Why do you have to ruin it?

So, I've been known to be a fan of the tough woman movies/shows. For instance: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Alias, or Miss Congeniality. But the thing that kills me is when someone complains about how not real it is. Logically I know that Angelina Jolie really did not do a front wheelie on her motorcycle and knock the guy out with her back tire. But it wouldn't be cool if she did? Isn't it fun to think about being that tough self sufficient FBI agent who also has the ability to almost win a beauty pageant? Can't I pretend to be the girl who can dress up in 100 different wigs and not be recognized by the guy from the last episode? Cuz that is what I want to do. When I turn on the TV or go to a movie, I don't want to watch reality. If I did, I'd watch the reality shows. Unfortunately, when I come out of the movie theater there is someone else complaining about the lack of this or that, or the obvious special effects they did. Well guess what, some of us like the dreamt-up fiction, it's why we watch these movies.

And while discussing movies that others complain about often. You know those cheesy Man vs. Nature Sci-Fi's? Lost in Space, Day After Tomorrow, Armageddon, and (my personal favorite) The Core. I know what I'm gonna see when I go to these movies. It can be summed in 3 simple lines. 1) The world is ending. 2) Some complicated scientific explanation on how to save it. 3) Some display of heroism, some love story mixed in, and a happy ending. And then people come out of these movies hating how predictable it is. What did you expect? Did ya watch the trailer? Why are you disappointed? I personally went to the movie because I wanted to see "The world is ending. Some complicated scientific explanation on how to save it. Some display of heroism, some love story mixed in, and a happy ending," and I did.

So in summary, just let me enjoy my fiction, my world of jumping off the roof onto the skid of the helicopter and successfully escaping from whomever I just stole top secret intelligence information. Its fun to live in that world occasionally.