Top Three Favorite Disney Villains

Maleficent

of Sleeping Beauty

I've recently watched Sleeping Beauty and I never noticed how terrifying Maleficent was. She was a witch queen in the land of Far Far Away and she had her own standing army. WHICH SHE DESTROYED with her own hands. Her staff gives here intense killing power and she could transform into a deadly dragon who shoots green fire. I think sleeping beauty was the movie with the most intense use of magic. The three good fairies put an entire kingdom to sleep so they won't notice that the princess was "sleeping."

Anywho, I really liked Maleficent because she was supposed to be the manifestation of dark things to fear. Just take a look at the character design: her fully black outfit, her devil horns, her fiery cloak, the collar resembling bat wings. Her yellow eyes take away her humanity. She has the shape of a woman but her entire body is covered by her cloak which takes away her humanity. You don't see her limbs. You don't even see her neck. All you see is her face and hands. No feet. I like how her design was meant to inspire fear and it did.

Judge Claude Frollo

of Hunchback of Notre Dame

I don't know if I like Judge Frollo because he is cool but I like him a lot because he seems to be a lot more real than others. He is vilified because of his inappropriate infatuation of a gypsy girl. It doesn't bother us so much that he is burning down all of Paris and the houses of innocent villagers but we are primarily bothered because he is an old pervert that wants a girl out of his league. I am saddened whenever I hear others talk about the judge in this manner because this man in a sense reflects many men.

In the judge's case, he took it the completely wrong way and it just shows his immaturity and inability to handle a situation like that but the temptation that he went through happens to everyone. I feel like it doesn't bother us sometimes because the people who are tempted are not old white people but young attractive or mildly attractive people. The feeling is the same and it's disgusting in both cases.

My favorite song and scene in ALL Disney movies is when the judge has his revealing evil moment. This song, entitled Hellfire, seems to be an honest "prayer" and he recognizes the temptation. What he doesn't recognize is his own flawed way of thinking about it. This is where he goes crazy and burns people's houses.

Anywho, I really like Judge Frollo because he's the one most men are most able to relate to

Captain Hook

of Peter Pan

Ever since I first watched Peter Pan when I was a child, there was something about Captain Hook that fascinated me. Something about his person drew me into him. It wasn't his personality. He was pretty stupid and had a stupider sidekick to rely on. It wasn't his hook. I grew to love the hook later on because it distinguished him from other villains. But the hook wasn't what drew me in.

The thing that attracted me to the captain was the immense mystery concerning his presence and situation. I'm not saying I know everything about all other Disney villains but Captain Hook's situation was rather special to me.

First, we are given information on where all the other Lost Boys came from for the most part. They are kids that Peter Pan "kidnapped" from the world to this new place. However, the Captain is a full grown man and so is his crew. This was a world where time stood still. Kids don't grow up. From this I would imply that people don't age in general. Please pardon my "imply" language. I don't want to make this all scientific and junk.

Anywho, if only kids could get there and kids don't age there, where in the world did the captain come from? Did he also know how to fly? Was he in charge of an expedition to the great unknown and did his trek lead him to the magical land? Honestly, I don't really want to answer these questions because I want to keep the romance of not knowing in tact. I like not knowing because it makes Captain Hook that much cooler. :D