“You never really remember the beginning of a dream, do you? You always wind up right in the middle of what's going on.”
This is how I remember entering Letterboxd. It was something miraculous, I never really imagined what would Letterboxd would mean for me personally. I had just started discovering movies and suddenly I was in the ocean where there were endless possibilities of what can you do. Looking back at the earlier reviews, I see how much I have grown from just writing ‘Best Film of 2013’ to these long reviews which just started pouring out of my heart.
For me, cinema is a vice, I love it intimately. - Fritz Lang
The community of Letterboxd taught me…
“You never really remember the beginning of a dream, do you? You always wind up right in the middle of what's going on.”
This is how I remember entering Letterboxd. It was something miraculous, I never really imagined what would Letterboxd would mean for me personally. I had just started discovering movies and suddenly I was in the ocean where there were endless possibilities of what can you do. Looking back at the earlier reviews, I see how much I have grown from just writing ‘Best Film of 2013’ to these long reviews which just started pouring out of my heart.
For me, cinema is a vice, I love it intimately. - Fritz Lang
The community of Letterboxd taught me to love cinema, respect and express it. Today many users I admired have either left Letterboxd or not active like they used to be. Edgar Cochran is still the guiding light who has taught me so much and I still ask him for advice if I am stuck. Through these 5 years, I have met so many great people who have not only shown me different parts of cinema but with their writing itself they have inspired me and many more users here. In Phase 1 of Letterboxd I met, DragonKnight, Andy Summers, Cinemonster, Aaron, Peaceful Stoner, Adam Cook, Naughty, Reelz, Dirk Van Eck, CinemaClown, Graham J, Eli Hayes. Tarryntino and Gustav. With Todd Gaines becoming a brother helping and encouraging me.
Then came the Phase 2 of Letterboxd, where I met my friends. Katie, Jaime Rebanal, Anthony Le, Ariel, FeedingBrett, Joshua, Vanessa, Madelyn, Kat, Ian, Zara, Jennifer, Mimi, Iana, Dilara and Peter. I just want to say that I am really thankful to every person I have mentioned here for just being there and I think that has been the biggest encouragement any person could ask. The love and kindness everyone have shown to me has always made me so humble.
“You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing.” - E.B. White (Charlotte’s Web)
I am really becoming emotional as I am writing this. The words are not really forming into sentences. It is very hard to say Goodbye.
You learn so much from each person you meet, the distance between all of us might be in 100’s or 1000’s but cinema has always made us feel closer to each other. Through these five years so much have changed in Letterboxd and today as I leave this, I look back to the great memories I have had. I still can’t believe I have around 2500 followers. I never for one moment thought anyone would be interested in what I wrote. When I sit to write a review for a movie, I just close my eyes and remember what I loved about it. One thing I go for always is the positive impact of the movie I just saw. Even if I don’t like a movie, I don’t like angrily hitting it out of the park but rather I like to explain what I didn't like about it.
Today I am moving on from Letterboxd, but I will still remember every moment of it. I am not going anywhere, I will still be on Twitter and Instagram posting about movies I watch and Rachel McAdams 😉 I will be posting my final review on Letterboxd which is of Disobedience soon.
I just want to say it again, Thank you for the memories, making me a better person, showing me and accepting me into this wonderful community. I won’t forget it ever and hopefully in coming years you will all review my feature film debut 😉
..."and in case I don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and good night!"
