I'll believe in you all my life.

okay so nothing has really happened at all with me the past few days. I've been really bored!!
the only thing I've really done is watch movies(never really thought about it before but -movie- is a really weird word) and there is one in particular i want to talk about.

i watched E.T yesterday for the first time in years. id forgotten just how much i used to love it when i was growing up...i remember the first time i ever saw it was when i was on holiday in Queensland with my family, i was probably 3 or 4 at the time and it scared me to death. The day after we went to Seaworld and my parents took me on The Bermuda Triangle, which is a water ride and theres aliens and stuff throughout it, i was terrified and to this day cant go on it lol. i eventually saw it when i was a little bit older and i quickly fell in love with it and watched it repeatitivly.

After watching it again recently, i was surprised how quickly i fell back into that same love for it. As soon as it had finished and the credits rolled i wanted to play it again from the start. Instead i forced myself to remove the DVD and replace it with the Special Features disc. Now as a film student i love my 'audio commenties' and 'making of's' and ET didnt lack that. There was a creating of ET feature which absolutely took my breath away at seeing exactly how the magic of ET was created. the reunion feature was awesome, seeing the cast together again 20 yrs later and seeing how much they have changed, especially the kids and the Music of John Williams was just spectacular.

After watching the movie and the features, my love and respect of Steven Speilberg and John Williams has grown immensly. I actually jumped onto imdb and checked out Speilbergs (forever growing) list of films he has done and while i knew most of them there where many there i loved and watched while growing up, and still to this day cherish, that i never realised where his films. He has such an amazing talent to take a simple story and turn it into an amazing film that buries itself deep in your heart and no matter what, when you go back to watch it, it always touches you.

John Williams has been in my life as long as, if not longer than, Speilberg, with his amazing movie scores accompaning some of the worlds greatest films. To this day i still get shivers (good ones) whenever i hear the themes from movies such as ET, Starwars, Indiana Jones, Jaws, Harry Potter, Superman and Jurassic Park. amoungst many many others. Together they make an amazing team that have worked on over 18 movies together over the years, all which steal you away from reality into the magical world of film.

After Watching ET and feeling drawn into the movie so much that i wanted to watch it all over again straight away when it ended (an event that only occurs with very few films), gave me a renewed inspiration and energy into what i want to do. i want to make people feel like that, be completely drawn into the film, like nothing else in the world matters at the time. i know it will be hard work, but i want to get there, maybe not directing or one of the other massive roles, but just to be able to work on a film like that would be the greatest honour. id give anything for that opportunity, and the only way im going to get it is if i work for it, and im not gonna give up trying no matter how long it takes.