Everybody thinks they know that Films and life are separate entities but do they really know this? I question this because we all expect our lives to turn out as we see characters in the movies lives turn out. Whether that is with a happy ending or not. We take inspiration from what we see in films, whether that is good or bad. Should we really be doing this, as this surely leads our expectations to the level that cannot compete with the lives that we lead. The people behind the characters don't lead perfect lives, how can they? If anything they are worse than us because everyone wants to know every detail of their personal life, down to what diet they're on or what underwear they're wearing.
Life isn't a film, it won't always end happily ever after the way that Hollywood seems to be telling us. Maybe we should all watch more documentary style films or independent films that deal with gritty subject matter and completely go against the trends of Hollywood.
But we, as a group, don't want this. The reason that Hollywood is the 'world famous Hollywood' is because we use film to escape our lives and Hollywood releases some of the films that are the farthest way out of our reality. The only thing is that somewhere along the way we have realised that life is not a film yet we expect it to be one.
Maybe Indie films aren't the answer, maybe it's animated films. They aren't real, I mean the characters barely even change their clothes but even they seem to be getting to look more realistic. My example of this is the Pixar Short 'The Blue Umbrella', that short is the most realistic animation I have ever seen. Well, up to the point in which the Umbrella's eyes open, it kind of loses the reality of the picture (the actual image on screen, not the fact that Umbrella's don't have eyes).
As much as you guys reading this may think I'm ranting, I'm not (or at least trying not to). I'm just questioning where the films end and reality begins, because those lines have been blurred somewhere along the way. My confession to all this, is that as much as I try not to, I still expect my life to turn out like a Disney movie.
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