Step back a bit and observe the nature of the popular movies of our time. Movies are very much the dreams of our culture. Their topics and images are encoded in dreamspeak. If we decode them the same way you would analyze a dream, you find out what our culture’s brain is thinking and processing.
For example…
We have always needed a hero. But have you noticed that ever since 9/11 we have had a plethora of movies about SUPER heroes?
Perhaps we feel we are dealing with super villains and need super heroes to solve the problem(s).
We have often had movies about disasters with man made systems like ships or airplanes. It is natural; we are dealing with making our own systems better.
Lately there has been a ton of movies and television specials about natural disasters. Every kind of earthquake, volcano, hurricane, ice age, meteor and flood has graced our screens.
Perhaps we feel that nature has gotten angry with us and wants to fight back.
Have you noticed any other patterns in our cultural dreams?
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