Have you ever watched a movie that so engrossed you that it took you time to recover from the state of mind brought on by the film?
For example, when I saw the original Pirates of the Caribbean for the first (and probably second and third) time, I walked out with a swagger. I was under no illusion that I was Captain Jack Sparrow (I'm not so far gone as that--at least not yet), but I was completely taken captive by the uniqueness and winsomeness of his character to the extent that I adopted his mannerisms for about thirty minutes after we left the theater. (My girlfriend was kind to put up with me that day.)
In a similar way when I first saw The Dark Knight I walked away feeling that the world was a sinister place beyond hope; it was not until I got home and was back in my apartment that I smiled at the charade. In this movie it was not a character which was so alluring but the theme.
So tonight I saw Inception. The result? My mind was complete mush for a good half hour or so.
Have you had experiences like these? What film did it for you? What was the resulting state or feeling?
Last year: "Up" and "The Road." This year: "Shutter Island" and "Inception."
ReplyDeleteTo be fare, I love movies. A lot. So, many movies do this for me.
The movie that has done this for me more than any other movie, ever, was Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. I seriously couldn't go to sleep the night I saw that movie for the first time. It was literally all I thought about... strike that, it has been all I've thought about since then.