The Magic Of Movies

As I was crawling into bed last night after chasing Maverick through the snow in my pjs because he would rather lick the snow then use the bathroom like he was supposed to be doing...that's not the point....anyways back to my "story" if you will.  

So I am curling up into bed and I hit the guide button on my remote to see that one of my favorite movies, "Love and Basketball" was about to come on.  Serious moment here, this is one of my top 10 favorite movies (number one clearly being Top Gun...if you couldn't guess from the name of my dog).  So I am clearly conflicted...do I sit up and watch this movie or do I go to bed so I'm not tired at work in the morning.  (This is exactly why the DVR was invented but again that is a completely different story altogether.)  I hit record and watched the movie for a bit until I drifted off into a fabulous dream-like state, of course this led to me waking up this morning wishing I could go back to bed but that's again not the point.

So I guess that point is why do we fall in love with these movies, why do they put a smile on our faces and make us drop what we are doing and suck us in...real life doesn't always work like it does in the movies.  Some guy is not going to sweep me off my feet because I can play basketball...mainly because I can't play basketball.  You don't wake up one morning and realize you're in love with your best guy friend and he doesn't wake up one morning and realize he's been with the wrong girl this whole time.  Prince charming doesn't save you from a rolling dumpster, dump his fiance to come dance in the park with you.  (Okay, so I watch a lot of movies what's your point.)

I think that it's a comfort to know that that kind of magic is there somewhere even if it isn't obtainable, even if we can't have it.  But that for a few hours we can escape to a place where it can happen is so awesome.  Sometimes I prefer movies over real life just because everything seems easier, you can fall in love faster, the messy bits of life, relationships, fights they all get resolved faster and the guys are always more attractive!

It's nice to be able to get away every once and awhile and forget about everything going on in my life sometimes.  Just to fall in love with characters, to be sad when they are sad (you don't know how many times I've seen Top Gun...I still cry every time Goose dies), to be happy when they are happy and to have that sense of content when everything works out by the time the words "The End" appear on the screen.

With Love Always,

Alex