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... It occurred to me... that 99 times out of 100, the hero of the movie aims low. What do I mean?
Typically, the hero is presented with an incident that leads directly to instability in his life. As such, his initial goal is to return to stability.
However, the hero’s stability is, in fact, an unsatisfying state—he just doesn’t know it. He may be in active denial, or he may be blissfully ignorant. One thing’s clear, though. The hero aims low (“Just get my life back to the way it was”) before eventually realizing that this won’t be enough.
He needs to exceed the status quo. Once he does that, he becomes the hero..."
The rules of adaptation. And we all knew this, but in detail: Hollywood is stupid.
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