The glitter and glamor of the movie world has caught the fancy of viewers from time immemorial. The larger than life portrayals of the characters and the stories have enraptured audiences alike across the world. Who can forget the timeless beauty of old Hollywood actresses and the debonair charm of the actors? Hollywood has swept the audiences off their feet with the sheer scale of the movies and the strong stories and plots of the movies.
Watching movies has been a popular hobby amongst the people irrespective of their ages. Right from the little child who adores the antics of the favorite cartoons and animated characters to the women who love their dose of films of romance and love to the ever popular action movies that give the boys an adrenaline rush from watching the awesome stunts on screen, the world of cinema has something to offer for everyone.
The origins of cinema lie way back in the silent era when the motion pictures were introduced without any sound. The most popular and all time favorites from this era are the famous Charlie Chaplin movies. Movie collectors vouch for the magnetism of this bumbling character and Chaplin has been a screen favorite across generations.
Soon after the introduction of background music and dialogues in the movies, the cinema took a dramatic turn to being even more popular. The Westerns, the charm of the cowboys and the entire swagger and style cultivated by the actors of the time made this a standard favorite amongst moviegoers! Several of these movies are on the all time great movie lists and no one can negate their liking for these films.
The genre of horror and suspense related movies were also some of the movies which were made at that time. Alfred Hitchcock is one of the most famous directors of all time and his technique and style of camerawork as well as screenplay and direction have no parallels.
Movies transport people into a world so different from their own. It is an escape from reality and magically carries the viewer into exotic locales, on vicarious trips and into the midst of the best action (in the case of good action movies!!). This has been by far the biggest attractive factor that the movies have and this majorly contributes to the movie crazy world that is present today.
Hollywood moved with the times and posts 1980s the improvement in technology and graphics innovations opened up the world to the computer generated graphics. Some of the biggest movies in terms of budget and scale of the movies included these graphics. Science fiction took off in a big way and it is a genre followed by several thousands of people across the world. Star wars and ET and several other franchises have been voted the most liked across all the possible movies of this genre.
Film connoisseurs appreciate all varieties of movies and the parallel cinema with several layers to the stories and genres like film noir have also gained popularity over the years. Hollywood was and always will be the reason for the stars in viewers’ eyes.
