Without endearing characters, movies would be completely joyless entities. Luckily, we have characters of all shapes, sizes, races, morals, ethics, faiths, personalities, sexualities, and depth. And sometimes, we find ourselves hooked on a specific character or character type. It’s no astonishing secret that the general public is somewhat enamored by the idea of the movie villain. Someone so treacherous and exciting that, often times, their popularity supersedes that of the person we should be rooting for.
But this list isn’t about villains. It’s about our protagonists (primarily pretty contemporary or re-imagined ones) and how, despite the fact that we love to watch them in movie life, dealing with them on a daily basis is an entirely new challenge. Because it’s easy to love some people from a distance, and much harder to love them when they’re within hugging range.
Note that this is not a knock to any of the characters or movies presented, it’s merely a reflection that sometimes the reason we love people we’ll never know is because we’ll just never have to tolerate them like the other characters in the movie. Keep on causing havoc, boys and girls. We’ll keep loving you for it.
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So solid man! The Jack Sparrow one is just spot on.
Had Bond in my head before I got to him. I like the Bond films but he’s clearly a d-bag, especially the Roger Moore incarnation. He’s also constantly forcing himself on women even when they resist, sometimes even giving them a slap for food measure. And his quips are often just for his own benefit and half the time they don’t even work, what a d**k!