![]() According to wikipedia, these include attributes such as “idealism, courage, and morality.” Unlike traditional heroes of film, literature, and myth, an anti-hero is any hero or lead character who lacks conventional heroic qualities. So, before we dive in further, let’s define an anti-hero first. Anderson directing Daniel Day-Lewis in his portrayal of the infamous anti-hero Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood. Let’s explore this new age of anti-anti-heroes. There are glimmers of a new dawn for the anti-anti-hero, a lead character full of altruism and good-naturedness. However, it’s worth noting that after years of getting darker and darker anti-heroes in film and television, there may be a new ray of hope for our leading characters. Maybe these questions will never have answers. Is this just the world we live in? Do we want our lead characters and blockbuster heroes to be objectively terrible people, or do we simply want them to be complex and reflective of society? And, for the most part, we as filmmakers and the consuming public have been eating it up. Why do we love heroes that we love to hate? The trend for some time now in film and television has been to tell the stories of complicated, compromised, and sometimes downright awful characters. Is this new age of anti-anti-heroes a real trend? Or is it just a lost mirage of a darker turn for those favorite heroes we love to hate?
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