Anti-heroes aren’t stereotypical role models. They show little to no remorse for their bad behavior and negative outlooks. They often handle situations with their own interests in mind and they do so without any attention paid to law and order, morals, and ethics.
They can often embody negative characteristics and traits—racism, sexism, a call to violence—many of which are inexcusable if not for the good deeds they manage to accomplish within the story. Look no further than the character of Gran Torino‘s Walt Kowalski for a perfect example.
The personality traits we as a society collectively deem inadmissable are justified (attempted, at least) within the film for three reasons:
Beyond the negatives, the true key to offering the audience an anti-hero to root for is to pepper those characters with good qualities as well. They can surely have their “save the cat” moments, but it has to go beyond that. We have to see them struggle between choosing the good route and the bad route. That struggle is enough to give us hope that there is good within them, even if they don’t do the right thing in the end.
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Awesome. Very good story.