Anytime I watch a movie (like one starring
Steve McQueen or
Humphrey Bogart), I'm inspired to make one myself. Not like a home movie or Youtube video, but a real professional film. And, I think if I made one it would be a fictional piece along the lines of
Bullitt (starring Steve McQueen) or
Little Caesar (starring
Edward G. Robinson).
One of the main things that are great about movies is that it's kind of a multi-faceted, broad art form. In other words, it has a mass appeal and is exhibited through both sight and sound, as opposed to music for example which is through just sound. Just deciding what kind movie to make and how to go about it can be quite a task, not to mention making a movie that's actually worth watching.
So if I enjoy movies so much, why not make my own? Yup, making a movie definitely belongs on my bucket list.
What's funny though is that while making a real movie is on my bucket list, there was an actual film released in 2007 about non-other than a
bucket list. Ironic?
The Bucket List, starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, is about how "two terminally ill men escape from a cancer ward and head off on a road trip with a wish list of to-dos before they die." I haven't seen this movie yet. But you know what? This is going on my bucket list too.
- John
