Let me start be saying at the forefront by saying that I happen to be a member of the new geekaholic cult - something which has been on the rise since the past about 40 years, the magna carta of which I believe was the release of George Lucas's star wars in 1977. Since then the movie industry recognized that which could be the greatest asset in this industry - the incorrigible fanboyism, that which allowed religions to rise would now also be an entertainment asset. The industry recognized that this new cult - largely teenagers and early adults were in the same crisis as all generations have been - that of identity; this one escalated to a higher level factored by a modern techno centric age - one in which while leaders proclaimed birth of new era of free will, technology catalyze individualism at a more subjective rate - symbolising the eminent eclipse between glamour and substance.
And so it started.From sci fi movies to the traditions of sequels and prequels, leading to creation of movie cultures and franchises. This 'following' was not unprecedented - it was already there in sports, in all essence it was born with the modern age. The new crowd was inspite all developments and achievements around - weak and unsure. And it would just find anything to faith in something more than in itself - a football club, a tennis player, a movie maker or a maverick celebrity. It appears that the internet has come over as the final word in this 'chase' of finding just anyone and anything to put its faith in. And so would be for the media. Rather than living true to what it was meant to be at inception, it decided would follow the entire world of entertainment lore 'like a dog chasing cars' to get just anything - any tiny bit which it can proclaim upon. It would covertly try to unravel details about lives and stars and movies with grand passion. So we now had established websites and forums ready to encroach upon details of movies, and the crowd was blind enough to accept it - something of its own form of a guilty pleasure. Worse still the makers apparently accepted it unconsciously
And this was the harsh truth bared upon me when i watched The Dark Knight Rises'. Yes the movie was good and bad in its own respect. But something which will scar it remarkably is that most of its news and 'predictions' by the same hoopla of a media proved to be accurate. And probably to a certain percentage my own fantasy about the cult of Christopher Nolan's filmmaking or the blind wide dreamed faith in the series. The surprises the movie were not surprises for me - everything appeared to drive me in a perpetual state of deja vu ; that i had read or seen or guessed or theorized each one at some place or at some time. And this is what felt to betray me - a faith lost or undelivered over a movie about which i had read everything everywhere where ever could find over probably more than a year. This seemed to be the same betrayal of faith by watching Manchester United play last season. It appears that marketization has hurt every person somehow. The fact that the game changers as such of an industry - an umbrella over movies, sports, tv shows, etc. have begun to accept as a necessary evil is the curse of the worst kind.
Because in the end every one will smile - the audiences will applaud, the movies will earn, the media will glow - but this will kill the existence of unprejudiced viewing of complete appreciation making works marvel in true form. Have we completely lost the spirit of such a maturity? Or when everything grows out on an escalated scale such is to happen?
All I know is that searching about movie details and unbounded expectations made The Dark Knight Rises too predictable for Nolan's taste. And this is the curse alive and well as a parasite in franchise lore today.
And so it started.From sci fi movies to the traditions of sequels and prequels, leading to creation of movie cultures and franchises. This 'following' was not unprecedented - it was already there in sports, in all essence it was born with the modern age. The new crowd was inspite all developments and achievements around - weak and unsure. And it would just find anything to faith in something more than in itself - a football club, a tennis player, a movie maker or a maverick celebrity. It appears that the internet has come over as the final word in this 'chase' of finding just anyone and anything to put its faith in. And so would be for the media. Rather than living true to what it was meant to be at inception, it decided would follow the entire world of entertainment lore 'like a dog chasing cars' to get just anything - any tiny bit which it can proclaim upon. It would covertly try to unravel details about lives and stars and movies with grand passion. So we now had established websites and forums ready to encroach upon details of movies, and the crowd was blind enough to accept it - something of its own form of a guilty pleasure. Worse still the makers apparently accepted it unconsciously
And this was the harsh truth bared upon me when i watched The Dark Knight Rises'. Yes the movie was good and bad in its own respect. But something which will scar it remarkably is that most of its news and 'predictions' by the same hoopla of a media proved to be accurate. And probably to a certain percentage my own fantasy about the cult of Christopher Nolan's filmmaking or the blind wide dreamed faith in the series. The surprises the movie were not surprises for me - everything appeared to drive me in a perpetual state of deja vu ; that i had read or seen or guessed or theorized each one at some place or at some time. And this is what felt to betray me - a faith lost or undelivered over a movie about which i had read everything everywhere where ever could find over probably more than a year. This seemed to be the same betrayal of faith by watching Manchester United play last season. It appears that marketization has hurt every person somehow. The fact that the game changers as such of an industry - an umbrella over movies, sports, tv shows, etc. have begun to accept as a necessary evil is the curse of the worst kind.
Because in the end every one will smile - the audiences will applaud, the movies will earn, the media will glow - but this will kill the existence of unprejudiced viewing of complete appreciation making works marvel in true form. Have we completely lost the spirit of such a maturity? Or when everything grows out on an escalated scale such is to happen?
All I know is that searching about movie details and unbounded expectations made The Dark Knight Rises too predictable for Nolan's taste. And this is the curse alive and well as a parasite in franchise lore today.
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