Dome Vongvises
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It's become a common thing recently to accuse movies of blatantly manipulating the audience into expressing certain emotions. For example, the movie Patch Adams is often accused of being such a movie. Another movie is Pearl Harbor. I would like to hear imput from members of this forum about this topic. What particularly interests me is what exactly constitutes audience manipulation and what are some examples. I would like for the same people to also try and come up with examples in movies of no manipulation, but nonetheless creates an effect out of the audience. I'm bringing this thread up simply because it seems every film review, here or not, takes up a cynical, snobby tone.
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"I don't know, Marge. Trying is the first step towards failure." - Homer J. Simpson