We watch films because they let us see places, stories and characters that we normally don't see in every-day life. Movies ranging from Star Wars to The Shining all give us new things to watch and experience, because nobody has been to a galaxy far far away or gone on a murderous rampage in a hotel. Also, the ways movies are made can intrigue us as well. In The Abyss, a shape-shifting water creature captivated audiences with how life-like it looked. Years later, entire worlds were created with this technologies in films such as Avatar and The Hobbit. All of these combined really drives us to watch good films.