Movies – no matter how realistic they seem – are not real. But they do point to something real. They point to what the creators think matter, and by extension what they think matters to their audience – to what they think their audience wants or needs to hear. Movies about heroes are a good example, as they show not only what a creator thinks is heroic, but also what they think the audience sees as heroic. This heroism is often exaggerated, to make it more apparent and more exc…