The COMMON theme...

Is it me or has every movie (except the ones I did not see) that have been posted here have a common theme towards a path of harmlessness in them? Let me expound on this -

If you divide reality into two seperate categories - violence and nonviolence - and you stand in one category while attacking the other, there will never be a world without harm. It appears that society will blame or condemn those that are responsible for social injustices (like many of the movies listed here). If society continues to do this then the degree of violence is not recognized and there will be no impact towards a world without harm.

I am overanalyzing here (that damn philosophy degree again!). I just wanted to note that all of the films that affected us had to deal with the character removing himself/herself from one category and seeing things from the other side which lead to an understanding of what could be construed as a social injustice. Just a thought.

Thanks again to all of you for your input. I think it was more therapy than anything else. I recently had a difficult time with an opinion on one of my scripts. I was told it will never sell because society will never embrace it. You have all listed movies here that were embraced by society and contained themes of social injustices. So, poo on them. The script will sell...sometime...somewhere. Thanks again!

LP

I unintentionally started a new thread based on the thread I started about being truly touched, sorry for the inconvenience...Where's my coffee?

LP

LP If I may add to this, I think the question is 'what makes a movie or type of movie likable or lovable by the general masses?'
I don't think the genre matters to the success of a film
There are all kinds of successful films of different' genres

I've always felt that in order for a movie to be good or great, a magical harmony must occur in the entire process of production. All or most pieces of the puzzle must fit.

One piece missing could turn the film into a piece of crap.

I recently took some acting classes for film to get a feel for dialog from the actors point of view. (one of the best things I did). I now have a new found respect for actors and have really noticed that the acting would make or break the film I was watching, no matter what the film was about.

I think people could argue night and day as to what makes or breaks a film be it: genre, timing, director, writer, actor, producer, key grip, ect.

To me what make a film talked about for years to come, is created by a team of very talented, dedicated people.

not to sound like a know it all. just my thoughts.

You may have already headed out of town but I'll post this anyway. You are not being a know-it-all, so no worries. Your input was rather informative. My only point was that some form of social injustice seems to occur when asked about what makes a picture great. Actors, yes, can make or break a film but someone wrote the dialogue that crosses their lips - just my thought. You are also right when you say that a film can only be considered "great" when you have a whole team of people working behind it to make it "great". I guess you could use the cliche, "There is no I in teanwork".

Good luck where you are headed - I guess we'll talk to you in a few weeks!

LP

LP - had a chance to log on before I go... Thanks (I hope it dosen't snow!)