Spirited Away

Before you start, please click on this link and listen to this song as you read it.
Trust me, it will make all the difference......

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There are some things in life that cannot be understood, Some feelings that cannot be explained, Some beauties that cannot be praised enough and Some memories that cannot be revived. Perhaps that is why life is so mysterious, like an unsolved problem, a puzzle that doesn't have an end. Some things in life are so unbearable that we want to give up, but sometimes life gives us a light so bright, a rope so strong to hold on to, just enough to prevent us from letting go. And with this light we travel a thousand miles, through thorn covered branches, heavy dusted leaves, through the dark tunnels of evil with a candle in hand, a candle given to us. With this candle, we can see through dark ends, protect us from deep desires and save us from dark deeds, and just as the candle seems to be fading, life gives us another one. And with this, we travel another thousand miles.

A few days ago, I watched two of Hayao Miyazaki's most praised pieces Howl's Moving Castle and Spirited Away. I usually don't like anime movies, I have a sort of prejudice thought "I mean, how much will they be able to express through drawings?" However my deep prejudice shattered for you cannot see these movie without a tissue box at your side. A real quick preview is that, In both films, the characters fall into deep trouble from where it seems there will be no way out. However, with the power of friendship, love and trust, they survive through it and receive long lasting memories of such childhood. If after you watch this movie, you feel a sort of power tugging on your heart, if you feel a pang of tightness around your chest and a small smile forming at the side of your face you know that your spirit is still alive! The desires of your childhood, the memories of your youth, the dreams of the other world still exists in you.

I don't know how to explain this...but you have to watch the movie and feel for yourself. The existence of the outer world, the world beyond the stars! Don't say you don't have time, for you always have time for another Miyazaki Hayao film, Always. Just don't fall in too deep, like me, you won't know how to come back!

 Glad to hear I'm not alone!

What Makes a Good Movie?

There are many Genres to movies. I just listed some genres and some examples for each....

Disaster movies: 2012, War of the Worlds, The day after tomorrow, Independence day, Armageddon
, The Core, Deep Impact, Haeundae (Korean Movie)....etc

Zombie movies: I am Legend, Dawn of the Dead, 28 weeks later, 28 days later, Awaken the Dead, Corpses, Dawn of the living dead, death of the dead....etc

Robot Movies: AI, Irobot, Transformers, Minority Report, Island, Terminator, Eagle Eye, Surrogates....etc

Horror/Thriller movies: Disturbia, Saw, Paranormal Activity, When a Stranger Calls you, Final Destination, The shining, Scream, The Hills have eyes, The Mist, One missed call, The orphan, Hide and Seek, Silent Hill, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday the 13th, I Know what you did last summer, The ring….etc

Fantasy movies: Harry Potter, Twilight, Narnia, Lord of the rings, The Hunger games, Percy Jackson, pan's labyrinth...etc

- and lots more-

I may be forgetting some important ones but I think I have collected at least some of the Mother of all Movies, like Transformers, Harry Potter, AI, I am legend, War of the worlds, Titanic, The Devil Wears Prada, The nightmare before Christmas, Toy Story....So what makes these movies stand out amongst their fellow movies?

It is perhaps the director itself who is different, for Example, most of these movies are by very famous directors, James Cameron, Steven Spielberg, Woody Allen etc. Movies like these are different in a way that there isn't a single flaw, there isn't a part in the movie where you feel that you are watching a movie. A good movie is one in where you sweat your butt off and when it finishes you get depressed because its over and now you have to face your own boring life.

Its the little things that makes a movie different from the way the actors act, from how they react, their every words, it all makes a difference. The director has to be good enough to be able to create a whole new character and that is not as easy as it seems for its like creating a human being. Every characteristic and style, is matched with each body part. The way one talks, they way they act, their little movements, their unconscious and conscious and every little habit is monitored by me, the audience. And if they don't speak the exact right words, or if they act awkwardly, it is so visible to the audience. Because you see, people like me don't just watch the movie, we watch every little spectrum, every corner and picture is eyed carefully and exactly.

Anyways......you don't know how awe I am in after I watch a great movie. I worship the directors who create such a masterpiece. Like recently, I watched The War of the Worlds and I swear I couldn't get up for 10 minutes after the movie. Mind-Blowing, I was paralyzed by the masterpiece, even now I'm barely swallowing my saliva and cold sweat may just be crawling out of my sides. (My mom Tsks her tongue on this and tells me to feel this way after I read 'BOOKS' but really, I swear movies are just as educational as books, I mean, if you watch it like me....I don't miss a single word...)

Its really amazing how the same actor/actress is shaped so differently by each different movie.......I'm just in so much awe I might as just go cry now........