Hangover of a Good Movie

Has anyone had a hangover of a good movie? Sometimes when I watch a good movie where the direction is good and actors do a great job, I have the hangover of the movie for awhile after I watch the move. This "awhile" could be few hrs to few days. The characters in the movie come alive and I feel that they exists or rather I exist in the realm of the movie. If it turns out to be movie based on a real story that makes it worse. The very next hour I am out searching for real life pics of the characters and searching for articles about them. Adding a line "This movie is based on a real story" brings a lot of credibility to the movie and you really want to know more about the characters.

For example, I read and watched "Into thin air" by john Krakauer. This is an adventures and moving book based on a real life episode of Australian mountaineer, Rob Hall and his team some of whose lives were taken by a fierce storm while climbing Mount Everest. I followed this movie with another movie called "The Everest" shot by an IMAX team that climbed mt Everest lead by American, Ed Viesturs. The IMAX team was on the Everest around the same time and have been mentioned by John K in his book. John K was one of the lucky climbers in Rob Hall's team of 8 to survive. This tale of adventure and disaster was so compelling that I was out on the web searching for more stories about them. I read everyone's bio on Rob Hall's & Ed Viesturs's team. I went to Rob Hall's company website "Adventure Consulting" and researched on how much they charge for Everest trip. I was fascinated by Araceli segarra a Spanish climber only 26 and also a model. A very strong woman. For a while I felt like a mountain climber myself. The impression faded away after few days of watching the movie.

Yesterday, I watched Beautiful Mind based on a biography of Nobel prize winning mathematician John Nash. Another gripping and well directed movie with moving performance by Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connley (She won the Oscar for best supporting actress for this. Russell did not. He had won the best actor award for gladiator the previous year and it was the same time he got bad press over issues with a reporter in his new York hotel). But what captivated me the most was the intelligence of John Nash and how he faced schizophrenia. His wife Alicia Larde who is from El Salvador was supposed to be a ambitions, intelligent and attractive lady . Based on the movie I thought she stood by him all through but found out after a web search that they were divorced and separated for 30 years and married again later. I searched on pics of John & Alicia in their young age and found more info about them. Now the effect is slowly wearing away.

I think every one wants to be someone adventures, intelligent. When we come across personalities like this we are drawn to them since they reflect what we want to be. It does not matter if the person is a mountain climber or mathematician or business tycoon. All that matters is they have a trait that sets them apart from the rest. Everyone looks up to them and admires them. Books are written about them and movies are made on their lives. But I noticed that people who excel in a field or often not well rounded and normal. Then are extremely focused towards their goal and don't care for trivialities along the way. They miss out on the simple fun of normal life. As for me, I think I will be content admiring them and aspiring to be like them for a few hrs or days.