If you flip through the newspaper, more often than not, movie reviews are classified under the entertainment section. A fair deal, considering that movies are created to entertain people, to whisk them into a make-believe world where good always triumphs over evil, where bad guys finish last and happy endings are always the order of the day.
You would then have to agree with me when I say that movies are created as a form of escape, a mental sanctuary from the harsh and cruel world for 180 minutes. Which also set you back $8.50.
Then, why should movies be labeled as entertainment?
I think they should be called cocoons instead.
Movies are the cocoons for the mind, to shield them against the realities of the world and immerse them in the perfect fantasy world. The movie experience is not only about the story but also about the removal from reality the movie-goer can experience when they are engrossed in the story.
And with that, it gives the movie-goer a renewed sense of hope and purpose, that everything will be ok with this world. Just like false hopes.
The truth is, nothing is fair in this world.
And movies are the heroin to fix it.
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u sure $8.50 only mah?
i rem my last movie was $10.50!!
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