the power of movies

i have a friend who loves to watch movies. nothing wrong with that, except that he could watch the same movie over and over again. at that time, i could not understand why would someone spend so much time watching the same movie over and over again? it seemed like a waste of time. what is the beauty of a movie?

this got me curious that i started to search for movies that were blockbusters, recommended by the newspapers or friends and watched them. i began to fall in love watching movies. in a movie, i could be intrigued by the story plot, the acting of the cast, the beautiful angle shots, the visual effects or the message the movie was trying to convey within the 2 to 3 hours. it was like a short escape from reality where anything was possible. it stirred my emotions that i could feel my heart again. sometimes, i would be touched/reminded by or gained realizations from a movie, that gave me strength to continue believing. it was a source of ideas/inspirations and appreciating what the movie director was saying.

someone once said that because in reality, our lives are too boring, we try to live a different life through dramas or movies, imagining ourselves as the lead characters, regaining hope that our real lives could be just as exciting. to some extent, i guess it is true. we probably need some dramas to spice up our lives.

movie, from the creation of an idea in the mind and transforming it from scratch to reality. salute to all the movie directors who have the vision and passion in what they are doing. it takes tremendous efforts to do that.

sharing with you the list of movies i watched in 2011. i am amazed at myself of the number of movies i have watched within a year. looking forward to great movies in 2012!

1.       shutter island

2.       sex and the city 2

3.       valentine’s day

4.       toy story 3

5.       3 idiots

6.       ghajini

7.       taare zameen par (every child is special)

8.       the bucket list

9.       despicable me

10.   love and other drugs

11.   rabbits have no ears

12.   prime

13.   hello, stranger

14.   love me if you dare

15.   never let me go

16.   127 hours

17.   black swan

18.   tangled

19.   台北星期天

20.   跳跃大搜线3 – 开释罪犯

21.   no strings attached

22.   big fish

23.   the lion, the witch and the wardrobe

24.   ice age

25.   ice age 2

26.   yes man

27.   rango

28.   fight club

29.   wall street – money never sleeps

30.   under the tuscan sun

31.   love happens

32.   the king’s speech

33.   rumour has it

34.   just go with it

35.   last life in the universe

36.   brokeback mountain

37.   harry potter and the deathly hallows part 1

38.   harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2

39.   x men – first class

40.   x men

41.   i love you, philip morris

42.   mary and max

43.   五月天追梦3DNA 

44.   九降风

45.   my sassy girl

46.   too big to fail

47.   花吃了那女孩

48.   nim’s island

49.   ink heart

50.   horrible bosses

51.   midnight in paris

52.   星空

53.   那些年，我们追的女孩

54.   in time