Movies

In preface, the following is rambling and not quite a fully formed idea. But, just like a movie, you have to pick the meaning out of it. You'll probably think I'm (more) weird after reading this.

So... A330 from Amsterdam to Minneapolis today (yes, Christmas). Take off 1pm (GMT-1) land 330 (aka 1530) (GMT+6) (Might have switched the signs, but thats about 7 hours, exactly). Watched some movies. Three I think. First some shitty Hollywood movie... same old plot. Then a '94 old west/poker/etc. movie. Finally I watched one under the 'independent' category, and frankly. It was... Scary. Scary. Not horror scary. Psychologically scary. Anyways... I'll get back to that. I'm going to talk about movie plots. Disclaimer: My opinions of movies are greatly (negativly) influenced by the presence of annoying little brats (aka 10 year old sister, 40 something more year old mother (who cries...))

1. Main character wants something, goes to great lengths to get it, gets it, then decides at the very last second they don't want it, and go get another thing.
Examples:
i) The businessman: Has kids, and a nice wife, house, maid, etc. Never goes to his son's football games (girl's dance, hockey, whatever. He always misses something) He misses everything because he needs to land that contract/account/etc. Then at the last moment he is poised to get the contract, stands up in front of everyone, says "I need to go do whatever" instead of talking to the board, shows up just in time for the event, then later gets the account because it was just so cute. That was a bad explanation, but since about 99% of movies rated PG13 or less have this plot, you probably know what I mean
ii) Action movies (what? you need an explanation)
iii) Sports/Underdog movies. (ditto to the above parens)
iv) Heist movie (For some reason, I love these, because for some reason I can't predict the twists the same way I can the other movies): Usually involves several shady/underworld/law enforcement characters who have senses of honor (not just normal evil villains, but people) and involves all kinds of backstabbing. This is the element that actually made pirates good, along with the action, and pirates.

and thats Hollywood summed up. Usually a happy ending. Except for horror movies... but to be honest I haven't actually seen one. So i don't know if characters live or die at the end.

So, onto movies I care about.

The only movies I find to be good are the ones without a happy ending. If the main character dies at the end, it can't actually be all that bad. Or if whatever they've been trying to hold together falls apart. Also good. Why? Because Horror movies are designed to make you fear for your life. Other movies with unhappy endings are designed to make you fear for the future, and generally depress you. For some reason, this strikes a chord with me. (Probably cause its realistic) I kind of wish I could elaborate more... basically this kid finds this paradise island, but then destroys it. It kind of struck a chord. Actually, its the movies where people are killed with no remorse that are good. Because again, it seems so much more realistic.