Bad Dads Who (Maybe) Deserve A Break
So there are bad dads and there are bad dads. The kind of dad who’s not above tripping you just to make a joke in front of his friends. The kind who’s all about getting in the way of you and your girflriend’s makeout time. The kind of dad who’ll bludgeon someone to death with a bowling pin.
Here are a few dads who may be firmly entrenched in the “bad” camp, but really deserve a break because really, they’re bad guys but not exactly bad guys.
Daniel Plainview, There Will Be Blood
Sure, he’s a greedy, self-obsessed jerk who, as mentioned, beats someone to death with a bowling pin and sure, he abandons his son when the kid loses his hearing, but is he really that bad? He’s a titan of industry. Sometimes you gotta’ make those kinds of sacrifices.
Jack Torrance, The Shining
Yeah, I mean, chasing your wife with an axe is bad, I get it, but do you guys have any idea how difficult it is to deal with writer’s block? Throw in alcoholism and ghosts and honestly, you’re lucky he didn’t snap the second they got to the Overlook.
Royal Tenenbaum, The Royal Tenenbaums
He stole at least one of his kids’ money, went bankrupt and became an elevator operator. Sure, he causes all kinds of havoc in the Tenenbaum household, but in the end, the sweet old guy redeemed himself by reconnecting with the son he stole money from, while also celebrating life with his family anew.
Sonny Corleone, The Godfather
Some guys just shouldn’t have kids. This has never been more true than in the case of Sonny Corleone, the fiery and explosive son of Vito from The Godfather. The dude is a philandering jerk, sleeping around whenever possible, and a bit of a blunt instrument in the brains department.
Grandpa, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Grandpa is a shriveled creep with a taste for blood and according to The Hitch-hiker, is “the best killer there ever was.” If that resume wasn’t enough, he somehow managed to raise three psychopaths, including the iconic and terrifying Leatherface, into his hellish henchmen.
Sure, we could’ve gone the easy way out and named Darth Vader on here, maybe even Michael Douglas from Fatal Attraction but that’s too easy. Vader, technically, isn’t a bad guy, considering Lucasfilm and Disney have made zillions marketing Anakin Skywalker garbage to kids since the prequels came out.
Daniel Plainview’s got ‘em beat by a mile.
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