Movies

Movies. They are my life. Oxygen is to others what movies are to me. In other words, I would die without them.

I can watch most any movie over and over again. There are some people who can only watch a movie once or twice before getting sick of it. I don't get that. Oh well.

I basically have an annual schedule of movies that go with the seasons.

The summer movies are so close but so far. The James Bond movies, the Indiana Jones movies, The Goonies, Inception (recent addition), King Kong, Wall-E, Up, Napoleon Dynamite, Forrest Gump, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Juno. All Summer movies. Maybe because most of them, as far as I am aware, came out during the summer/spring. Or perhaps some of them just take place during nice weather at some point in the movie. I really don't know why. But there is something about knowing the weather is nice outside that makes the movie watching experience different than when watching it in the winter. It feels more right.

And movies teach things. The lessons some movies have taught me have been added to my laws of life. For example, Ratatouille. The lesson in that: "Anyone can do anything they want". In the movie's case, it's cooking. In my case, it's working where the movie got made.

There is no other art form, save some music, that can make people undergo such a wide range of emotions. It amazes myself how attached I am to some films. Why? I wonder this sometimes. In the end I usually come to this conclusion: Just because.

I don't really know why. But that's what makes them so amazing.

Movies have such a rich and attractive history. So many people have contributed to the growth of this art form in such a, in the long run, short span of time it's mind boggling. Limitless options.

It will never stop amazing me. I've seen more movies than the average person, I think, and I still feel I have barely cracked the surface. Still so much to see. And not to mention keeping up with what's coming out every week. Some people might think it's a waste of time.

I disagree.

Movies will always continue to have an emotional connection to someone, weather the movie is 100 years old or brand new. They will always continue to inspire people and they will always help people through bad times. And if that is a waste of time...I don't really care.

Side note: What's the deal with this negative aura surrounding black and white movies nowa days? There is NOTHING wrong with them.

Whenever a kid sees a black and white movie they groan, as if it will automatically be bad. This saddens me. Because in some cases it's just as good as or ten times better then the new movie they'll see that weekend.