The Power of a Good Book/Movie/TV Show/Article

I was just watching this movie called The Jane Austen Book Club, and it reminded me why I love movies so much. In essence, the movie is about these people who were inspired by Jane Austen's novels. After reading her books it shows them the power of giving people a second chance, of embracing love, and of letting your guard down. 

It's not so much the movie itself that I love but just the concept. The reason I wanted to be in film or television is because of how often I'm inspired by a movie or show. I couldn't tell you how many times I've watched a movie that motivated me to take action in my life. Whether I wanted to go write someone a letter, carry out some grand gesture to get someone to forgive me, or to buy a dog! Sometimes good advice isn't enough to get you to do something; you need to see the potential impact it could have in someone else's life. Sometimes I'll watch something and just really wish I was watching it with a boy so I could re-enact the kiss in the rain scene (which I could do now if I drive fast enough), but other times you just feel better about your capability as a person, you know what I mean? You're like wow if she could handle that then I can certainly handle this. Or whatever. I love it. What else can do that? I mean I guess you could watch the people around you, but fiction is a lot more interesting and pretty words and pictures help too.