more matter | less art

I admit it: I love movies. Even if I can’t go to the movies without some rowdy ne’er-do-well punks kicking the seat and talking on their cell phones throughout the entire picture, I still love the idea of the theater experience. Some of my fondest memories from childhood and adolescence were in a movie theater. I know that sounds kinda sad when I say it like that, but those memories are just that potent and positive. I vividly remember the first time I set foot inside a movie theater; it was a double feature: E.T. and Back to the Future. How could you ask for a more epic introduction to the world of cinema? I was five, but I remember it as clearly as my high school graduation.

Well, this year brought along with it a new television (46″ Samsung 1080p mounted on the wall), and Christmas followed with a Blu-Ray player from the in-laws. I have no desire to ever step foot inside a movie theater again. No more loud conversations or confrontations in the theater. I can absorb the wonder of cinema from the comfort of my own couch. Hopefully I can build some memories here at home with Asher that are just as epic as mine were.

A recent trailer I saw online sparked some of that same cinematic awe in me that I remember from those first movie experiences. It’s a Terry Gilliam film, so you know that the visuals are going to be wild, but this preview just blew me away. I cannot wait to see it.  It is rare that I get truly excited about an upcoming movie. Here it is:

http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony/theimaginariumofdoctorparnassus/