having my foot halfway in the industry, there's also something that you've gotta consider.

What's gonna sell more in a story? What are the sheeple going to want to see (more than once preferably)?

Reality where you have to bust your ass to become an attractive person, or a story where a lazy, introverted guy gets a hot girl by doing the same things over and over and at the end still gets to be a lazy pothead/gamer?

And do girls want a story where the cute girl ends up with a dickhead, or with the nice sensitive guy she dreams of? Likely the second, but don't forget the fact that she'd get bored with him within a week or less... something that she doesn't consider when she's there watching a movie.


Oftentimes, imaginary is better than reality. There's a reason there's no movies about people doing 9-5 jobs that don't have some wonderful plot twist halfway through. People are lazy, and want things handed to them. And that's exactly what the movie industry thrives on.