copied from another post with same subject:
CASTING....
the discrepancy between who WROTE THE STORY and WHO PLAYS THE PROTAGONIST. also discrepancy between a character as he's being portrayed vs. the actor playing him!
so many times, movies are written by artsy, sensitive and afc joes that we can all readily relate with. after all, if you COULD be out there fing hot chicks left and right, WOULDN'T YOU BE?! instead of sitting in a room and writing about it?
and they WRITE ABOUT THEIR LIVES. their frustrations. their inabilities to relate to women.
just as they think that most artists are liberal, it turns out that the point of view presented in most movies comes from the afc crowd.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS:
these movies get cast with ULTRA GOOD LOOKING, don juan guys!
THE LIE IS:
that these guys have lives like we do! and that since a guy that charismatic and cool and good looking can have a life like that, it must be alright (even admirable) to be like that too.
this results in VERY INCONGRUOUS SPECTACLES like brandon routh (new superman) putting lois lane on a pedestal as if she's the end all be all of existence, even though he could have ANYONE!
this plot detail in particular, getting hung up on a single person, is replayed in COUNTLESS movies and re-inforce notions of 'destiny' and 'meant to be' - even though attractive guys in particular would NOT get hung up and simply move on.
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sure, movies are fantasy but because of tricks of CASTING, they can become very very (and unintentionally - i don't think hollywood is TRYING to create afcs) misleading about the nature of life:
- stunningly good looking people have problems too and problems with relationships. BUT THEY ARE NOT THE KINDS OF PROBLEMS THAT AFCs HAVE!!! perhaps beyond the fact that most movies are written by afcs, they don't make movies about the dating problems of beautiful people because it is too unpalatably like the money problems of rich people... audiences would roll their eyes on their way to the exits.
(well, not strictly true: good looking people can acquire DAMAGE and neurosis for being judged solely on their looks... extreme cases lead to careers in porn/stripping, etc. but still, this is not you average joe/jane problem).
- this is a weird phenom: plot points about girls *****ing about being used and tossed aside - and they are stunningly hot. in real life, these are the fat chicks and the unattractive beer goggled acceptable that men use to remain sexual when better options are not available.
- "unattractive characters" being played by stunningly hot men and women with glasses on and bad hair dos and slouching. CLARK KENT is example number one. most ugly duckling stories too. makes audience think "god, i'd totally save her and be with her" where in real life, they would not only not need saving but would not have you! in real life, the ugly friend would REALLY REALLY BE UGLY and you wouldn't have her either.
- men's afc problems being given to attractive women. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE jumps to mind. a woman like that would SOOOOOooooooo not pine over a single guy who was so resistant to her or wait endlessly for him to come around. problem is: writer is AFC guy writing a woman's role, casted woman is HOT.
- this is where was also get the idea that there are attractive girls out there who DON'T KNOW THEY'RE HOT!!! HAHAHAHAHAHhahahahahahahaha! by the time attractive girls clear puberty, they are OVERWHELMINGLY AWARE of how hot they are by almost daily re-affirmations by everyone in their lives (and a few outside!). there is no such thing!!!
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simply beware and be aware that if there are loser characters in a movie, they probably shouldn't look like that.
