I suppose if you haven’t watched the film, don’t read this. Though there’s no real spoiler, I want you to see the film, and think for yourself. Was Damien evil? Did he need to be? Just why do we sympathize with him?
See I consider myself a villians expert. I study literature part-time. I like bad guys. I make em up all the time in my head. And when I watched this film, I realized one thing: the villian was dope.
Good acting all around. An excellent film. But was the bad guy, well, evil enough? He just seemed like he had a little bad luck: he was the wrong dude at the wrong time in the wrong place. It’s like that old adage; two cattle farmers and one ranch. Either one could be the bad guy; it was like that for Damien. He could have just as well been the hero of this here tale.
So what do y’all think? Do we need to place villians in a box? Do they need to be blood curdling evil chaps? Should damien have been a gang banger with a grudge? Could he have been more evil? Did we need to hate him more? And sympathize with him less?
This movie made me think: Just why did I sympathize with the bad guy? And that’s quite the feat – more than some run of the mill films can do for you – this flim makes you think.
Awesome film. If you haven’t seen it already. I highly reccomend it.
