I am very excited these days, because for the longest time, they have been building a huge movie theater near my apartment. It looks like it is almost finished, and pretty soon I'll be able to walk over in less than five minutes to enjoy the latest blockbuster. There's not much I enjoy more than watching a great movie.
There is something about watching a movie that most people find particularly fascinating. It takes you away from the normal humdrum existence of boring everyday life and transports you to a wonderful world beyond anything you've ever imagined. Movies have been around for a long time, and as long as they've been making them, people have enjoyed them.
Of course, we haven't always been able to watch movies. Before movies, and even before books, people would simply tell stories. Back in the old days, every village would have it's resident story teller, that would be responsible for keeping track of the village history through the telling and retelling of stories.
If you look at the structure of your basic story, or your basic movie, you'll find a similar theme that runs underneath all the different stories. You have a basic character that goes on a journey. And through this journey, he makes new friends, forms new alliances, and has to join forces with these new friends to defeat a common enemy.
This structure has been documented many times, probably most notable in Joseph Campbell's "The Power Of Myth." In this book he illustrated how many myths from many different cultures share some of the basic structural elements. It is great evidence that humans are much more similar than different.
Whether you are studying ancient mythology, or simply spending an afternoon at your local movie theater, never underestimate the power of the movie to entertain and give you guidance on some of life's most difficult challenges.
There is something about watching a movie that most people find particularly fascinating. It takes you away from the normal humdrum existence of boring everyday life and transports you to a wonderful world beyond anything you've ever imagined. Movies have been around for a long time, and as long as they've been making them, people have enjoyed them.
Of course, we haven't always been able to watch movies. Before movies, and even before books, people would simply tell stories. Back in the old days, every village would have it's resident story teller, that would be responsible for keeping track of the village history through the telling and retelling of stories.
If you look at the structure of your basic story, or your basic movie, you'll find a similar theme that runs underneath all the different stories. You have a basic character that goes on a journey. And through this journey, he makes new friends, forms new alliances, and has to join forces with these new friends to defeat a common enemy.
This structure has been documented many times, probably most notable in Joseph Campbell's "The Power Of Myth." In this book he illustrated how many myths from many different cultures share some of the basic structural elements. It is great evidence that humans are much more similar than different.
Whether you are studying ancient mythology, or simply spending an afternoon at your local movie theater, never underestimate the power of the movie to entertain and give you guidance on some of life's most difficult challenges.
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