Ever watch someone in a movie do something that made you think, “did he really just do that?” Well, it happens a lot, but because said someone is usually the film’s main character and we want them to win, we let stuff like catastrophic destruction or murder - you know, the little things - slide.
Movies are undoubtedly our most powerful art form: they can make us laugh, cringe, scream and sing. But, they also make us cry. Film, if executed properly (and that varies by genre), reenacts life, and depending on the subject, it can hit close to home for any number of people. For example, if your dog just died a few days ago, watching Old Yeller probably is not the way to go.
No running back is incapable of fumbling the ball, just as no filmmaker is incapable of creating a flop. Everyone stumbles at one point or another, it's just life, and directors are no exception. Just because Movie B may not be as great as Movie A though, that doesn’t mean it's not worth watching. Unfortunately, though, people only remember the best of the best and that's why often, acclaimed directors can put out solid films that get overlooked.
He’s outrun boulders; he’s ingeniously escaped danger a multitude of times from practically anything that moves; he’s drank from the Holy Grail; he’s defeated the Nazi’s, twice; he hates snakes and he always gets the girl. His name is Indiana Jones, and he’s everyone’s favorite audacious archeologist.
“Is it black and white?” At some point, every kid will ask that question, and when it's geared towards you, you won’t want to answer it. Why? Because chances are the movie in question is a great flick, one that you're dying to watch, and by answering ‘yes,’ you're afraid that its credibility will lessen. And that’s a terrible feeling.
For those of us cinephiles who easily get caught up in the world of a good movie, no runtime is too extreme. We can stay up and watch all four hours of Sergio Leone’s Once Upon a Time in America or all three hours of Oliver Stone’s JFK, Cimino’s The Deer Hunter, or Kubrick’s Spartacus because they're all great movies.
