Imagination stirred. And oh did it stir. I was watching American 
Beauty for the first time in the theatres and I watched as that 
little plastic bag twirled in the air, caught in a whirlwind, 
with Kevin Spacey’s voice filling the whole theatre. It was one 
of those moments when you are mesmerized by what unveils in front 
of you and you are completely immersed into the film. How magical 
is that moment? How often have you felt it, with how many other 
films?

The same thing happened when I watched Forrest Gump. When he was 
running away from those bullies. When he was running in Vietnman 
or when he ran across the nation. Sure, there was a lot of 
running but Tom Hanks really pulled it off and it was 
fascinating.

How Robin Williams, trying to save his competition by giving 
him a Heimlich maneuver, revealed his real identity in Mrs. 
Doubtfire. All of Jurassic Park and Schindler’s List. Recently 
Crash and how Matt Dillon’s character was stuck inside the 
explosive car with a woman who hated him. Or Machiavelli Hangman 
when the female lead walks out of her own coffin in front of 
the stunned crowd. 

These are the moments that you remember. As far as I’m concerned, 
I have already forgotten all the thousands of comic book films 
that came out one after another in the last couple of years. 
Honestly, after I watched Hulk, I went to the box-office booth 
and I got my money back. By the way, you know you can do that 
right? Whether you walk halfway through the film or wait until 
after it’s over, you can still go and get your money reimbursed. 
The returned tickets go back to the studios and gives them a good 
reality check and reminder of what kind of movies they’re making 
and the kind of movies they should be making. So it really is up 
to the moviegoer crowd to shift the direction of entertainment in 
Hollywood.

The studios simply look at the movies that bring the most profits 
at the box-office and they make the same movie over and over. 
Look at the Lord of the Rings. That was the first fantasy film to 
come out and it was the reason for the Harry Potter books to be 
adapted to the screen. Or how about all the adaptations of 
Television shows including Dukes of Hazzard, Starsky and Hutch, 
Charlie’s Angels, etc.

Hollywood is waiting for us to decide what we want, so all we 
need to do is send them our responses. We have to make sure to 
spread the news that if we do not absolutely like a movie, we 
need to get our monies reimbursed. The tickets used to be sold 
for $5.50 just a few years ago and since the release of Revenge 
of the Sith, the rates have doubled. The theatres are taking our 
money and not putting out enough decent material, so we have to 
fight back for our rights. We have to take hold of what we as a 
society consider and will accept as our form of entertainment, 
instead of letting others decide for us. 

Cogan Reynstorm is a movie reviewer. 
He is talking about the upcoming movie 
Machiavelli Hangman
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