When two cars are running frantically in the alleys of London, you don't have to worry about the police coming over to stop them, and you don't have to worry that they will block the streets and check them one by one. In the name of plot needs, all unreasonable plots are left behind as the excitement of the next act arrives. People no longer care about the consequences of the shootout, but follow the screenwriter's line of thinking and use love to unlock the password.
When culture is industrialized and streamlined in countries around the world in the name of "creative industries", culture itself is tainted. I have always believed that creation is a very personal thing, especially literary creation. However, Hollywood has rejected this logic. A movie or an American drama often needs dozens of screenwriters to guide people's imaginations. They are like chefs fiddling with condiments, fiddling with all kinds of elements that can definitely sell: murder, violence, fighting, sex, love, Touching, humorous, secretive... It is undeniable that such a movie is really good, just like Sichuan cuisine, as long as people who can eat spicy food will say that Sichuan cuisine is delicious, because the high dose of stimulation makes people forget the pursuit of other flavors.
This is also in line with the psychology of the audience. When you spend money to walk into a movie theater, what you are looking for is a joy, and what you are looking for is excitement. So after watching "Assembly", I had to cry. I was moved when I cried, and it was worth watching when I cried; then I watched "Kung Fu" (sorry, I really can't remember what the latest comedy is that is qualified. ) had to laugh, and after laughing, I had to reminisce, I had to imitate some exaggerated actions, and retell some classic lines, so it was worth it. Compared with this, the abridged version of "Lust and Caution" is not worth it. The audience is under the banner of watching Ang Lee. What they want to see are those "key" plots, and in the end they only see Tang Wei's least sexy tuft of armpit hair. , exclaimed.
In this way, the industrialization of culture is not without benefits. Most of the modern people whose brains are solidified by the work schedule are not at a high level of attainments and appreciation in the cultural field. They reject the deep and embrace the superficial; they give up the elegance and kiss the vulgar; they never intended to be educated and elevated in the cinema, but only to relax in body and mind after a few days of hard labor. "You're already fucking tired, so if you pretend to be somber, and pretend to be elegant, you want to kill me?" Therefore, they were helpless. The process of modernity has melted and molded the monotonous and passive individual, and this monotonous and passive individual can only be treated through modern films. Perhaps it is the truth that "the bell needs to be tied to the bell".
A good way to identify a commercial movie is to guess the plot. Of course, the premise is that you are smart enough but not too unconventional. A few backstage screenwriters are always more active than the audience who passively guess, so you need to be smart enough; but they won't deviate too much from the track. After all, they still have to sell, and you need to satisfy your psychology. The more commercial movies you watch, the less stimulation you have. Righteous people will win after all, beautiful girls will eventually marry that handsome cowboy, and the revenge of killing their father will eventually be avenged by their son... Every time you watch a movie for half an hour, you can basically get it back. Guess the final ending, so your interest no longer follows the main line, but begins to find fun in the details, pompous, humorous, and moved, but how long can such condiments hold up? Is commercial film coming to an end?
I'm afraid not. No matter how artistic people are, they are tired, and no matter how elegant they are, they also have a potential tendency to be vulgar. After all, high and low, after all, high places are very cold. At this moment when people are very afraid of loneliness and very easy to be lonely, no one will always be high. So I was a little tired after watching a few Almodovar movies in the past two days. I found the blockbuster "National Treasure" in the previous paragraph, and while enjoying the thrilling plot, I scolded its poor screenwriting techniques.
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