I am one huge movie fan. I am one of those guys who go through all those reviews and critics and trailers trying to find out which movies to watch. Then after watching a movie that I think is great I scan the reviews and critics again to see whether there are others like me who think the same about that movie.
As of lately I have seen a flood of superheroes coming to our lives through the silver screen. Now Hollywood is a multi-million dollar business so they won’t give all these Super Heroes if they didn’t bring in some heavy cash. The superhero movies are doing so great that even spoofs are coming on to the big screen.
So think about it how do all these superhero movies do so well in Box Office? How do they create a buzz? Most of all how do they get so many viewers? What do all these “Super Heroes” have in common?
Well may it be the wall crawling Spider Man or the high flying, x-ray visioned Super Man or the knight of darkness Batman they all have one thing in common, yeah you guessed it THEY FIGHT CRIME.
Today we live in the fast moving, ever changing, highly competitive 21st century where we sometimes have to do morally questionable things (which are not illegal by the way)to be competitive, but deep down inside we still have the ability to distinguish the RIGHT from WRONG, the GOOD from EVIL. Well it is this thing deep down inside that keeps our humanity intact. We still remember those bedtime stories our parents/ grandparents used to tell us. Remember those stories about the mighty kings, Robin Hood, William Tel? Wasn’t there a time we wanted to be like those legends?
Well now, we have grown up we have accepted reality, and most of us lack that courage to be the man who changes the world. But still somewhere within us we still want to be that man, who fights the corrupt system, deals with the people who we think bring unfairness and evil in to our life. This is where the super hero comes in. He’s that man come to life. That’s why we love those super heroes so much.
Why are most superheroes masked? Well you’d say that it is to protect their privacy and to protect their loved ones from coming to harm. But just think of it this way, isn’t it easy to place our face within that masked face. With a masked face it is much easier to fantasize ourselves as the super hero. We forget all our problems, those misunderstandings at the work place, the exam that you have to sit for which you have not yet studied, we forget about all of them embrace our dreams. For a brief period during the movie and after that (just think of the times you fantasized in your alone time about various parts in movies) you are helping people, changing the world and most of all feeling satisfied with your self.
Well this is why I think Super Hero movies are doing so well today, but then again I am no Psychologist or Social Analyst so it’s open for debate.
PS : and if u are wondering who my favorite super hero is well it’s the Batman.
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