As a kid, I always liked the villains of movies more than the heroes, or the good guys [by the way, for a long time my mom was really concerned about this]. I always have found villains to generally have the more interesting qualities of character, and for some reason I'm always drawn to curiousity of their past, motives, how they got to where they are now, and so forth. Often times when I explain video games or movies to people, I'm told I tend to explain it from the villain's point of view, or at least discuss the villain in great detail.

I also have to say that Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty is one of my absolute favourite villains of all-time. I loved her as a kid, and I still think she's awesome now.