Davie is the founder of Popcorn Club.
Having grown up in between Canada and Israel, having spent ten years of his life backpacking through Europe, Asia and Australia and fluent in English, French and Hebrew, Davie’s very much a child of the world. He studied philosophy in Canada and screenwriting at UCLA, he’s owned businesses in art sales, customer service and travel. Davie inspires confidence in everyone he meets, that’s what he does, that’s why he started Popcorn Club. He’d love to meet you and tell you all about it.
Davie’s most popular clubs are Debate Clubs, Watch & Talks and his famous Texas Hold’em Poker Clubs. You’re guaranteed to laugh, learn and be inspired after two hours with Davie.
Hollywood movies are full of clichés. As movieg...
Hollywood movies are full of clichés. As moviegoers, we're aware of them and we kind of love them, or do we? What are they? Are they instilling old ideas like stereotypes of gender or race? Or love? Or of what a hero should be like? Are they giving us unreachable goals or simple escapes from reality that we shouldn't overthink?_x000D_
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Let's explore them together as we watch select scenes from a really fun documentary called "Attack Of The Hollywood Clichés". How about the characters that we love and keep on seeing? The cop who doesn't play by the rules but always gets his man? The character who you know will die in the next few scenes? The wonderfully unrealistic moment where two people meet and the romance begins? _x000D_
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Let's enter the world of cinema and try to better understand it from the point of view of the filmmakers, the actors and the audience who eat it all up or criticise it until it dies. What tricks do they use to keep us interested? How have those tricks changed over the years? How have audiences changed? How has it all changed us as a people? How did Hollywood grow up in relation to the European movie scene, and how did they influence each other?_x000D_
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If you love film, are interested in its connection with the human condition, or are just in the mood for a cool and different conversation, come join us! It will be entertaining, deep, surprising, and not surprising at the same time. Let's eat popcorn, let's have a drink, and let's talk Hollywood and humanity with food friends in comfy chairs!_x000D_
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好莱坞电影充满了俗套的元素。作为观众,我们都意识到这些俗套,甚至有些人很喜欢它们,或者说,我们真的喜欢它们吗?这些俗套到底是什么?它们是在灌输一些旧观念,比如性别、种族的刻板印象吗?还是关于爱情的刻板印象?又或者是关于英雄应该是什么样子的观念?它们给我们带来了无法实现的目标,还是简单的逃避现实,而我们不应该过度思考?_x000D_
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让我们一起来探索这些俗套,通过观看一部非常有趣的纪录片《好莱坞俗套大爆炸》中的选段来进行讨论。我们熟悉的角色呢?那个不按规则办事但总能抓住罪犯的警察?那个你知道接下来几场戏就会死掉的角色?那个非常不现实的时刻,两个相遇的人开始了浪漫的故事?_x000D_
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让我们进入电影的世界,尝试从电影制作人、演员和那些接受这些内容的观众的视角,来更好地理解这一切。好莱坞是如何利用这些手段保持观众的兴趣的?这些手段是如何随着时间的推移发生变化的?观众的态度发生了怎样的变化?这一切又如何改变了我们作为人类的集体面貌?好莱坞如何与欧洲电影界互相影响、共同成长?_x000D_
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如果你热爱电影,想探讨它与人类精神的联系,或者只是想聊一些有趣又不同的话题,来加入我们吧!这将是一场既有趣又深刻、既令人惊讶又不令人惊讶的对话。我们可以吃爆米花,喝饮料,坐在舒服的椅子上,和好朋友一起聊聊好莱坞与人性!