There is this one place: this one place manages to make me truly calm, focused, and in the moment. That place, sadly a place where many no longer feel safe, is a movie theater. The movie theater is my temple, my holy place because to me movies are the purest form of entertainment. There are many reasons why I love movies and its theater, so let me just dive into them.
If
you didn’t know I get a tad more stressed out than others around me. So what this lovely trait of mine I am rarely in the moment or I over analysis everything,
like a text message or just any possible outcome to a scenario. But at the movie theater for some
reason I am completely present. My
mind isn’t racing, trying to deceive me or even consume me, no, while I sit in
that seat I’m there and no where else. To me a movie is the perfect stabilizer,
it’s a place where you can truly lose yourself, a place to escape from the
hardship of life.
I’ve
always found solace in movies, ranging from me at three years old to even now,
they’re my holy place. I guess
this post is going to be about my Anxiety Disorder far more than I thought, but
it’s only to explain my love for films.
As I’ve recently discovered my mind hates ambiguity, anything that isn’t
set in stone terrifies me. That’s
where movies come in, they are set in stone, and you can’t change the end of
film after you have seen it. Darth
Vader will always be Luke’s father, Marty always gets back to the future and John
Bender always thrust his fist in the air.
That’s
probably why I re-watch so many movies-to center me, to put me in a moment of
absolute certainty. I know all of
this sounds crazy, but for me it’s perfect. In a way movies bring out the perfect Jake, he’s in the
moment and not in that crazy head of his. But that’s juts part one on why I
love movies. The other is a phrase
I didn’t invent, but manifested my own meaning for, Movie Magic.
There’s
a moment that’s incredibly rare in film, what I call Movie Magic and it’s
different for everyone. It’s that
moment when something incredible happens, you smile, your heart skips a beat,
and chills run down your spine; you can close your eyes and be consumed by one
moment, that is my definition of movie magic. Maybe I’m crazy and I’m the only one who closes his eyes
after an amazing moment in a movie, but I really feel it. It’s at moments like Luke sitting in
his X-Wing for the first time saying “Red-5 standing by” because he finally
made it, or like Will Hunting ending it with: “Sorry I had go see about a girl”,
or even Marty McFly hitting 88 Miles and Hour for the first time so we could
indeed see some serious shit.
I’ve
got my own list of movie magic moments, but they’re all special in their own
way, it’s a moment that I am completely present in and it’s perfect. I rarely get that anywhere else, not
with a video game, or with a book, or even with people (and if I do get it with
you, pat yourself on the back). I
only get that at a theater, sitting in the middle seat of the row with the bar
in front, you know, the perfect seat.
I
don’t know what makes a perfect movie because to everyone a certain movie means
something different. Not everyone’s favorite movie is Good Will Hunting, which
is mine, some people love Pretty Woman, and hell some poor bastard out there
loves George Clooney’s Batman & Robin. I’m so glad they all exist because
there is something out there for everyone. Everyone enjoys at least one movie and that’s what makes
movies special they’re almost universal, yet somehow different to everyone. My
movies center me and bring a moment of calm to my life and I love to hear what
movies do for others.
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