tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post8919235118281000947..comments2023-05-04T03:37:04.200-07:00Comments on The Rouge Wave: Who's the Main Character?Julie Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14690487940378619749noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post-52124188113375169012007-12-06T10:20:00.000-08:002007-12-06T10:20:00.000-08:00I think who the main character is according to the...I think who the main character is according to the writer's intention and hopefully therefore plainly borne out on the pages is not a matter for interpretation. I think Hudson was robbed, personally. She should have been nominated for Best Actress because she was the main character. The problem arises, however, in the fact that her character drops out of the story about halfway through, yes? Perhaps that was the consideration? And so by sheer dint of percentage time spent on screen, she was considered supporting? I'm not sure I know the answers to those questions but that was an interesting turn of events.Julie Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14690487940378619749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post-60048965599684870222007-12-06T09:11:00.000-08:002007-12-06T09:11:00.000-08:00I once wrote a script that I thought was about a d...I once wrote a script that I thought was about a daughter but the mother had the arc. Someone pointed out that this was a problem. Now I keep that stuff straight.<BR/><BR/>I think Election, a film I know well, is a dark "anti-romantic comedy" and both main characters are fully developed like in traditional Harry-Met-Sally type of rom coms. However, in most rom coms, one character has slightly more weight. In When Harry Met Sally, it's "When Harry..." for a reason, not When Sally Met Harry. Harry goes through the bigger change. In Tao of Steve, it's more about Steve and his philosophy being tested than it is about the girl, though the girl has an arc too.<BR/><BR/>I think in Election, the Matthew Broderick character is slightly favored, though I have no concrete reason why - just a gut feeling from watching it a few times.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14805340886472955460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post-88433557749428913322007-12-06T08:54:00.000-08:002007-12-06T08:54:00.000-08:00Arguably Hudson is the main character in Dream Gir...Arguably Hudson is the main character in Dream Girls, yet she was given Oscar for supporting. Is it subjective?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post-31612351561565748382007-12-06T08:19:00.000-08:002007-12-06T08:19:00.000-08:00Speaking of Leonardo Di Caprio, who's the main cha...Speaking of Leonardo Di Caprio, who's the main character in Marvin's room? Definitely not Marvin, the dying father. Do you think sometimes Hollywood movie is about who's playing the character, in this case Streep was much bigger than other actors at the time, not who the main character is?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com