How Do Movies Affect Society

How Do Movies Affect Society?
By Loranne Yaun
If you are a certified fan of movies, it certainly had influenced you a lot in your decisions,
thinking, mood, views, and etc. Movies are one of the best choices of recreation. There are
currently thousands of movies produced by different film industries today.
A romantic movie will give you romantic influence. It may give you some tips on how to
persuade and please your partner or the person you love. It may give you a hint about doing sex
or some affectionate scenes that couples or even youngsters may emulate once they saw it.
Public displays of affection became popular because of the influence of romantic movies. There
are scenes that feature a boy and a girl holding hands while walking in a crowd, kissing and
hugging each other.
As scientists and doctors have proven through careful studies and research, the impact of
violence really depends on the personality and character traits of young adults and children. A
child or teenager who has been brought up in an abusive family and has been hit as a child is
more likely to dash out at other people especially if they have just seen a very violent films.
Film stars have eventually got a huge number of fan followers and the attitude portrayed by the
heroes in a film will be followed by some of them also in their real-life situations. Unfortunately,
not only the educated groups of viewers tend to follow the inappropriate mannerisms that these
heroes portray in the screen. The worst part is the fans will copy the stunts performed albeit they
will risk their lives. Nowadays, we usually notice that the winning formula for a successful
cinema today is about bandit or rebellion, gangster, rowdy and other movies doing sinful actions
unlike before that winning entries are about good manners, legends, ancient characters, cultural
attractions and etc.
On the other hand, there are films that will serve as your sources of information and knowledge.
Research-based movies give you influence of research and inventing new things. A historical
movie tells about the ancient times and their lifestyle which urges man to adopt or in some
manner, influence from them. Classic movies give classic arts and lifestyle. These films are
usually the sources of students for research purposes and it also serves as a means of broadening
their knowledge about different things because it is more lively and perhaps, entertaining.
How do people interpret history? One of the main sources of history are movies because authors
knew that people watch and believe those featured in these films. But the sad part is some data
presented are not absolutely factual. That is the reason why youth are not that good in
interpreting histories because they sometimes grasp the wrong information from films.
Thus, what is the purpose of requiring a rating system for movies and television programs? It is
to raise awareness among the parents and adults if a film incite violence among teenagers and
young children. However, there are still questions whether ratings like Rated "R" or Parental
Guidance (PG) have been the best way to remind older people of their responsibilities to guide
the young ones since we cannot ignore the fact that movie influences are really widespread and if
this continues, it will even encourage children to play video games that are violent and abusive.
Ratings are nonsense if people revolving around the movie industry do not know the right track
of entertaining people considering that children might as well imitate some actions in movies that
are too sensitive and improper.
Almost everybody had experienced circumstances wherein their minds are influenced by what
they see on horror films. According to James Ranel of brown University, the best ways to deal
with horror and violent films that teenagers and young children have seen is by also having
parents or guardians talk with their children because it allows them to understand what they have
just seen and that the film is not real. Some children think that shooting guns are cool. Parents
must talk with their children to make them understand that it is not cool at all and in fact, very
dangerous.
Movies portray reality yet reality portrays movies. Moreover, we should bear in mind that the
world is the stage itself. All of us are merely players and we have our own exits and entrances.
Now, how can we make happy endings if we continue to ruin each episode of our lives with fear,
violence and anger? Like actors or actresses in movies, we should therefore be an exemplary
model in the real world.
Watching movies is not that bad yet we have to know our own limitations. Why don't we play
the reality right instead?
As part of our society, we should always be aware of what is going on around us. We should
participate in cooperating for the betterment of each of us.
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