Pretty Woman

The other night I watched the movie "Pretty Woman." While watching the movie I realized that the main characters, Vivian and Edward, were extremely dynamic. Even though the plot is similar to that of "Cinderella," the characters in the two movies are very different. In "Pretty Woman" the audience can see how Vivian’s and Edward’s personalities change as the movie progresses, whereas in "Cinderella" the characters are static and do not change. The character development in "Pretty Woman" not only made the movie interesting, but also made the characters more relatable. For example, in the beginning of the movie, Vivian is a prostitute without self esteem, but by the end of the movie she transforms into a self assured woman. Another example is Edward, in the beginning he is too engrossed in his work to build relationships with people, but at the end of the movie he learns that creating and maintaining relationship can be equally as important as his work. The characters in "Pretty Woman" change just like people do in real life, which is what the make the movie more relatable and more realistic than "Cinderella." Dynamic characters are very important to the success of a movie because they allow the viewer to build relationships with the people he or she sees on screen.