...been awhile; i do have a goal to write at least once a week...i have topics lined up but often as it does life happens to get in the way & january is swallowing me whole so it hasn't happened as i planned but i plan to be back on track especially by february; i have plans almost as if february is the start of 2013...however just as life moves so shall we...so why not do it in a movie...
...i received a tv for christmas (thank you parentals:)...the reason i did not get one before is i tend to get engulfed in whatever i am watching & then everything falls by the wayside...however i do enjoy a show or two & i love the movies (hoping to not get carried away with either )...i love most movies; not a huge fan of westerns or sci-fi but i am open-minded to whatever comes across to at least try and watch it...
...one of my favorites to watch or experience is old movies, the classics; there is something about the actors and the scenes it is stripped down to pure talent...no special effects just them & the plot & most of the time, for me, you are left with a sense of satisfaction ...
...i have also have discovered foreign films as well as indie films...these often go undiscovered by the masses & they are truly the jewels of film making...i am no critic ; trust, but i feel that the ones that we miss because there is no hype are some of the best films of all times...
so there it is me & movies -- not the real reason of why i am wasting your time telling you what i love about them ...the real reason is, why is it that we , or rather i, get sucked in by movies...is it due to the fact that the underdog wins; or the guy lands the uncatchable girl; or the business ends up being discovered & is wildly successful only to save the small town that was about to be extinct; or is it that the girl who no one notices finally becomes noticeable & finds love; or is it that death does not define us or end us and we can rise & feel life again; or is it that good always prevails; or that love always wins and they live happily ever after...why do we (i) get sucked in over & over...why do we put ourselves in the situation where its all happy endings & we keep believing in it all...we (i) do because of the hope; we are the exception & we could be the "hollywood" ending ...we could be the girl laying in her room & the man that would die for her is standing outside holding his boom box over his head playing their song; or we could be the one person that gets discovered & your life is changed for the better; we could be the one smiling & on top at the end...
we could be...
so we watch & hope...
...“Fairy tales only happen in movies."
(George Melies from The Invention of Hugo Cabret; Brian Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret)
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