What did it build? I mean - I've seen that movie - it went exactly as expected. Guy loses parents, guy gets angry, guy seeks revenge, guy sees revenge is useless, guy runs off, guy meets a father figure, father figure teaches guy, guy betrays father figure, guy returns to seek revenge, his revenge is subtle and he tries not to be like those he seeks revenge against, guy gets almost killed by father figure, father figure wants to teach him a new lesson, guy stops evil, guy kills father figure without hurting his own morals ... the structure and pacing is fast and rapid - it's very sugary - it's like drinking coffee and exploding into an attention that doesn't exist.

It builds like a car race hoping to fit as much exposition as possible while the main theme is a guy that seeks a father figure because his dad died. I don't hate the movie - but saying writers could learn from this is fucking arrogant. Every writer knows the cliches ... they know about arcs ... they understand structure and why it exist ... this like someone coming screaming at a grocery clerk because they aren't stocking food the way they think it should be stocked.