Not exact matches
We've made about five
other films, but
in the intervening years, the show business industry has moved entirely toward movies where the
main characters have capes and tights.
The
main characters in the
film choose not to engage
in the reckless behavior their friends are to instead find comfort with each
other, and accept how they're lives have turned out.
Other concerns for parents include Hiller's girlfriend, who is a stripper (a sample of her work is the only sexual content
in the
film), and the cigar the
main character uses as a «reward.»
In both films the main character (s) are perfectly content in their world and while others may come in and try to shake it all u
In both
films the
main character (s) are perfectly content
in their world and while others may come in and try to shake it all u
in their world and while
others may come
in and try to shake it all u
in and try to shake it all up.
Porco Rosso, another «canon» classic from Studio Ghibli, somewhat bucks the trend of the majority of director Hayao Miyazaki's
other films,
in that it feature a male
character as the
main protagonist.
This movie is very
character driven, with more than half the
films run time taking place with our
main characters just sitting
in detention and talking with each
other.
My
other main gripe
in the
film were the girlfriend
characters and their lack of explanation.
«Only the Brave» devotes the first half of its 2 hour, 15 minute runtime to allowing us to get to know these three and a few
other main characters: firefighter Chris (Taylor Kitsch) and Eric's superior Duane (played by Jeff Bridges, who even does a bit of singing
in the
film).
Notably, while there are male
characters in the cast (including husbands and fathers), they aren't the
main characters and barely appear present
in the trailer — suggesting an approach similar to the The Women where the staging of scenes emphasizes that the female
characters» story is happening primarily
in spaces unique to them and often overlooked
in other films.
This is the second
film I remember
in recent years starring Sarah Jessica Parker (Failure to Launch being the
other) where the supporting
characters prove more interesting than the
main players, to the point that the audience, as well as the filmmakers, would rather follow them to the detriment of the overall narrative.
Not that Takal's
film is any less critical of its
main characters, Anna (Mackenzie Davis) and Beth (Caitlin FitzGerald), both best friends who find their affection for each
other severely tested when they decide to spend a weekend out
in Big Sur.
Finally, the
film concentrates on the moment when the four
main characters cause enough friction with each
other that they need to either let go, or get sucked
in to more despair; once the friction is resolved, so is the segment of the story Williams chooses to tell.
On the
other hand, the almost wall - to - wall techno music (reminiscent of Run Lola Run
in its quieter moments), the arty slow - motion and slow - burn pacing of much of the
film, and the enigmatic characterization of the
main character, known only as «The Driver,» lend a surreal feel to the city I know.
Why do these
films, and
others in the action genre, concentrate on the fate of the
main characters while overlooking the loss of human life and the cost of property damage that occur
in their wake?
The first section of the
film is an expositional wonder, as not only are the
main characters (including Secretary of State William Seward (David Strathairn), Republican poobah Preston Blair (Hal Holbrook), radical abolitionist Thaddeus Stevens (Tommy Lee Jones) and various members of the White House - hold, among
others) introduced and motivated, but the political issues involved are explained with a detail, clarity and respect for the audience's intelligence that's extremely rare
in a Hollywood
film.