Monday, October 17, 2011

MOVIES AS LEISURE CENTRE

The present century has witnessed uncountable changes in all respects. Man has wisely made infinite contributions in all fields and thus, made his life highly comfortable. With the advancement of technologies, our means and concept of entertainment has also changed. Gone are the days, when people used to find it difficult to pass their time; sitting under shady trees, spending hours and hours sitting together. Today people have varieties of options to spend their time, to entertain themselves. The basic and most important being movies.

Hours and hours can be easily spent easily watching an interesting movie. Now-a-days, many channels are broadcasted and one can easily view movie of his own choice. The taste for entertainment keeps fluctuating from time to time. Thus, every year various movies are produced depending upon the interests and tastes of people. Movies are the mood and trend setter. It takes no time for human mood to alter. Therefore, accordingly we can watch free movie online as suited to our mood an action movie or a thriller, when in an aggressive mood; a comedy when feeling sad, lonely etc.

Movies serve as a medium for educating the people. Various movies are based on the educational topics which can be efficiently used by the all age groups. Spending hours in class, listening to boring lectures but watching a movie is not a bore. If there is a subject that a child enjoys, more likely than not, there is a movie or educational DVD that explores the subject in detail. Most of us have not visited many of the interesting or scenic beauty places but through cinema, at least we can view all those on screen. Of the new movies that are released each year, several of them are based on books, novels etc.

The present generation is fascinated by the movie stars to much extend. Thus, watching their favorites involved in some positive activity, they also get moral boosting and are inspired and motivated through those deeds. The type of visual stimulation unique to movie provokes an emotive response. The collective experience of these emotive responses promotes the well being in general. Good cinema can keep the youth off streets, inspire them, stimulate creativity, provide role models, broaden horizons and can send positive messages about life and the world. Movies inspire the youth and people of all ages to struggle in life.

Cinema raises many issues which need to be questioned. Many movies are made on social evils like dowry system prevailing in some of the remote areas, cheating, mass corruption, various fundamental rights etc. All these issues need to be look upon and the culprits have to be punished accordingly. Thus, movies raise issues which should necessarily be removed from the society and eventually, make this world a happy place to dwell.

Thus, movies play a key role in the lives of people. It has affected the lives of people largely, motivating at one point or the other and at the same time entertaining the masses.