Why do people glamourize criminals, thugs, conmen?
I have noticed that many movies depict the bad guys as "the cool ones"
I have also had some conversations with people in video stores where they were telling me
that the "really liked" movies about the mob........I never got that
I like action movies and comedies because, to me, they are interesting and\or funny
Most dramas and movies about thugs, gangs, drug dealers and thieves are not
I don't get a thrill out of seeing a movie about illegal racing\stealing like fast and furious
or illegal drug running like easy rider.
In the Bruce Willis movies, the good guy wins, and the bad guys get what they deserve
Kind of like the old Westerns and shows like Batman and Leave it to Beaver
I know it would be boring if the good guy always won, but surely there are other alternatives
Is it naive of me to think that our entertainment influences our society, and that we have a problem?
I see kids on the street dressing\acting like "gangstas", It seems strange to me to imitate the criminals