My Favorites (Movies)

When it comes to media, I generally hold that the area I love the most is movies. This has been the case ever since the first Monster Madness feature on Cinemassacre.com, hosted by James Rolfe, who is famous as The Angry Video Game Nerd. Hearing him discuss the history of the films just sucked me in and has become something of an obsession for me. The night the Academy Awards are broadcasted is like a second Christmas to me, even though they usually fill me with unconsolable rage most of the time. It's hard to pinpoint why I love movies so much. Maybe it's because they allow us to escape reality for a few hours, maybe it's because we can get so invested in the characters that we find ourselves feeling for them, despite the fact that they don't exist, etc. I believe that one of the reason why movies are so profound for many people is simply how much we try to make real life like the movies. There is a great quote that mentions how art tries to imitate real life, but, far more often, real life imitates art. This is such a true statement. Just look at how simple lines of dialogue from films have entered our very way of life. Many a movie quote make up the way I talk. It's to the point where I quote films without even thinking about it. We fall in love with these worlds so much that we try to bring them into ours to spice it up even further. Ok, enough philosophical stuff for now. I would list my top 10 favorite films but the bottom half is always changing so I will just present my top 5. My all time favorite film is the masterpiece GoodFellas. Made by my favorite director, Martin Scorsese, this is an absolute triumph for filmmaking. I can't think of any time in my life where 2 and a half hours went by so fast. This movie is what I like to call pure film. It's that simple sensation where you just get sucked into the film and suddenly, it's over. You look at your watch and just say to yourself "Where did all that time go?" It's a very rare thing but it's amazing when it happens. GoodFellas is one of those times. This film is essential viewing for everybody everywhere. My second favorite film is another Scorsese picture, Taxi Driver. This dark, gritty film is a fantastic look at how a morally ambiguous character can draw you into the film. I will go more depth about this later, along with my other favorite movies. Third is the Scorsese classic, Raging Bull. Amazing central performance by Robert DeNiro (as expected), and, coincidentally enough, this movie actually saved Scorsese's life. More on that in a later post. Fourth is the Scorsese gangster classic, The Departed. As you can tell, I really love his movies. This is another movie that has that pure film element. Could watch it over and over again. My fifth favorite film is the David Fincher cult classic, Fight Club. This is an amazing and polarizing film that demands repeat viewings. I fall in love with it every time I watch it and it is a very profound film, full of life changing ideas and philosophical questions. Many people are thrown off by the title of the film, but I assure you, it is far more than that. Well, that's just a little about my one true love in life. I hope all are well and I will start off the real blog with an album review, I think. It may be either Nevermind by Nirvana or Ten by Pearl Jam. I have yet to decide. Till next time!