http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2009/10/joker.jpg
I grew up loving all things Superman, but even as a lad of 13 I could tell that the villain in Superman IV](Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) - Movie | Moviefone) – Nuclear Man, created when Supes threw all the world’s nuclear weapons into the sun – was dumb. He had no personality. He didn’t even have a name. “Nuclear Man” is what the closing credits called him, but no one in the film ever calls him anything. Rule No. 1 of being a supervillain: You must have a name. I cannot imagine any exceptions to that rule.
So Nuclear Man is probably my vote for the lamest villain in a superhero movie, but it’s hardly a slam-dunk. He has a lot of competition. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s campy Mr. Freeze in Batman & Robin](Batman & Robin (1997) - Movie | Moviefone) is legendary. At the opposite end of the muscles scale, there’s whiny Venom (Topher Grace) in Spider-Man 3](Spider-Man 3 (2007) - Movie | Moviefone) and emo-goth Blackheart (Wes Bentley) in Ghost Rider](Ghost Rider (2007) - Movie | Moviefone). And don’t forget Faye Dunaway in Supergirl](Supergirl (1984) - Movie | Moviefone), Sharon Stone in Catwoman](Catwoman (2004) - Movie | Moviefone), and the completely useless Gambit (Taylor Kitsch) in the completely useless X-Men Origins: Wolverine](X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) - Movie | Moviefone). Or the ineffectual but well dressed Kingpin (Michael Clarke Duncan) in Daredevil](Daredevil (2003) - Movie | Moviefone).
We could go on forever, but we had to narrow it down for the poll. Now we seek your input. Who’s the worst villain in a superhero movie? One of the choices below, or someone else? Feel free to explain your choices in the comments.