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.
Before movies, of course, there were only stories. Sure, people could read books, but stories have long been a part of human existence. As long as people have been living together in groups, people have told stories, and these stories have somehow helped people overcome the struggles of everyday life, just like movies do today.
If you look at many different stories from different cultures, and even from different times, you'll notice something really amazing. A lot of these stories have the same basic overall structure to them. They are usually centered around a character that starts of like a normal person, but has to go through a significant change. In the course of the story, the main character usually makes new friends, and learns how to defeat a new 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 the ancient mythology of some far off and ancient tribe, or watching the latest blockbuster in your neighborhood movie theater, you are taking part in something that has been part of human history since the very beginning of time. - 40732
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.
Before movies, of course, there were only stories. Sure, people could read books, but stories have long been a part of human existence. As long as people have been living together in groups, people have told stories, and these stories have somehow helped people overcome the struggles of everyday life, just like movies do today.
If you look at many different stories from different cultures, and even from different times, you'll notice something really amazing. A lot of these stories have the same basic overall structure to them. They are usually centered around a character that starts of like a normal person, but has to go through a significant change. In the course of the story, the main character usually makes new friends, and learns how to defeat a new 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 the ancient mythology of some far off and ancient tribe, or watching the latest blockbuster in your neighborhood movie theater, you are taking part in something that has been part of human history since the very beginning of time. - 40732
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