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Hollywood has brainwashed us into thinking there's closure to everything, amirite?
by Longjumping_Let1 week ago
I mean I think the human drive to find deeper meaning into things long predates the movie camera. I bet you'd love The Sopranos ending though
by ApprehensiveBox72881 week ago
Literally the purpose of religion. We'll, that and controlling the masses.
by DazzlingOstrich1 week ago
Have you seen the ending to the Sopranos?
by AdAncient72791 week ago
Tv and movies are an escape from real life. Why would I expect them to be exactly like it? If I'm watching something, I want some gd answers.
by Anonymous1 week ago
Not what OP is saying. The point is that real life isn't a movie. You can't expect the same closure IRL.
by DazzlingOstrich1 week ago
Right…but we aren't watching them because they remind us of real life. We're watching them to escape real life. It gives us closure in ways we need, in which life cannot sometimes.
by Anonymous1 week ago
Again, the point isn't about why we enjoy movies. We all know why movies make us feel good and why we watch them. It's about how movies have trained us to expect that same sort of closure in all aspects of real life.
by DazzlingOstrich1 week ago
I'm perfectly and painfully aware life is much more bleak than movies and tv shows. That is why I watch.
by Anonymous1 week ago
And people usually don't expect the same closure irl.
by Josiah131 week ago
OP didn't say tv and movies should be exactly like real life.
by Anonymous1 week ago
Can't blame them. A story without an ending isn't something I'd really like to watch.
by Huelsfriedrich1 week ago
I recommend you watch the movie: A Serious Man
by donwatsica1 week ago
this is actually really true. good unpopular opinion ✅
by Ondrickazula1 week ago
American Hollywood movies tend to follow a formula. That's why I prefer foreign films.
by Anonymous1 week ago
Why would i watch or give my time to something with no ending. Thats like half the point.
by East-Drummer1 week ago
I...think that's just fiction in general. Fiction is usually more satisfying when you have a conclusive ending one way or another. That's basically been a thing since the dawn of story telling.
by willy991 week ago
Almost like most stories have a structure.
by Jonathon991 week ago
Everything kind of does mean something to you at some point, or the things that you remember. You retain the memory for a reason. Sometimes you don't understand the meaning/impact/lesson, whatever term you want to throw in, till 5, 10, 50 years later. For sure, on a day to day basis things just happen because we're all just trying to survive and wake up the next day. I don't know if you're living life correctly if you think notable moments in your life are "just life" and nothing more. These are things that do fundamentally change you and help you grow, but you don't realize it till you can view in retrospect.
by Kasey371 week ago
I think this is one of the reasons we love movies so much… the closure, as you said, the vindication, the comeuppance, the karmic justice.. all these things can be hard to find in the real world so it's very satisfying to see them on screen
by Zestyclose_Many_60431 week ago
And another bogus Hollywood myth is that everybody has one true love in the world - and if you can just find that person your life will be perfect.
by taylorturner1 week ago
Damnit.
by MarionberryBoring1 week ago
This is actually a good viewpoint. You're right
by Feisty_Praline24431 week ago
answer or ending to a story or episode Laughs in David Lynch
by Intelligent-Cow1 week ago
Most of the shows and movies I've watched have no ending at all.
by Anonymous1 week ago
Tell that to Sophocles
by Ok-Information1 week ago
Baby Reindeer is a prime example of this
by Anonymous1 week ago
who hurt you
by Anonymous1 week ago
*Tricked you.
by Anonymous1 week ago
Brainwashed suggests there is a conspiracy to make us believe that. I think humans just like closure in stories because there is so little in real life.
by Anonymous1 week ago
Bruh!
by MarionberryBoring1 week ago
Yeah. How Hollywood deals with death and grief is the most in line with this. There is rarely closure to the death of a loved one and a persistence of grief. Then again, films are about entertainment rather than faithful reflections of real life.
by Anonymous1 week ago
I agree. Which is why I love Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
by Anonymous1 week ago
You often must give yourself closure.
by fayeprosacco1 week ago
Maybe if you're 20. If you've lived any, you already know better.
by Anonymous1 week ago
Closure? What about like 90% of Netflix series?
by Anonymous1 week ago
Hollywood sells "entertainment". Reality is brutal. I had someone tell me the same to reconcile with my abusive father because "I only have one father". Nah mate, your disney reality is naive and irresponsible. I like to live my life like a story someone may come across later, but whats important is doing what I think is right and letting life throw the punches
by bwolf1 week ago
The number of amazing shows cancelled after the first season disagrees with you
by Anonymous1 week ago
Other things Hollywood has brainwashed us to believe Ugly=evil and what is considered beautiful is in an extremely narrow range. Men are entitled to women Conspiracies are more likely than the more obvious answer The answer to society's ills involve heroic individuals free from accountability A long list of racial/ethnic/gender stereotypes Decades from now people will say that the entertainment industry has been a scourge on society
by otho951 week ago
But what's your alternative e.g. while some alternatives to the things you're saying Hollywood has brainwashed us to believe are obvious, I've seen some people who think the alternative to the "the answer to society's ills involve heroic individuals free from accountability" thing is to essentially get rid of the Hero's Journey e.g. I saw someone on Tumblr who said ATLA was anti-socialist propaganda pushing the savior myth or whatever by even being about the Avatar character at all instead of just being a different story by a different name in the same setting about a populist revolution in the Earth Kingdom (and this person failed to realize the Unfortunate Implications of that being the China-based area)
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