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A twenty two year-old's view on life, death,
and Taylor Swift conspiracy theories
and Taylor Swift conspiracy theories
2/6/2014 1 Comment The Life Changers "Sometimes we don't do things we want to do so that others won't know we want to do them." - Ivy Walker, The Village (2004) A lot of people ask me what my favorite movie is. They seem to expect that since I am a movie guru that I must have a favorite, and that I also have some amazing explanation as to why it's my favorite. Well, I'm here to tell you that I just don't have a favorite movie. I simply love far too many to pick just one. I think that a more easily answered question would be a favorite within genres, then I may be able to give you the top three. As you can tell, I'm not the best at making decisions (you should have seen me trying to deal with college choices. I think I started to go bald). But even though I might not be able to give you my favorite movies, there are two that I can say honestly changed my life. The Impossible (2012)The Impossible is a movie that everyone must watch before they die. I don't think that it is physically possible to watch this and not cry. Now you might say well, Amanda, you're sister, Audrey, watched it without crying...and I would say to you that Audrey doesn't count. She is a robot that my family adopted when they thought that I was going to die and then I made a miraculous recovery and now we're stuck with her. (yes, that is the plot of A.I. starring Haley Joel Osment). This movie is the true story of a family that survived the Tsunami that hit Indonesia in 2004 starring Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor. The first time I saw this movie I cried like a baby from thirty minutes into it until about two hours after I had gotten home. It was the most emotional film I have ever sat through. But don't worry, it's mainly crying out of happiness...towards the end. All the other times that I have built up the courage to watch it I have been able to contain the tears until about an hour into the film. There is this one scene where Ewan McGregor finally gets to talk to his father-in-law on a fellow survivor's cell phone. It is the most honest and real acting I think that I have ever seen and therefore absolutely impossible to get though the whole scene without reaching for a nearby tissue. After seeing this movie all I wanted to do was run into the arms of everyone in my family and never let go. It also made me never want to approach the ocean again in my life - though that soon faded and I've attended many beach days since seeing it. I'm not sure I can even fully explain the emotional journey that this film brings you on. It doesn't matter who you are, please see this movie asap. The fact that it wasn't nominated for Best Motion Picture at the Oscars is a complete outrage. Though Naomi Watts was nominated for Best Actress for her breathtaking performance. The Village (2004)The Village was the first M. Night Shyamalan film that I ever saw. And while this film isn't exactly what I would call life-changing, it was for me. This was the first "scary" movie that I ever saw (for the record it is not a scary movie, but in 2004 I was only nine so I almost peed myself). After seeing this movie I became intrigued. I watched all the "behind the scenes" and absolutely fell in love with Shyamalan and everything about him. I wanted to be there with him. I wanted to see what he was actually like when he told the actors and actress what to do, how he made all the important decisions, how he did everything. I was a tad obsessed. I wanted so badly to meet him. I needed to meet him. Shyamalan had this habit of including his old home videos as part of the bonus features on his DVDs. These movies were stunningly similar to the home videos I was making and it was then that I realized: he was doing what I wanted to do in life. At the time, though, I didn't think that I actually could do this for a living. I must have thought that you had to be born into the world of Hollywood or something. I though, I could never actually have a career in that. And while, yes, I will be very difficult to get a well-paying job in this industry, it doesn't matter. So thanks Shyamalan, your movie changed my life. Literally. If it were for you I would be studying culinary and not nearly as happy. What are the things that have changed your life? Is it a movie? A song? A moment in your life? Let me know in the comments! Thank you for reading, Amanda Lucille Song of the DayAwake My Soul by Mumford and Sons
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Frankie
3/12/2014 07:13:13 am
Hey Amanda miss u at dance feels so different without u here I'm one thing that really has changed me life is Louisa we have been best friends since we were born she is like me sister
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