Are movies right?

[robocop (actually)]

Movies like to take things that we vaguely know about and exploit our ignorance; call it fantasy.
They also take amazing true stories and show them to us to convince us of what they want.

This is the way they choose to teach us about the world. Part real part exaggeration part exploitation.

Are movies right or wrong to do this? What I'm asking is, is the movie in the correct format for spending your two hours as best you can?

 

[Father Heathen]

I know, right? Imagine my crushing disappointment when I tried to book a vacation to Gondor.

 

[RabbiO]

The only fantasy I see here is your take on the film industry. It bears no relationship to the industry I was a part of for a good number of years.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Generally, even "based on a true story" take creative leaps, liberally inject changes to the story, and factory process it into a "blockbuster hit" that bears little resemblance to the real thing.

 

[Willamena]

Movies like to take things that we vaguely know about and exploit our ignorance; call it fantasy.
They also take amazing true stories and show them to us to convince us of what they want.

This is the way they choose to teach us about the world. Part real part exaggeration part exploitation.

Are movies right or wrong to do this? What I'm asking is, is the movie in the correct format for spending your two hours as best you can?

Movies are entertainment.

 

[osgart]

Well if you read syd fields books on screenplays, conflict drives the story. Without conflict you really dont have a movie people are going to see.

Thats a shame because id like to be inspired by a movie. The opposite of conflict is harmony. My question is can harmony carry a movie. Perhaps a movie about extraordinary people finding a way to achieve something would carry some worthy drama. Reality is a problem to be solved. Adversity is made to overcome.

Im pretty tired of portrayals of evil myself.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Well if you read syd fields books on screenplays, conflict drives the story. Without conflict you really dont have a movie people are going to see.

Conflict of some sort has been the norm for story telling for many ages. Whether it be a conflict among the gods, a human outwitting a trickster, or a moral dilemma, conflict-driven stories probably aren't going anywhere anytime soon.

 

[Earthling]

Movies like to take things that we vaguely know about and exploit our ignorance; call it fantasy.
They also take amazing true stories and show them to us to convince us of what they want.

This is the way they choose to teach us about the world. Part real part exaggeration part exploitation.

Are movies right or wrong to do this? What I'm asking is, is the movie in the correct format for spending your two hours as best you can?

Like George Orwell said, all art is propaganda. I think that stories that are based on truth should try not to embellish them as much as possible. If you are going to make a movie that is based on true events it's ok to make that claim so long as you don't distort it any more than is absolutely necessary. If you're going to make a film that is loosely based on truth don't bother to make the claim. Go ahead and make the film, but without the claim.

Moderation is the key I suppose, like anything else. Movies are good to take me away, but I don't want to spend too much time with them.

 

[Jesster]

If Spice World isn't right, I don't know what is.

 

[Stevicus]

Movies like to take things that we vaguely know about and exploit our ignorance; call it fantasy.
They also take amazing true stories and show them to us to convince us of what they want.

This is the way they choose to teach us about the world. Part real part exaggeration part exploitation.

Are movies right or wrong to do this? What I'm asking is, is the movie in the correct format for spending your two hours as best you can?

It depends on who's making the movie, I suppose, although there are some who seem to want to dazzle people with special effects, loud explosions, riveting action scenes, and gratuitous sex, while the plots are often thin, full of holes, and lack any real depth or meaning.

But sometimes, mindless entertainment can be fun - a temporary escape from mundane reality. They're in business to make money, so I guess they do what they set out to do.

But sometimes I think they take themselves too seriously and think of themselves as more important than sideshow or circus performers.

Some people even think the Academy Awards are important. They're not.

 

[Revoltingest]

The only fantasy I see here is your take on the film industry. It bears no relationship to the industry I was a part of for a good number of years.

Are all Jews in the movie industry?
I knew it!

 

[robocop (actually)]

The only fantasy I see here is your take on the film industry. It bears no relationship to the industry I was a part of for a good number of years.

I'm sorry... I was not trying to say movies are bad. I was just comparing and contrasting to start a discussion. It was a good discussion!