Reality and Movies

I remember the discussion I had long time ago, with a guy, after watching the movie Jerry Maguire. He had asked me, “how was the movie?” I said it was good, rather terrific. Then, almost immediately, popped a question from me “Why do those, who struggle in movies, always succeed?” Though that time, the question was drowned in the ensuing laughter, it keeps coming back to me again and again. Does it happen this way in real life? In movies, we have someone struggling against all odds, listening to their conscience, standing by their conviction and ultimately they win.

I mean, wasn’t this the most important thing about that movie. The protagonist is kicked out of his job after his ‘mission statement’, which he conceived during his ‘crise de conscience’. The movie depicts how one can be successful, even after holding firm on the belief of relationships and personal values. So what if the protagonist was not able to succeed? What if he had not got the project or his client didn’t do well at the game. What would the movie conveyed then? May be the movie won’t have been made with this theme. But does this sort of thing happen in real life? Is it that easy to make a phone call, give a presentation, have interesting discussions in the board room and get the project? Well in real life, you do more than this and still lose the project.

So why don’t they make movies like this. Why does not the struggle end in failure? Are we so afraid to face reality? This might also be the reason that makes movie successful. If the movie is able to whip out the something, which everyone wants in their real life, but can’t get/do it , the movie becomes a success. I don’t know, but I would still like to see someone who struggles and then fails. Reality alone is assuring.