Saturday, April 19, 2008

How to enjoy movies better!

Those of you who know me really well know that I love all kinds of movies. I've been told that you can find a movie in the $5.00 bin in Walmart that you have never heard of and I will either have scene it or love it or want to see it. I have been told that I have bad taste in movies. Just because I like movies like Meet Joe Black and Very Bad Things. It's not that I have bad taste, no not at all. I'm gonna tell you how to enjoy movies more.

Most people have high or low expectations when they see a movie in any form. Some people want movies to be realistic, or exciting, or lovey dovey, or sci-fierific, or a gore fest. But let me tell you something if you go into a movie, whether at the theatre, for rent or on cable or even on regular tv, with no expectations or even low expectations you will have a better chance of enjoying a movie.

Now it is human nature to get comfortable with an actor or a director and get involved so much then when their new movies come out you get excited to see the movie. That recently happened to me with Will Ferrell. He has been so good in so many movies, when Semi-Pro came out I found that I really wanted to see the movie and had such a high expectation level that when it wasn't reached I felt that the movie was horrendous. I feel almost that the movie should never have been made.

But I have found that if you go into the movie with no expectations at all you have a good chance to at least say that wasn't so bad. Also if you go into a movie with a negative view of the movie you may even say hey it wasn't as bad as I thought. Now this doesn't always work you do need to be picky sometimes. By me being so liberal with my movie selection I have ended up watching some pretty bad movies. One of the worst movies I have ever scene is Mars Attacks.

When I was younger I snuck in to see that movie in the theatre and I was pissed that I wasted my time to watch the movie. I tried to make myself laugh at that movie and couldn't do it. But I like movies that other people are like how could you like that movie it is so bad. Like Starship Troopers for example. It's a bad movie but I love it it just gets me.

There is also another way to make yourself like more movies. People always say stuff like it just wasn't real enough for me. Movies are like books. They are created to entertain and to take your mind off of your everyday life. If you let yourself get caught up in the movie you most definitely will like it more. Well at least that happens with me.

Oh well movies are my passion with me closing in on around 500 movies( I just bought Tango & Cash). I do love a lot of movies. This stuff works for me. If you just give movies a chance you can find yourself liking movies like Juno. Great movie by the way. I have a bad feeling about the latest Tom Cruise movie Lions for lambs or something like that. I'm gonna watch it this weekend I will test my theory on it. Next time I think I might get on my theory about Tom Cruise.

Well that's all for now thanks for reading if your still reading. If you are don't forget to leave comments or leave me a rebuttal.

Ben

1 comment:

Stacy Martin said...

Movies:
E.T. .... never saw it when everyone else did. Finally saw it .... oh... I donno... a year later? My expectations were so high!! So... just like you theorized... I couldn't believe how disappointing it was.
Funny, that "expectations' thing also works in other aspects of life....

Stacy Martin
Friend of Jayne since 1965. Friend of Ben's since... he was born I guess.