Friday 27 January 2017

10 Disney Renaissance villains ranked

The villains from original Disney Renaissance are some of the most beloved Disney villains of all time. Mainly from how cool they are and how threatening they are. And so here, I'm going to rank all 10 of them. I hope you all enjoy and agree with me.
10. Ratcliffe (Pocahontas):

Starting us off at the bottom of the list is the clichéd Disney villain from Pocahontas. At this point, I've already talked a lot about this movie and how it's definetly the lowest of all the Disney Classics in the original Disney Renaissance and one of the main problems is the villain. It's one of the most clichéd Disney villains ever. That's right, his motivation revolves around just wanting gold. I suppose you could say he is a little cool, but still, not a very good villain.
9. Clayton (Tarzan):

This guy pretty much follows the same thing as Ratcliffe in motivation. It's just greed. Wanting to bring back a bunch of gorillas to sell and make money. I would say he is pretty cool as a villain during the climax. But before that, he was just kinda boring.
8. Percival C. McLeach (The Rescuers: Down Under):
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This villain could have easily become very clichéd as well because his motivation of wanting to catch Marahute is the same as Clayton and Ratcliffe's because he wants to sell her for money, but even with that, they still made him super enjoyable. He even has some funny scenes and some pretty threatening scenes too. And his death is pretty awesome and George C. Scott was great as the character.
7. Gaston (Beauty and the Beast):

Now we step into the really good part of these villains. And I just want to say, this is almost exactly how to do a villain. He doesn't start off just evil and bad like most of these guys, he's actually the good guy in the village. But as he fails to get his way more and more, he turns to more crazy and monstrous directions. And it's also laid out with comedy. There's some pretty good laughs with him and he's really enjoyable to watch.
6. Shan Yu (Mulan):

One of the more darker villains on this list, or maybe even ever, I've talked about Shan Yu a lot in the sense that because he's so dark and doesn't say much, I think that makes him a lot more threatening and cool. His design alone can show you just how threatening he really is and he's also really cool in the action and whoever they got to voice him was perfect.
5. Jafar (Aladdin):

I think Jafar really makes it this far on this list because he's really cool and his slimy and smoothing voice is great to listen to. He and Iago also play off really well together. Seeing and hearing their banter is a lot of fun and his design is great too with him being completely covered. He also has some pretty funny moments too. And the way he uses his snake staff  is cool too. And he was especially really cool when he turned into a genie. Even if he was only a genie for a few seconds, but still, really cool.
4. Hades (Hercules):

Definetly one of the most different Disney villains, I already said before about how this guy kinda acts like some kind of fast talking agent or something like that and yet that fast talking part of him is what makes him so enjoyable and funny. And he has some pretty intimidating moments too and Hades himself is a lot of fun to be around from how enjoyably fun he is and James Wood is fantastic as this character.
3. Scar (The Lion King):
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One of the more charismatic and elegant villains here, Scar is practically almost a perfect villain. Being a great counter point to Mufasa, Scar manages to be very likeable and despicable at the same time and caused one of the most haunting deaths in Disney history. And a main part in all of what would come later in the Lion King franchise like the main goal for Zira in the Lion King 2 and old Lion Guard leader turned evil. And Jeremy Irons was the best choice they could have chosen for the elegance of the character.
2. Ursula (The Little Mermaid):

If you want to pick a Disney villain who's one of the most fun to watch, then Ursula is a great choice. She spends the first half of this movie kinda in the shadows and that's great. And after the scene where Ariel trades her voice to her, we see more of her and she's awesome. And it's fun to see her as a villain who just so enjoys doing what she's doing. And her death is really brutal and awesome, just like the character herself.
1. Frollo (The Hunchback of Notre Dame):
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Like before, I've talked about this villain a lot. I don't know what else to say. I mean, Frollo's just an absolutely awesome villain. He does all the terrible things you'd expect all the other villains to do, but they also make him a little complex too. He tries countless times to convince himself that he's some sort of soldier or servant for God and yet he's still doing all these horrible and horrendous things. But he tries to somehow justify it every single time. That is how you do a fantastic villain. And do I even have to mention the awesome Hellfire song scene. Easily the best Disney villain song ever, if not all villain songs as a whole. And Tony Jay was perfect for the voice of him. And everyone, those are the 10 Disney Renaissance villains ranked. Thank you all for reading and please comment to tell me what you think or tell me who your favourite of these 10 is.

6 comments:

  1. I don't like Frollo because he says "gypsies" a lot and I'm pretty sure that's a racial slur.

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  2. 10. Governor Ratcliffe
    9. Clayton
    8. Shan Yu
    7. Percival McLeach
    6. Hades
    5. Jafar
    4. Ursula
    3. Scar
    2. Gaston
    1. Frollo

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  5. I had my fingers crossed we'd agree on #1 and cheered at the end. Frollo is a complex, conflicted and damn imposing character who manages to commit just about every one of the seven deadly sins in his run. Tony Jay does the most magnificent job and Hellfire speaks for itself.

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    1. Nice to know someone liked it and agrees with me. Thanks for commenting and please follow for more posts coming soon.

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