I am feeling snazzy this morning. I feel like life is breathing its way back into me. I'm feeling a joy I haven't been able to feel for a while, because it has been stifled by stress!
Last night we (the girls and I) decided to have a Phantom of the Opera night. This is a night where we *(usually) light candles, eat popcorn and sing all the songs off key until our throats hurt. It's not just a movie; it's a ritual!
I love watching the looks on the characters faces. I can feel their emotion and actually connect to it. I love Christine's voice. I love the Phantom's eyes. The mystery, the desire....the pain......the possibility......
Something about this movie connects me to a school girl’s passion. As I watch Christine and the Phantom on the steps, just before he rips her ring from the chain on her neck.....there is a moment of possibility. They are entranced.....away for a moment....in another world. Their breathing is fast and shallow….and as I watch…so is mine!
For that moment, I am there with them. Looking into his eyes, wondering what life might be like, if we were together. In a dream.....it's wonderful.....warm.....evocative......yummy.......
…..Then, the chain is pulled, the trance is broken, and he is off in a fit of rage. Reality is back.
Every time we watch that movie, I talk my girls through the emotions and what he must be feeling.
I think as time goes on, our feelings are more "stuffed", and moments like this are too few. So, to find a movie that sucks you in and holds your heart....is a good find. And though my girls don't yet understand all the emotion I explain to them....one day they will. And my words will remind them, and when they watch the movie as they get older, they will get it on a different level. (But hopefully not for many years!!!)
After the movie, I sent them to bed and went upstairs myself. I decided to turn on another movie, as I wasn't totally tired. I decided to watch Burlesque.
Can I just say, that when I am trying to go to sleep, I can't watch something that is too stimulating (mentally), because then I have a hard time going to sleep.
Burlesque wasn't the best "before bed" movie for me to watch.
Again, I was entranced. I adore Christina Aguilera and her dreamy blue eyes. Her voice is like no other; and the chemistry between her and the bar guy......let's just say, WOW.
I must have been in need of escaping reality, because these movies just sucked me in.
I finally turned it off about halfway through. And when I woke up this morning, I decided to watch the rest.
The characters were all well chosen. I happened to LOVE Stanley Tucci,
WOW.........Did anyone ever look at me like that??? I'm too old and tired to remember.
So, to have a movie (or two) that remind you of that connection....that desire.....is a wonderful thing to set you right again!
It's not very often I get to sit down and watch ONE movie, let alone two. And to have two movies filled with emotion, desire, ......well.....hunger........
Let's just say, I'm in a good mood! (getyourmindoutofthegutters).........
Happy Saturday!
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