• MF_COOM [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    23 days ago

    IDK I think it’s important to acknowledge a lot of these types of movies also significantly glamorize the protagonist. It’s not typical that the film is 100% critical of the character and dumdums just completely misunderstand it, usually they’re also given cool lines, cool music underscores their actions, cool aesthetics, they’re shot in flattering ways, played by beautiful movie stars, etc.

    • imogen_underscore [it/its, she/her]@hexbear.net
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      23 days ago

      definitely worth mentioning. fight club succumbs to this to the point of just being really bad satire. you gotta think if that many people missed the point it might be a problem with the nature of the work. still love american psycho though.

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      23 days ago

      Honestly just the music probably makes all the difference. Is the protagonist walking down the hall getting upbeat 80s music? They’re doing a cool thing, positive vibes. Some unsettling music, or unexpected silence? Uh-oh, this is bad. What a bsd guy.

      • Krem [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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        23 days ago

        nightcrawler was a fun example of a creepy guy doing creepy stuff creepily while upbeat inspirational music plays. almost feels like a parody of both this type of movie guy as well as bootstraps type movies