• Professorozone@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    If I understand you correctly, I think the following might qualify.

    Breaking Bad, Imposter, American History X, American Psycho and Fight club. All pretty popular. You might have seen them.

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      1 year ago

      I’ve seen Breaking Bad recently. Who is it you think changed?

      If you’re thinking of Walter, I’d describe his philosophical change as the emergence of his monster, but without control. He just descended into evil.

      I’m hoping for a story where someone gets better.

      Fight Club is a good example though. (Spoilers) Narrator has found a guru, it’s legit depicted as freeing and enlightening, then you slowly realize the guru is an unhinged psycho without moral grounding, and Narrator wins by killing his guru.

      American History X I haven’t seen in a long time so I barely remember. But Norton’s character transforms there as well if I recall. Thing is, his previous state as a Nazi skinhead isn’t very sympathetic to the audience.

      How are you figuring this fits for for American Psycho?

      (I haven’t seen Imposter)

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        1 year ago

        Well I did preface it by pondering if I fully understood your meaning. I guess I didn’t catch the part about changing for the better.

        In breaking bad my thought process was that, at least from the viewer’s point of view Walter was the good guy, fighting for his life against cancer, and maybe he was, but in the end, not only was he doing evil, but enjoying it.

        So my suggestions were I think more from the viewer’s point of view than the character’s. Imposter is the same, but if you enjoy sci-fi, I think it’s worth a watch. I’d give it an 8. But I haven’t seen it in a long time.