Straight Outta Hortatory Films

Misrepresentation of Mental Illness in Films Movies, being the most preferred form of entertainment, tend to reach huge global audiences and can exert a powerful influence to shape their attitudes and opinions. It is undeniable to assert how they, directly or vicariously, affect the way people behave towards similar situations in reality, highly in consonance with the way they are depicted in films. The constant attempt by the film industry to romanticize or glamorize their films, however; at the cost of a false characterization of mental disorders, is not only unworthy of appreciation but also morally reprehensible. The way psychiatric patients are shown as harboring criminal tendencies towards other people is a blatantly false depiction of how a majority of such patients are, in real life. This is not only true of films but also of social media platforms, where a large number of people sharing “similar” problems, would express their feelings in order to create a supportive, safe space for other people.

People that sing, play sports, or act in popular movies are often celebrities. These people become famous because they all have skills that people like to watch. People with skills that aren’t entertaining, such as doctors and scientists, don 't attract a following and are not celebrities. Celebrity status is often idolized and envied. This is because celebrities are usually wealthy, attractive, and live luxurious

Race in modern films plays a huge role in the way society views what is entertaining today. Some very popular films over the past decade would be Iron Man and Into the Woods. Although not easily recognizable with today’s standards of the film industry, there is a huge difference between the number of prominent white actors compared to those of other races. This shines some light on the entertainment industry, as to which races are preferred on the big screen.

The movie Gladiator came out in 2000 and was instantly a classic. People all over were thrilled by it’s action and story. A very similar movie also found itself coming out in 2000, but with a much different reaction. American Psycho has many similarities with the movie Gladiator and has much the same quality, yet received a lower rating. Some might say Patrick Bateman is the protagonist of this story, but that implies he is a hero.

Although Exit Through the Gift Shop was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, it is a mockumentary that tricks millions of people because it has several contradictory plots, Guetta has an evasive attitude about this documentary and Fairey’s answer is also suspicious. There is a lot of contradictory plots that make people feel susceptive about the authenticity of this document. Firstly, Banksy is a person who is very protective of his secret identity so when he appears in the documentary, his face is covered up to protect his identity. Although Banksy was very famous and successful in the field of street art but he still keeps his secret identity so no one knows who he is. What people know is his awesome work.

The uncanny valley concept was also discussed in 2004 in the CGI filed during the box office battle royal between two blockbuster films, Warner Brothers’ The Polar express and the Pixar’s The Incredibles. The uncomfortable feelings about the more accurate yet eerie characters in the Polar Express and the emotional warmth felt for Pixar’ stylized plastic family was subject for much critical debates because their releases coincided. The characters of The Incredible film looks like human but they cannot access a reality behind the traditional cartoon film character form. Cringing, embarrassment, exaggeration, pre-emotion are the basic principles of animation use to provide exercising joy of traditional animation between the audience and the film.

The cinematic work has lived on as one of the most critically acclaimed films of all time. The audience from all over the world has been in awe of the excellent narrative and the impressive cinematic techniques of the film. 2001: A Space Odyssey is not just an iconic science-fiction film, but it has come to inspire many future filmmakers to explore the genre. The film is one of the best cinematic endeavors of Kubrick who excels in his use of filmic

the cinemetogaphy displayed throughout the whole film gives the movie a different feel to it then any other drama or so called sports film ever made. This is easily one of the most powerful films that was ever made, “Raging Bull” is a cinematic masterpiece and will go down as one of the best films of all time thanks to its constant fluid theme of violent and anger and most important it cinematography which made the movie so noir . “Raging Bull” has changed the way american films and film writers are

The presence of it in the main character of a popular film draws attention to the issue, and if anything, increases overall awareness of psychological disorders due to the staggering popularity of movies. The downside is that the way in which these disorders are portrayed in film often exaggerates them, and rarely shows any sort of treatment or resolve for the characters who have the disorders. This popular culture portrayal can make it seem as if there is no way to get help, when there are so many treatments that could benefit the individual. It should be more important to the film directors to include more references to treatment or to consequences should the disorder not go untreated. Additionally, the more realistic the portrayal of the disorder is, the more it can grab people’s attention.

This might be an indication of how Hollywood isn’t quite ready to portray more cultural diversity, no matter what they say. Networks executives are looking for more television shows with female protagonists, yet in films, there is such a despairingly low percentage of female protagonists. Ava DuVernay’s backstory and Selma are both representations on how Hollywood has come far, but is still regressive in some instances. Hollywood is trying to check off all the boxes, by nominating culturally diverse films for awards, but at the end of the day, those films rarely ever win. To put it into context, 12 Years a Slave won the award for Best Motion Picture of the Year in 2014, but most of the characters in this film are white, and the film is centered on slavery, a topic that practically everyone can sympathize with.

The potential of these films also owes their success to the early gangster films such as The Public Enemy, as without these original foundations the high-grossing and cult-followed gangster films of today would have no genre to expand

It was the mention of the instinctual color difference between lighter skinned African-Americans and darker skinned African Americans in the movies that caused me notice that my mindset in each of the black independent movie clips changed. This created a sort of “other “in my mind. But, “other” rather than notice and protest the difference between the lighter and darker skinned African-American. The first thought that popped into my mind was “of course the lighter skinned Americans are the heroes. They look a lot more like the whites.”

Oh yeah, I'm with you on that one. These slave movies are getting out of hand. Do we really need to be reminded we were slaves a million times? I've heard a lot of fellow black people say we need these movies so generations know our past. But then I reply with well this is a part of our history sadly, but this is not the ONLY thing apart of our history nor is it where we started.

This is a movie based on the book by James Baldwin, a writer, poet and social critic, explores race, class and sexuality in the Western society. In the documentary, Baldwin wanted to tell the story of Martin Luther King Jr, Medgar Evers and Malcolm X, three of the pillars of the civil rights movement who at the time of their death were interested in economic justice and class disparity. The movie is however not just about the history of the movement but the institution of racism and the ways it has been upheld by people in power. It is a journey into the black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter.

This film claims to that there is white privilege in music. The film says that in the history of soul music there is an advantage for the blue eyes singers over the black soul singers. He gives the example, Adele and Sam Smith are both British artist who are well in control of the genders instead of the Jazmine Sullivan . Because there is a myth about today's black artist. The myth is that there is not enough Black artist, that they are not trying hard enough, and they are not writing or making enough soul music.