I've started buying second hand DVDs online and in shops. I usually watch a film every day now. I go for ones I haven't seen. Watching new films most days helps me avoid complacency. If I learn a new word I pause the DVD and look it up in the dictionary. Some of the films I watch change my perspective. One of the best feelings is watching a film I've heard people reference or say they like, and despite earlier thinking "what's that all about?" then getting it, understanding why people think it's a big deal. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was one of those films. I had seen a clip or two of it on YouTube and it looked awful. I couldn't imagine watching it because I thought it would spoil my idolatry of Jim Carrey as an infallible comic actor in Dumb & Dumber and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. But despite the fact ESOTSM has too much swearing, few laughs and not the best dialogue it somehow is pulled together by the simplicity of it, a love story centred around forgiveness and honesty. To anyone who is addicted to TV series, I recommend you try switching over to films. They are so much better in my opinion. You constantly get surprised and there's no need to plan your schedule around catching episodes.
20 May 2017, 11:01 am
