I have so many movies I want to watch that I have never seen before, and yet I cannot deny that there are few better feelings than sitting on my couch and watching a comfort film. And just when I was feeling guilty about that, I watched Thomas Flight's insightful video, "In Praise of Comfort Films," that put my mind at ease. So today, I want to jump into the escapism of these movies and why it's okay to get caught up in them once in a while. Let's dive in. Why We Love Comfort FilmsIt turns out that there's a sort of science behind why we like to sit and watch a movie we find comforting. In the video, Flight dug deep into how these movies often defy the logic of storytelling by presenting smaller obstacles or lower stakes in order to lull us into just having a good time watching something instead of stressing out. Also, since we've seen these movies before and know what comes next, the danger of worrying is off the table. The world we see on the screen lines up exactly the way we want it to. There's a sort of "anti-drama" approach to watching movies like this that plays on our nostalgia. What makes a film a comfort film is inherently subjective for each person, but the one common thing I think we can all agree on is rewatchability. This plays into our sense of predictability. And since we often flock to these...
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