Unbreakable - Antagonsit and Protagonist

We looked at the ending of the film 'Unbreakable' to see how it represents the binary opposites.
We gathered that the difference between the two main characters even though it challenges the usual conventions of Antagonists and Protagonists.



This picture above shows the contradiction of a typical convention of the antagonist and protagonist in a thriller. As you can see in the picture the antagonist (Samuel L Jackson) it shows he doesn't have the usual and expected abilities of an antagonist because he's disabled therefore the protagonist who is indestructible which is ironic as it is usually him who the weaker one.

The one aspect which is a typical part of a binary opposite thriller is the audience see the antagonist in power between the two main characters as Sam L Jackson leads the protagonist.

This contrasts with our Thriller as our baddy has all the power while in this film it's the opposite way round. The antagonist's way of going against Bruce Willis is verbally rather than physically which is an unexpected way of the baddie winning. Also, Samuel L Jackson makes Bruce feel guilty and sorry for him which is an interesting way to try and defeat the protagonist.
Another unexpected part is the unusual camera angles because usually the antagonist has a high angle camera while the protagonist has the camera angle up high to make them look less powerful. therefore, it contradicts the typical way of how the angles portray a character.

From this small clip of the 30 seconds of the ending, viewers would assume that the antagonist and protagonist is the other way round as it looks like the protagonist is in power.
Furthermore, half way through the clip you see the antagonist become in more power as you can see the worry in Bruce by the camera angles because we see the camera moving by Bruce's eyes and the music helps create the mood of him panicking.