Thoughts On What Makes a Good Thriller Part 1 - Kye

  I think the most crucial thing to make a good thriller is character's. It is so important in my opinion. Thriller's are so tense and engaging because we connect with the protagonists on the screen. David Fincher once said that he likes to push his characters over the edge. This is true, in all of his films, the protagonists suffer a lot of pain and tragedy. My favourite example of character in a thriller is the film Zodiac which is directed by David Fincher. The character who i'm talking about is Robert Graysmith who is played wonderfully by Jake Gyllenhaal. This character is a cartoonist, who gradually becomes obsessed with the Zodiac killer. We connect with this character because the viewers also become obsessed with the Zodiac killer because it is such an interesting and horrifying case.