Favorite Movies from Earth

I'm in need of a little levity here. Plus I was drinking my coffee this morning and I kept hearing someone in my head asking, "What's your favorite movies?" With the accompanying intention that they'd like to watch said movies. Okay, I'll play. I enjoy this subject.

Further, I am not going to get into programming within these movies. This is to be a lighter post. We don't have to dive into the depths of hell all the time!

For what it's worth, I get random questions like this in my head sometimes. I know it's my friends and fellow Taygetans literally asking me these things telepathically. Sometimes I just respond telepathically, but this time, I want to do a write up. Mostly because I want to include why I like certain movies and what they mean to me. I feel this will tell you a lot about not just my consciousness, but also other starseeds' consciousness. (We share many favorites and reasons why. It's usually one of the first things we bond over other than our favorite divination tools, crystals, or places in nature--tarot cards, labradorite, and waterfall pools.)

Favorite Movies

First, I'll just list them and I'll keep this limited to 20. I will also include those I enjoyed as a kid. These are not in particular order.

1. The Matrix (1999)
2. Lord of the Rings (2001 - 2003) (Peter Jackson)
3. Star Wars (episodes 1-6 only) 
4. Fifth Element (1997)
5. Aladdin (1992) (Disney animated)
6. Lion King (1994) (Disney animated)
7. The Dark Knight (2008) (Christopher Nolan)
8. Land Before Time (1988)
9. Jurassic Park (1993)
10. Spirited Away (2001)
11. Interstellar (2014)
12. Inception (2010)
13. Shawshank Redemption (1994) (Stephen King)
14. Stand By Me (1986) (Stephen King)
15. Office Space (1999)
16. Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
17. Indiana Jones: Temple of Doom (1984)
18. Indiana Jones: The Last Crusade (1989)
19. Beauty and the Beast (1991) (Disney animated)
20. Jumanji (1995)

Why these? Well, you'll notice there's a common theme of people going on adventures. Of people having otherwordly experiences. Of divine justice being applied. Of people coming into their own power.

Would it be weird to say I cry every time Chihiro remembers Kohaku's name in Spirited Away? Or that I get this far away look whenever I hear the "Day One" track from Interstellar? Or that there's something weirdly wholesome about a bunch of kids walking to 1950's music along a railroad track in the middle of the woods as in Stand By Me? Or that I secretly wish to do the genie's "Friend Like Me" song from Aladdin​ with full blown magical effects, shapeshifting, and theatrics?

Anyway, I love a good adventure. I especially love when said adventure is a little bit whacky and strange. (We aren't listing TV series, but Farscape tops the list. And that is one whacky adventure. And no, I don't feel like John Crichton. I feel more like Aeryn Sun crossed with Zhaan most of the time. Which is a...weird combination. I promise I'm not a carnivorous plant. Just a carnivorous Lyrian.)

I love it when philosophical topics are touched in the movie. There is a reason why The Matrix is right at the top. This was one of those really important movies in my process of remembering myself. The whole movie is all about that. I got to see it at 13 years old with my father--it was the first R-rated movie I ever watched. But I must have watched it over 20 times, and I don't get tired of it. Anyway, there are so many great philosophical questions addressed in that one movie alone. So many questions that if you're paying attention, you walk away thinking about for days and days on end.

Best scene for me:

Oracle: I'd ask you to sit down, but, you're not going to anyway. And don't worry about the vase.
Neo: What vase?
[Neo turns to look for a vase, and as he does, he knocks over a vase of flowers, which shatters on the floor]
Oracle: That vase.
Neo: I'm sorry...
Oracle: I said don't worry about it. I'll get one of my kids to fix it.
Neo: How did you know?
Oracle: Ohh, what's really going to bake your noodle later on is, would you still have broken it if I hadn't said anything?

That last line. Like wow. Mind-blowing to 13-year-old me. Even this me now is extremely impressed at the casual approach to conscious observation and its affect on reality. Just one line and you're like "Wait...what if she hadn't said anything...?" Off into quantum physics you go.

You'll probably notice there's not a single romantic comedy in the lot, in spite of me being a very romantic person. There's a reason for that. Romantic comedies make me queasy. Their plots are hollow, and sometimes it annoys me to watch people get into stupid avoidable mishaps. Yes, they all get together happily ever after, but there's just something about it that just doesn't feel solid enough. Give me instead Aragorn and Arwen, Corbin and Lilu, Anakin and Padame (talk about Greek tragedy), or Indy and Marian. You know, couples who have go through hell and come back out of it to not just be together but save the planet together.

(Except Anakin, which wasn't entirely his fault. He had terrible guidance from the Jedi Council. I could write a whole essay on the tragedy of Anakin and the failures of the Jedi Council. Maybe I will shortly, because it relates to the issues of the Federation and Earth. Plus, I have given the matter so much thought already that it'll be a good read on its own.)

This is the same reason there is only one comedy in that list, and that's because I worked in the precise situation described in Office Space. So, it's a case of a movie reflecting the ridiculousness of my reality. And yes, baseball bats deserve to be applied to copiers.

​I also don't have any horror movies, however, I will say that doesn't mean I don't like horror movies. They just aren't my favorite. I'm also really particular about the type of horror movie I will watch. It must be of the type where the horror is the "unsettling" kind. Not the outrageously violent kind. Just something is off and the characters can't figure out why. It's not a jump scare, nor are bunches of people dying. Instead it's full-on perfect reflection of the creepiness of Earth's lower astral plane. I also prefer it when the protagonist defeats the evil. I can't stand movies where the protagonist and everyone loses. Like what is the point of that, I ask you? Except to make you feel defeated. Of this genre, The Conjuring is the series I like best. (Another movie with a power couple.)

Movie Experience

Here's how I like to watch movies these days:

On my comfy couch with a bowl of popcorn I made myself. I use organic corn, real butter, and make up my own spice mixture to go on top. Usually a whiskey, but a gin and tonic is nice, too. Lights out. Good sound system.

When I was younger, I liked the movie theater because of the sound system and how it could immerse you in the action so deeply. These days, I like it better if I can pause the movie to stretch or go to the bathroom. That always sucked missing a few minutes of the good part just because you had to pee.

Anyway.

I thank you for your time. Adiamas.

​--Kyriel