Star Wars - Changing Movies

Well I figured I had to post this because of the joy of movies. I will pretty much watch any movie but Star Wars always has that feeling. It grabs you and doesn't let you go. First time I saw Star Wars when they released the trilogy the first time on THX Certified VHS.

Then in 1997 they re-released them in the movie theater that's when I got Star Wars. You sit down the lights dimmed and you see "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away" Then Boom "STAR WARS" the crawl and then a ship and then a huge ship that just went on forever. At that moment I was thinking this movie has it even after 28 years the movie still looks amazing can't say that about any other movie you see these days. Maybe Lord of the Rings will have that effect in 20 years.

Now I have expected that feeling from the prequals Episodes I-III and every time it has that beginning and it grabs you and doesn't let you go. Episode I destroyed itself with Jar Jar. Episode II was the cheesy love scenes. Episode III did an awesome job opens with this epic battle sequence and your just hooked and stay with it.

You have to have an attitude with movies that they are a directors way of expressing himself. That medium they choose to do it is film. But most films don't get what they need pretty much their are a few top directors that get to make the film they want. Pretty much all the start up directors are all limited by $$$ so most of the films we see don't have what they need. Or turn out to be just crap because they try to hard with special effects. The directors that take a chance always tend to make a better movie. Look at Sin City quit the Directors Guild just to put Frank Miller in the title and since he is on his own now he can pretty much take his movies where he wants. The popular directors get to do that.

Like in Lord of the Rings what makes this movie work is you believe that everything in there could happen and works. The Matrix the first one blew our minds away. It was the first movie in a long time I walked out the movie theater and saw the sun shining down on me. I thought is that sun real. Does the sun exist why does it work that way.

I go see movies for the experience. To see how the director and the writer want to bring their vision to life on the screen. I don't know where else I can see a moving picture with 5.1-7.1 Surround Sound on a huge screen. I would like to see every movie that comes out in the theater.

Not a real fan of going alone but I do pretty often because most people see a trailer and judge it by that and don't want to see it. There are a few movies I could live without seeing mostly kids movies because they follow the exact same story and just don't have an experience you just get to preview what future babysitting tool parents will be using in a few months.

I guess I just wanted to post this to just express myself about movies. That's why I have this blog to post what I want, how I want, when I feel like it. =)