Why is it that watching movies make an impact much greater than listening to real life experiences?
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I believe that this is because of the use of symbolism. Movies have short frame of time to tell stories and pass on messages, so most use very strong symbols, and most of the ones used are universally recognised in most cultures.\n\nThis is because they have the effect of triggering subconsious emotional responses in viewers. In the real world, we experience everything in real time, and nobody is directing our attention in specific directions. As such it will take much more time for things to sink in.\n\nI hope this helps.
543439
Life isn't like the movies. The sooner you learn that, the better off you will be.
388307
movies are different from reality.
588808
Its good to go to the movie theatre in the weekend n c 1 of these n relax n laugh(no matter its a comedy or not),atleast i dont have to use my brains here.LOL :)\nExpect for a few rest all r the same n nowadays they r becoming bolder day by day,just in the presentation.Wish they could be bolder in the thoughts too.\nFilm makers shud realize that people are not dumb.
601249
Some classical music have an extra ordinary effect on me. I have to stop what I'm doing and listen to it.  I feel it  filling up my body it's so beauty.  I don't know why music has that effect on humans.  There must be a scientific reason.
38867
I believe tv desensitizes us from what we see in real life.  Often it can lead to accepting things that we might have found morally or lawfully wrong had we not watched the shows we watch IMO.
995864
if a fictional movie can change your beliefs, then maybe your beliefs are worth holding on to
298954
Some people decide to adopt the "gangsta" lifestyle. Rap is a part of this but not ALL of it. I think peer pressure impacts our personal decision making more than music. Most people know that movies, video games and song lyrics are fiction. \n\nBut I do believe the media, especially the news programs that people believe are true... do impact people's beliefs. Although most of it is propaganda and brainwashing.
915295
When observing life one has to step back from precognition and judgment in order to observe reality.  Real life is actually seeing things as they are, and not as you want them to be.
141995
Agree on that... Isnt it a bit stupid to watch other people lifes when you can have so much more fun living yours...\nThese days people are obsessed with "reality" shows while not seeing the reality around them, not noiticing the lack of reality in the shows...
76387
I really enjoyed that docufilm. It made me realize that in my life, there are certain things that happen because I have trained my brain to respond in that manner. If I can disconnect the neurons in my brain and retrain them, I may not be as angry at life as I think I am. So, lets say, my husband comes home late. I automatically assume some ghastly vision which included some other woman. But, if I just breathe and not assume, let the explanation carry itself, I might possibly not freak out the next time it happens. It is basically learning to tell your brain not to think what it normally does. So, all in all, I think it is a good film for people like me with actual mental instability, it might help someone else relearn to react differently.
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There is great debate over this. Originally, social scientists (of the 1960s) claimed that audiences certainly would be influenced by what they saw on screen. But in those days, the subjects of social studies were perceived as inferior and incapable of understanding their position in life.\n\nIn more recent times, the social sciences tend to regard the people they are studying as more capable and self-aware individuals. Audiences are now perceived as being intelligent enough to not just copy what they see in film.\nNowadays, social scientists tend to ask more emotion-based, qualitative questions, rather than scientific, positivist questions, so they realise that not everyone interprets things in the same way, and that audiences can read whatever meaning they want to in a film. Supposedly this means that films cannot influence audiences...\n\nPersonally, I do think that film can influence our lives, but in a more subtle way; I do believe that mainstream (Hollywood) films carry within them the political beliefs of the culture that produced them. When we are constantly bombarded with their hegemonic content, it is sure to influence the way we view the world.\n\nSome postmodern films from the horror genre have attempted to critique violence in film, but to do so they have had to include it. Natural Born Killers by Oliver Stone is a classic example of a film which was slated and censored for containing gratuitous violence, even though it tried to critique this very thing!\n\nContact me if you want any more details!
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If I was in your shoes, I'd be proud to have a boyfriend who never hurt me, and was always there for me. Relationships on the movies are not realistic, they are made the way they are to make us feel excited so we get a thrill from watching it, so relationships are portrayed in a way that isn't real. They are movies for a reason - entertainment and not real life.
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It heightens your senses, you feel things much more accutely and time seems to pass more slowly because you notice things more.  You can have amazing, indepth conversations, problem is it shortens your short term memory span so you are likely to forget what your converstation is about before you even get to finishing it.  It's great fun though and it can make sex amazing.x
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They both serve as great distractions from life. A song is like a three minute vacation, all of your fears, mishaps and shortcomings disappear. Movies are basically the same thing except that they stimulate the optical aspect of your life too.\n\nThey can allow people feelings that they wouldn't otherwise be able to feel. Somtimes songs are perfect for the way you feel already, just prolonging the stimulation you already had.
716757
maybe its to do with detachment. When you're in real company, there's an atmosphere. It's not just our ears, but our presence?
439048
Unlike TV, reading allows you to paint your own pictures in your mind of how everything being described looks and feels. It is much more personal to a person to enjoy a good story that they pictured in thier own mind for themselves. TV just presents the story as is and leaves no room for your own creative input.