1998 film

After watching the 1998 film about copycat examples, I must say it was really creepy to believe that people actually are willing to imitate what they see done in tv and movies. The first example that shocked me was the one that showed the couple from Europe that would meet people, get engaged, get married, and then kill them for the insurance money. The couple would then leave Europe and come to the United States and live off the money. I was really shocked about these crimes, because they got away with this crime for a long time. I never would have thought so many people would commit crimes all in the name of doing something that they had already seen. The other example that made me laugh more than anything was when the women robbed a bank just as they had seen in the movie Set It Off. This was shocking to me, because I love that movie, but have never thought to use what I have seen in it to commit a robbery. I think people that commit crimes such as this lack the understanding of reality and what is fabricated to produce an interesting story line. The other example would be the Scream example. I know I have never seen the movies myself, but I can only imagine having someone fully dressed in a costume coming to murder just as they have in the movie. This is extremely scary and I bet the victims were overwhelmed in the beginning and obviously fearful in the end. As far as the copycat phenomenon I think it is ridiculous that people are willing to sacrifice the rest of their lives all for a moment of exhilaration. I also think that in general it is pure stupidity, because they only see what it right in front of them but they don’t look into the fact that they will be caught. In the end copying what you see on tv or movies is a stupid and irresponsible thing to do, because you sacrifice your life for an outcome seen in a movie, but often forget that what’s done in a movie is not real life.