Throughout my life, my family and I have always been really close. We spend time together and just generally like one another. There are no things that come up as a tradition or practice we regularly perform, but one thing that is almost an unspoken tradition is the way I spend time and connect with my dad. Sitting down on a rainy day or just the odd night to watch a movie together is a regular activity that my dad, my brother, my friends, and I do. Some may say that watching movies is just a few people sitting on a couch not interacting or connecting in and way. But it just isn’t. Finding a move starring an actor, directed by a director or in a genre we both like is an exciting process that is rewarded with 1.5 – 2.5 hours of suspense, …show more content…
As soon as my brother told me about this special premier and that he was going with his friends, I was ecstatic. Without thinking, I quickly texted two of my friends who also like these movies, telling them we need to go. I then thought for a few minutes and realized that I needed to ask my mom first if I could go. I started writing out a text, but I just didn’t think words on a screen could do enough convincing. So, I went into my contacts and dialed my mom’s number. I could feel my anxiety building with thoughts of, “What if she says no?”, “If she says no, then what am I supposed to tell my friends?” I kept thinking of these worst case scenarios and the phone kept ringing. Devastated, I heard the computerized voice break through the monotonous dial tone: “We’re sorry, but the numb-. “ I hung up before the automated voice mail could condemn me to my fate of no answer. After trying the number two or three times, I decided to give it one last go. Dialing the number, the ringing started. Once, twice, three times it rang before I secured an answer. With her answering, I conquered one of the steps to seeing a long-awaited movie of mine. “Mom?” I said in to my phone. “What do you need? I’m in a meeting.” She replied with a mixture of agitation and worry. “Oh… nothing.” I quickly hung up the phone knowing that if I asked now, it would be a definite no. I then decided to
Movies have the ability to transport people to different times and places and distract them from ordinary everyday reality. They allow for a range of emotions to be experienced. At their core, movies examine the human condition. There are plenty of deeper truths woven into screenplays and plenty of lessons to be learned, even when an individual is solely seeking entertainment.
Although cinema is now a priority, some feel as if cinema is no longer the cinema when it was first established. Movies no longer have that special feeling like viewers once had. Today, films are not only shared within a theater, if one pleases they could always have the same experience elsewhere. Moreover, with technology expanding, it takes away the importance cinema once had. “The
Films are a large part of our lives here in America where we depend on them to do when we’re bored with nothing to do, or when the snow or rain is falling. We all use movies as a common way to go on dates and be with friends. However, there has become an abundance amount of movies that we can all enjoy throughout our lives. Although not all movies are interesting to all viewers depending on their personality and what they like to watch. I can say for myself that a film that I really enjoy would be “Mean Girls”. In the two thousand four film “Mean Girls” there is a sense of entertainment that helps in combining all the aspects found in a classical film. Classical films having a entertaining and dramatic plot, and a excellent cast.
My grandpa also has a deep appreciation and respect for his family, which began when he was young. Thanksgiving and Christmas were highly valued in his family and he has made it a point to carry the same tradition on to his children and grandchildren. At holidays, the family always ate
I love movies. For as long as I can remember, I’ve harvested a passionate, slightly embarrassing obsession with film. The way in which cinema can paint such vivid and beautiful moving images, portray moving stories containing a wide range of emotion and narrative threads, leaving a long-term impact on the viewer, all within a runtime of two hours or so, captured my fascination at an early age. This fascination continues to this day. While I cannot state for certain the first film I ever watched (My parents seem to think it was either Disney’s animated princess flick Mulan or The Phantom Menace, the first film in the Star Wars prequel trilogy), I can most definitely remember the first film that left a lasting impression on my youthful mind, in addition to inspiring me until this day.
Whoever we are, no matter where we come from, we all have some, if not many, obscure family traditions. For my own, during the formative years of my life, whenever we were in a vehicle, my family played a game called Spud. The goal to spot out different cars before the others, each with their own predetermined number of points, and reach 500 in total. I was a ruthless competitor with absolutely no interest in second place so I made every game my own competition. Spud ignited a competitive fire inside me, gave me an analytic and quick thinking personality, and a sturdy foundation in math, which have all helped me succeed in school my entire life.
Everyone watches movies, whether it be in a theater or just at home on your TV. The reason that most people think of is just simply for entertainment. The fact that there are so many different genres of movies makes it easy for us to bring out different emotions while watching them. Those rush of emotions are what keeps us entertained and coming back for more.
Every so often a movie is released with such tense anticipation and glamorous visual art that the public is drawn to this dramatic rendition of life in the theatre. For even just two hours or so, you are put into a different lifestyle. Action, drama or comedy it may be. We are thrust into a different way of thinking. We are forced to learn the characters thoughts and feelings. The hard work and artistic skill that goes into these magnificent films is not an easy thing to mimic. Out of the thousands of movies released worldwide each year only a handful are truly worthy of the label film art. Most of the great movies are either produced by a multi million dollar
One of these is that on Thanksgiving everybody comes together to my parents’ house in New Jersey for a huge feast. On Christmas only my mother and the children (me and my brother) travel to Illinois to spend a week with my grandparents. On New Years Eve we all get together at my parents’ house in New Jersey and toast to the New Year with champagne and apple cider. During Labor Day weekend all of my family travels to South Jersey to my grandfathers’ condo. We usually spend all of our time on the beach and barbequing, except on Sunday when we go to church. After all, my grandfather is a minister. One of our biggest family traditions is going back to Puerto Rico. Every year my mother and I travel back to Puerto Rico for a portion of our summer vacation. Now that I am older I travel there more often and stay there much longer. My father never joins because he doesn’t like my mothers side of the father too much and he thinks that we when we speak Spanish we are all plotting against him. Of course that’s not true though. My bother doesn’t speak Spanish so he doesn’t like to go either. I guess that tradition is one that belongs solely to my mother and I.
Since my family lived so close together, we had many family traditions that remain important. We gather for nearly every holiday for a meal and routine. For Easter every year, we have an Easter egg hunt and dinner at my grandmother’s house. For Christmas Eve, we always went to my great-grandparents house and had dinner and exchanged gifts. For Christmas, we celebrated at home, and then went to my grandmother's for breakfast with our cousins. The importance of all of the holidays we celebrated was that no matter what was going on in our lives,
Every family has different traditions stemming from their background.My parents come from two significantly different backgrounds. My mother hailed from the slopes of rural Switzerland while my father was a military child growing up in a multitude of places, but mainly, from the East coast. My parents tried to pass on elements of their childhood traditions on to my sister and I. This created a very unique new family tradition which mainly emphasized the values of punctuality, the appreciation of nature, and the importance of democracy.
My Father and I used to have our Father-Daughter days that we would go out. We would talk about a variety of topics that I wanted to talk about. I was able to be open with my Father. He challenged me to think with our deep conversations about life and his expectations he had for me. I loved the time
Looking at the main idea of a movie, we can identify what to expect from it if it’s a zombie movie, we know we will see plenty of bloodshed, if it’s a movie about a couple, we can guess that they break up and then make up again and they shall do that about 100 more times. If it’s a sports movie, then you know its going to be about the sport that you are watching it about. But the great thing is about sports movie not to mention this is why it’s my favorite kind of
When watching movies, people are sometimes told fixation to the screen will damage eyes and ruin posture. Those people would rather would walk in the park, or read a novel, worrying about these consequences. However, little do they understand the essence in movies. Although some people may say watching movies leads to bad health, the benefits are far more substantial. Witnessing movies is a core activity that leads one to becoming more aware, inspired, and entertained.
According to Redbox, the average person will watch 5,000 movies in his or her lifetime (Smith). I believe the reason for that is because a movie is the art of one’s imagination coming to life on a screen. The two most common places to see these masterpieces are either in someone’s home or a movie theater. Depending on the person, where they watch a movie can change their opinion on the film itself. A movie theater and a home can have similarities, but when people decide where to see a movie, the decision is based on differences such as costs, comfort, and immersiveness.