What makes a movie GOOD? Q461
You are watching a movie. Q813
What makes a good movie? Q1191
Think movie. Q1262
You are watching a 'scripted' movie. Q1450
Something out of a movie. Q2663
Good movie. Q3070
There are more of course. Q talks about some specific movies, or how certain events are like a movie, but I have been pondering the question, what makes a good movie? I have been thinking about the events currently unfolding, and movies.
Movies contain many elements. Heroes, villains, action, tension, suspense, character arcs, gadgetry, symbolism, story, overcoming great odds, journeys, special effects, dialog, schemes.... etc. Why would we be told to, think movie? One thought I've had is we were being primed to expect a movie level of absurdity to manifest in reality. Like the absurdity of the old Bond villains, set on world destruction. I always found those characters so extreme as to be absurd, but now it seems reality contains more than Bond villian levels of absurdity. We were being told, yes, such evil is real. Such plans are on motion. Believe that you are in mortal danger, and the future of humanity is in question.
All THIS ^^^^ in the above comments by u/ChronicMetamorphosis and u/Hemanbattlecat
For years now, these Hollywood types have joined forces with their ugly, less popular kin in DC in an effort to "drive narratives."
For the weak-minded, they have generally succeeded.
These days, every "product" from toilet paper to a political candidate is vetted, made over, focus grouped, test-marketed ad nauseum. These human products from Congress critters to freshy fresh starlets are pretty much led around by the nose and told what to do by handlers, hangers on, suckfish agents and advisors. It's all financed by the money'd folks who call the shots for their own selfish goals.
There are no coincidences.
It was all pretty much laid out in the 1997 movie that inspired their lot to set about really refining their efforts. Wag the Dog.
Check out this dialogue between lead characters Stanley Motss, (rich, famous, arrogant Hollywood producer hired to drive the narrative in support of a presidential campaign) and the guy who hires him, Conrad 'Connie' Brean -- spin doctor whose job is to do WHATEVER IT TAKES to polish the president's "image." Brean cares not one whit if it helps the country and the people he purports to represent:
FROM IMDB, Wag the Dog (1997), Quotes
Stanley Motss: I'm in show business, yes? Why come to me?
Conrad 'Connie' Brean: Well I'll tell you why, Mr Motss. '54-40-Or Fight', what does that mean?
Stanley Motss: It's a slogan, it's from the, uh...
Conrad 'Connie' Brean: 'Remember the Maine'!
Stanley Motss: Oh yeah, that's from - that's gotta be from the, uh...
Conrad 'Connie' Brean: 'Tippecanoe and Tyler Too'!
Stanley Motss: No, that's not, uh...
Conrad 'Connie' Brean: They're war slogans, Mr. Motss. We remember the slogans, we can't even remember the fucking wars. You know why? That's show business. That's why we're here. Naked girl covered in Napalm. 'V for Victory'. Five Marines raising the flag, Mt. Suribachi. You remember the picture 50 years from now, you'll have forgotten the war. The Gulf War, smart bomb falling down a chimney. 2500 missions a day, 100 days. ONE video of ONE bomb Mr. Motts, the American people bought that war. War is show business - that's why we're here.
These people are SICK.