#makeaworldofdifference

Ah the age old question. I like movies. Period. It’s so hard to find an answer that’s definite because i like so many different components of each film. A while back i talked on a radio station about what film got me interested in making films and i answered gladiator.

Let me elaborate on that though. Gladiator came out in the year 2000. I was about 10 and back then I loved movies but i hadn’t attached myself to film making. When I watched Gladiator i was so mesmerized by the scale of the film. My young brain fully engulfed the film’s display of ancient Rome. And that’s just the basis of the film’s visual. The story is an amazing display of a hero’s arc. Maximus Decimus Meridius starts off as a general who, in the first scene, wins a great battle against his enemy; then is stripped of his title, has his estate burned to the ground, his family killed, and is left for dead only to be found by slave traitors and auctioned off as a slave whose sole purpose is to die for the enjoyment of others. He is taught by a master, rises past what is expected of him, then defeats his rival one on one. When you finish Gladiator, you feel as though you can conquer any obstacle that life throws at you, no matter how far you fall. That’s the point of movies and story telling after all, to inspire ideals and greatness in others.

thingsthatmakemefierce said: does your mother post things on her blog? den hollander blogs are my favourite!

bjornstuck said: Oh okay my dad once thought about making a tumblr but he never got into it and I am 200% happy about that

@ Jake and Seb: my mum's blog is http://designeraptor.tumblr.com/ but she really doesn't actually use it very much to post things, mostly just follows arty blogs and shit and uses it to procrastinate when work is boring. Y'know, because she's a responsible adult and whatnot.