buydvdezynews

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Men Feelings & Movies


An armload of articles tell us that men aren’t as in touch with their feelings as their female companions Queer As Folk DVD. Women apparently speak three times as much as men (Fiona Macrae, Daily Mail, July 11, 2010) and women seem to be better at distinguishing among emotions with “a keener sense of processing auditory, visual and audio-visual emotions.” Queer As Folk DVD
Whether you agree with the premise or the research, what does seem demonstrable is that more men than women buy tickets to movies driven by plot. Women it seems prefer character-centered films Queer As Folk DVD. We men all know the difference. Plot movies are driven by actions that take place in the external world while character films get their juice from internal emotions. It’s simple. Plot movies equal maximum action with minimal feelings; character movies Queer As Folk DVD, well, it’s the other way around.
The Character ArcMaybe not. Everyone in the film business Queer As Folk DVD– the American film business Queer As Folk DVD certainly - is surprisingly obsessed with feelings and not just for movies Queer As Folk DVD set about dysfunctional Thanksgivings. Filmmakers of all genres - and remember that most of these people are (still) guys - clamor to ensure that their movie hero has a well-defined ‘Character Arc;’ you just can’t say “roll camera” without it Queer As Folk DVD. And a Character Arc Queer As Folk DVD set is a description of the emotional changes to the hero that happens while the story unfolds.
Batman and Bond Just a second.
What about Batman? The action hero in the campy black cape has got to be as emotionally flat as his comic book panels.Queer As Folk DVD set
Take a look at the way feelings move the story forward in Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins (2005) through the reverberating connections between the hero’s emotions and his subsequent actions: a boy’s grief at his parent’s murder becomes a man’s frozen anger Queer As Folk DVD set that mutates into aggressive revenge and finally transforms into desire for civic justice.Queer As Folk DVD set
James Bond? For 45 years, the martinis Queer As Folk DVD for the never-changing 007 were always shaken not stirred, regardless of what actor played the invulnerable spy.Queer As Folk DVD
But in 2007 the producers decided to reboot the character with Daniel Craig as Bond in Casino Royale. This Bond was steely but vulnerable, a man wounded by his past and “able to be hurt in body and soul” (Roger Ebert, August 17, 2007). Watch the action in this film Queer As Folk DVD– it’s fueled by these feelings.
Avatar: Action = EmotionJames Cameron’s sci-fi adventure, Avatar, is chock full of action, soaring movement, physical confrontation, gun battles and dog fights. It’s also the emotional journey of the main character, Jake Scully, played by Sam Worthington.Queer As Folk DVD
An ex-Marine, Scully arrives on the planet Pandora to take his late brother’s place as the mental animator of the genetically engineered creatures that move among the Na’vi, the tall blue-colored inhabitants of this forested planet Queer As Folk DVD. Colonel Quaritch, the commander of the private army for the mining company here to extract a rare mineral from beneath the verdant land Queer As Folk DVD, promises new legs for Scully if he will act as the spy among the locals looking for weaknesses that the company can exploit.
Taken under the wing of Na’vi Princess Neytire, Jake’s commitment to his colonel’s mission is compromised when he first falls in love with Neytire and then begins to empathize with the Na’vi people Queer As Folk DVD. When she discovers his original mission, Neytiri accuses Jake of betrayal. Colonel Quaritch Queer As Folk DVD sees Jake disabling a bulldozer to protect the Na’vi and he too ceases to trust Jake who now becomes an outcast to both worlds.
From a cocky soldier to a lover with deepening ties to an alien community to a man suffering emotional isolation, Jake rides a roller coaster of feelings Queer As Folk DVD. Each step of the story corresponds to a new moment in Jake’s emotional journey. They’re inseparable.Queer As Folk seasons 1-5 DVD boxset
Emotional UndercurrentsFeelings are tricky things. While we notice the big moments like anger and hunger we often miss the myriad feelings that course Queer As Folk DVD through our day and affect the way we respond to people and events. Movies Queer As Folk seasons 1-5 DVD boxset and the characters in them sharpen those moments for us and make them recognizable.
Paying attention to the emotions in movies Queer As Folk DVD can help one recognize the undercurrents of feeling in one's own life.
It may even get you a date. Or keep one.

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]

<< Home