"One must think like a hero to behave like a merely decent human being." -- May SartonWhat happened to heroes in stories? In older films and stories, heroes were characters who made sacrifices. They were people who thought of others before themselves. At some point we decided that this was unrealistic, and characters like a square-jawed Superman were too corny for us. We were more sophisticated
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Tuesday, September 5, 2006
WHAT’S WRONG WITH EMOTIONS, ANYWAY?
Posted on 3:07 PM by christofer D
When was that last time you felt anything in the movie theater? I mean really felt something for the characters. Did you care who lived and who died? (I don’t mean intellectually, but deep down in your gut.)When a film is really working people come out fired up. They are still giggling at the funny part, or still worked up by exciting part. Or they are still sad because of the melancholy part.
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