ew cushy stadium style seating. Lounging in my personal movie throne I anxiously awaited the spectacle that was to follow the entourage of advertisements after advertisements that failed to fire a single synapse in my impressionable young adult mind. Then the movie began. It is important to understand good film structure on this point, so note that you never use the largest climax in the beginning of the film. Otherwise the entire movie would be a downward spiral of anticlimax. When the film lit the screen the bass of the surround speaker system rumbled my ribcage and rattled my jaw. I sat in a trance as moving picture after moving picture burnt a careful inverse image onto the back of my eyeballs interiors. Inconceivable amounts of fantasy legends poured across the digital landscape in waves of organic masses. By this time my brain was so numb with excessive activity that I was unaware my jaw had fallen into my lap. The sounds were so real my primal instincts triggered a release of adrenaline. The chemical rushed through my body with vengeance and then cycled back around for another roller coaster through my veins. My body leaned forward as if bringing my eyes closer would let me absorb more stimuli. By the time the first sequence was over I had traversed the entire world of Middle Earth, climbed its mountains, fought a dark lord, and settled into a peaceful community with a creatures known as hobbits. I picked up my jaw, pushed my eyes back into the sockets, and wiggled my ears. My senses were devastated by the power of the cinematography carefully combined with a explosive musical score. I thought for sure the film would be an anticlimax from here on out. I was nothing short of wrong. The stimulation was so amazing there were times when I could help but smile in an attempt to hold myself together. For me, media is all about the force behind an excellent film. Film is truly a media that demonstrates the power of m...
