Just saw "It" today. The movie is amazing. Richard Roeper was right - it's one of the better movies in years. He likened it as a coming-of-age movie that could stand shoulder-to-shoulder with "Stand by Me." I agree.
"It" wasn't just a great horror movie, it was a beautiful movie, period. "It," made me feel, which is what a good movie is supposed to do. When I feel, I feel more alive.
The strangest thing happened after the movie. I went home the way I always go home, and ran into a lot of traffic. I noticed that I could bypass the traffic by turning into a neighborhood. It just so happened that the neighborhood was the neighborhood I grew up in. I know it like the back of my hand.
I decided to drive by the house I spent my childhood in...after just having watched a movie about young kids banding together and finding their mettle? What's the chance? I hadn't seen that house since I drove by there with my wife, the night I proposed to her. It's the place I first met her, when I was 9 years old, and she was 1. I think I've told that story before, but for those of you who haven't heard it, my mother-in-law worked for my dad when I was a kid. They were over at our house for dinner, and that's the first time I met my wife. I drove her by all the locations that were major events in our lives together the night I proposed. As I drove by today, I was overcome with emotion. A kid was getting off his bike in the driveway of a neighbor's house that I spent a lot of time in. He probably saw my face and thought, "What the hell is that guy's problem!?"
It's been a great day.
PS - For those of you who get a chance to see the movie, I hope you get to (or have) experience(d) the last scene of the movie. It was pretty touching, and a beautiful moment. Especially for those people who are disenchanted with romance, the opposite sex, or love - I hope you get a moment like that some time in your life.
"It" wasn't just a great horror movie, it was a beautiful movie, period. "It," made me feel, which is what a good movie is supposed to do. When I feel, I feel more alive.
The strangest thing happened after the movie. I went home the way I always go home, and ran into a lot of traffic. I noticed that I could bypass the traffic by turning into a neighborhood. It just so happened that the neighborhood was the neighborhood I grew up in. I know it like the back of my hand.
I decided to drive by the house I spent my childhood in...after just having watched a movie about young kids banding together and finding their mettle? What's the chance? I hadn't seen that house since I drove by there with my wife, the night I proposed to her. It's the place I first met her, when I was 9 years old, and she was 1. I think I've told that story before, but for those of you who haven't heard it, my mother-in-law worked for my dad when I was a kid. They were over at our house for dinner, and that's the first time I met my wife. I drove her by all the locations that were major events in our lives together the night I proposed. As I drove by today, I was overcome with emotion. A kid was getting off his bike in the driveway of a neighbor's house that I spent a lot of time in. He probably saw my face and thought, "What the hell is that guy's problem!?"
It's been a great day.
PS - For those of you who get a chance to see the movie, I hope you get to (or have) experience(d) the last scene of the movie. It was pretty touching, and a beautiful moment. Especially for those people who are disenchanted with romance, the opposite sex, or love - I hope you get a moment like that some time in your life.
