Why It's Great
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How to Write a Great Protagonist
What makes a character worth watching?
Characters need conflict and contradiction just as much as a good plot does. We are social creatures, and so much of our existence involves studying other people and trying to ascertain their motives. The more confusing and contradictory someone is, the more effort we put into trying to understand them. Life is all about conflict and struggle-two opposing forces coming together to produce a new outcome. Don Draper is the perfect example, and here's why...
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  • @user-bj2lu9qt3o
    @user-bj2lu9qt3o 3 дні тому

    still a great movie

  • @CultofThings
    @CultofThings 4 дні тому

    I think it’s about a world without mercy.

  • @Selekyo
    @Selekyo 7 днів тому

    Your essay is so well thought out. Loved your editing and critique, you articulate so well why this movie and PTA is genius.

  • @eddievanhouten
    @eddievanhouten 8 днів тому

    Don’t focus on totalitarianism too long. I’m not saying you are wrong but the movie is shot so vague that we can still interpret it in today’s context. Let’s ask the question of how is a commercial different from Caligari? You see a future and therefore in sleepwalking state you buy it but in the end you don’t feel better. Furthermore, aren’t commercial not created by people who do nothing else in their life to study human behaviors and needs and dreams and so on? This movie is more subversive than They Live by John Carpenter and I wouldn’t have thought it would be possible.

  • @barttcounts8456
    @barttcounts8456 10 днів тому

    I passed 6 kidney stones in about 4 months. Small ones. I passed 1 years later that hurt worse than the others combined. Take care, I needed a procedure to remove scar tissue from a really 'sensitive' area after passing so many.

  • @supernoobsmith5718
    @supernoobsmith5718 11 днів тому

    Complete trash. Couldn't watch past 30 minutes.

  • @beckjayjohn5781
    @beckjayjohn5781 12 днів тому

    The demon that eats sick children souls is easily the most terrifying monster in the series

  • @Deevo037
    @Deevo037 14 днів тому

    You call this the golden years of television? What are you smoking?

  • @judypolstra
    @judypolstra 15 днів тому

    TIMELESS!!

  • @GoryBMovie
    @GoryBMovie 16 днів тому

    Love this! Great video and the inclusion of Truby's The Anatomy of Story was well done.

  • @bvarela5180
    @bvarela5180 16 днів тому

    GLENN!!!

  • @larrycorman6465
    @larrycorman6465 18 днів тому

    You can NOT skip The Gunslinger! It establishes Rolands all encompassing focus on the man in black and the Dark Tower. Roland is never again this single minded in the whole series. I would have preferred this Roland to the one he becomes for the entire series. It is a necessary drive to match the seriousness of the task (saving EVERYTHING)

    • @WhyItsGreat
      @WhyItsGreat 17 днів тому

      Agreed. I don't think the series would be ruined if someone started at Drawing of the Three and then went back eventually. But I feel like it's less rewarding

  • @Saylessbro
    @Saylessbro 18 днів тому

    I feel like Sally bugs may have tried to strangle Frank if he had sat in the front seat and Frank knew this which is why he insisted to sit in the back during the fish in the back seat scene

  • @cg-tj7065
    @cg-tj7065 20 днів тому

    Im falling a sleep watching this

  • @eschaton2834
    @eschaton2834 20 днів тому

    I loved this movie.

  • @bsketbaler
    @bsketbaler 20 днів тому

    Great explanation. Have a different respect for the movie now.

  • @2010LACES
    @2010LACES 21 день тому

    So true about the mindset. The second watch, I knew what I was in for and it was a much better viewing experience

  • @mydragonseyes8177
    @mydragonseyes8177 22 дні тому

    Long days and pleasant nights.

  • @johncarlostrevino2907
    @johncarlostrevino2907 22 дні тому

    Nice.

  • @sigmamale9506
    @sigmamale9506 23 дні тому

    *_Jimmy With A Law Degree Is Like A Chimp With A Machine Gun_* ~ *Chuck Mcgill*

  • @Tuzzman234
    @Tuzzman234 24 дні тому

    I honestly enjoy both more, they're both perfectly acted, brilliantly paced, and MAGNIFICENTLY scripted, I'd give them both a bravo Vince

  • @pblaser1774
    @pblaser1774 29 днів тому

    Did i like the irishman? yes. but also i’m only 30 seconds in and shut up nerd.

  • @GoddessPallasAthena
    @GoddessPallasAthena Місяць тому

    I didn't realize till I started my (rather haphazard) rewatch was, SOOO MUCH FORESHADOWING throughout. Makes rewatchig more fun.

  • @legslou2
    @legslou2 Місяць тому

    Nice video :D

  • @rahmanishtiaquejoy4223
    @rahmanishtiaquejoy4223 Місяць тому

    Great Video! The fact that this came up in my recommendations as I am in season 3 of binge watching this show makes me question everything I know about the concept of privacy.

  • @stevenruiz5367
    @stevenruiz5367 Місяць тому

    I do not like this movie it was way too much with the audio. It got in the way.

  • @kairyu2914
    @kairyu2914 Місяць тому

    so beautiful.

  • @vendettabreadman6796
    @vendettabreadman6796 Місяць тому

    what were the song titles in the background

  • @jessicafeeney3996
    @jessicafeeney3996 Місяць тому

    I kept thinking she’d wake up 😥

  • @PaulRWorthington
    @PaulRWorthington Місяць тому

    Thanks, I enjoyed the video. The Art Of Dramatic Writing is an excellent book more new writers should study.

    • @WhyItsGreat
      @WhyItsGreat Місяць тому

      Thanks! Egri's book is my go-to recommendation

  • @TheAdventuresofDayday
    @TheAdventuresofDayday Місяць тому

    You speak too slow

    • @stizanley3987
      @stizanley3987 Місяць тому

      Watch the vid on 1.25 speed.

    • @Kappadar
      @Kappadar Місяць тому

      @@stizanley3987 Based reply

  • @TheAdventuresofDayday
    @TheAdventuresofDayday Місяць тому

    Walter didn’t use his skills to deal meth as a way to his hospital bills

  • @TheAdventuresofDayday
    @TheAdventuresofDayday Місяць тому

    The whole video should have ended at around 2 minutes

  • @CtDawG77
    @CtDawG77 Місяць тому

    Movie Felt like I took the Brown Acid. Guess you need a doctorate in Arthurian legends to understand the Visual story that has next to no dialog to explain it

  • @unknowninfinium4353
    @unknowninfinium4353 Місяць тому

    Just got into the channel with the Punch Drumk Love Analysis and now this. Not surprised. Better to stick with Critical Drinker.

  • @unknowninfinium4353
    @unknowninfinium4353 Місяць тому

    In reality it is impossible. W@hm3n chase Chads. That's why we have Art. This movie is an art.

  • @mohanicus
    @mohanicus Місяць тому

    Fantastic film

  • @amazingblur3543
    @amazingblur3543 Місяць тому

    This video appeared when I searched "why do Terrence Malick films suck," I didn't even think of him as making Christian movies, but I think that answers the question. The main thing I hate about his films post Thin Red Line is how overwhelming pretentious they are, which is exactly the same problem Christian films can't avoid by their very nature. Also, The Thin Red Line is also a bit pretentious, but I can stomach it at least.

  • @henryhill3778
    @henryhill3778 Місяць тому

    Waste of time. 3 hours of a washed up actor trying to be relevant again. Robert De Lustional.

  • @LM-gm9yo
    @LM-gm9yo Місяць тому

    Apparently the director of this movie was so enamored with Dev Patel that he drew him on a horseback and then proceeded to make every character of this movie gently caress his face, which is Unfathomably based and valid

  • @khangastain
    @khangastain Місяць тому

    I kind of like how the final line "Now off with your head" could be literal, or like "now go off with your head(intact)"

  • @kellybrooks4767
    @kellybrooks4767 Місяць тому

    Too bad the detector never gets the consequences due for his actions on set and off - that's the real tragedy here

  • @aubreymataka9947
    @aubreymataka9947 Місяць тому

    I've watched this movie several times, and I continue to enjoy it

  • @dylantd9189
    @dylantd9189 Місяць тому

    My friend is OBSESSED with Buffy, so I am watching it currently (in S4, dealing with Oz leaving, it's a difficult time)... But so far, I hate the Buffy/Angel storyline. I cried more when Jenny died, like maybe cause I don't care for Angel at all. 🤷

  • @HipsterKaren
    @HipsterKaren Місяць тому

    This is why youtube was invented.

  • @user-fo7nh7ln3c
    @user-fo7nh7ln3c Місяць тому

    I really enjoyed this video. It showed abundant new knowledge on this movie which I found confusing in some aspects. After you explained its correlation to Icarus, it made sense to me how his tragedy was formated. The idle carelessness to the fall of Icarus and the idle inconsideration of Mary-Lou and the professor are what led to Tommy's downfall.

  • @yourguitarist
    @yourguitarist Місяць тому

    @23:12 This is like the third video that I have watched that throws shade at The Gunslinger. And I don't get it. I was hooked from the first sentence. Its the only one if the series that I have read 3 times. It's not "slow". Its the shortest in the series. You guys are quite a bit younger than me. Maybe this this a mellinial thing. We're being told that attention spans are shrinking and maybe that's why younger folks find the Gunslinger slow. I feel like people will look at videos like this end up skipping the Gunslinger and there is absolutely no reason to skip it. Its excellent.

    • @WhyItsGreat
      @WhyItsGreat Місяць тому

      I think you're reading too much into this comment. We both love The Gunslinger. Hell, I was 13 years old when I first read it. It was my first King book, and it made me fall in love with his work. But it's a known fact that a lot of other people struggle with the book, hence my brother suggesting *some* start with book 2. I don't agree with this, but I get the impulse. Also, a book's length doesn't always equate to the pace of the story. It is slower paced. But I love it nonetheless.

  • @kendaph11
    @kendaph11 Місяць тому

    “Off…with your head”. He lives.

  • @LarsOfTheMohicans
    @LarsOfTheMohicans Місяць тому

    This movie was pretentious, postmodern drecc. Had to rewatch "Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" from the 80's as a chaser to wash that vile taste out of my eyes.

  • @subhajitghosh6868
    @subhajitghosh6868 Місяць тому

    Honestly if i didn't knew this...i woukd have not liked the movie...thank you no w i can enjoy it to its full