"The Truman Show is a movie starring Jim Carrey. The film shows the life of a man who is initially unaware that he is living in a constructed reality television" (Wikipedia) I remember watching this movie and thinking " what if my whole life was a TV show," and I'm sure that that was the purpose of the film. Whether it was or not, Movies set high expectations for everything; for example, love.
"Love is like oxygen, love is a many splendored thing, love lifts us up where we belong! All you need is love," says Christian, the lead character of Moulin Rouge. After watching lots of romantic movies and shit, you tend to think that this is "the perfect way" or this is "how it will be," but no. it's not always like the movies. Life is not always a happy song or a fairy tale where the guy wins the girl and they live happily ever after. Instead, the guy would be a myth addict and the girl would be an alcoholic working two jobs to support her three kids (this can be a movie too).
Another example would be action. Chasing people, driving fast, shooting targets..., etc., kids grow up thinking that THAT'S what will happen so they tend to play rough games -which we all did and still do- to live these "realities" such as the fast and the furious or Drive or whatever. I didn't say that it's not fun or dangerous, which may be the reason why we do it in the first place, but I just say that movies initiated it. like for real, how many of you is still waiting for his super power, letter to Hogwarts, or even his first Pokemon -although it's originally a game not a movie- till this day?
To sum it up, high expectations lead to high disappointments. that's what I learned the hard way. let's imagine that your life IS a movie, and you are the hero, so you better start acting like one. Just remember that the show must go on and it's not like the movies ~
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