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单词 Hollywoodize
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Definition of Hollywoodize in English:

Hollywoodize

(British Hollywoodise)
verb ˈhɒlɪwʊdʌɪzˈhäliwo͝odˌīz
[with object]derogatory, informal
  • Adapt (a story or series of events) so as to conform to the supposed norms of a typical Hollywood film, especially in respect of being unrealistically glamorous, exciting, or simplistic.

    for this movie, the real doctor's life story has been significantly Hollywoodized
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In this sense it was already Hollywoodised before it was remade.
    • Since 1999 he has made his name by injecting European depth and quality into Hollywood films while simultaneously Hollywoodising London theatre.
    • The decision made to Hollywoodize this crucial human aspect of the story was all I needed to know in my resolution not to waste my money on the ticket price.
    • It has a kernel of truth, although it has been "Hollywoodized."
    • A whisper went round LA along the lines of "how sad that this poor woman's life is going to be Hollywoodised".
    • I think he is angry with the way the director has 'hollywoodised' real life events.
    • But it can't HELP but Hollywoodise them.
    • An obvious weakness to me is that after being 'Hollywoodized' from the original film, it has lost much of its meaning, instead being mainly a fun film that takes viewers along for the ride.
    • This alleged remake of the classic Sixties Brit heist flick has been Hollywoodised out of existence.
    • Even the love story is overly Hollywoodized; the couple bonds in painfully silly ways.
    • But Spielberg does more than Hollywoodize the story.
    • My effort has been to Hollywoodize the form.
    • The Christian lowland peasants in the Philippines have been Hispanized during the 400 years of Spanish colonization and Hollywoodized in the 50 years of the American colonial era.
    • While the originals are ethnically specific, albeit Hollywoodised, representations, the remakes are completely severed from the original ethnic soil and become solely the product of Hollywood homogenisation.
    • But when I realized that The Return of the King had been utterly Hollywoodized, I finally gave up.
    • In fact, what is most disturbing about this movie is the way in which it has been Hollywoodised—all of the quirky elements of the original have been taken out, to be replaced with generic American plot lines.

Derivatives

  • Hollywoodization

  • noun
    derogatory, informal
    • There are many unique qualities to this film that reject the formulaic Hollywoodization of historical figures and battles.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Simliarly, the film is amazingly effective for a fairly overblown Hollywoodization of a simple, lovely original.
      • Is Sundance's exportation of the indie-film mindset to other countries also an opportunity for other national cinemas to survive global Hollywoodization?
      • Many people have seen the movie, and the magnificent power in the novella is now diminished by the "hollywoodization" of it.
      • He describes the 'Hollywoodization of political culture'.
 
 

Definition of Hollywoodize in US English:

Hollywoodize

(British Hollywoodise)
verbˈhäliwo͝odˌīz
[with object]derogatory, informal
  • Adapt (a story or series of events) so as to conform to the supposed norms of a typical Hollywood film, especially in terms of being unrealistically glamorous, exciting, or simplistic.

    for this movie, the real doctor's life story has been significantly Hollywoodized
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But Spielberg does more than Hollywoodize the story.
    • But when I realized that The Return of the King had been utterly Hollywoodized, I finally gave up.
    • My effort has been to Hollywoodize the form.
    • Even the love story is overly Hollywoodized; the couple bonds in painfully silly ways.
    • It has a kernel of truth, although it has been "Hollywoodized."
    • The Christian lowland peasants in the Philippines have been Hispanized during the 400 years of Spanish colonization and Hollywoodized in the 50 years of the American colonial era.
    • In fact, what is most disturbing about this movie is the way in which it has been Hollywoodised—all of the quirky elements of the original have been taken out, to be replaced with generic American plot lines.
    • I think he is angry with the way the director has 'hollywoodised' real life events.
    • While the originals are ethnically specific, albeit Hollywoodised, representations, the remakes are completely severed from the original ethnic soil and become solely the product of Hollywood homogenisation.
    • The decision made to Hollywoodize this crucial human aspect of the story was all I needed to know in my resolution not to waste my money on the ticket price.
    • An obvious weakness to me is that after being 'Hollywoodized' from the original film, it has lost much of its meaning, instead being mainly a fun film that takes viewers along for the ride.
    • But it can't HELP but Hollywoodise them.
    • Since 1999 he has made his name by injecting European depth and quality into Hollywood films while simultaneously Hollywoodising London theatre.
    • A whisper went round LA along the lines of "how sad that this poor woman's life is going to be Hollywoodised".
    • In this sense it was already Hollywoodised before it was remade.
    • This alleged remake of the classic Sixties Brit heist flick has been Hollywoodised out of existence.
 
 
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