As Martin Scorsese said, "Movies touch our hearts, and awaken our vision, and change the way we see things."
Although it mostly depends on how you approach this art form, movies do have a lot of positive impacts on you. When you watch a movie, it literally transports you into a whole new world and makes you forget all your worries. Apart from entertainment, watching movies also improves you mentally, philosophically and psychologically and eventually, makes you a better person.
Well, this is obvious that watching movies makes you feel happy. As Pedro Almodovar said, "Cinema can fill in the empty spaces of your life and your loneliness." If you are sad, lonely or just bored in your busy hectic schedule, just watch a feel good comedy movie and then, all your troubles will be gone!
Just like reading books and listening to music, watching movies can also reduce your stress in a very effective way. Several studies have shown that watching a good movie eases the build-up of tension in your brain muscles and decreases the release of stress hormones, both of which result in reducing stress and anxiety and making you feel relaxed.
Watching movies is a fun way of educating yourself about certain things. As documentary movies are full of information and facts, they help you to learn about several things that you probably didn't know. Also, movies of certain genres such as science fiction, historical drama, political drama etc provide you a lot of knowledge and make you a wise person.
Several researches have found that watching movies improves your analytical thinking ability and cognitive intelligence, which eventually make you a smarter person. Also, when you watch a movie from a different region, you start learning about their language, culture, tradition, social structure and a lot more things which improve your understanding about life and society.
Movies are undoubtedly a great source of inspiration. Watching the movie characters working hard, achieving their goals and doing good works might encourage you to believe in yourself and work hard in your life. For example, when the Hrithik Roshan starrer movie 'Lakshya' (2004) released, it inspired a lot of youth to join Indian army.
When you watch a movie, you become emotionally attached with the characters and this habit eventually makes you more empathetic towards people. Also through the movies, you get exposed to different ideas and ideologies which increase your awareness and improve your social skills.
Last but not the least, watching movies with your friends or family can develop great bonding and build some unforgettable memories which you can cherish for lifetime.
So, do watch a lot of movies and watch it infuse your life with a lot of positivity and happiness.
