The most accurate definition to describe the character of modern Western culture is the word consumerism. The thing that drives nearly every aspect of the way we live our lives and who we understand ourselves to be rests in the dynamics of consumerism.
The number one box office success at movie theaters across the country for the last several weeks was 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1.' For those who do not know, it is the first part of Stephenie Meyers’ fourth novel in her 'The Twilight Saga,' a story about the marriage of Bella Swan, a young human woman, to Edward Cullen, a vampire. Edward, though appearing to be just 17 when he and Bella met, is actually a vampire-man over 100 years old.
I have loved movies ever since I was a child and escaped to the Palace Theater in my home town Saturday afternoons for cartoons, an adventure serial and a double feature, all for a quarter.
There has hardly been a week in my life, except when my son was a baby, that I didn’t see at least one movie.
As I age, I find fewer and fewer films appeal to me. It seems Hollywood puts most of its money on the demographic providing the highest profit -- the adolescent male.
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