35 / The Terminal / Steven Spielberg

There's something me that is especially susceptible to the films like The Terminal and just the kind of films you normally associate Tom Hanks with. As much as a lot of the times I try to have this deeply analytical and critical outlook about everything, when it comes to a good sentimental open hearted film like this that all just melts away and I turn into a ball of mush for 2 hours. It's kind of like the similar effect that 80's rom coms have on me, and anything associated with Jim Henson. I just can't help but want to connect to the kind of world these kind of stories create. Deep down I'm just a big romantic who want's to be the good guy, want's to fall in love, wants to go on some meaningful quest. I know that sounds so completely and utterly ridiculous. and I'm not that person and the world isn't that simple but damnit I like to be able to inhabit a world where that is the case for a little bit and The Terminal is a great little iteration of that world. I think it works so well because it's so contained. You're stuck in such a small environment so there aren't too many outside influences screaming at you, 'this isn't how it is!' you're just allowed to live in this character and that's pretty much it. And yes Tom Hank's broken english is cringey and the whole thing is terrible cliched, but I couldn't give a shit! I loved it and I cried and smiled and it made me feel good, and sometimes that's all you need.