Growing up, everyone has a favourite movie character that they look up to or idolize in one way or another. For me, I was always fascinated with super heroes such as Batman and Superman, probably because of how cool I thought they looked. Looking back, I really had no clue about what my favourite characters were actually like. I just thought they looked cool, and that was all that mattered to me. Nowadays, as a media fundamentals student, I tend to analyze characters in movies a lot more closely. What I've realized is that movies that consist of a variety of original, yet complex characters are often the best. A great example of this would be John Hughes' Breakfast Club. The movie revolves around 5 vastly different individuals who over the course of the movie grow more and more alike. I think what makes this movie so good is that it shows the transition these characters go through in terms of revealing their pasts and realizing that they aren't all that different. They are all very easy to relate to in at least one way or another, which leads the viewer to feel more emotionally connected to the characters onscreen. Thus, leaving a lasting impact on the viewer.
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