"Stop looking at me swan!"
Last night when I came home from watching 24 (which were 2 excellent episodes I might add) I tried to go immediately to bed. I knew that I had to wake up at 7AM to run track with the Ruston High Track Team, (of which I'm currently interim head coach). After that I volunteer at Christian Community Action, every Tuesday is sorting and distributing cans day, and you all know that organization and attention to detail is my strong suit, so I like to help in anyway I can.
The point is, when my head hit the pillow at like 11:33 PM, I couldn't sleep. I didn't actually get to sleep until like 5AM! (Needless to say I skipped my track practice, and I called Kyle to take my place at the CCA today... (But I'll get 'em next week...). I kept tossing and turning, wondering and pondering, drinking and peeing, you know the drill. I kept thinking about what I consider entertaining, and what others consider entertaining. It's not something that's easy to pin down. But I think I might have a lead.
I don't consider myself a complex person, with intricate or even specific tastes. I really like a wide variety of movies, TV shows, foods, books, music, what have you... I'm chill, I'm easy, I'm easily amused (and easily chill, whatever that means). But I like one thing above others and it's generic but it's vital to my personhood, it's fun! I love fun! I love having fun, bringing fun, planning fun, spontaneous fun, all types of fun. When I was a kid, I used to think, "If it's not fun I wouldn't do it..." (This philosophy might have screwed me up for life by the way...). So I guess the greatly sought after, (fun) is an intangible quality that I love in movies. I guess I'm looking to have at least a slight degree of fun, when I watch movies. Because, I know that movies aren't only supposed to be fun, and sometimes the movies that are purely for fun, are the ones that do not satisfy long term. (There's no lasting presence, there's not resonance besides a "relaxing" hour and a half.) Though, I love fun, I rarely love movies only because they're fun, that's not reason enough for me. However, I think fun is one of the intangible qualities that draws me into a movie; it's the quality that keeps me coming back for more, IE- rewatching the movie. (I know that there are OTHER factors that make me want to re-watch, movies. A compelling story, great acting, stunning visuals, or even wanting to share a powerful film with others, or wanting to watch a movie you know to be "good" but don't remember why because it's been so long.) But there are haunting movies, like Schindler's List, Hotel Rwanda, Mississippi Burning (which I saw at a young age, and if I didn't see it again I'd be okay. (Though if we netfilxed it I'd be glad to do it too...) Titanic, The Last Unicorn and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III have scared me for life. :)
The bottom line is this. I love movies, pretty much more than 99% of other stuff in this world, (and on another note, I feel like watching movies (and this too might be a sad, pathetic, statement of my life thus far,) is something I do well. I like to watch movies and discuss them, it's fun, intellectually stimulating, and beneficial (IE: Makes the movie you just watched worthier of your time). So every movie (aside from the pornographic type) is worth my time, but if they don't posses some modicum of fun, I'm less likely to want to rewatch.
I guess that's what I meant by entertaining... FUN!
The point is, when my head hit the pillow at like 11:33 PM, I couldn't sleep. I didn't actually get to sleep until like 5AM! (Needless to say I skipped my track practice, and I called Kyle to take my place at the CCA today... (But I'll get 'em next week...). I kept tossing and turning, wondering and pondering, drinking and peeing, you know the drill. I kept thinking about what I consider entertaining, and what others consider entertaining. It's not something that's easy to pin down. But I think I might have a lead.
I don't consider myself a complex person, with intricate or even specific tastes. I really like a wide variety of movies, TV shows, foods, books, music, what have you... I'm chill, I'm easy, I'm easily amused (and easily chill, whatever that means). But I like one thing above others and it's generic but it's vital to my personhood, it's fun! I love fun! I love having fun, bringing fun, planning fun, spontaneous fun, all types of fun. When I was a kid, I used to think, "If it's not fun I wouldn't do it..." (This philosophy might have screwed me up for life by the way...). So I guess the greatly sought after, (fun) is an intangible quality that I love in movies. I guess I'm looking to have at least a slight degree of fun, when I watch movies. Because, I know that movies aren't only supposed to be fun, and sometimes the movies that are purely for fun, are the ones that do not satisfy long term. (There's no lasting presence, there's not resonance besides a "relaxing" hour and a half.) Though, I love fun, I rarely love movies only because they're fun, that's not reason enough for me. However, I think fun is one of the intangible qualities that draws me into a movie; it's the quality that keeps me coming back for more, IE- rewatching the movie. (I know that there are OTHER factors that make me want to re-watch, movies. A compelling story, great acting, stunning visuals, or even wanting to share a powerful film with others, or wanting to watch a movie you know to be "good" but don't remember why because it's been so long.) But there are haunting movies, like Schindler's List, Hotel Rwanda, Mississippi Burning (which I saw at a young age, and if I didn't see it again I'd be okay. (Though if we netfilxed it I'd be glad to do it too...) Titanic, The Last Unicorn and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III have scared me for life. :)
The bottom line is this. I love movies, pretty much more than 99% of other stuff in this world, (and on another note, I feel like watching movies (and this too might be a sad, pathetic, statement of my life thus far,) is something I do well. I like to watch movies and discuss them, it's fun, intellectually stimulating, and beneficial (IE: Makes the movie you just watched worthier of your time). So every movie (aside from the pornographic type) is worth my time, but if they don't posses some modicum of fun, I'm less likely to want to rewatch.
I guess that's what I meant by entertaining... FUN!
posted by The Dre | 4:57 PM
2 Comments:
Boy, it is so much fun to hear and read you. It appears to me that your unselective movie watching deprives you of some fun and brings you some frustration due to social agenda of Holywood Mafia. Hope a movie is not trying to fill a void, and emptiness. Yeah, movies are fun and the variety of movies fits the tastes of the viewers. It is so good that we dont' live in movies {Shakespeare said "The world is a stage and every human a true actor" - or something like that}, and that we ar "on higher ground".
Thanks for the explanation, Dre.
I understood what you meant before since we have watched and talked about a lot of movies before. I just wanted you to explain yourself for the other readers.
While we're talking about it, we should watch a movie this weekend?
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