Hollywood has brainwashed us into thinking there's closure to everything, amirite?

I mean I think the human drive to find deeper meaning into things long predates the movie camera. I bet you'd love The Sopranos ending though

by ApprehensiveBox7288 1 week ago

Literally the purpose of religion. We'll, that and controlling the masses.

by DazzlingOstrich 1 week ago

Have you seen the ending to the Sopranos?

by AdAncient7279 1 week ago

Tv and movies are an escape from real life. Why would I expect them to be exactly like it? If I'm watching something, I want some gd answers.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Not what OP is saying. The point is that real life isn't a movie. You can't expect the same closure IRL.

by DazzlingOstrich 1 week ago

Right…but we aren't watching them because they remind us of real life. We're watching them to escape real life. It gives us closure in ways we need, in which life cannot sometimes.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Again, the point isn't about why we enjoy movies. We all know why movies make us feel good and why we watch them. It's about how movies have trained us to expect that same sort of closure in all aspects of real life.

by DazzlingOstrich 1 week ago

I'm perfectly and painfully aware life is much more bleak than movies and tv shows. That is why I watch.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

And people usually don't expect the same closure irl.

by Josiah13 1 week ago

OP didn't say tv and movies should be exactly like real life.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Can't blame them. A story without an ending isn't something I'd really like to watch.

by Huelsfriedrich 1 week ago

I recommend you watch the movie: A Serious Man

by donwatsica 1 week ago

this is actually really true. good unpopular opinion ✅

by Ondrickazula 1 week ago

American Hollywood movies tend to follow a formula. That's why I prefer foreign films.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Why would i watch or give my time to something with no ending. Thats like half the point.

by East-Drummer 1 week ago

I...think that's just fiction in general. Fiction is usually more satisfying when you have a conclusive ending one way or another. That's basically been a thing since the dawn of story telling.

by willy99 1 week ago

Almost like most stories have a structure.

by Jonathon99 1 week ago

Everything kind of does mean something to you at some point, or the things that you remember. You retain the memory for a reason. Sometimes you don't understand the meaning/impact/lesson, whatever term you want to throw in, till 5, 10, 50 years later. For sure, on a day to day basis things just happen because we're all just trying to survive and wake up the next day. I don't know if you're living life correctly if you think notable moments in your life are "just life" and nothing more. These are things that do fundamentally change you and help you grow, but you don't realize it till you can view in retrospect.

by Kasey37 1 week ago

I think this is one of the reasons we love movies so much… the closure, as you said, the vindication, the comeuppance, the karmic justice.. all these things can be hard to find in the real world so it's very satisfying to see them on screen

by Zestyclose_Many_6043 1 week ago

And another bogus Hollywood myth is that everybody has one true love in the world - and if you can just find that person your life will be perfect.

by taylorturner 1 week ago

Damnit.

by MarionberryBoring 1 week ago

This is actually a good viewpoint. You're right

by Feisty_Praline2443 1 week ago

answer or ending to a story or episode Laughs in David Lynch

by Intelligent-Cow 1 week ago

Most of the shows and movies I've watched have no ending at all.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Tell that to Sophocles

by Ok-Information 1 week ago

Baby Reindeer is a prime example of this

by Anonymous 1 week ago

who hurt you

by Anonymous 1 week ago

*Tricked you.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Brainwashed suggests there is a conspiracy to make us believe that. I think humans just like closure in stories because there is so little in real life.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Bruh!

by MarionberryBoring 1 week ago

Yeah. How Hollywood deals with death and grief is the most in line with this. There is rarely closure to the death of a loved one and a persistence of grief. Then again, films are about entertainment rather than faithful reflections of real life.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I agree. Which is why I love Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

by Anonymous 1 week ago

You often must give yourself closure.

by fayeprosacco 1 week ago

Maybe if you're 20. If you've lived any, you already know better.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Closure? What about like 90% of Netflix series?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Hollywood sells "entertainment". Reality is brutal. I had someone tell me the same to reconcile with my abusive father because "I only have one father". Nah mate, your disney reality is naive and irresponsible. I like to live my life like a story someone may come across later, but whats important is doing what I think is right and letting life throw the punches

by bwolf 1 week ago

The number of amazing shows cancelled after the first season disagrees with you

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Other things Hollywood has brainwashed us to believe Ugly=evil and what is considered beautiful is in an extremely narrow range. Men are entitled to women Conspiracies are more likely than the more obvious answer The answer to society's ills involve heroic individuals free from accountability A long list of racial/ethnic/gender stereotypes Decades from now people will say that the entertainment industry has been a scourge on society

by otho95 1 week ago

But what's your alternative e.g. while some alternatives to the things you're saying Hollywood has brainwashed us to believe are obvious, I've seen some people who think the alternative to the "the answer to society's ills involve heroic individuals free from accountability" thing is to essentially get rid of the Hero's Journey e.g. I saw someone on Tumblr who said ATLA was anti-socialist propaganda pushing the savior myth or whatever by even being about the Avatar character at all instead of just being a different story by a different name in the same setting about a populist revolution in the Earth Kingdom (and this person failed to realize the Unfortunate Implications of that being the China-based area)

by Anonymous 1 week ago