Movie: Hot Fuzz

Spoiler Alert - If you haven't seen the movie yet do not read this post. Go see it as soon as possible and come on back. It didn't really hit me until the second time I saw the movie that Simon Skinner is actually the most pedestrian and therefore "realistic" Villain I can think of. He has everything I'm looking for - a lair, henchmen, even a floozy on his arm but he is only the manager of the local market. Dalton plays Skinner with relish, making him so fiendish that the reality of his circumstances becomes even more ludicrous. Here is a man who by all rights should be taking a run at ruling the world ordering his minions to mop up baby vomit. How wonderfully awful.