Decius wrote:
] People don't shove money at the film industry because
] it expands their understanding.

I don't think the money (the cash, that is) has much of anything to do with it. It still would be hard to get people to see "21 Grams" and other films, even if they were giving away the tickets, handing out the DVDs, and posting it online.

] They don't want their understanding expanded.

Precisely.

] ... We obviously want two hours of escapism ...

I have two questions.

1) What's so wrong with the real world that makes everyone want to get away from it?

2) If everyone is so eager to "escape", who will ever fix the problems?

Halfway through the first film, the Matrix trilogy could have been in the mind-expanding category, but it turned out to be just another escapist blur.

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