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[RioBroski]

"Character development is something that makes one character different from the other. To see how they coexist."

[benjaminread]

In no particular order:
Daniel Plainview (There Will Be Blood)
Hans Landa (Inglorious Basterds)
Lisa (Ponyo)
Joker (The Dark Knight)
Jane Eyre (book of same name)

[lewislewis]

5 perfect characters:

-RJ Macready
-Rose The Hat
-Clarice Starling
-Ash Williams
-Andy Dufresne

Sidenote: I also love Ellen Ripley, Ladybug from Bullet Train and David Dunn from Unbreakable. All discover to be considered as perfect

[mechtech]

A lot of brilliant information was shared in this clip. Thank You so much!

[Siriusly_Sirius]

With Harry Potter though, he is nothing without the characters that he surrounds himself with.

[joshliam]

1. George Bailey
2. Samwise Gamgee
3. Han Solo
4. Phil Connors
5. Randall P McMurphy

[mathieucote-desjardins]

Are you referring Quiz Show 1994? Can you tell more info about this movie?

[kenthe]

(In no order)
Omar from "The Wire"
Nurse Ratched
Ron Swanson
Ellen Ripley
Holden Caulfield

[derikjmercado]

Loki (prisoners)
Tyron (game of thrones)
Cowardly lion (wizard of oz)
Tom joad (the grapes of wrath)
Winter soldier

[marcioventura]

1 - Anakin Skywalker (before Vadder)
2 - Peter Parker
3 - Al Simmons (Spawn)
4 - Hannibal Lecter
5 - Leonard (Memento)

[ajtaylor]

Wolverine/Logan, Indiana Jones, Luke Skywalker, Tony Stark, and Matt Murdock.

[VedranPrema]

I disagree with what he said at the end that we naturally root for protagonists whether they're good or bad. Surely, there are examples of protagonists we didn't root for or antagonists we rooted for. It is the portrayal of the character that is relatable. And if people relate more to villains because they have cool gadgets, silluethes, interesting manerisms then yeah....that does tell about a culture alot

[carnthecorby]

1. Richard III from The White Queen.
2. Jaime Lannister from Game of Thrones.
3. Cullen Bohannon from Hell on Wheels.
4. James Gordon from Gotham.
5. Bellamy Blake from The 100.

[tolvfen]

You can have characters who belongs to a hard magic system but looks like a soft magic system?, ,, this dude looks eerie familiar to that dude who had opinions aboute the covid?

[whitemansucks]

I enjoy transmedia content. Thank you.

[alexispapageorgiou]

Pirates of the Caribbean / First Blood / Kill Bill / Darth Vader / The mask (not Stanley)

[sl]

reading all these comments... I realized how important it is to develop more three dimensional protagonist female characters for feature films.. Don't be offended by this comment please. I'm not trying to "attack" men by saying this. It's just an observation.

[Lazarusrizing]

I love the latter part of this interview. I think we root for the guy doing bad because we know what it's like to be that frustrated. But I think it's also very telling. It's the murdering of conscience. It's seeking approval in a world that approves bullying and abuse. But it's that thing where we have the double-standard. We just don't want that evil done to us or to our loved ones. I even see echoes of it in how people view Christians in media. It's subtle and it's present. The hatred and the vitriol for anyone who stands with God is absolutely Anti-Christ. I think the world knows it. I think the world is cool with it. Because we try to remake what is goodness. Which is very telling about where we are going in this world. It's going to be quite horrific.

[Nautilus]

Let's ask a guy ... who's done NOTHING.

[TheNYCFilmmaker]

Laughing at everyone who thinks what he is saying is insightful. It's not. He isn't saying anything beyond the obvious. Then to throw in costumes is absurd on the screenwriting level. All you need is the bare minimum. Let the director, costume designer and maybe production designer come together for a vision of the such.

I don't here this guy talking about, or rather breakdown character arc in relation to theme. He isn't saying anything about want vs need. Conflicting values. He isn't saying anything about the importance of writers knowing their characters on a sociological, psychological and physiological level. He brushes over the importance of characterization conjoined with normal world and he did so by mistake.

And no, you cannot just put any bad guy as a protagonist and the audience will root for them. It's not so simplistic. What he doesn't understand are the nuances put into successful bad guys as protagonists that make the film work, nuances like character recognition (humanistic traits, admirable qualities, "pity"?), character fascination (traits, details, attitude, flaws, inner conflicts, etc.), which he did cover but on a superficial level, and mystery. Those are among the many things that will make a bad guy work as a protagonist.

The first film he mentions is Hunger Games. He lost me there.

1. Michael Corleone
2. Scarlett O'Hara
3. Terry Malloy (On The Waterfront)
4. Tony Soprano
5. Blanche DuBois (A Streetcar Named Desire)