Favorite things: Movies

Hello everyone! This is going to be the first blog in a series about, well, some of my favorite things! Now, movies are extremely entertaining ranging from romance, horror, action, and even documentaries- I love em' all. My favorite movie is under the category of historical fiction, and includes drama, love, action, comedy, but is not focused on any of these themes. It is a slice-of-life from the perspective of the simple storyteller named Forest Gump. This heartwarming story starting with his early childhood, covers how he got into regular school, how he met his best friend Jenny and the drama in her life, how Forest learned he could run, and how Elvis Presley got his famous jumpy leg move. As Forest grows up and matures, so does the movie. It becomes more serious, more real-except where Forest Gump is being Forest Gump. He becomes a star college running back. The story goes on for quite a long time, and progresses and changes in ways that you don't expect, yet seem so fitting, that you feel like you should've expected it. It is a beautifully done movie, and it gets a rating of 11 out of 10 from me- it is one of my favorites! But, it is not my only favorite movie. A few of my other favorites are- the new Star Trek, the Lord of the Rings Trilogy,  the Chronicles of Riddik, and the classic Star Wars series.  Yes, I am a fan of science fiction. But, I don't like the fairy tales or the dream come true kind of movies. I much prefer the gritty ones that are more realistic( at least, as realistic as science fiction can get) in the sense of people dying, the outcomes of stories, the flaws in the heroes/main characters, exc. I have found that most of the newer movies that have come out recently are not very appealing to me. They often seem too... shallow. Usually with more action in action movies, more gore in horror, more smooching in love stories and less of the conveying of feelings via words that went deeper than a mere touch, less of the suspense that even made a cat scary(like in Alien), and less background behind the action to make the watcher understand why it is so exciting.