Scriptnotes on conflict

Today on Scriptnotes they talked about the issue of conflict in movies. They state that while conflict is bad in real life it is essential for movies. This makes sense, just about every film needs a villain or hero. I saw Rob Zombie once say while inducting Alice Cooper into the rock and roll hall of fame ask what good would James Bond be without Goldfinger or Dr No. He said that then “he would just be some swab boring guy in a tux with a nit picky drink order who likes to say his name a lot.” And he’s right without a villain to fight James Bond would be nothing. So therefore that’s what the hosts of Scriptnotes are talking about here. It’s essential that conflict be a part of movies or otherwise it won’t be exciting or enjoyable to the viewer. They use the movie Whiplash as an example for the conflict between the boy and his instructor. I think this is a very brutal but good example of what conflict is like. The chemistry between those two characters is what you would expect tense conflict to be like in a movie. So I think this episode does a great job talking about conflict.