In terms of storytelling, there are only two types of movies, one is comedy that meets everyone's expectations, and the other is tragedy that goes against everyone's expectations. But either way, the purpose of the film is to "tell you" and "to be influenced." So which way is better to achieve the goal?
It is said that it is easy to make people cry, but difficult to make people laugh. In my opinion, comedy movies are the real "knives in the laugh". Invincible Nai Mushroom said that tragic movies can better highlight the value of movies. This is similar to the most popular phrase in literature "tragedy represents the highest art of mankind". Literature and film are closely related, but film is not literature after all. Invincible Cai Caijun said "King Lear", then I also take the most literary comedy based on Shakespeare's work, the film "The Merchant of Venice" is better in this regard.
If the film has to reflect something, then the performance of comedy films is obviously more profound. A tragic film like "King Lear" directly exposes the ugliness in repression, while a comedy film like "The Merchant of Venice" detours and criticizes in a lighthearted manner. Ugly is not the original state of a society. Any negativity and decadence have different backgrounds. The relaxed and devious atmosphere of comedy movies makes the "poorness" of "hateful people" forgivable, like "Sherlock". "The same heart of revenge and the source of all evil is shown in the strong contrast of justice and good retribution, which is thought-provoking. Tragedy movies are more like "Look, this is evil", while comedy movies are like "Laugh, y'all understand". Obviously, the independent discovery brought by the latter can penetrate deeper into the inner world of thousands of people.
The comedy ending of the movie turns the negative and sadness it wants to say into positive emotions, and replaces the negative feelings with a relaxed atmosphere, whether it is suffering or happiness, this way of presentation is more like a blade in a smile, Piercing the heart into silence, the power felt is great.
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