Why do YOU love watching movies?
I think there are many reasons out there.
When we are watching a movie...
- it can be like being in a different world
- we can feel like being in the skin or the mind or the fate of someone else
- we can forget our problems for awhile
- we can find great messages and we can pick up kickass quotes...
- and so on and so on
but why do YOU love watching movies. What's the best about them?
Roland would have understood.
Mostly for me I a very stoic person. Maybe it's just my experiences in life that made me sort of numb but I usually are unable to feel the most extreme sides of emotions in life, happiness and sorrow. I dealt with depression for so long I don't even feel it anymore and happiness, well i put that out the window long ago. But I'm neither sad or happy most of the time, I'm right in the middle. Movies allow me to experience those other emotions. I tend to get emotional sometimes when I watch movies for that reason, gives me a chance to experience emotions I am unable to experience myself. Whether it's sad (The Pianist) or incredibly happy and fulfilling (The Royal Tenenbaums) I can feel those emotions.
Then you have the entertainment. Some movies are fun and some are funny. Some are meant to scare you but usually don't at all.
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Thank you for the open answer, Mattrick. I hope I don't hurt you if I say your answer is really interesting.
Roland would have understood.
I watch movies for so many different reasons I'm not sure I can list them all.
One of the main reasons I like watching all kinds of different films is because I feel I can learn a lot from them. I'm a professional videographer/editor and I feel I can learn a lot of new techniques by watching movies.
I'm also in the middle of writing a screenplay. Watching all kinds of movies helps for inspiration. I even like watching bad movies to learn about what not to do.
I'm also big into movie trivia. The more movies I watch, the more trivia I will absorb.
I also just love film. I like being transported for 2 hours and forgetting all of my problems. I like the feeling of walking out of a cold theater and having the warm air hit me in the face. For some reason I always feel more alive after watching a movie. Especially if it's good.
My parents used to own a movie store, so I've been watching movies for so long. I can't inamgine not being a huge movie buff. It's just a huge part of who I am.
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great thread, Nikolett, as usual
don't know if I can give a short answer, because I watch different movies for different reasons... will try to think how to put it in a concise form...
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I like the escapism. Which is why I like more unrealistic movies like science fiction and fantasy rather than realistic dramas or romance films.
Good to hear its interesting. If there is one scene that gets me everytime it's in Reign Over Me whenOriginally Posted by Letti
Spoiler:. Very powerful stuff.
Hopefully one day in the near future I'll be making movies.
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I like to share theme with friends who like the same type of movies as I do. It is fun to share the experience with good friends.
For instance, my best friend and I have almost identical taste when it comes to movies. We can watch a movie that we have seen a billion times together....A Fish Called Wanda comes to mind.....and just have an enjoyable afternoon laughing together, even though we could each quote the movie from start to finish. Once a movie has become iconic to me, its even more fun to watch it. Watching movies for the first time is enjoyable, but in a different way. When watching for the first time, the enjoyment comes in either unexpected laughs, or tense suspense.
There are some movies though, especially those from my childhood, that just have a comfort level for me. Watching them actually reminds me of a good time in my life, just like an old song can do. For this reason, I especially like watching my favorite movies.
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Same with bears.
(seen A Fish Called Wanda countless times, too...)
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm the same as Jean i watch different movies for different reasons.
Comedies are fairly obvious, i am in need of a laugh and (normally) they can be an instant tonic.
Some films i enjoy as i learn things, normally the sci fi films, or the historic films
and also as Mattrick said its to feel extreme emotions that you wouldn't normally feel. Or in my case, its because i have felt them and then feeling that bond with another character - this may seem odd to some people, the only thing i can give you is an example
I am legend spoilerSpoiler:
told you it was daft!
the main reason i enjoy movies though is to talk about them afterwards, every film i watch with hubbie, we always finish watching them and then dissect them for hours afterwards - sometimes this is more enjoyable than the actual film!!
I choose "kickass quotes."
I'm of a pretty philosophic bent myself, so I always love these threads you start, Letti, which question things in very fundamental ways.
I'm not much into escapism. I love film for about the same reasons that I love other art forms... and so have grown disillusioned with it, as with them. On balance, the movies still is deeper and more significant than t.v. or pop music, though.
I most enjoy fiction which inspires, teaches, or enlightens me in some way.
Read some Dostoevsky
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I'm not even sure I can put into words why I love films so much. There's so many different reasons. But I guess one of the biggest reasons for me is that I see them as another form of art. And for similar reasons I can enjoy them. I love visual films. I'll often get lost in the beauty of them. Even if the story isn't that great, I'll still be mesmerized by what's on the screen. It can bring out different emotions in you. I also love the escapism aspect. Being able to see and experience things you wouldn't normally be able to.
Also I love to be scared, which would explain my obsession with horror films. Everyone always asks me how I can watch them so much, and my only answer is that I love that rush of tension that you feel. It just releases all of your stresses.
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
It's very interesting to see that some of you say you can feel stronger emotions during watching a movie than IRL or you can meet emotions you never meet IRL. I can totally understand it moreover sometimes a movie can tear me apart as well still I find it... deep and interesting.
For my part I watch movies for many reasons (like most of us) but mostly for their hidden unspoken messages. I love digging under the surface of the movie as deep as possible and analyse every single quote and character.
Roland would have understood.
I was thinking that too but then...
It really does boil down to this for me no matter what kind of movie it is...documentaries to straight up fantasy. They still take me away from the here and now and entertain me (or not). The only other thing I can say is that a movie can be a time killer for me...something to hold my attention between the scheduled events of my life. I would say that I learn things from documentaries but the fact is I tend to choose documentaries about topics that I'm interested in (generally history documentaries) so I rarely learn something new from them. In fact, I have more fun mentally grading them for accuracy.
Basically:
To grab the moments that are never going to end. Because you can go back to that moment a hundred times.
To taste different and unique imaginations and eat them all.
To find questions.
When I've read both of your answers, a smile was born on my face.
With me there generally are no whys. I simply do. And (in this instance) it's not just laziness. When it comes to things I love there are no whys.
the above kinda sums it up for bears...
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Character arcs, seeing someone who started off as fairly normal step up to the challenge in a realistic way. The best example I can think of is Samwise Gamgee in The Lord of the Rings films.
Epic events and good visual: see the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy. I like how you have a tropical setting as the backdrop of the epic EITC/Jones versus the Brethren Court.
Finally, I enjoy them simply to escape for just a little while to another world.
Long ago realizing that audiences watch movies for different reasons, the film industry uses certain categories for marketing to different people and to people in different moods. If you're interested in extending this discussion, here's a basic list to consider --
Comedy
Romance
Musical
Family
Drama
Action
Suspense
Horror
Documentary
Many movies I watch for just the performances. To see a particular actor at work. To just watch the face, or listen to the voice. Some actors with an absolutely fascinating voice are, I find, Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, Richard Burton and Sir Laurence Olivier.
Some of the faces I never tire of watching: Peter Cushing, Karloff (again), Price (again), Ursula Andress and Barbra Streisand..Streisand's got a great speaking voice also...
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Everything above and more.
It'll take a lot more than words and guns,
A whole lot more than riches and muscle.
The hands of the many must join as one.
And together we'll cross the river.
Puscifer, "The Humbling River"
Escapism would be a large part of it. Also, i just enjoy the art of films, like a well crafted book or tattoo, it's all artwork (maybe not in the 'traditional' sense) that speaks easily to me.
Why do I love movies?
Because they take me away from myself and closer to myself, they bring me to others worlds and remind me that all things are possible.
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aw - i love that sentiment, i may just pinch and sig that
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