I, myself, am a victim to the entertainments false advertisings of love and the perfect happy ending. I enjoy these movies and television shows, they give me hope but at the same time they have damaged my vision of love in reality and what you should really be expecting in a guy or in a relationship. Movies and television shows avoid showing the obstacles, hard times, and the failures in love and are focusing mainly on the first stage in a love story which for the most is always happy and exciting. Thanks to all the movies out there, every girl has extremely high expectations about men and men can’t seem to live up to them because they are too high and unrealistic. Hollywood’s fake happy endings are causing much heartbreak and sabotaging peoples love lives every day.
Interesting take on advertising -- looking at entertainment content as advertising itself. A little pessimistic in tone here, but you do make a good point.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with this post. Already, I'm sure every girl is depressed when commercials for "The Vow" come on TV, having high hopes that the movie will be as good as "The Notebook". It's crazy/sad how these ads for a romance movie can already affect many people's (girls and women in particular) lives before the movie is even in theaters.
ReplyDeleteI agree with this post as well. Every television series or movie has some type of love interest. I might always start out rocky but most always it ends with a "happily ever after". This gives out a false message to young females and males about the idea of love. The idea of true love is great, but nothing every works out as perfect as it does in the movies. The reality is that 50% of marriages end in divorce, so these movies just create false hope.
ReplyDeleteI never thought about the point you made but it's a good one. False advertising isn't cool even though it's done on a daily basis. If it seems too good to be true, it probably is. I suggest having no expectations so you avoid being let down and are pleasantly surprised if someone proves you wrong.
ReplyDeleteIf you notice, false advertising doesn't only apply to love. Our perception of beauty are greatly distorted by the media. We grew up playing with Barbie Dolls with blonde hair, hour glass body, and skinny hips, photoshop pictures in magazines, anorexic super stars and models. Are we able to change this perception?
ReplyDeleteHonestly, I couldn't agree more and I think most girls are always sucked into medias false portrayal of love. Related story, every time me and my girl friend go see a romance movie I have to remind her that it is just a movie and not to compare her boyfriend to the male character. I think these movies are great and of course we all love them but we need to acknowledge that it's just a movie. There's no reason my friend should feel under whelmed and unhappy with her own relationship after watching a love movie.
ReplyDeleteI think you make a very good and interesting point. Girls and Women get high hopes of having the "perfect relationship" or having their "fairy tale love story" as see in certain movies or tv shows. Movies and tv shows set high expectations for girls and women when in reality they are just a tv show or movie and not real life. For example, many girls and women want a love story like the one in the movie "The Notebook". "The Notebook" is just a movie and the chances that every girl or woman having a love story like this is unrealistic. People have to realize a movie is just a movie and you can not base your hopes on what the movie portrays.
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