The Motion Picture
The Motion Picture… The Cinema… Movies…
They enthrall us, they captivate us, they move us.
They transport us off to far-away-lands, to distant shores of unknown terrors, or into the jaws of the familiar enemy. Or to lands of unbound fantasy where adventure awaits us at every twist and turn. Or just simply to the everyday struggles of the family next door. They shine a light on the very mundane and show us the strength of humanity, the power of love and the will to live.
They land us on the moon… Blast us off to Mars… Take us to a Galaxy far far away…..
They take us on a journey to a time long past, or back to a future unknown. They bring us respite from our wearisome lives. Or bring a stark focus onto our current events in the here and now.
They make us cry… they make us laugh… they keep us living through it all…
They help us experience the world we live in.
They help us escape to a world we yearn to live in.
That is the power of Cinema, the beauty of the Motion Picture.
Welcome to my blog, where I share my love of all forms of motion pictures – movies, TV shows and sometimes (if I’m in the mood for it!) documentaries and share my reviews and views (and maybe ratings) of the some of the movies, TV shows, and documentaries that I watch or binge!
I love and watch movies of all genres. Like I’ve said in the introduction above, they enthrall me, entrance me, take me to places I couldn’t imagine – or maybe I could! But I will also binge my way through a TV show like now one’s business! TV shows in this day and age have become, in my opinion, the short form of movies, due to their excellent production quality, bigger budgets and often shorter episodes per season. But at the same time, modern day TV shows on the binging platforms, have been able to keep the audience captivated by their superb streamlined episodic rhythm and keep the audience coming back for more, season after season.
Documentaries also, thanks to the exceptional creative minds at HBO and Netflix, to name a few, have produced some enthralling content in recent years. Even for someone like me, who usually – without exception – always skims over the documentary section, or anything that remotely smells ‘documentary’ in it’s description, have found myself captivated by the latest documentary or ‘docuseries’ to hit the various platforms.
So buckle up for a night of action, adventure or mystery or fantasy, or just chill and relax with me… bring the bowl of popcorn and pour a glass of wine and settle in… maybe you’ll find something that you like and start watching with me….
