Every story now seems to need to have a twist for it to considered good. These twists include the change in point of view in Voices in the Park and the breaking out of the pictures in The Three Pigs. It's not that I don't like these books because I do, but seriously what happened to the honest good stories that didn't need twists to be good, the content was enough to satisfy the readers?
Even in children's movies now a days seem to be cluttered with computer animation and talking cars being the characters. Why can't they make new movies like Snow White or The Little Mermaid? Those movies were truly interesting and imaginative on their own with no frills.
This brings me to the true question: Are all the good thoughts gone? Are there no original story lines? I feel like the answer to this question has to be no, hope cannot be lost. Given the recent history of children's films, there have been some good ones, like Toy Story 3 and Wall-E, but when it comes down to it if I was picking a movie for a kid to watch it would be The Lion King or Beauty and The Beast or something along those line. I would choose those movies over the others because they are amazing stories and I wish there were some new ones like that :(.
This is an interesting question because I find myself asking the same thing sometimes. How come all of the classics are from so long ago? Why aren't we repeating and making new versions of stories from our parents generation? Is it simply because not enough time has passed for them to be classics? I wonder if our great grandkids will be reading Harry Potter and Twilight, or if they will still be reading The Great Gatsby and Little Women... maybe a book just has to be old before it can be considered a classic and be passed on to future generations, and for that matter I wonder at which point the books we continue to read were deemed as "classic"... was it right away or did it take time?
ReplyDeleteWe are apart of a society that values in continuous change. Change can be good in some aspects but in others they are not. Some people enjoy the revamped stories while others long for classics. I have accepted the fact that old classics will never be produced again. Back then our society had different values. You can not incorporate new values and not expect change. When does change become too much? Ten years ago the things we see, hear, and read now would be considered vulgar and inappropriate. New technologies and freedoms created a whole new different society. An instant society, everything has to be now. Our every move is updated on a social network, mystery is no longer apart of out society. Kids do not open encyclopedias and books to learn, they google everything. The times change and so does the values, which affects the media.Then again, could it be the media that is driving these changes?
ReplyDeleteI do think that all the story lines have already been used. What the literature and film industries need is some talent. Extremely creative people who have numerous ideas for future story lines.
ReplyDeleteThe classics are from a long time ago. They were original stories back then, but people these days do not think outside of the box too much. Now all the new books and movies are either prequels, sequels, or the original version an insignificant change. However, those books and movies that spin off the original do not become a classic because they are not original. I, personally, do not find those books a good read. It is almost annoying to even hear that someone wrote something like that.
There are a few newer movies such as Finding Nemo and Shrek that I think will be a classic some day. Both movies were/are really popular because they were more original than most recent films. Like wine, I think books and movies become better, or more classic, with time.