Part of the public do not concur with Hollywood due to its inferior artistic credibility. Many Hollywood films rely on special effects to mask its preposterous plots, weak dialogues and poor acting. Large quantities of sex and violence are also added to conceal the deficiencies, which is believed to have depreciated the quality of Hollywood productions. Besides, the films do not have adequate variations, most of them are bounded with happy endings and mawkish morals, which makes the productions rather unadventurous and tedious. Nonetheless, Hollywood movies are internationally successful since they are extensively-accepted, or even fairly popular. This is because the USA studios know what the majority of the public desire. To thrive, all they need is to be acquainted with the community’s appetite, then produce the sort of films that would be acknowledged; which are not the ones with elite artistic credibility. However, if the public really wanted artistic credibility, the studios would provide that, seeing that it is profitable.
Hollywood gives prejudiced ideas to the public, particularly American analysis of the world, which is portrayed through simplistic good and evil views of international conflicts. The USA’s “enemies”, for example, Russians and Muslims, are often presented as adversaries of liberty and advancement. Also, history is frequently distorted by Hollywood; for instance, second world war films which disparage the contributions of other countries to allied victory. However, undeniably Hollywood productions are globally recognized, mainly because of their concentration of original and inspiring resources, which also make them core of the production of entertainment. Furthermore, many of Hollywood’s leading producers, directors and stars have been foreigners. This allows an assortment of diverse culture productions, which brings new perspective to Hollywood, and gives Hollywood the opportunity to create universally-acknowledged movies, hence allows Hollywood to flourish worldwide.
Most Hollywood productions are created with vast budgets as a result of expensive special effects, enormous salaries for star actors and immense marketing budgets. This associates with the sheer size and financial power of Hollywood’s foremost studios, causing dominations over foreign cinemas at the expenditure of domestic industries which cannot contend with them. Over decades, Hollywood has applied pressure to the US fairly effectively to ensure their national status. This is done by making their exports ranked as just another form of trade in international agreements, which helps it gain control over associations abroad. Nevertheless, the theory of ‘great budget, great success’ has not been proved completely true. There are some exceptional cases; for example, ‘The Full Monty’, a small-budget movie which became national hits; and ‘Waterworld’, an expensive production which did not succeed. Likewise, the French government has been supporting its domestic film industry financially, yet the market share of Hollywood movies in France has carried on rising. Regardless, most of the recent leading studios in Hollywood are not owned by American companies.
Hollywood stars are regarded as role models which fans mimic, despite their distasteful behaviours. This is believed to have contributed to some topical social issues, such as eating disorders, drugs, alcohol, and raising violence. Recently, it has become a trend among women to become unhealthily thin. The depiction of thin women in almost every advertisement, film and television programme becomes brainwashing, which instils women of all ages of what they are “supposed” to look like. Hollywood stars have created an image of perfection, which is not necessarily equivalent to being healthy, since such image is shaped in spite of plastic surgery, eating disorders and so on. The media also portrays the glamorous Hollywood life of young celebrities which involves drugs and alcohol. Furthermore, the once delightful comedies and romances have been replaced by gruesome violent thrillers. The constant scenes of violence make it hard for the new generation to decipher the differences between what they see on television and the reality of violence. Nevertheless, contributing factors to this problem are extremely broad. Stars and media of other countries play a role in affecting the general public’s perspectives, as well; and the modelling industry influence society, too. Thus, Hollywood should not be held responsible alone.
Hollywood has created countless productions, and it is obvious that it is an eminent accomplishment. However, it is still controversial whether or not Hollywood influences the world negatively. Some totally disagree with its moral values, some are appalled by the disgraceful products, some are poorly affected by the messages of its productions and the acts of Hollywood stars. Yet, the triumph of it exemplifies that it excels outstandingly in the market. Also, a lot of Hollywood productions bring about immense resonance in society rather effectively. Although there is a longstanding belief that Hollywood influences the community, I believe that it simultaneously mirrors the behaviour of society at large. The premise has long allowed Hollywood to portray unwarranted violence, sex, drugs and alcohol under the protective guise of freedom of artistic expression. Therefore, I believe there is an interactive influence between Hollywood and the general public, both positive and negative.
