Talk:Bellwether/@comment-27926499-20160306142404/@comment-26423071-20160306150200

I agree with Brad (who is one of my favorite film critics, and I always look forward to his reviews after a movie comes out. For me, he's the new Roger Ebert).

Brad said that the important thing in a good "buddy cop" movie is a mystery. All the really good "buddy cop" movies have a mystery ("Hot Fuzz", "21 Jump Street", "The Other Guys", "Rush Hour").

Brad said that "Zootopia" wouldn't work without the mystery. Without the mystery, it would be bland, boring and generic.

That's why it's so important for Bellwether to be a surprise villain: so that you are unable to figure out the culprit until Judy and Nick themselves figure it out.

I agree that the trope is played in recent Animated Canon movies, but "Zootopia" is the kind of movie that needs a suprise villain-