Day 24: A movie no one would expect you to love
This was a difficult one. I tend to be fairly predictable with all of my movie choices. I like action, some scary, suspense... not many romance or chick flicks.
One movie that sticks out to me is The Truman Show, starring Jim Carrey. It came out in 1998, but I watched it for the first time this summer. I watched it three times in two days. I loved it.
A synopsis of the film I took off of imdb.com:
In this movie, Truman is a man whose life is a fake one. The place he lives is in fact a big studio with hidden cameras everywhere, and all his friends and people around him are actors who play their roles in the most popular TV series in the world: The Truman Show. Truman thinks that he is an ordinary man with an ordinary life, and has no idea about how he is exploited, until one day... he finds out everything.
When I say that The Truman Show is one of my favorite movies of all times, people often scrunch up their faces, a little confused. It's an old movie. Why do I love it so much?
The concept fascinates me. Imagine if you'd grown up your entire life in a world that consisted of a dome, with people who were being paid to like you. What a horrifying, fascinating, life-shattering idea. And I loved the way they portrayed this thought in The Truman Show.
This is a movie that I would recommend to anyone.
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