Assalamualaikum. Movie time!
I love talking about this topic because I'm a huge movie lover! Especially English movies! I cannot express enough of my excitement when it comes to movies and anything that is related to movies like actors and actresses. Easily said, I am a huge movie lover, thus I am excited to write about this topic.
As known by many, Hollywood is where big stars were produced, like Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Jennifer Lawrence and many, countless more. Movies produced by Hollywood are mostly great and outstanding. Movies like Transformers, Fast & Furious and even, Avatar are all pleased in the eyes. I love Hollywood movies as there is a variety of genre that they produce, like action, romance, thriller and many more. In addition, Hollywood also produces movies that are out of this world that goes beyond one's imagination like After Earth, Edward's Scissorhands, Hotel Transylvania, Final Destination, Inception, X-Men, The Host and infinitively more.
Despite its countless number of unique movies, Hollywood also produce based-on-true-story movies. The question is, do Hollywood's based-on-true story movies, tell the truth? I would say, the movies do not necessarily convey the truths and I have premises to support my stance. The movies do not necessarily tell the truth because there are modifications being made, in the movies. There are various movies like this being produced by Hollywood. Based on my knowledge of movies, I know that 127 Hours is based on a true story of a hiker that have faced difficulties in surviving, to continue living, therefore he would do anything in order to survive. He would even break his arm and chop it out in order to get himself out from the difficulties that he was facing, which was, his arm was stuck between a heavy rock. Even though this movie is said to be based on a true story, some modifications were made in order for the content to fit the required duration. Modifications were made and some facts were erased and replaced with a new created fact. For the 127 Hours movie, modifications were made. This can be proven by the statement stated in the article written by Barkham (2010), "Boyle shot 127 Hours at
the exact spot where Ralston had the accident but added some fictional scenes,
such as when he splashes in a secret pool with the women he meets before the
accident (the reality – helping them with a few basic climbs – was much more
prosaic). Ralston was uncomfortable with these at first but belatedly
understood that such changes enabled the audience to "experience it in a
truthful way" and did not undermine the "authenticity" promised
by Boyle,".
The second premise that I have with me in supporting my stance of Hollywood's based-on-true story movies do not necessarily tell the truth is sometimes the movies stray away from the actual authentic story. This happened because movie producers want to produce dramatically exciting movies that would gain high rates. Thus, sometimes this causes the movie to stray away from the actual story that is said to be based on to. The stories are made more dramatic, because that could capture people's attention and interest. Therefore, producers, directors, as well as co-screenwriters collaborate with each other to produce a better story line and plot than the actual story itself.
From this, we can conclude that sometimes what we see on the screen do not convey the truths. We have to do researches and find evidences before we believe the stories that we hear and see in movies as the truths. Do not be deceived by dramatic and almost real movies. We have to be a smart consumer, so that we will not be deceived by people, by the world. But, above all that, I still watch this kind of movies, because it makes me become kind of like a real researcher as I will always find evidences to identify whether the movies that are claimed to be based on a true story, is true or not.
Barkham, P. (2010, December 15). The extraordinary story behind Danny Boyle's 127 Hours.
The Guardian. Retrieved from http://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/dec/15/story-danny-boyles-127-hours
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