Would you stop at nothing to save the world?

All of those things you listed are better than being dead.

Does this hero have any other powers besides flying?

ahhh thank you for your useless answers, very helpful.

I suppose it depends on the film. Seems to me that in most films where the hero becomes a suspect, the confusion usually gets resolved by the end. When it doesn’t, I’d say it is probably making a point about the focus of humans in modern life. I do relate to the hero trying to save the world at any cost, more than I relate to people trying to stay out of trouble and work within the money/debt/insurance/legal/sanity systems that are so prevalent.

I think typically in Hollywood films it’s more about repeating their own formulas, stereotypes and conventions, and to add excitement, tension, irony, drama, and marketability. Because. ironically enough, the industrial entertainers who make such films tend to be very concerned with money, credit, etc. ;-)

For me it wouldn’t be about doing a good deed, but about caring about death, destruction and suffering of others and not just myself or the disruption of everyday life.

Why is my answer useless? I don’t know about you, but I’d rather go through hell than be dead.

If i have to save the world by myself, it probably is already lost.

This is a sincere answer, @tyrantxseries.

I don’t think it has anything to do with what the actual thought process would be if someone were truly in the position of this hero. Rather, I think it’s about drawing an audience so the movie will make money for its investors. These are guaranteed attractors of a certain kind of audience:

— a regular joe getting drawn into a situation much bigger than he is
— David-and-Goliath scenarios (little guy taking on superpower)
— car chases
— blowing shit up
— end-of-the-world scenarios
— one guy tackling a problem with his bare hands, wits, and grit, with all supports taken away one by one

It sounds kind of like a “take one from column A, one from column B” approach to screenwriting.

Does this movie also have (a) a damsel in distress, (b) a kid, (c) a dog, and/or (d) a wise old guy who dies early?

@Ivan “but I’d rather go through hell than be dead” that’s great but has nothing to do with the question

in the details I need help understanding these types of movies, does it have something to do with “the ultimate good deed”, or that anyone can be a hero, or self sacrifice for the greater good or something???

lol he dies in the end

At least he won’t have to worry about his “credit rating”! ;-)

If the world needs saving that badly and we’re on the brink of total failure, I’m going to enlist the aid of Chuck Norris. If he can’t save the world, no one can. Right?

@Bluefreedom: Well, now that Chuck Heston’s not around, maybe… ;-P

What in the world are you watching?