TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT!
As a child, have you ever sat down for dinner and weren't allowed to leave the table until you finish your plate? That is what I was taught constantly as a kid, taking everything and leaving nothing behind(including the vegetables). Because of this lesson, I grew up not being picky. But as I grew older, my younger siblings still haven't learn this lesson, so they are picky eaters.
Being a consumer of digital/non-digital entertainment, we have to take the book/movie/painting/etc for what it is. What I mean by that is taking the message that the author/director/artist is trying to send to us by not being picky.
For example: if there is a book that is turned into a movie, people will generally not like it because the director didn't include enough of the book to satisfy them. But if it was a movie turned into a book, people will enjoy it more because it goes further in-depth into the story. But my first example shows that the director is trying to convey as much of the story in under a limited time and still give the same message the book gives.
We, as general consumers, shouldn't be picky. But should ask these questions: What is the message of this book/movie/painting? Is there any new information I can take away from this? (Did I learn anything?)
Don't be picky, but learn something new.
I feel like there's too many "chocolate cake" movies out there. Movies that are aimed at pleasing the audience, because the filmmakers know that their audience will like it. But there's no risk in making these kinds of films. Instead, the audience needs to search out those "vegetable" movies--they're certainly not as popular--but they're good for you because they make you think. And who knows? You may even like them. But that's secondary. As you said, the point is to learn something new; to be changed by the material.
ReplyDeleteI never thought of things this way.... and maybe I will think more into movies/books/stuff a lot deeper now that I have read this. Thanks for the inspiration. :)
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