Movie Memory Post

When I was about 13 my mom and I went to the movies to go see "A Walk to Remember." I never read the book by Nicholas Sparks so other than the previews, I really didn't know much about the plot or anything. The movie starts and I'm automatically hooked because I was a fan of Mandy Moore and I thought Shane West was cute. Anyway, about 3/4 of the way through the movie Mandy Moore's character is walking with Shane West's character when she tells him that she has leukemia. I hardly ever cry in front of my family, never mind an entire room of strangers, but when those words came out of her mouth, I lost it. I was hysterically crying and I could not stop. Thats when I realized that even though the characters and the stories are not real, well made movies connect with the audience. It makes the audience feel like they are right there with the characters and going through what the characters are going through. It is absolutely limitless the emotions that movies can bring out in people.