[Waterluvian]

A tangential thought:

Most films I watch are entertaining. I have a good time and then it's over and maybe I'll think about the movie again when there's an Internet meme from it.

But there's films (and some games), Ballad included, where regardless of how much I (dis)liked them critically, they kind of stick with me. They randomly creep into my brain for days, weeks, months later. I've come to crave this kind of experience.

I wonder what this is. If it has a name. If others experience the same thing with the same films or if it's very audience-specific.

[ianai]

IME, it’s possible to figure out with a little meditation. It’s often that a scene communicates or typifies a word or concept exceptionally well. They often remind me to periodically question my “fixations” and whether they are healthy, productive, and compassionate - generally a moral gut check.