Uncover the Shocking Screenwriting Blunder That Threatens This Movie’s Classic Status!
You can see the power of active heroes in one of this year’s Oscar hopefuls, Marty Supreme. Marty Supreme has a very wonky plot. It ventures down a lot of weird alleys. But the glue that holds it all together is Marty’s relentless pursuit of his goal. He’s always pushing forward. He has to find a way to compete in the ping-pong championships so he can become champion. That’s all he cares about.

And because he cares about it so much and because he’s always pushing forward to achieve that goal, it smooths over a lot of the film’s less interesting subplots, such as getting a dog back. But even the whole thing with getting the dog back – THAT TOO RESULTS IN MARTY BEING SUPER ACTIVE.
