Sometimes, there is nothing better to do than watch a good movie. But did you know how much of an impact movies have on our lives? Since movies combine sight and sound, they serve as a powerful outlet to connect with our inner selves, and help guide us along some of life’s greater challenges. If you are an outgoing person, chances are that you like watching positive movies, and vice-versa. Movies are also not expensive to enjoy, and it can be one of many great hobbies to acquire in life. Not only because of the impact on each individual person, but the impact it can have on entire societies. A large amount of the movies produced in the past, and some of them today, can actually provide education on a specific subject (e.g. Dead Poets Society, October Sky, Glory). Movies have changed the way we live, and they will continue to do so. So watch more movies, they keep us going.
Did you know that movies can also help you improve your general well being? The right selection of movies, that is. You know what’s best for you, and you know what movies you like to see. So after you finish watching one, try to reflect on the information you just learned, and apply it for your own benefit. Movies can affect your personal relationships, education, emotional state, health, personal life, the list goes on. One of the greatest gifts a movie can bring, is motivation. Many people lack motivation to do what they want to achieve, and some movies are sure to help those in need. Patch Adams, Seabiscuit, Rocky, Field of Dreams, Charlie Bartlett, and Peaceful Warrior are just a handful of the many thousands of movies that can motivate you to live a more fulfilling life. Sometimes our minds are in desperate need of relaxation, and a good movie will help you unwind. If you have a bad perspective on a problem, watching a good movie can help you grasp a different approach to any problem you are having, and may even provide you with some great means to change the way you live for the better.
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Here is an abridged version (yet richly enlightening) from one of the articles i wrote concerning this subject matter.
Film exhibition began to thrive during the Colonial era, with Glover Memorial Hall playing host to a range of memorable films viewed by “potential Nigerians”, in August 1903. However, the non-availability of proper records reflecting the title of the debut film exhibited has created a lapse in the precedent stock. Notwithstanding the lacuna, the way had been paved for the exhibition of more foreign films at the Hall and other designated venues.
The emotionally traumatizing “Master – Servant” relationship, evident in the constant assaults, batteries, intimidation, segregation, victimization, carried out by the Colonial masters on the colonized, with darkened clouds of resentment, vengeance, thirst for freedom, giving way to splattering drops of such thoughts, instinctively projected through the colonized intermittent in-subordinate actions, began to spread amongst the blacks. The British knew they had to thread with caution if they still wanted to play “god” in their lives when films such as Tales of Manhattan, Trailer horn, Tarzan series began to stir up a revolution in the hearts of Blacks across the globe.
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Independent urban action movies are heating up the movie market both domestically and internationally. Hollywood studios like Universal Pictures (American Gangster), Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (Live Free Or Die Hard), Columbia Pictures (We Own The Night) Warner Bros. Pictures (The Departed) first dominate movie theaters. Then later when you’re in your local Blockbuster to rent a DVD you see dozens of copies of these big budget movies. Some have an entire shelf to themselves. Despite very little to no marketing, smaller budgets, and without the backing of a major studio independent urban action movies are growing in popularity with movie viewers. People that are looking to rent or buy the latest Hollywood action movie online or in stores are taking chances on lesser known urban action movies to see some thing different than the typical formula Hollywood often uses. Some times these independent urban action movies stink. Other times they can be highly entertaining because at the independent level movie makers can take chances with the language, style, and content. They don’t have to hold back because some corporate sponsor or out of producer wants them sell out to make a total commercial piece of crap that follows the urban action formula.
Case in point is the drag down fight fight movie maker Tony Kaye got into with New Line Cinema over his movie American History X. He didn’t even want to be on the credits because the studio tried to water down the story he wanted to tell. Viewers were robbed of seeing the real American History X the way it was meant to be. Thriving outside the same old is a new wave of movie making that’s connecting with urban action movie fans. Codeblack Entertainment has been putting out a steady stream of quality urban action movies including the titles I TRIED and YOUNG CESAR. The movies they put out are slowly carving out a nice piece of the DVD market. They have over 25 movies out. Showing that a independent studio can make it out there. Steven Seagal is best known as a action hero, but he also writes, directs, and produces movies under his movie company Steamroller Productions. He has tapped into his own creativity to put out some really kick kick butt movies. You won’t find them in theaters, but they are heating up the DVD market. URBAN JUSTICE and BLACK DAWN are two of his movies you can check out. The cool thing is Steven Seagal has been able to remain independent while having a deal with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment to distribute his movies. That’s win win for him and movie fans.
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