Why Many Mainstream Movies Are Boring

Filmofile
Oct 3, 2021

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Mainstream, Hollywood films are too often boring. They pummel us with explosions and car chases or tug desperately at our heartstrings with sentimentality and romance, but for all the grandiose gestures they often fail to truly engage us. As soon as we leave the theater the sensations they tried so hard to illicit drain away and it’s back home to watch something else on tv.

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Filmofile
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I have an MFA in painting and I’m an art professor but I managed to convince my school to let me teach film. My website http://www.filmofileshideout.com/

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