Music and movies
I've said it before and I'll say it again "Man I love being a turtle"....hahaha sorry I realize that i almost never quote teenage mutant ninja turtles (mainly because their lingo became out of date 20 minutes after the movies' theatrical releases) Anyways what i really meant to say is a quote from Evangelion "Truly music is Man's greatest invention."
The more I think about it, the more I realize how I couldn't agree more. From escaping reality, to entertainment, to remember a first date, first kiss, first anything, music has been such an intricate part of my life. This realization came when I was going over in my head, why I like so many shunned movies (i.e. The Princess Diaries, and A Walk to Remember). No it is not because i have a severly deluded crush on those respective movies' main stars, but rather, it is because some part or scene in that movie made my heart smile. You know how it is, when you watch a movie and there is this one scene where you really experience the emotion of the characters and you wish that you could have what they are experiencing or something like that. Basically its the opposite of the cathartic experience. When you truly absorb the emotion and thoughts of the characters. I am most likely repeating myself, and further confusing whoever is going to read this so I'll just quit and let you figure out from what i said what i mean ( I doubt THAT sentence makes any sense grammatically).
In all of these "heart smiling" scenes, there is a certain song or theme that is playing in the background and I have come to learn (in my multiple re-watching of various movies) that without the music, the scene is nearly not as powerful. The right song, the right emotion, and some good acting can really pull this one scene together and make up for the 30 min of crap before and after that may come (or maybe not). There are a few of these scenes in A Walk to Remember and there are a few more in The Princess Diaries; but in each of those movies there was one scene in particular where i really really really really really felt iono...."touched" (cheesy huh). The acting was superb , the music, the lighting it all came together to realize the full potential of storytelling in movie format. For me all it takes is a great scene for me to see and enjoy the theme of the movie as a whole. The more i watch these scenes the more i enjoy the movie because i see that for one beautiful instant i will have a great scene in my head to watch over and over again when i am older and crankier. Thats all it takes to validate movies. I am not talking about moments where i laughed or I sat there disturbed. I am talking about the most memorable movie moments where you truly empathized with the characters.
In no way do I consider myself a movie expert nor do I expect anyone to agree with me. I am however, a HUGE HUGE HUGE HUGE HUGE HUGE HUGE fan of movies. I REALLY love movies. I also love music. The songs that are played when these scenes hit make up half (if not more) of the scene's greatness. Ewan Mcgregor said that there are lines that would sound ridculously stupid if one were to say them, but by singing them, it brings a lot more meaning or less "bs-ness" to what is being "said"
After i see a movie with Great music i always rabidly hunt the internet as soon as i can looking for the song in the particular scene and after I find it, I always listen to it over and over, remembering the scene in my head as i listen. What is even better is when I have the movie downloaded onto my computer and I can just watch the scene whenever I want, and however many times I want. I think I have seen the ending to Princess Diaries almost 100 times because I really just love that end scene.
The great movies have more of these moments im sure than the ones I am mentioning here, but if only one more great scene has been added to the world then I think that it makes the movie worth it, well at least it does for me.
All the ideas for movies that i have come up with start with a song that i hear. From that song and the genereal emotion that i have attached to it subconciously i start to build a scene in my head. From there, i hear more and more songs with simliar themes or ideas or tunes and i start to string a mvoie together in my head. (I have 2 movies in myhead that I want to do more than anything. One is based on my childhood (which is rich with stupid stories that i hope kids will like) and the other is about the Korean war (an event that has been largely overlooked by history even though it was greatly affected my life and all korean's lives). Anyways these ideas all started with a song.
I really don't have a conclusion or anything here its just something that i have thought about a lot over the last year or so as i was told that i liked too many movies. I think that the problem is that most people hate or dislike too many movies. Movies are just stories, and just one scene i think is all that it takes to make it's existence worthwhile.
If Shakespeare had only written one play or one sonnet ( i know this analogy sucks but its my journal so too bad), his existence and his contribution as a whole would still be worth it. He didn't have to write great play after play to make his contribution and his existence in literature worthwhile. Like Salinger , he wrote a few other things but the man truly was mostly a one hit wonder, does his one main contribution to the world as a whole validate his existence in literature? i think it does. I really don't know what im going for here....this is me thinking out loud agree or disagree but for gods sake please commment.
The more I think about it, the more I realize how I couldn't agree more. From escaping reality, to entertainment, to remember a first date, first kiss, first anything, music has been such an intricate part of my life. This realization came when I was going over in my head, why I like so many shunned movies (i.e. The Princess Diaries, and A Walk to Remember). No it is not because i have a severly deluded crush on those respective movies' main stars, but rather, it is because some part or scene in that movie made my heart smile. You know how it is, when you watch a movie and there is this one scene where you really experience the emotion of the characters and you wish that you could have what they are experiencing or something like that. Basically its the opposite of the cathartic experience. When you truly absorb the emotion and thoughts of the characters. I am most likely repeating myself, and further confusing whoever is going to read this so I'll just quit and let you figure out from what i said what i mean ( I doubt THAT sentence makes any sense grammatically).
In all of these "heart smiling" scenes, there is a certain song or theme that is playing in the background and I have come to learn (in my multiple re-watching of various movies) that without the music, the scene is nearly not as powerful. The right song, the right emotion, and some good acting can really pull this one scene together and make up for the 30 min of crap before and after that may come (or maybe not). There are a few of these scenes in A Walk to Remember and there are a few more in The Princess Diaries; but in each of those movies there was one scene in particular where i really really really really really felt iono...."touched" (cheesy huh). The acting was superb , the music, the lighting it all came together to realize the full potential of storytelling in movie format. For me all it takes is a great scene for me to see and enjoy the theme of the movie as a whole. The more i watch these scenes the more i enjoy the movie because i see that for one beautiful instant i will have a great scene in my head to watch over and over again when i am older and crankier. Thats all it takes to validate movies. I am not talking about moments where i laughed or I sat there disturbed. I am talking about the most memorable movie moments where you truly empathized with the characters.
In no way do I consider myself a movie expert nor do I expect anyone to agree with me. I am however, a HUGE HUGE HUGE HUGE HUGE HUGE HUGE fan of movies. I REALLY love movies. I also love music. The songs that are played when these scenes hit make up half (if not more) of the scene's greatness. Ewan Mcgregor said that there are lines that would sound ridculously stupid if one were to say them, but by singing them, it brings a lot more meaning or less "bs-ness" to what is being "said"
After i see a movie with Great music i always rabidly hunt the internet as soon as i can looking for the song in the particular scene and after I find it, I always listen to it over and over, remembering the scene in my head as i listen. What is even better is when I have the movie downloaded onto my computer and I can just watch the scene whenever I want, and however many times I want. I think I have seen the ending to Princess Diaries almost 100 times because I really just love that end scene.
The great movies have more of these moments im sure than the ones I am mentioning here, but if only one more great scene has been added to the world then I think that it makes the movie worth it, well at least it does for me.
All the ideas for movies that i have come up with start with a song that i hear. From that song and the genereal emotion that i have attached to it subconciously i start to build a scene in my head. From there, i hear more and more songs with simliar themes or ideas or tunes and i start to string a mvoie together in my head. (I have 2 movies in myhead that I want to do more than anything. One is based on my childhood (which is rich with stupid stories that i hope kids will like) and the other is about the Korean war (an event that has been largely overlooked by history even though it was greatly affected my life and all korean's lives). Anyways these ideas all started with a song.
I really don't have a conclusion or anything here its just something that i have thought about a lot over the last year or so as i was told that i liked too many movies. I think that the problem is that most people hate or dislike too many movies. Movies are just stories, and just one scene i think is all that it takes to make it's existence worthwhile.
If Shakespeare had only written one play or one sonnet ( i know this analogy sucks but its my journal so too bad), his existence and his contribution as a whole would still be worth it. He didn't have to write great play after play to make his contribution and his existence in literature worthwhile. Like Salinger , he wrote a few other things but the man truly was mostly a one hit wonder, does his one main contribution to the world as a whole validate his existence in literature? i think it does. I really don't know what im going for here....this is me thinking out loud agree or disagree but for gods sake please commment.