u/ImpressionPurple9750

Hi all, I often watch shows and youtube on my hp laptop through Google Chrome and the sound is always out of sync with the video and it is annoying the hell out of me. any tips on how to fix this would be so much appreciated. by the way if i pause the video for a minute and let it catch up then its fine for a bit so is my laptop just slow??

As i delve deeper and deeper into the world of cinema, I can't help but see the relationship between movies and some movies which I thought of as being some of the best movies ever made (and still do) seem less and less original as I watch more older movies. So I am interested in what others consider the most significant and influential movie ever made?? There are no wrong answers, and if you would like to know my opinion, you can see it below. 😄

My answer to my Question would most definitely have to be Lawrence of Arabia! I grew up just like most other people from my generation and the generation before watching Star Wars and Steven Spielberg movies (Jaws, indidana jones, E.T., ect), and I absolutely love those movies, and they played such an important part in my childhood and are what really started my passion for movies. but as i have started to watch more movies and try to watch more movies that have inspired these great filmmakers hoping to get inspired myself i keep on coming back to lawrence of arabia and everytime i watch it i see more similarities between it and so many other films i formorly thought of as very original films.

The most obvious similarities I see are between Star Wars and LOA. Firstly, the planet of Tatooine and the famous shots of the double setting sun are very much influenced by the cinematography of LOA and the desert landscape they both share in common. But it's not only the landscapes and the cinematography that these two masterful films share in common, but the entire storyline of Star Wars directly parallels LOA. Key parallels include a hero embarking on a desert journey, the use of Alec Guinness as a wise mentor figure, and an epic battle against a technologically superior empire, which are shown in both films!

Lawrence is also famously Steven Spielberg's favourite movie, and he has even said that after watching it for the first time, he dicided that he was never going to be able to make a movie that grand and even gave up on his dream for a while (thank god he changed his mind) but it has most definetly influenced spielbergs grand scale approach to cinema that we know today. The heroic, wide-angled shots of treks through the desert in LOA have also influenced the jungle and desert trekking scenes in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. I mean, you can see influences in all of Spielberg's films, mostly through the use of the iconic match cuts used by David Lean and the use of silhouettes and lighting.

Most of the influences that Lawrence has had aren't negative at all. I mean, without Lawrence, we would have missed out on a lot of amazing films. Although there are some negative influences, in my opinion. most recently with the Dune series, which is basically just a corny remake of Lawrence of Arabia, but set on another planet that overuses special effects and miscasts celebrities to play characters they have no ability to play. But other than that, i absolutly loooove lawrence of Arabia and the films that it has influenced and inspired over the years. 😄

Hi all, I finished high school a couple of years ago, and I am now on my second gap year (I have been travelling a bit), and I still don't know what career is for me. I have always thought that careers just seem so boring and stupid, and my biggest fear is that I just become a robot that goes to work every day until they retire and never do anything interesting with their life, and just get stuck in this boring rhythm. I am a creative person, and i do lots of drawing and read lots of books, and i really enjoy movies and would love to be able to be a film director, but i know this is basically impossible to get into. So I am looking for a career that requires minimal training (as I don't really enjoy studying) and that i will like doing. Any suggestions or advice would be very much appreciated.