Written by Jason K
This is not an opinion that I held less than a year ago. I’m more of a private person and normally hesitant to share my opinions on media. But then something happened that changed my perspective.
I do enjoy movies, shows, and books. But I don’t watch or read just anything. I typically need some reason to put in the time or money. And it occurred to me that years ago my wife and I watched movies in the local cinema relatively often, but we haven’t recently. Part of that was due to COVID restriction, but it could be mostly attributed to a lack of movies that grabbed my (or Karlissa’s) interest.
Then… Puss in Boots: The Last Wish came out. While it should be noted that I’m decidedly not a fan of the first Puss in Boots movie nor the Shrek franchise in general, there was something about the trailer that grabbed my attention. I managed to convince Karlissa to come with me to watch it in theatres (not an easy feat, as she was less-enamoured).
By the end of the movie, I was pumped! It had been a long time since I came across anything new that could get me so excited.
Afterwards, I immediately started making plans to take my brothers and my parents to see it too. All told, I saw it three times in cinemas. But it didn’t stop there, as this marked the first movie I actively encouraged my co-workers at my day job to see. I was both sharing the movie and celebrating the movie.
Now why do I think that we should both celebrate and share things we like? Because of the internet!
No, seriously. The internet has made it so that we all have access to so much. I would hazard to guess that for most of us, unless it’s advertised to us, most things just pass us by without even registering on our radar.
Long story short, if you come across a book that you really like, odds are that most of the people you know don’t even know it exists. It can be truly invigorating to be able to share experiences, and books are that. But you probably won’t be able to do so unless you’ve made others aware that it exists.
