Not exact matches
He has paternal
feelings for his adopted daughter Gamora that create valid
dramatic conflict.
With an almost total lack of
dramatic (or even comedic)
conflict, it
feels like it's spinning its narrative wheels for most of its entirely unjustified two - hour - plus running time.
Weiner sometimes treats the illness with some modicum of seriousness, which brings forth some interesting moments, but for the most part, it
feels like a
conflict that never rises to the level of
dramatic importance necessary to draw us into his plight.
The
dramatic conflict is real because as Samantha begins thinking and
feeling for herself, and grows closer to Theodore, he begins making the same judgments and pedantic criticisms of her that affected his previous relationship.
There's no denying that the characters in FFX were clichés, but they were clichés with chemistry and narrative purpose, they were clichés who had to deal with several
dramatic conflicts / plot - points which resulted in interesting interactions on their part, the XIII characters just
feel like they're going through the motions.