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HORIZON, 2020-21

Kubrick explains this need to exaggerate movies to

make them realistic in a simple way, reality as we

perceive it is not the final product casted onto the

screens at the cinemas rather a photograph of

reality. it is the ability to capture an interesting

storyline in an authentic way. This is why most

crowd-pleasing movies end up

being a proxy of reality instead of a heightened

version of reality. One such example are most

superhero films, while most of the people we

consider heroes in our daily life are front line

workers and first responders, in movies this

idea of a hero is exaggerated to a level that wipes

out the grey area between good and bad. Generally,

superheroes in movies are all good and as such

their counterparts the Villains are

all bad, although there are a few exceptions

Hollywood is dominated by these superficial

characters.

Romantic comedies are another example of this

flaw that Hollywood has mastered. It reflects an

almost fictional type of humans, A knight in shining

Armour and a Damsel in distress is

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