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Top 10 Bad Guys Turned Good in Film

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Hello, Toby Gold here and welcome to another Top 10 List. Today, I'll be telling you my Top 10 Bad Guys Turned Good in Film. For this list, I've chosen movie characters who started off as really nasty people, only to prove that they have some good in them. If you haven't seen the movie, there may be spoilers ahead, so you have been warned. So, let's get started! 10. Anton Ego - Ratatouille  (2007) In Disney/Pixar's rat-infested cooking film Ratatouille , the late, great Peter O'Toole lends his voice to Anton Ego, an imperious food critic who has ruined many great restaurants with negative reviews. Namely, his downgrading of Gusteau's, a famous restaurant in Paris, sent the portly chef to an early grave. Later, Remy, a culinary genius in the form of a rat, travels to Paris to fulfill his dream of becoming a chef. Working behind the scenes (or hat), Remy and garbage boy Alfredo Linguini form a partnership, and the two make a dish that causes Ego

The Matrix vs. The LEGO Movie

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Did you know that the 2014 animated hit The LEGO Movie  is basically a family-friendly version of the science fiction action film The Matrix ? Let me tell you why. An ordinary man (Thomas Anderson/Neo; Emmet Brickowski) leads a methodical life under an evil overlord (the Architect; Lord Business). One day, he meets a woman dressed in black (Trinity; Wyldstyle), who shows him the world for what it really is (reality as perceived by most humans is actually a simulated reality called "The Matrix," created by sentient machines who use humans as living batteries; Bricksburg, Emmet's hometown, is just one of many worlds created using LEGO) and informs him that he is destined to save everyone (Neo is the One; Emmet is the Special). Shortly after, the hero is arrested by an enforcer of the oppressive system (Agent Smith; Bad Cop), who implants him with a tracking device during interrogation (Smith inserts a bug into Neo's stomach; Bad Cop plants a tracking device on Emmet).