Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Westerns: a preference in taste

I dont think thats its fading out. I feel as if this question is aiming towards the teen audience because i do believe that most teens dont find interest within western themed movies. Teenagers want to relate to their surroundings and want to watch movies of interest. Most teens dont have experience with living a western lifestyle riding horses, whereing spurs, and living in the rugged rural west. I feel that as life grows on you, some people begin to find new interests past their teen years and will run possibly run into an interest in a western themed hobby. im not saying it will happen, but the possibilities are much more possible because you have that much more freedom to do what you want when older. I feel that as a teenager, your more involved with friends, society, driving, and family not so much duels and roping caddle. Its a complete preference question. For example, i find no interest in love movies, but im sure that majority of females do as well as males. I just dont find it interesting and spell binding to keep me watching a whole movie about love. On the flip side, i do feel that superhero movies are easier to watch because the director has so much to work with, they can recreate reality and create a fantasy land and put it back into reality. The west is complete reality and all of the stories cant be changed as much compared to "super hero" movies. To asnwer the question of if america doesnt enjoy the past, i find this impossible to believe. People are so intrigued with the past and the history that millions of people have jobs just studying the past. Kids are forced to study the past, its obviously not something that should be forgotten about, many films from the past or based in the past are very influential. The old movies are the stepping stones and the layout for movies we view today. To say that old/original movies and ideas are boring and lame, is considerable to calling your favorite movie from today bad because chances are, without movies in the past, the movie wouldnt be anything like it is today. In the end, i believe its all about preferences, priorities, and influences within society.

1 comment:

Laura said...

Clayton I think you really do have a valid point here. I never really thought about that. I guess that these days teens are interested in the stuff that relates to them such as sex, drugs, and basically just anything dirty and funny really appeals to teens these days, and so with none of that being included in the old westerns, it's really hard to appeal to the modern day teenage audience. Good call tator tot :)