10 Awesome Movie Characters Ruined By Terrible Writing

10. Blofeld - Spectre

There is no James Bond villain more iconic than Ernst Stavro Blofeld, and when Christoph Waltz was cast as the character - or, er, "Franz Oberhauser" - in Spectre, fans were delighted to see a world-class, Oscar-winning actor take a stab at the part.

Despite Waltz's solid effort, Spectre's depiction of Blofeld was a crushing disappointment, and it's 100% down to the script's lazy, cliched treatment of the cat-stroking baddie.

In addition to spending the bulk of the movie off-screen, he's introduced in earnest in the third act as the wildly convoluted architect of everything James (Daniel Craig) has suffered through in the last three movies.

Basically, this version of Blofeld is one step away from shouting at Bond, "It's me Austin! It was me all along Austin!"

Worse still, it's also revealed that Blofeld was Bond's foster brother, creating another eye-rollingly forced link between hero and villain that absolutely didn't need to exist.

Ultimately Blofeld was a total damp squib in the movie, though at least with his confirmed role in the upcoming No Time to Die, there's a chance he might get mildly redeemed.