we like this movie because we like who we are

Rating: 6/10 (29 April 2009)

okay we see this movie and everything that we suspect that will happen, does actually happen. so why do we love this picture? why do we give this picture so many points? let me begin with the ending. the movie ends the way it does, because otherwise there would be no message. we all know the message from the beginning of the picture, however, and we can tell how the picture is going to end, because we know the rules of Hollywood. we know Hollywood loves making films with a moralistic message. in this movie, that message, the lesson we can learn from all we witness, is way too obvious. so why do we still love this kind of picture? that's not so difficult. we love this kind of picture, because it shows us what we suspect to see, what we want to see. it actually learns us the moral we already know and we like that because by that the movie gives us the feeling we are watching a memory of ourself, something we already know. because we already know what we will see (even if we haven't seen it yet and even if the climax may be shocking for us), we get an approval of ourself. because we like who we are (well, the most of us do), we like this movie.
and that's all there is. this movie isn't a good movie, it's all an illusion. we are watching ourself on the screen and we are hypocrites enough to believe we haven't seen this before and everything is alright. even if we leave the cinema with a feeling of 'good it's just a movie' we are telling ourselves a lie.
this movie is one big lie, there are many faults in it, I guess almost 24. I know it's not easy to understand (because of the so called difference in time), but this movie shows us a mirror. we like this movie because we like who we are.