Movies are a tremendous source of entertainment for most everybody. The reason? Its most likely because even people who have little in common may find a movie to enjoy together.

The moviemakers apparently understood the need to create films that appeal to a wide audience. Otherwise, the grand guy wouldnt take instant out in his pursuit of the bad guys to kiss the girl. The girl wouldnt get herself in a wreck that required a heroic rescue before she got her guy. And perhaps the most apparent example of all the cartoons wouldnt have such successful humor that appeals to the adults almost as much as the children.

Technology has played an important role in broadening the appeal of most movies to encompass a wider audience. Consider the movies of a half-century ago. There we are spacemen on Earth and earthlings in space, but the scenes were usually very plain and the almost everything was left to the imagination of the view. Today, the vistas are bigger than life, futuristic scenes are more incredible than the average imagination could have conjured on its own and the stunts are unbelievable because they are humanly impossible.

But even when were watching a stunt that can not possibly have happened in real life, were awed and amazed and can not wait to see it again. And again. And thats the beauty of the movie experience today. Not only are there thousands upon thousands of movies to watch, many are available to buy, rent or download onto your PC. You might watch them as often as you want, shelve them for awhile and watch them again.

While technology is playing an important role in the movie-creating process, its also important for movie watching. The fact that many movies are now digital files on DVD allows moviemakers to apply a myriad of special features into the movie file itself. Surround sound is one of those special features and if you have a home theater set up with surround sound, youll be able to hear the special effects just like you do at a commercial theater. Ever wonder how it is that a door squeaks to your right, while a woman screams to your left? The answer is surround sound technology and a DVD has ample space to store those kinds of programming features.

You and your spouse will most definately never agree on every single movie. But with the many movie titles available for you to rent or own either on DVD or to download to your computer, its likely that you will find something that you both want to watch tonight. And maybe even something that you both want to watch again. And again.