Is it possible for a movie to have no main character?
Jar Jar main character, MEESA BUMP THREAD TO PAGE 1!
>>214958942Of course not. Stoklasa is a retard. He's not even the main char on his show. Rich is.
Goodfellas has no main characters and Scorsese said so himself.
>>214958942All four of them are right there.
>>214959157that's not how main characters work.
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>>214958942... huhmaybe its qui gon? he's the driving force behind most of the plot points
>>214959093... its ray liotta. Sorry scorcese doesnt know his own movie
>>214958942Cloud AtlasMagnolia
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Queen Amidala is the hero of the movie?https://youtu.be/AHXLsHOdPiw?t=4219
>>214959388he's a secondary character. He doesn't have any development or conflicts to deal with that differs from other Jedi in his position would face.
qui gon is the closest thing to main character. in retrospect this is really dumb since he dies and never shows up again. it should have been obi wan but he does nothing to drive the plot forward 90% of the time. why was he on the ship during the tatooine part?
>>214959818>why was he on the ship during the tatooine part?Someone has to protect the queen and watch over the ship in case scavengers come, retard.
>>214959915It would have been better if Qui-Gon stayed on the ship and Obi-Wan was the one who went out and found Anakin
>>214958942Usually, there is either one or there are two main characters that are considered protagonists in movies and books. Sometimes, three protagonists could work, but four may be pushing it, and it is difficult to juggle between that many characters just about equally while still calling all four of them protagonists. Generally, one person or sometimes two in a group stand out to be the protagonists of a story.
>>214959966Obi-wan was still in training and it was very important they get the part or else they are stuck forever. Look how hard it was to get it for Qui-gon. Obi-wan would've not known what to do and they'd be fucked.
>>214959388>he's the driving force
proof again that most prequel harters are just too retarded to appreciate them
>>214958942>give autist blank cheque>he makes a movie with no character development, no protagonist and a bunch of childish crapthis proves they dont have souls right?
>>214958942The main character is Amidala. The story is about her and her planet being blockaded. The Jedi were there because of her, she met Anakin and he helped her get off of Tatooine.The story of Episode I was oriented around the Queen, I don't know how that went over people's heads.
>>214958942Jar Jar was the main character
>>214960435>MEESA GIVE YOUSA TACO BELL SHITS! YOUSA IN BIG DOO DOO NOW!
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That's actually pretty crazy. I honestly can't think of a movie without a clear protagonist except for Star Wars Episode 1.
Pulp Fiction
>>214960580i look like this
>>214958942All the actors in the prequels gave bland boring performances except for the emperor
>>214958942Of course it is. Ensemble-lead stories are nearly as old as fiction itself.
>>214960683Yeah this works. But it's almost cheating like an anthology film. Each of the segments has a clear protagonist.
>>214958942This is called a 'mini-plot' movie. Just remember that main character does not necessarily mean protagonist or vice versa.t. screenwriter
>>214960900Even in ensemble films there's usually a character who is more important than the others. My first thought was Kubrick's ensemble heist movie "The Killing" but Johnny Clay is clearly the center of the story under any amount of examination.
>>214959054Mike and jay are big faggots.Rich is based and racist
>>214958942Sounds like you have no selfinsert and it makes you seethe, cope and dialate
>>214960347>Prequels are meant to show Darth Vader's back-story>the queen is the main character
>>214958942Sin City
HMPH. HOW WUDE!
>>214958942who is the main character in snatch?
sebulba was actually the most important character in the movie
>>214958942This is one of the dumbest critiques of a movie that has plenty of legitimate ones. Qui Gonn is the main character. He's played by the biggest star, is the dominant character on the poster, and is the primary decision maker in the story, driving all the events of the film. How is this even a question?
>>214962158You could make the same argument for Obi-Wan and a new hope then.
>>214960671The protagonist is Luke Skywalker, as an unfertilized egg in padme's ovaries. Episode one exists as a pure prequel, to explain how things were and to set up the next two movies so Lukes story can be explained.
>>214960435Back when George was all in on Jar Jar being the master Sith and the key to everything. Taco Bell was showing the way all along.
>>214958942Each of the Jedi has to accept the coming of a new age and their role in it. Qui gon is a man of action, of old world principals who could no longer operate in a more political atmosphere. Obi wan was more ambitious and politically savvy but nor as ambitious as anakin who lacked any political or diplomatic ability and operated on purely emotional and idealistic whims. He represents the revolutionary spirit that would topple the republic and empire. Obi wan is the middle ground the man stuck between the new ways and the old, who understands action and restraint, who understood that some level of politicking was necessary.
>>214962336No you cant. It’s not even remotely analogous. >>214961630Thats an anthology of vignettes, each of which has a clear main character of its own.
>>214958942Even if we accepted that there wasn't a main character (which I don't), why would that even be an issue? What the fuck are they even talking about? It really goes to show that RLM is in an arrested development state when it comes to film taste.
>>214960435>>214960580>Squeeze me!!
>>214958942>ensemble cast movies>every buddy movie everYes
>>214962822Exactly. People always cite some artsy movie like Pulp Fiction, but any random ensemble film like Breakfast Club has no specific main character.
>>214958942Yeah the fast and furious movies before paul walker died. And any buddy cop movie
>>214962822the main character was the cool guy with the hat. everyone else was side characters.
>>214958942>some fat fuck on the internet, who made a terrible movie, thinks one of the most successful film makers ever should have done things more to his taste Grow up faggot
