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I thought an interesting quote was '''“Movies matter the most about the things we know the least.” Do other people agree with this?''' I definitely agree. For example, if people are not in a diverse community, then all they know about people different from them is what they see on the screen. Some people put too much trust in Hollywood and they believe that a lot of things are true on screen. -- Justine R.

I thought an interesting quote was '''“Movies matter the most about the things we know the least.” Do other people agree with this?''' I definitely agree. For example, if people are not in a diverse community, then all they know about people different from them is what they see on the screen. Some people put too much trust in Hollywood and they believe that a lot of things are true on screen. -- Justine R.

I absolutely agree with Justine. Some of the most popular movies of the past decades delve into subjects that are utterly foreign to an audience. Whether it's a completely different world, such as the Lord of the Rings trilogy, or a mind-bending concept like The Matrix or Inception, '''people crave original, fresh stories - and to be original these days, you most likely have to come up with something that has never been seen or done before.''' I think this also applies to the escapist notion of films - that you watch a movie to escape your daily issues. You want to put yourself in another world of which you know nothing - where there aren't any cell phones or annoying fire drills or textbooks. H'''istorical films strike an escapist chord usually because they tell of a so-called "simpler" time, or at least a more slowly-paced time.''' We don't know what it would be like to live in these worlds, and I think that is why films that depict those worlds tend to be popular. - Celia

I absolutely agree with Justine. Some of the most popular movies of the past decades delve into subjects that are utterly foreign to an audience. Whether it's a completely different world, such as the Lord of the Rings trilogy, or a mind-bending concept like The Matrix or Inception, '''people crave original, fresh stories - and to be original these days, you most likely have to come up with something that has never been seen or done before.''' I think this also applies to the escapist notion of films - that you watch a movie to escape your daily issues. You want to put yourself in another world of which you know nothing - where there aren't any cell phones or annoying fire drills or textbooks. H'''istorical films strike an escapist chord usually because they tell of a so-called "simpler" time, or at least a more slowly-paced time.''' We don't know what it would be like to live in these worlds, and I think that is why films that depict those worlds tend to be popular. - Celia