My friends think I am addicted to movies but I don't. Addiction is when you forced to do something more like a compulsion but I can leave watching whenever I want. A movie for me is like that cup of coffee you have every morning not because you are addicted to caffeine but because it is one of those few things which gives you sheer joy.
A good movie is like a dinner at a good restaurant. Everything served perfectly keeping the consumer's wants in mind. All you have to do is make yourself comfortable, get in the mood for what's coming and let the story unroll. What starts as a long list of names and unrelated description of characters slowly molds into a plot where a usually confused protagonist with a series of accounts opens up a completely different refuge from the mundane real world. In matter of no time, you start becoming the part of the story. However, I disagree with the common belief of relating to the characters, I don't. I don't have a rich father and a poor boyfriend or a sick mom and no money (touchwood!) but all I have is a huge craving for stories.
I do not believe in classifying movies just like the music- anything good to the ears is a good music. Similarly anything which can hold your attention for anything more than a minute is a good movie. It might take days to make a masterpiece of a movie but just two hours or so to realize it. I do believe making a movie is an art but so is watching one!
Ah! Those heart aches after a heart rendering tragedy, those dazed smiles after a happily ended 'chick flick', or that long silence after a display of those deeply complicated human emotions...Once the reel begins, every script tells a story, every character comes alive, every emotion becomes real until the line between the real and the reel no longer exists.
I still repeat its not addiction or passion, its just sheer craving for some good stories, tales, and incidents whatever you call it. For some it might be a well written book, for others a well sung song and for the rare ones a good narrated story, for me it’s the movies.
A good movie is like a dinner at a good restaurant. Everything served perfectly keeping the consumer's wants in mind. All you have to do is make yourself comfortable, get in the mood for what's coming and let the story unroll. What starts as a long list of names and unrelated description of characters slowly molds into a plot where a usually confused protagonist with a series of accounts opens up a completely different refuge from the mundane real world. In matter of no time, you start becoming the part of the story. However, I disagree with the common belief of relating to the characters, I don't. I don't have a rich father and a poor boyfriend or a sick mom and no money (touchwood!) but all I have is a huge craving for stories.
I do not believe in classifying movies just like the music- anything good to the ears is a good music. Similarly anything which can hold your attention for anything more than a minute is a good movie. It might take days to make a masterpiece of a movie but just two hours or so to realize it. I do believe making a movie is an art but so is watching one!
Ah! Those heart aches after a heart rendering tragedy, those dazed smiles after a happily ended 'chick flick', or that long silence after a display of those deeply complicated human emotions...Once the reel begins, every script tells a story, every character comes alive, every emotion becomes real until the line between the real and the reel no longer exists.
I still repeat its not addiction or passion, its just sheer craving for some good stories, tales, and incidents whatever you call it. For some it might be a well written book, for others a well sung song and for the rare ones a good narrated story, for me it’s the movies.
