There’s no doubt that sex and violence are increasing in motion pictures today. But why is this? Are people just accepting what movie producers are giving them or do we demand the sexual and violent content. I think it goes both ways.
Sex sell, no ifs, ands, or buts about it. Sexual content is stimulating and violence is exciting. Once people get a taste, they want more and more. So, the movie producers deliver to their audience whatever will give them the biggest profit.
Of course, not everyone enjoys these kinds of films, but they will watch them anyways because those are the only kinds of movies that are available to them. The plot of a movie may be very good but with a lot of bad “extra stuff” and most people will go and watch it regardless. Not too long ago my roommate brought home the movie Atonement for us to watch. The film received a lot of good ratings and was said to have beautiful cinematography, but it is rated R. I’m ashamed to say that I watched it anyway. It was a very good movie but it did contain a lot of violence, sex, and bad words.
Movie producers know what a lot of people want (sex and violence) so they cater to them. People who don’t particularly enjoy that sort of thing are likely to go watch a film with offensive content because they simply want to see the movie, so they just deal with the garbage.
What kind of movie would I make for a box-office hit in 2008?The most popular movies these days are the ones that were originally books. Twilight, Harry Potter, and The Lord of the Rings are just a few examples of box-office hits that were first books. I would find a very popular book among children, teens, and adults alike and create a great movie from that. For some reason, people are fascinated and curious when a book becomes a movie; so much so that they just have to see it.
Sex sell, no ifs, ands, or buts about it. Sexual content is stimulating and violence is exciting. Once people get a taste, they want more and more. So, the movie producers deliver to their audience whatever will give them the biggest profit.
Of course, not everyone enjoys these kinds of films, but they will watch them anyways because those are the only kinds of movies that are available to them. The plot of a movie may be very good but with a lot of bad “extra stuff” and most people will go and watch it regardless. Not too long ago my roommate brought home the movie Atonement for us to watch. The film received a lot of good ratings and was said to have beautiful cinematography, but it is rated R. I’m ashamed to say that I watched it anyway. It was a very good movie but it did contain a lot of violence, sex, and bad words.
Movie producers know what a lot of people want (sex and violence) so they cater to them. People who don’t particularly enjoy that sort of thing are likely to go watch a film with offensive content because they simply want to see the movie, so they just deal with the garbage.
What kind of movie would I make for a box-office hit in 2008?The most popular movies these days are the ones that were originally books. Twilight, Harry Potter, and The Lord of the Rings are just a few examples of box-office hits that were first books. I would find a very popular book among children, teens, and adults alike and create a great movie from that. For some reason, people are fascinated and curious when a book becomes a movie; so much so that they just have to see it.
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