2006-12-13 17:00:07 · 9 answers · asked by Gregory L 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
If you are looking for the technical term, it is called the suspension of disbelief. This is a term used for a strategy often employed in horror flicks. You have to suspend what you don't believe to become frightened by the movie.
2006-12-13 17:07:32 · answer #1 · answered by Princess Purple 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Watching movies requires a suspension of disbelief" is more accurate because the movie watcher will enter a state of "believing" in order to enjoy the movie.
2006-12-14 01:11:24 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Suspension of disbelief--that is, you set your doubts aside and just enjoy the fantasy of the movie without thinking, "That would never happen!" etc.
You don't suspend belief, you CHOOSE to believe what you know isn't real.
2006-12-14 01:25:23 · answer #3 · answered by EQ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what type of movie you're watching, and what your opinion is on what the movie is about. If you're going to watch, say, Independence Day, and you do not believe in extraterrestrial life, then you might need to suspend your disbelief to enjoy it, or suspend your belief of the non-existence! In other words, either statement can be correct.
2006-12-14 01:21:26 · answer #4 · answered by bougainvillaea 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The term "suspension of disbelief" is the correct one in context you provided; many literary critics have used this term to refer to the process the reader/viewer must undergo in order to enjoy a media form (whether written or film). This term was coined by Samuel Taylor Coleridge in his Biographia Literaria.
2006-12-14 02:54:44 · answer #5 · answered by vvarga82 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Suspend disbelief.
2006-12-14 01:08:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Either is correct. You can suspend belief (and thus not believe), or you can suspend disbelief (and believe). The one that SOUNDS better is to suspend belief because "disbelief" is descriptive of something NOT there, and suspending a "nothing" is kinda weird.
2006-12-14 01:03:15 · answer #7 · answered by Rainfog 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
hmm, a suspension of belief I think.
2006-12-14 01:25:25 · answer #8 · answered by WitchTwo 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
so you can't just enjoy a fantasy, eh?
2006-12-14 01:02:38 · answer #9 · answered by LatterDaySaint and loving it 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋