Movies like that aren't about the visual effects and explosions. They're human stories about family, about life, about death.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Like I said about Freaked, people tend to find these films, and I think that in the end the cool thing about a movie is that it can be sort of burnt temporarily, but then it's burnt into the fabric of your culture.
That's what film can do in a way that TV and other long-form storytelling can't. It gives you this very immersive moment.
You are always hoping that movie audiences are interested in characters and interested in story values rather than just mindless special effects. But you never know.
Even when you're making a movie about life, death is a presence, and I guess it's part of my dramatic viewpoint. I'm not sure why exactly. Maybe I'm drawn to it as a story element.
Movies are too literal.
I find that movies tend to fix the aesthetics of a story in people's minds.
Movies are different from real life.
You're basically the sum of all the experiences you've ever had, and they're sort of shaken up in you and reproduced in the things you create, and that includes seeing movies.
Movies are all about plot. Theater, even if it's story heavy, it's about ideas.
Special effects movies have taken over the universe. That and scary movies.