Originally posted by Don Vercetti: I didn't really like any of the characters although I sympathized for Blance to an extent as well as Stanley, but I'm surprised you liked Brando's character, especially after
I'm surprised you think so, DV. A character doesn't have to be nice and correct to be liked by audience, IMO. Otherwise none would like, say, Michael Corleone, who, incidentally, killed his brother! I mean, you like characters when you are emotionally struck by them, no matter how vicious they may be. Of course you don't agree with what they’re doing, but that's moral, not art. As a matter of fact, I happen to like vicious characters (as long as they have a great dramatic value) more than the "good" ones. Basically, because I find them more interesting!
I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic. I try to give that to people. I do misrepresent things. I don't tell the truth. I tell what ought to be truth (Blanche/A streetcar named desire)
I mean, you like characters when you are emotionally struck by them, no matter how vicious they may be. Of course you don't agree with what they’re doing, but that's moral, not art. As a matter of fact, I happen to like vicious characters (as long as they have a great dramatic value) more than the "good" ones. Basically, because I find them more interesting! 
