• @Candelestine@lemmy.world
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    287 months ago

    Yea, they take it too far. It’s Hollywood though, they’re selling fantasy for $$$, not actually trying to pass on anything semi-useful.

    • @kautau@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      Yeah, I mean hallmark movies are no different than professional porn, but they target the heart instead of the balls.

      There’s very little foreplay, the actors always look the same, the emotions and acting are overplayed and drawn out, somehow the repetitive scenario they are in is kooky but slightly believable.

      It’s meant to give the viewer the slight idea of “that could be me one day” to enhance their experience and keep them coming back, but once the money shot happens and they close the video, some people carry that baggage with them and think that’s what real life is like.

      • @Candelestine@lemmy.world
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        117 months ago

        Ohhhh that’s a good one. And really, aren’t action films testosterone porn? That shits not real. Irl heroes usually die in the process.

        • @kautau@lemmy.world
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          87 months ago

          That’s true, especially in action films where it’s like “semi-regular guy gets mixed up in something and has to prove just how not regular he is.” Same thing though, false amounts of prep, plot armor to hammer home the point, and some stupid money shot quip once they get the bad guy. It’s all porn all the way down.

          • @SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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            7 months ago

            I’d love to see a realistic action movie where the main protagonist gets shot and starts dying in literally the first combat scene, realizing just how fragile humans are and how stupid they were, and then the rest of the movie dealing with the fallout.

              • Urethra Franklin
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                27 months ago

                Played for comedic effect, but an effective commentary on the trope.

              • @kautau@lemmy.world
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                27 months ago

                lol at my workplace whenever management starts making impossible goals because “that’s what [insert company 10x as large as us] is doing” I just think “aim for the bushes”

            • @SCB@lemmy.world
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              7 months ago

              Lone Survivor is a great example of this, and a true story.

              The true story is actually crazier than the film, of all things. Kind of like Hacksaw Ridge.

              • @Spiralvortexisalie@lemmy.world
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                27 months ago

                In Gran Torino the whole intention of the main character going into the situation was to get shot, and he actually carefully prepared for his death, which seems diametric to an ill prepared hot headed action scene.