


I often find that it’s hard to relate to nerdy nice guy characters who often get away with the lack of likeable qualities just because “life should have treated them better”. And maybe this wouldn’t be too bad if their characters were just a bit more than “middle aged creep who lives in his mom’s basement is secretly a romantic warrior when put in the right scenario”.Īt least for me, it’s very hard to relate to that kind of protagonist given how that character is usually the most developed out of all the characters in this type movie.
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For many, this movie is very hard to watch because it almost feels like a bunch of middle-aged guy’s writing in nice-guy self inserts of themselves to feel better about whatever mid-life crisis they’re having. Let’s start by brainstorming on writing better and more relatable protagonists. I’ve been thinking a lot about that Adam Sandler movie “Pixels”, and I think I just wrote a summarized alternate plot for it in my head and I need to write it down.
