Examples Screenwriting

This will be good... if we use the same examples for SW tomorrow... e.g.


For Heroes...

• John McClane (Bruce Willis in Die Hard(s)) - Catalyst Hero, Unwilling at first, but quickly changes that, deals a LOT with death, plenty of sacrifice and action but no growth in terms of personality, which is why we love him. Can also be categorized as an Anti-Hero, but for that I'd recommend
  
• The Man with No Name (Clint Eastwood in Good, Bad, Ugly etc.) The best Anti-Hero, also classified as Loner Hero who prefers not to re-join the society, again LOTS of action, death dealing, a bit of sacrifice and practically no growth
• Frodo Baggins is a very Group Oriented Hero (or for that matter the Fellowship as a whole), very unwilling, lots of growth and sacrifice and equal sharing in action

For Mentors...

• Gandalf (Grey or white, whichever u prefer) - god within, acts as Herald when he gives Frodo the damn ring, provides motivation, plants all kinds of information and is a Continuing Mentor as well as Shaman
  
• Q from James Bond(s) - Inventor Mentor, small role but also a huge Gift Giver (DB9)
  
• Doc (Back to the Future) - same as Q, also Comic Mentor, Continuing Mentor, Fallen Mentor, gift giver
• Ra's al Ghul/Henri Ducard (Liam Neeson in Batman Begins) - Only Dark Mentor I can think of in popular movies, trains Batman then turns into the first shadow

For Shadows...

• Sauron (LoTR) doesn't actually exist in physical form, but is the main Shadow
• Saruman (LoTR) can be a Shadow or can be a Threshold Guardian who keeps messing around a lot, tests everybody a lot, helps Frodo and his pals recognize their strengths
• #4 of Mentors
• Lex Luthor from Superman/Smallville would be a Trickster Shadow (if there is any such thing)

For Threshold Guardians...

• All the unknown side-kicks, bodyguards, who have protected the Shadows till now, prefer to get killed with a single chop and get out of the frame as dramatically as they can with arms flaying in the air
  
• But seriously, Saruman is a Threshold Guardian

For Heralds...

• Gandalf was a Herald at one point...
• Can't think of any other clear-cut herald

For Shapeshifter...

• Probably the best shape-shifter would be Kevin Spacey's Roger "Verbal" Kint in The Usual Suspects, but i guess most of you haven't seen that movie.
  
• Gollum is a great shape-shifter both physically and psychologically

For Trickster...

• All comic side-kicks... the book uses examples of some we haven't seen... in modern movies, they'd be like
  
• Do not put one of the comic-duos from movies like Rush Hour, Dumb and Dumber... they're BOTH Trickster Heroes
• Eddy Murphy is NOT a Trickster, he's a TRICKSTER HERO, same goes for Johnny Depp in Pirates
• But Donkey from Shrek is a trickster

That's All Folks!!! Anything else, lemme know