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🔔 You are hereby cordially invited to publish your very own post on moviewise: Life Lessons From Movies! Share with the world your most impactful, most wonderful, and most profound movies. Simply answer these two questions:

1. What movie do you find meaningful?

2. What Life Lesson (useful message or insight about life) have you learned from watching this movie?

Then write about the message or life lesson you learned or found personally meaningful in the movie you chose, and present your most important movie wisdom right here for all to see in a Guest Post!

You’re only responsible for the middle part of the post, after the “Guest Writer” header. The one sentence summary of the movie and the Life Lesson come from the “moviewise" catalogue on WordPress: https://moviewise.wordpress.com.

But of course the “life lesson” you personally take away from the movie can be something different. It’s whatever you want it to be, and you have the “Guest Post" space to write about it.

There is no upper limit on the length, but it should be at least three paragraphs long, preferably with some concrete examples from the movie. Some light editing for grammar and clarity may be done on your submission. Please note that movies with excessive violence or graphic sexual content will not be accepted.

When you are ready with your post, just send an email with the text. Please do not send attachments or links, but do include an image/picture and a one sentence bio to go underneath it for publication.

(e-mail: moviewise@icloud.com for more details; there’s no monetary payment.)

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Life Lesson: You regret the things you haven’t done, not the things you have done.

Movie Scene:

Terrence Bundley (Terence Stamp): I want you to invite yes into your lives because it will RSVP ‘yes.’ When you say yes to things, you embrace the possible.

—Yes Man (2008)

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📰 moviewise Media Mentions:

Publication: Giddy (getmegiddy.com)
Author/Reporter: Gabi Conti
Publication Date: March 03, 2023

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 🎙moviewise Interviews:

Movie Mom (Nell Minow) interviews moviewise!

Q: “Do all movies have a moral lesson?

A: No, not all movies have moral lessons. In the process of becoming a film critic, I have found that movies fall into one of two categories: “movies as entertainment” or “movies as art.” The distinction between the two lies in whether there is a message integrated in the film. Movies that are diversions, that primarily function to amuse or to thrill, are in the “entertainment” category. Most slapsticks, horror films, and special effects movies fall in this category. They do not have a substantive message. On the other hand, movies that make audiences feel and think, that continue to stimulate them after the movie has ended, that inspire conversation about ideas, are in the “art” category. All the movies on moviewise are in this latter category.

This is not to say that the “entertainment” category is bad. There is nothing wrong with wanting to watch a movie just to have a little fun and feel some excitement. I do not think that all movies need to have a message or a Life Lesson. In fact, it is important to have variety and to have movies that function in different ways. I personally value the films that seem to be revealing the beliefs and consciousness of the filmmaker more than the films that are devoid of that connection. But I enjoy many different kinds of films.

Q: Do you have a go-to “feel good” movie?

A:My go-to “feel good” movie is actually a Pixar short, only about 5 minutes long, called Boundin’ (2003). When I was going through a really stressful time in my life, I would watch that movie every night before going to bed, and it would make me smile and feel better. It is a story about a lamb whose beautiful coat is suddenly shorn, leaving him naked and exposed to ridicule, until a Jackalope comes along and teaches him to look at his situation differently. It then becomes a story about resiliency, about taking the bumps and bruises that come with life, but finding ways to still have joy. I think I have internalized this story, and whenever I feel down I remember the line, “You still got a body, good legs and fine feet. Get your head in the right place and hey, you’re complete!” I appreciate that the movie acknowledges that it’s normal to have ups and downs, and that it’s ok because you can get through the rough patches and be happy again. I think that many people hide when they are feeling down, since it is seen as a sign of weakness, and I think that isolates them and makes them feel worse. So in a way this movie removes some of the stigma about showing vulnerability in public, by basically saying “so what?” Yes, something bad happened to you; yes, you were embarrassed; yes, it’s hard, but these things don’t have to define you and they don’t have to take away your happiness. The movie shows us a more positive reaction to disappointment than being miserable: bound and rebound, get up and continue doing what you love.”

(Excerpt from: Interview: moviewise — Movies to Teach Morality and Character)

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Entertainment historian Sal St. George interviews moviewise!

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“moviewise: We like the simple and quick post concept of this site: a film, a life lesson, and a selected scene from the movie.”

—Cheri Lucas Rowlands

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Star Trekking mentions moviewise!

“Not too long ago I subscribed to a newsletter called ‘moviewise’ that aims to catalog the “life lessons” found in films.

Well, I bet you can already guess where I’m going with this.

What Life Lessons can we glean from Trek episodes?”

—Neil Shurley

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"Mike's life:" a moviewise-style series review

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The Script Mentor (Geno Scala) mentions moviewise!

A unique perspective on movies […] in the WordPress blog, "moviewise: Life Lessons From Movies." Using movie stories, moviewise breaks down the heart of many of the fan favorites and defines their theme, and how it can be used in teaching—and learning—some of life's hardest lessons.

"I just wanted to write down what I thought were the main messages, or Life Lessons, in movies I enjoyed. Each post is just a one line summary of a movie, the Life Lesson from it, and the movie scene that illustrates that Life Lesson. Then, in the Substack newsletter, I bring multiple movies together to discuss one Life Lesson in particular that I've learned. I think a lot of movies give good advice. There is a lot of wisdom embedded in them, and that's why "moviewise" was born!"

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Joyce Wycoff’s Gratitude Mojo Cafe mentions moviewise!

Acclaimed Substack author, L.E. Wilson (moviewise) states in an interview, “I write moviewise: Life Lessons From Movies because great movies contain a lot of knowledge and wisdom that has been passed down to us through the generations. My hope is that these life lessons, or guides to life, will help people have better, happier lives.”

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• The Fast Times collaborates with moviewise!

  “Parental Wisdom /moviewise Selects 14 Films to Make Stronger Families”

—Vol. 16

• “Our pals behind moviewise (another totally awesome film-loving blog) brought the heat of the night with this curated watchlist. Dig deep into this collection, find yourself, find the bigger meaning in life, you got this.”

The Fast Times @the_fast_times

Pump up the volume for @moviewise's curated watchlist: La Bamba / Valdez, 1987 Almost Famous / Crowe, 2000 Classic Albums: Nirvana – Nevermind / Smeaton, 2005 Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage / Sam Dunn & McFadyen, 2010 Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives / Perkel, 2017

—Vol. 19

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• Mary L. Tabor’s “Only Connect” collaborates with moviewise!

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  • “The Art of the Screenplay:
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  Part II :

  • “What Defines A Great Film?:
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Life Lesson: Don’t get distracted from your life’s purpose.

Movie Scene:

You know what your problem is? It’s that you haven’t seen enough movies.
All of life’s riddles are answered in the movies.

—Davis (Steve Martin) in Grand Canyon (1991)

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