People nowadays would rather finish watching movies or reading books that have a melancholic ending than a joyful one. This case show a negative development toward how the people feeling currently because it reflect what is their emotion.
Reading books or watching movies is one way for someone to have a break from their busy lives, or it could be people habit. By doing it, people would be carried away and be submerged to the feeling that are being shown in the books or movies; whether they could be feeling nostalgic due to childhood memories, happy after some hilarious scene, or melancholic because of gloomy ending that illustrate the anticlimax of the reading or the show. The latest ending is being preferred by few people that doing binge-watching or reading a book.
Main reason of why some people preferred a sad ending rather than a joyful one is because it shows their feelings and they want to be drowned with it as well. This is due to how they are being treated on day-to-day basis in their environment, where they are being treated unequally or injustice. By also sharing the same emotion toward the end with the books or movies, they will feel how the plot or character that are being shown endure the same story as them. In result, this reflect the negative side of the society that some people are being mistreated right now and they dont find a good environment for them, instead they find their own business by reading books or watching movies which have a sad ending. Which in some cases, this could lead to more serious issue toward one’s mental health and emotion.
Overall, wathcing movies or reading books is a good hobby for someone to have. But to prefer a sad ending rather than a joyful one is a problematic choice, and need to be looked upon to prevent some issues toward mental health or emotion.