Movies and the influence of relationships
By Richard
@rbailey83 (1428)
Canada
3 responses
@gem4678 (220)
• United States
14 Jul 08
I have said for a long time now that I think television kinda sets us all up to fail from the beginning. We see these couples with there own problems as all but yet so perfect and it seems like it is very possible. You see the perfect family, with the greatest love life, and everyone is so loving and honorable and respectful. Then we go off searching for it and never find it, so we never get out of life what we were looking for since it doesn't really exist. At least not to the degree we want it too and the way we see it in the movies.
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@gem4678 (220)
• United States
14 Jul 08
Ya it is a problem, I love watching television as much as anyone, but even in drama shows and movies, where things get rough it seems that everyone is usually respectful I guess, partners listen to eachother and children still "love" there parents, but in the real world when there is a problem that is generally not the way it goes, you yell and scream and nobody it seems anymore actually sit down and talk about things calmly when they need too. Also I realize that nobody wants to see a movie with a sad ending but the fact is that things don't always turn out well. The movies give us the idea that no matter how bad it gets it will work out right, and everything will be ok and the "good guy" will win but that is not the case either.
@rbailey83 (1428)
• Canada
14 Jul 08
i think your right, i see it more and more as i get older, and hearing the way that younger people talk about relationships and finding that right person, seems that they believe they will find the right person and everything will just work out to be great....unfortunately that's not the way of life,
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@pixiedustforyou2008 (2422)
• United States
14 Jul 08
Yes i believe is does. I find myself all the time watching movie and seeing a couple on tv and telling my husband why don't he do that or this.. Hug me like that or kiss me like that or touch me like that... I don't know why i do it but i do it makes me jealous when i see being treated better than i am.. I expect every thing i see from my husband i don't know why i guess because i wanna have that special bond like the people on television.
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@rbailey83 (1428)
• Canada
14 Jul 08
it's understandable, wanting that special bond, there are times that i feel the same way and have to remind myself that things aren't always like that...amazing how things like that can have such an influence in our lives
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@sunnflr (2767)
• United States
14 Jul 08
I think that movies could influence younger people, or new couples, in their thinking about relationships. If you haven't seen a lot of life yet then you might think what's in the movies is how it really is.
Most of the time everything is exaggerated in the movies, the good and bad. I think alot of relationships fall apart now days because people think it's supposed to be easy all the time. A relationship takes work. It's just if you love each other the work isn't that hard.
@rbailey83 (1428)
• Canada
14 Jul 08
i think you hit it on the nose there, so to speak. A lot of people have forgotten that a relationship still takes work and communication. It's funny how easily we can sometimes be influenced by things
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@sunnflr (2767)
• United States
14 Jul 08
Communication is definitely key. A relationship is doomed to fail if the two people involved can't talk things out and come to an understanding. There should be no subject or topic off limits in a relationship. You never know what you might learn by asking the other person their point of view!
