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Post by ruairiloughran on Mar 5, 2012 1:04:11 GMT
Im looking other member's views on how males are explored in the films of Shane Meadows  have you noticed that none of his characters are fully bad and always show redeeming qualities? why is this? Is it because of Shane's personality and experiences? or is it to add a "no-one is pure evil" realism? |
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Post by Dave on Mar 5, 2012 16:42:42 GMT
I would say it is more to do with the realism. I don't think you're ever likely to find someone who is 100% bad or evil 100% of the time, so to make a character that is 100% bad is just unreal. It also alienates the audience from being able to mentally get into the story because if someone is 100% bad, you can just kind of write them off as an unrealistic monster. By doing that, you lose the realism don't you think?
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Post by jill on Mar 5, 2012 18:25:31 GMT
Hello, welcome to the forum.
I'd say, that's not really true of all males. The gang in Dead Man's Shoes are all pretty nasty and (almost) all get their comeuppance. I think what you say is true of many of Meadows' heroes though. All flawed characters, that achieve some kind of redemption.
Just curious, has anybody read Booker's book on The Seven Basic Plots?
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Post by jill on Mar 5, 2012 20:46:20 GMT
. I don't think you're ever likely to find someone who is 100% bad or evil 100% of the time No? ;D |
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Post by Dave on Mar 6, 2012 15:23:33 GMT
. I don't think you're ever likely to find someone who is 100% bad or evil 100% of the time No? ;D Errr... everyone has to sleep! |
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Post by jill on Mar 6, 2012 21:54:20 GMT
Errr... everyone has to sleep! OK, you win. Bet they have 'bad' dreams though ;D |
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Post by Hyde on Mar 11, 2012 4:28:03 GMT
Maybe bad people dream of being tortured all night and thats why they dish it out in real life, i know a guy who still frowns when he smiles, and that answers your question.
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have you noticed that none of his characters are fully bad and always show redeeming qualities? why is this? Is it because of Shane's personality and experiences? or is it to add a "no-one is pure evil" realism?
