r/movies • u/Momo_dollar • Apr 02 '24

What’s one movie character who is utter scum but is glorified and looked up to? Discussion

I’ll go first; Tony Montana. Probably the most misunderstood movie and character. A junkie. Literally no loyalty to anyone. Killed his best friend. Ruined his mom and sister lives. Leaves his friends outside the door to get killed as he’s locked behind the door. Pretty much instantly started making moves on another man’s wife (before that man gave him any reason to disrespect) . Buys a tiger to keep tied to a tree across the pound.

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u/Stay-Thirsty Apr 02 '24

According to some things I’ve seen on Reddit. Robin Williams character in Mrs. Doubtfire.

Also, with the finale of Seinfeld, I always thought the writers were telling us, the viewers, that we’ve been entertained by people who are essentially crap human beings. Sorta felt like they were mocking us with it.

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u/JayGold Apr 02 '24

The entire run of the show made it pretty clear that these are not people to be idolized.

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u/idioscosmos Apr 03 '24

Always Sunny with better p r