My favorite movie -
Easy, Raiders of the Lost Ark. I still remember sitting in the theater with Megan Baker waiting for the movie to start. The lights lowered. Our fingers were already sticky from the buttered popcorn. I remember the Paramount mountain fading into the opening scene.
Never had I been so enthralled by a movie. Everything about it was perfect to me. I loved how the movie makers guided me on an emotional journey where I experienced fear, excitement, resolve, horror and awe. I was awed.
I decided to study film direction in college because of that movie and even made a short movie my senior year of high school. Of course some stupid professor told our class that women rarely make it in film, especially as directors, unless they sleep their way to the top...yes, he did and, yes, at BYU. So I changed my major...not wanting to sleep my way to the top.
Nevertheless, Raiders has remained my favorite because of how I felt and how my life changed because of it. Thank you Steven Spielberg.
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