Movie Fight Club: Question 3
What’s the best case case of character development?
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Rosalee Quaid, the mother in the film Hostiles. Played by Rosamund Pike, the character is a pioneer mother whose husband and three children are murdered by Camanchees in the opening scene. Her trauma and hatred toward all Indians is deep, yet by the end of the film through a number of additional experiences she defending others. It's an amazing performance too.
I'm going with Mike Wazowski in Monster's University.
Why am I picking a character from an animated Pixar film over Mr. Darcy or that "Fool of a Took"? Because it's different. Your average good character development story starts out with an average nobody, a whinny farmboy or that cocky person nobody likes, who then earns their way into the spotlight becoming the star, the hero or warrior. They deserve it, it's great. Those stories are some of the best.
But Mike strives for the spotlight, does all the work, knows all the stuff, wants it more than anything...and doesn't actually get what he thought he wanted, because he was meant for something else. He was meant to be the coach, not the star. And he finds propose and happiness in a position that was never even on his radar.
Maybe I'm making to big a deal about a kid's film, but hey,
It has good character development. 😁