When The Going Gets Old,The Tough...Use Botox

This isn't anything philosophical,or too worldly I guess.This is the film lover in me talking.So....you know what you're getting into :)

You often find women(and some men) trying to look younger by using botox and facelifts.You usually find their faces to be wrinkle-free,but rigid and expressionless.It sort of ruins the energy of the youth,and also the benevolence and experience of the old,a true birth of the phrase "mixed bag".Somewhere in the middle,in an attempt to relive the past and at the same time,stay with the current of the present,people are neither here nor there.There's a saying:"When the going gets tough,the tough get going".The going certainly is tough.People,their views and beliefs,society's rigidity,they are all undergoing changes.So,in an attempt to keep at par with the world,we all "get going".Of course,we it's not necessary that we go places where we would like to be.Now,back to what I had in mind.
I'm a lover of fine films,of all ages.Thanks to the portability of technology,I've been able to lay eyes on many works of art from yesteryears.I see today's films too,atleast those films which noted critics think are spectacular.I see a world of a difference,and every time I notice the difference,a botox-riddled face comes in my mind.Films used to be about stories,and they still are(in some cases atleast).But on the golden days of the 90s and early 2000s,it was only and only stories,the director never got carried away.Now,you see people getting carried away like a feather amidst a tornado.To be frank,I'd see such movies which have wonderful stories but contain excess of something,and I'd walk out with an incomplete taste.I'd also be surprised as to how critics can be so positive about certain such films.It's a clear image of the truth,that the world and it's views have changed,and are still changing(exactly why critics love these 'new' ways of storytelling),and films too are trying to change.But the actors and directors are still the same.So they take the botox,metaphorically speaking.To make my point clear,here are a couple of examples.
The Kids Are All Right is an excellent film about a lesbian couple and their children who seek to find their sperm donor,and all the twists and turns that ensue.Wonderfully told,wonderfully acted out.But where things go "excess" was the sex.Too much detailed display of sex.True,some amount of intimacy is needed to lay the base of any relationship,but is it necessary to keep animal-like harsh and vulgar sex,that too in much more than plenty amount?It ruined the flow of the story,it felt like an unwanted thorn.God knows what the director had in mind.But the critics loved it.So maybe the world itself loved it.What does the world need?An excuse to watch pornography?Go to a porn site for pete's sakes,don't ruin films with it!
Then comes Hostel,a film classified as "horror".I guess the only "horror" part in it was the gore. Horrifying,really,to think a man can perform such cruel acts of torture. Blood flows like the waters of Niagra Falls,actors have a miraculous way of screaming their lungs out through most of the film and still have an intact voice,and I guess the director wanted the audience to have a surprising capacity of patience.I was revolted.But...you guessed it,it was well received.Is this what horror has come down to-screaming actors being dismembered on screen?Or is it just to satisfy the bloodlust of the crowd?Seriously,an overdose of botox.
Of course,not every old person takes botox,and certainly not every film is riddled with the limbo feeling in-between past and present.I'm talking about romance.Film-makers have indeed evolved,quite successfully might I add.Romantic stories have taken a modern turn,featuring present day lives,modern characters,and still,the beauty and the alien believability of love has been preserved.Love Actually did one helluva job.
Actions films-overdose of botox.Not only do most of the old stars who still think they're in the fray use botox on themselves,but use botox on the film.Films nowadays are filled with an "ensemble" caste.Wow,I'd pay Rs200 just to see many over-built stars shoot each other on screen.But these movies make tons of cash.So,I guess the world wants just that,instead of the classic hero-bad guy struggle with some destruction and gun-fire.What has the world come to these days.
True,an old man or woman can't grow young,they can just try to look young.This world is ever ready to embrace new(and perhaps revolting) customs.That which is considered controversial now may be everyday sight tomorrow(can you believe it,Scarface was considered to have 'extreme' violence).So,film makers too take the botox(again metaphorically speaking).Films are an art,and you can make em only in some ways,and it's stupid to sacrifice the ancient ways that have proved successful just so that the world's need for new things is satisfied.Stop Using Botox,Stay Natural!!