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What big tropes are found in the movies of some cultures but pretty much absent in others? (leminal.space)

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For example : Megadeaths happen with nary an eye batted in Japanese movies, but you rarely see that kind of thing in the American. And the total dominance of the aristocracy over the underclasses is as assumed and invisible as gravity in French movies, but it seems to be taboo elsewhere.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Prevalence of Death in Hollywood movies.

Seriously, how many times does some side character in a Hollywood movie escape death by an inch then looks at the protagonist and smiles, only to be instantly killed anyway.
Or the fact that if there's a group of people in a horror movie, only the main protagonist and their estranged love interest or child will survive till the end.
Or if the protagonist is shown to have a lovely quiet life with their love interest, they will lose them in the next 5 minutes.

I can excuse the protagonist mowing down some unnamed goons, but Hollywood treats their named side characters as disposable garbage too.

Watch foreign movies and you'll get what I'm saying. There, a single character death is usually a big deal and a major pivot point for the story.

I've recently started watching more biographies and it's so much more enjoyable knowing that a character isn't going to suddenly get hit by a bus for having a good time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Like that one time when James Bond got married at the end and the movie was all NOPE!

(On Her Majesty’s Secret Service)

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