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.
– Steve Martin
31 days ago, I sat on my bed with my computer and a dream. Never did I think it would reach where it is today. I had feared that the blog would just be a new outlet for my obsession, but it would really end up being me talking to myself. Yet as I am writing this post, the blog has just passed 1,700 views. Not too shabby. So, I think that thanks are in order. THANK YOU, READERS! This blog has become somewhat of a success because of you. And I especially commend those of you have commented, whether on your own will or as a result of my constant prodding.
Usually anniversaries are a good time to sit down and reflect since the original event. And I intend to do just that. In my first post, I laid out a very rough mission, if you will: “What I do hope to do is to inspire a deeper appreciation of movies, foster a desire to discuss movies, and connect with people through the glorious medium of film.”
Have I reached the goals that I set out? Overall, I think I have made good progress towards them, but my work is by no means finished. Of those three categories, I think I have done the best job of connecting with people through movies. I have several movie blogs that I now check because they stumbled upon my blog and commented, and I felt the need to pay it forward and read their blog as well. Some of these excellent blogs include Joel the teen critic and James the Central Florida film critic. The blog has served as a great conversation piece among friends and acquaintances at school, allowing me to talk without being reticent about my obsession. One post even inspired an hour long debate with a friend.
I can obviously work on fostering a desire to discuss movies, seeing as I have 1,707 views and 43 comments. For those of you who don’t have a calculator within reach to do the math, that is a meager 2.5% of all viewers who have left a comment. I hope I am not nagging about commenting, but the blog becomes a project in vain if I can’t get your input. And as for inspiring a deeper inspiration of movies, hopefully that will come with some of my guided projects that will be starting soon … I PROMISE!
Marshall and the Movies 
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