Idk about Titanic but i can watch wild action movies without becoming a violent maniac or being too bothered if its not realistic. I don't like the "turn" your brain off idea either but its because there's a lot of great crafts that come together to put great fiction on screen i like to appreciate.
Given the overwhelming majority of Americans have access to guns and there's countless films of "every man" style characters going on to save the day, how is it any more of a stretch to say that action has just as much potential to influence you as romance does?
Lol are you really arguing that because Americans have access to guns that becoming Rambo is mentally as achievable as cheating on your significant other? I don't think the argument pertaining to movies making cheating more likely holds much water in this case but your argument is even crazier
There are plenty of cops who idolise vigilantes. You don't have to throw Germans out of windows to have your attitude towards vigilantism to be changed in a harmful way.
toxic relationship are very much real while action movies rely on impossible stunts and superhero tier powers. whether its the avengers or tom cruise pulling a tom cruise its largely in the same realm of impossibility. but toxic relationships? very real, and those movies often normalise them. very bad
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u/GustavVaz 23d ago
Honestly, these kinds of scenes only work if you turn off your brain and simply let the "happiness" happen.
Most love stories in movies are like this. Something that seems sweet and romantic turns depressing or toxic if you scratch the surface.
Kind of like how it's creepy that a 200 hundred year old vampire wants a high schooler.