After five-day school work, watching an American movie or more specifically, a Hollywood movie would be on my schedule of the weekend. Surely, it is really of great excitement and relaxation to watch a gorgeous movie. However, a few days ago, I found myself suddenly losing the interest in movies when I intended to get one in my mobile HDD filled with them. After having watched dozens of them, it seems that there are some “formulas” of Hollywood movies which I cannot say directly but do exist.
Seldom, there is a tragic ending among hundreds of Hollywood movies. Usually, a miracle would happen when an unhappy ending is about to come. Ironically, many classic movies (here, “classic movies” refer to those movies which could be enjoyed for a dozens of years) are tragic movies such as Titanic, Edward scissorhands and Private Ryan. I think sometimes a tragic ending more easily makes people think of what has caused the tragedy and how to prevent it to happen. Conversely, people seldom explore a movie with a happy ending in depth. At present, people have got used to easily accept a movie with a happy ending quickly and are unwilling to spend more time exploring a tragedy.
Those famous filmmakers have sensed it. And that is exactly how they make movies. They took and are taking advantage of people’s need for fast movies and they have made a lot of money in this way. They do not care as much as money whether the movies they made are classic or not. They went to great lengths to make movies more attractive and profitable. They are more businessmen than transmitters of ideas.
Economically speaking, it is a voluntary exchange: audiences have the joy and the moviemakers get the money. Both of them would say thank you to each other and every one should be happy. But in my opinion, joy is not the only aim of watching movies.
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