How the Movies Teach Manhood

Colin Stokes is a father, a former performer, a non-profit marketer, designer and arts consumer. The director of communications for the non-profit Citizen Schools. He is also a TED speaker. Did you ever notice that a lot of movies have essentially similar storylines? There is a "bad guy" statistically more often a male protagonist has to fight his way through obstacles and confront the bad guy, and then he is rewarded, typically with a girl? What lessons are movies teaching our boys about manhood?