You've been to the movies with your friends on a Friday night, right? What's better than spending time with your buds with a butt-load a popcorn while you watch an action flick or a comedy? I believe that films are the most entertaining forms of media to date, but to some people films are more than just a form of entertainment. People go to movies to escape reality.
Films are a fantastic way of "escaping" because films put us in the shoes of people extremely different from ourselves. Why do we love Marvel's The Avengers? Because for those two hours we're a god that controls lighting with our mighty hammer and we're a playboy philanthropist with a bad-ass robotic suit. We are also a highly trained spy that doesn't look bad in some spandex. Why do we love the Indiana Jones films? Because we're a charming, handsome every-man who always overcomes the odds while on crazy adventures until we walk out of the spacious, dark room of our local movie theater.
Films also excel at taking us to new worlds. George Lucas' Star wars and its sequels were such a hit because audiences loved being dropped into the ice and snow covered world of Hoth or the swampy, tree-ridden world of Dagobah. James Cameron's Avatar completely immersed audiences in the epic world of Pandora, so much so that people became depressed after they left theaters! It's clear that films are more than just a source of entertainment! Films have the power to remove audiences from the real world and transport them to epic worlds and meet larger-than-life characters.
This is true. I have gone to the movies plenty of times just to escape reality. Watching a movie in 3D also brings you to a whole new world. I believe when Star Wars came out, EVERYONE wanted to become a jedi. Good job listing the movies and giving each a detailed scenario.
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