Thursday, July 19, 2007

When Movie was Art

Sifting comments on the movie BRIGHT FUTURE in IMDB, I saw a distinction between those who like it and those who don't. Movies used to be an art form, but since Hollywood makes it into an industry, we have seen more and more sequels (MI 3, Spiderman 3, HP5, Die Hard 4).
OK, there are paintings named like "No. 151" and symphonies named like "No. 47", but those works are so distinct that you can't see any signs of "No. 150" in "No. 151", while movie sequels are just telling the same kind of story of the same people in a similar setting.

OK, that's all entertainment, so who cares. But wait, is that the same kind of mentality that drives the voters to favor "Bush 2" over "Kerry"?


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