For as long as I can remember, I have grown up in the company of one thing. Films. When I say films, I don’t mean your standard 21st century blockbuster. No, these are much too overdone for my liking. Superfluous special effects, unnecessarily complicated plots, and gratuitous violence have all become key ingredients in the recipe for your generic ‘Captain America’, or ‘Dracula Untold’.
It makes sense that after an arduous day at work, the first thing most people seek is some escape from their monotonous routine. But let me ask you this. Does the close up of Denzel Washington meticulously drilling into the back of some Russian mobster’s skull, to the rhythm of Zack Hemsey’s spine-chilling soundtrack, really provide the sort of relief that you are searching for? I certainly hope not!
While most of my friends call these homogenous films ‘entertainment’, I call them a waste of time. None of these films contain the elegance or class of the ‘classic film’. While the ‘spaghetti western’ may not be the best example of a …show more content…
However, I see my obsession with olden day films as more than just a simple passion or interest. Films give me access to other worlds, which are available to me at anytime. They take me to places I’ve never been and inside the skin of people quite different from myself. From the time I was in nappies, I’ve had a difficult time fitting in. While teddy bears and Tonka trucks fascinated all the other kids, they did little to fuel my imagination. Films are one of the few things I can really relate to. I can feel the texture of a silk dress in a costume drama like ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’. I can smell the blood bursting off a smoking bullet in ‘The Magnificent Seven’. And I still wince at the sight of an anguished face in a movie like ‘Peyton Place’—every fine detail that the camera so agonisingly exploits. To me, movies are
It makes sense that after an arduous day at work, the first thing most people seek is some escape from their monotonous routine. But let me ask you this. Does the close up of Denzel Washington meticulously drilling into the back of some Russian mobster’s skull, to the rhythm of Zack Hemsey’s spine-chilling soundtrack, really provide the sort of relief that you are searching for? I certainly hope not!
While most of my friends call these homogenous films ‘entertainment’, I call them a waste of time. None of these films contain the elegance or class of the ‘classic film’. While the ‘spaghetti western’ may not be the best example of a …show more content…
However, I see my obsession with olden day films as more than just a simple passion or interest. Films give me access to other worlds, which are available to me at anytime. They take me to places I’ve never been and inside the skin of people quite different from myself. From the time I was in nappies, I’ve had a difficult time fitting in. While teddy bears and Tonka trucks fascinated all the other kids, they did little to fuel my imagination. Films are one of the few things I can really relate to. I can feel the texture of a silk dress in a costume drama like ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’. I can smell the blood bursting off a smoking bullet in ‘The Magnificent Seven’. And I still wince at the sight of an anguished face in a movie like ‘Peyton Place’—every fine detail that the camera so agonisingly exploits. To me, movies are