Today am going to talk about movies. Why do we watch movies? And what do we like to watch in movies? Please note that all views and thoughts here are mine. And all generalizations done here about people and mankind are either extrapolations of what I think/believe or are my assumptions/guesses, based on my fundas of the world. (It's funny, one declaration and you have licence to talk any crap!)
There are two schools of thought (there ought to be) on what movies are meant for. None of them exist as far as I know, and I don't know much anyway, more so in this area. But there must be 2 schools, coz they make sense to me. Here they are - (i)People watch movies to see their dreams, fantasies & nightmares in action. Now dreams, fantasies & nightmares can be good, bad, ugly, dirty, scary and whatnot. That's why we have myriad varieties of movies. (ii) People want to see reality in movies.
The second school of thought, I believe, is not true. It is actually an illusion people have in their minds, and comes from the (i) itself. People want to see their ideas and perceptions of reality live on screen. (Could have included this in (i) along with dreams, fantasies & nightmares. But chalta hai :P.) It gives them immense satisfaction and self-assurance. Works a great deal in boosting the self-esteem of any individual.
I think I have somehow answered both questions we started with - Why do we watch movies? And what do we like to watch in movies? Please comment to express your views on this topic. (I'll reply/respond with mine.) There is a lot of shit we can talk on this topic. I have not even scratched the surface properly.
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Ellen
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Awesome post YV. I simply cannot think of anything else but very much the same thougts for the reson "Why we watch movies".
ReplyDeleteI agree with your 2 school of thoughts but i feel you could add one more thought to it which belongs to the community of artists.
I know for a common man movies are a medium of entertainment but then there's a gorup which is nowadays growing rapidly that see's
movies as a presentation of an art form. They think it like a huge collage by a group of artists. They appreciate, criticize on the basis of that. Yes the entertainment factor will always be there as it is what your subconscious mind always look for in any form of art. I can say all this because of i am an artist too and i love movies, its my life line. Great post dude i like it.
-Hitesh