In It's Infancy

Welcome. Since this blog is indeed in its infancy, I would like to talk about films in general before getting into specifics. Films are fascinating for a myriad of reasons. I think it is interesting how many different purposes one film can serve. For example, a film can be used for a date. It can be used as a form of catharsis when the stresses of one's life become overwhelming, allowing one to escape from their troubles into a world not their own for a period of time. A film can also provide many answers to life's great questions. Actually, most of these answers can be found in one film, The Godfather. Films can also be used simply as a form of entertainment.

I also enjoy films because of the range of emotions they are able to induce, from extreme happiness and laughter to unbearable sadness (see: The Green Mile). The intense debate and moral uncertainty that a film can spark is amazing as well. Whether it be a movie that leaves an ambiguous ending or a film with a protagonist who is doing the wrong thing for the right reasons, they have the capacity to make one question what he or she believes and feels about a certain situation. A perfect example of this can be seen in the movie Gone, Baby, Gone. I will refrain from telling you of the events that transpire, but when I left the theater I was very torn about said situation.

Films are amazing in the entertainment, emotional release, and cogitative ability they provide. This, my friends, is why I love them.