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What show or movie made you root for the antagonist when it was clear the writers wanted you to root for the protagonist?
What show or movie made you root for the antagonist when it was clear the writers wanted you to root for the protagonist?
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Jaws.
I root for the shark.
I was rooting for John Walker to get his revenge the whole way through falcon and the winter soldier. I was really hoping he’d beat up falcon and Bucky in the warehouse cause the way they confronted him after his mental breakdown to take the shield instead of you know calming him down and then worrying about the shield later was absurd. Sam was willing to negotiate and have a peaceful talk with a Karli, a literal terrorist, but not a war veteran suffering from PTSD who had just watched his friend get murdered in front of him.
Superman. Lex Luthor is merely trying to get ahead of a ultra powerful fascist alien. Super man happens to prefer good. Good is relative as frank miller showed us. Imagine superman under trumps control instead of Reagan. Lex was right.
Titanic.
I root for the iceberg.
Batman 1989. Joker is protagonist.
Avengers: Infinity War. In my opinion that was the canonical ending to the MCU.
Halloween.
I root for Michael Myers.
Marley and Me. Not being sarcastic or edgy. The filmmakers worked too hard to make you think of the dog as so cute and lovable but I was just relieved when the annoying thing died.
Gerard Butler in Law Abiding Citizen
The Walking Dead
I watched until the second season, then I realized I hated all the characters and was rooting for the zombies
Both Spider-Man: Homecoming and Far From Home.
The MCU version of Spider-man isn’t “your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man”. He’s a billionaire’s union busting sugar baby. Both movies had antagonists that were an everyman who was wrong by either the government or a major corporation and just wanted to get what was theirs. Their methods weren’t the most agreeable but their goals were not wrong.
Monster. I have sympathy for Aileen Wuornos.
*The Jungle Book.* Mowgli was an annoying little brat and Shere Khan’s concern that he would grow up into a killer of animals was perfectly legitimate.
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Every horror movie where a dumb character just abruptly makes loud noises.
Most Mystery Science Theater episodes, but especially Mega Weapon from Warrior of the Lost world.
I’ll be stunned if anyone knows this reference in 2022.