeds" that they ruin it by talking about how great it is at the worst possible time. And to make it worse, this monologue always takes place at the end of the movie, right when there is one final piece missing in their "Fiendish Scheme".
The whole time they are talking, the Hero miraculously breaks free and kills the Villain, then saves the day. This is an annoying example of lazy writing. The motivation of the VIllain should come through character development and dialog. The prime example of a great movie villain is Bill The Butcher from Gangs of New York. He was an ignorant, murderous racist bastard, but you emjoyed the movie more every time he opened his mouth.
Guilty Movies - Characters
1.) Kill Bill - Elle Driver
2.) Dark Knight - The Joker
3.) Hannibal - Hannibal Lectar(Even though he actually escaped)
4.) Art of War - Eleanor Hooks
5.) Every Villain from Every James Bond Movie...Ever
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