I watched Captain America: The First Avenger this weekend, and as I predicted, it was predictable. Every line, character and subplot has already been used in the countless superhero movies that have been made in the past. Yes, it is a new actor, and yes, it is based off an entirely different comic-book, but all these movies are exactly the same. The hero is always an unfailingly honest person, the hero always gets the sassy girl, the hero always loses his best friend and the hero always wins. The problem with this repetition is that, for some reason, people always get a kick out of it.
Captain America: The First Avenger topped the box office of course. Unless, all the money came from people who watched the movie only to criticize it like me, I have no idea how they do so well. Yes, I understand that I sound like a total snob right now, but it is just that I am so upset how great movies like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Puppet King don’t get the recognition they deserve. The two movies I mentioned are beautifully crafted and filled with swells of emotion. I would consider these two movies an art! The actors give their all in these movies, and they are all wonderful to watch. They deserve to be applauded for their hard work.
My friend who watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind explained what she thought. She said that it (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) was made only to make people feel sad. Yes, I agree, the ending is not a happy-go-lucky kind of ending, but that is not the point of a movie. You are not supposed to just focus on the ending, but instead the moral of the story. The point of the movie is the way it is told. The point of a movie is the little twists in the plot. The point of the movie is the way the actors hold themselves. The point of a movie is the way the colors are displayed on the screen. The point of the movie is to make you feel sad, happy or angry. A movie is suppose to make you feel for the characters, and that is exactly what Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind does. These kind of movies should be the ones that top the box office, but it seems that people have a taste for movies that are unemotional and predictable.