The character of Christain is an archetype of every "bad movie boyfriend", esp. in horror movies, whether that was intentional or not, I can't say, but that was my read.
In the beginning, he represents the typical marginally attached and halfway present boyfriend, who is mostly selfish and self centered, but retains the facade of a "nice guy" and "good guy", even his friends characterize his behavior as absurd, only they have the opinion he cares too much for Dani, while the audience sees no evidence of this at all. Those segments play on modern relationships mores and tropes, pretty effectively.
His lines, intentional or not, often characterize him as the typical American opportunist and self centered individual, who lazily steals his friends idea, and later entirely abandons him to further his ambitions, (that the friend is black is never referenced, making it ambiguous whether that was the directors intent) I laughed out loud at a few of those lines, I thought the satire was clear.
His attempts to comfort Dani, is shallow and laughable, after witnessing a man being split apart with a massive hammer in a gruesome ritual, he says, with all the gravitas he can muster: "Are you uhhh okay"? "Take some time for yourself", his attempts were some of the movies funniest lines. When things get a little hectic, he is the character saying "Lets split up", he's the dummy, the pawn, the man used for his bland good looks and semen, and disposed of, for the intellectually and character lacking person he has shown himself to be.
*I posted back in July, in regard to the Christian character. I think I am accurate in what the director was conveying, and I think the whole conversation is interesting.
In the beginning, he represents the typical marginally attached and halfway present boyfriend, who is mostly selfish and self centered, but retains the facade of a "nice guy" and "good guy", even his friends characterize his behavior as absurd, only they have the opinion he cares too much for Dani, while the audience sees no evidence of this at all. Those segments play on modern relationships mores and tropes, pretty effectively.
His lines, intentional or not, often characterize him as the typical American opportunist and self centered individual, who lazily steals his friends idea, and later entirely abandons him to further his ambitions, (that the friend is black is never referenced, making it ambiguous whether that was the directors intent) I laughed out loud at a few of those lines, I thought the satire was clear.
His attempts to comfort Dani, is shallow and laughable, after witnessing a man being split apart with a massive hammer in a gruesome ritual, he says, with all the gravitas he can muster: "Are you uhhh okay"? "Take some time for yourself", his attempts were some of the movies funniest lines. When things get a little hectic, he is the character saying "Lets split up", he's the dummy, the pawn, the man used for his bland good looks and semen, and disposed of, for the intellectually and character lacking person he has shown himself to be.
*I posted back in July, in regard to the Christian character. I think I am accurate in what the director was conveying, and I think the whole conversation is interesting.
Chidi 
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