Many people enjoy discussing and judging the morals of characters in films, but that’s not the main point. Very few characters are entirely good or entirely evil, which tends to result in dull and poorly made movies. Regardless of whether viewers resonate with the story, they should show compassion for the characters. It’s important to interpret their motives and circumstances to understand what led them to make certain decisions and to reflect on ourselves.
That’s not unpopular, it’s wrong. Movies are criticized when the characters are one dimensional and lack moral nuance.
Because it makes them more interesting. If I kick puppies just because I’m “evil” and I like to kick puppies, thats a boring one dimensional character.
If I kick puppies because I genuinely believe that will cure cancer, then that’s more interesting.
But how do not find “justified” evil boring at this point, not every bad guy should be macbeth or dr.frankenstein
It’s like that new stupid wicked witch movie that’s cooming out just because they are an antagonist doesn’t mean they can’t just be a villian, there can be decent characters that don’t need much back story or deep motivation like the joker or judge holden
Like Thanos, his argument is stupid, but he genuinely believed in that, and was powerful enough to do it
To be interesting instead of one note.
They don’t need to have extremes or even contradictions, just some kind of nuance other than good/bad. Spiderman’s moral code being based on not stopping the guy who then killed Uncle Ben in the early 2000s films is nuanced. Captain America standing up for doing the right thing based on his personal experience is nuanced.
It doesn’t have to be moral nuance though. But that is one that gets a lot of criticism because it stands out so much for heroes and villains.
