Let the Movies Blow Your Mind
Watching movies is a way to blow off steam for some, and that has been a hobby of mine from a very young age. From the era of Betamax and VHS, my father influenced us to be avid movie viewers. I remember that we used to rent flicks from the video store back then and I enjoyed rewinding a tape back using our car-shaped rewinder.
I have seen a lot of movies in different genres. Today, you can watch a flick with several clicks of your mouse in the comfort of your bed or anywhere you are. Technology changed movie viewing for the better. And I am just speaking from a viewer's point of view.
From time to time, you will see a movie that will leave you in a certain state of mind. Some may leave you longing for love, some clueless, some will render you speechless and some will make you happy. There are also times that a movie will leave you dumbfounded and just go "What on Earth did I just watch?". And here are some of those movies that I saw. I will try to leave out as many details as possible in the background if in case that you want to watch any of them.
The Butterfly Effect
This movie was released in 2004 and I believe that it is classified under the Science Fiction genre. It showcases some sort of time travel. Ashton Kutcher starred in the movie and played the role of Evan Treborn. Evan experienced blackouts as a child and as it turns out, those blackouts are caused by the future Evan's mind inhabiting young Evan's body in multiple attempts to change his behavior towards some situations and in turn change the future. Of course, once Evan changed some things in the past, the effects will ripple into the future into unpredictable and unforeseen scenarios.
Every time Evan changes a thing, the future will be sometimes good, sometimes bad and he kept going back until his future (Evan's present) became so chaotic that it was unlivable anymore.
Predestination
This is one of my favorite movies cause it literally left me with my mouth wide open. At the end of the movie I was like "What?!" and that was followed by several more what's. I was confused, I was messed up, I felt that I was violated and I was shocked. Anyhow, you can judge it for yourself if I am just a drama queen but this movie is just wow.
Released in 2014, this film that starred Ethan Hawke is based on a 1959 novel entitled All You Zombie by sci-fi writer Robert Heinlein. Just like the butterfly effect, this one showcased a lot of time traveling but it tackles heavily the intricate paradoxical cases time travel could bring.
The twists, the turns, and the entanglement that this story brings are just wonderfully crafted that there was a need for multiple blogs explaining its ending and its plot. I think that overall, this movie is underrated.
Memento
This psychological thriller film by Christopher Nolan was released in 2000. I found it interesting because the presentation of the film and the story itself is just superb. This is the kind of movie that you can't miss any part to feel the whole effect of the movie in the end. In the beginning, it may be a bit confusing but as you watch longer, the clearer the picture gets.
Guy Pearce starred in the movie and he portrayed a man with anterograde amnesia, meaning he couldn't form any new memories. He also suffers from short-term memory loss for about 15-minute intervals. The character uses a system consisting of polaroid photograph series to recreate everything that happens and it serves as his makeshift memories.
If you watch the movie closely, you will feel like you are experiencing what the protagonist is experiencing. It really is something. This movie will surely leave you thinking about it for days.
The Usual Suspects
This movie was released in 1995. It is a mystery thriller written by Christopher McQuarrie and directed by Bryan Singer.
It's a movie that follows the story of 5 suspects in a crime and a detective that met each other in a routine police lineup. After the suspects met up they somehow ended up working together under one crime lord and they were followed and chased around by the detective. Their work ended up in a tragic ship fire that killed some of them.
The movie will make turn and spin you around and will make you doubt your assumptions about the movie, the plot, and everything. There is this one line in the movie that speaks volumes: "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist."
