Good vs. Evil

I don't know if it's just me, but I feel as though there have been a lot of superhero movies that have come out in the past few years. There was the Spiderman trilogy, Superman, Fantastic Four...etc. Although many of the original comics for these superheroes came out a long time ago, I feel that in today's society, maybe it is necessary for remakes to be made and for these epic stories of "good vs. evil" to make their way back into people's lives. The audiences who go to see these "good vs. evil" films know that eventually, the hero's problems will be resolved (whether it is fighting a villain, etc.) Even if it doesn't happen in the particular movie, it may happen in the sequel or the third movie in the trilogy. The hero will rise up in the end, defeat the enemy and everything will be ok again. In the world today where a clear resolution is not in sight for the U.S. and its war in Iraq and Afghanistan, I believe people desperately look for a feel-good movie that gives them hope that we can defeat our enemies and there can be peace again and "good will prevail." We hope that a superhero can sweep down and fix things for us. A new president isn't going to become the superhero that solves our problems but I think we need some hope somewhere for a better tomorrow and I see that hope rising from superhero movies in a lot of cases. I don't watch horror movies; however, the article talked a lot about relationships, especially mother-son, mother-daughter relationships. I think some deeper meanings could be with the changing family structure today and family struggles. Maybe people watch these movies because they can relate to an underlying theme in the story or maybe it's some sort of release from reality. Personally though, I think horror movies seem a lot worse than reality and that’s why I choose not to watch them.