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I don't have experience in any of those countries, but I have watched a lot of B-flicks in the US, and there's a trope where the hero is sad in the 2nd act beca
by 082349872349872 2y ago
I don't have experience in any of those countries, but I have watched a lot of B-flicks in the US, and there's a trope where the hero is sad in the 2nd act because the villain just killed their best friend (usually directly after the enjoyment scene — middle of the W), and they still don't prevail in the 3rd act, until (at the bottom right of the W) they get angry and win, for the happily ever after (top right of the W) Hollywood Ending.
I could easily believe cultures with a different movie tradition might well have less positive (heroic?) views on anger and sadness.
- spacebacon 2y agoIt’s deeper than that. You will need to investigate the heroes journey a bit alongside film semiotics to refine this intuitive view. People often emerge from apathy with sadness. Sadness to anger. Hollywood dramatizes the heroes journey as have most epics prior.
- spacebacon 2y agoThe opposite of Epic is understated. Understanding life is complex (as are films). Viewing both through a semiotic lens helps us not to reduce things to less than their entirety. Films are much less complex than life but watching many of them may help tune complex pattern recognition.