I thought the villains in Batman Begins were well-done.
I agree. I thought Scarecrow was lame, though. only because I don't like Scarecrow, but I agree that the character was great for a, uh..."serious" comic book movie. Raz Alghuel [sic] was great, too. Ledger was also badass as Joker.
Honestly, I think many of the villains have been awesome--
--Green Goblin (you will never fail with DeFoe. never)
--Doc Oc
--Magneto (always awesome)
--those in Watchmen (no spoilers--it is, to me, the echelon of current CB films. almost perfect)
--The Batman flicks (except Two Face was ruined. fuck that)
and plenty of sucked:
--the Hulk films
--Both Iron Mans (Seriously, Iron Man 2 sucked balls. very disappointing)
--anything else from DC.
--Spider Man 3. (Though, they get special credit for completing the near impossible task of utterly ruining one of the greatest modern comic villains ever. kudos.)
--Phoenix/Jean Grey. OK...not as great as Venom (character-wise), but far more dangerous, certainly. damn it--so psyched for her appearance after the awesomeness that was X-Men 2, then...this happened. le sigh...