The Impact Of Movies

Yesterday I went to see Lion. I walked out of that theater a changed person. I had a stark realization that every single person I come in contact with has a story. Even the peope we don't particularly like are people with a story. In the film a little boy gets lost after he fell asleep on a train platfom. He later ends up in an orphanage and is then adopted by an Australian couple. Then for 25 years he lived a really good life until he ran into a favorite Indian snack at a friends party. This marked the beginning of his Google Maps fueled journey to find his family that had been looking for him too. I won't spoil the rest for you guys. Dev Patel did an amazng job in this film.  

I have said this before but movies have a huge impact on me. They make me feel something or change my pespective on the world. Lion made my heart race. Other movies made me emotional and contemplate my own life. I think Youtube has a similar effect. Films and videos both take me away from my own world for a few short hours and make me experience things that I otherwise may never see in my lifetime.

Thanks for reading and I will see you in my next post.

Writing Prompt #1

Describe what it would be like if your favorite book character lived next door to you.

My favorite male book character is Robert Langdon from Dan Browns books. He is a famous symbologist and professor of symbology.

I imagine that if he lived next door I would pop in for a cup of tea and sit and talk about a symbol I found somewhere or a cipher I want to write. I can picture his house. Shelves full of books, and various historical artifacts everywhere. His desk is piled over with papers and texts. His laptop is drowning in a river of projects, assignments and essays that he was grading or writing.

My favorite female book character is Louisa Clark from Jojo Moyes books Me Before You and After You. She took care of a quadriplegic man and ended up falling in love with him.

I imagine that she has flowers all over her front steps. She is a bright and bubbly personality with eccentric clothing choices. I can see us having coffee at a cafe and laughing really hard. I can see us hanging out at her house for her birthday and her freaking out over something or other. Her reactions to things put a smile on my face and I imagine she would be a really sweet neighbor to have.

I was going to list Anastasia Steele from 50 Shades but I think her situation is really different than anyone ever expected. I would say I like her in the last couple books of the series. She is a working woman with a super rich now husband. I can't imagine ever having the income to live any where near her and Christian Grey. I can picture the two of us meeting for coffee outside her office building and discussing some new, up-and-coming author who's manuscript landed on her desk.

Anyways the next prompt will be written when I feel up to it. Lemme kick this cold first.

- Melody