Introduction

Last year, a friend of mine, Natalie M. Murray, gave me the idea to start a movie blog, and to approach said blog from my own faith-based (in my case, Catholic Christian) perspective.  I must admit, I was intrigued by the idea.  I love watching, talking about, and writing about movies.  And, I always strive to maintain my faith as the center focus of my life, particularly in recent years. “Why not combine the two interest?” I said.
Easier said than done. I dragged my feet for several months. I knew I had something to say, but I just wasn’t sure how I wanted to go about saying it. There are hundreds of thousands of movie blogs out there.  Accordingly, there are hundreds of blogs out there that approach movies from a particular angle. How do I make mine different, and stand out from the crowd?
I kind of knew what I didn’t want to do.  I didn’t want to write a blog composed of standard movie reviews. There are already plenty of these.  And I didn’t want to write a blog where I tabulate how many curse words there are in a film, or objectionable material, as a guide for the viewer-there are plenty of those blogs out there like this as well.
My idea would be to watch a particular film, after which I would write about my rational for wanting to view that particular movie in the first place. I would write down whatever my preconceived notions of the film were before I saw it, how I felt while watching it, and how I felt afterwards.  My own faith-based lens would unavoidably be reflected in the end product.  I would provide a basic outline and background on the film.  And, I'd devote an inordinate amount of time to the director of the movie.
Nowadays, television shows rival movies in terms of viewership-some might say current television surpasses film in quality in many ways. So I decided that perhaps I would expand my horizons a bit, and include television series in the mix-either whole series, or individual seasons, or individual episodes.
It should also be apparent that I planned on approaching what I write about from my own biased generational perspective.  I was born in the 1970s, grew up primarily in the 1980s and 1990s, and matured into adulthood from the late 90s-onward.
This is all very new to me in terms of endeavors, so bear with me if it is rough-going to read at first. I have always enjoyed commenting on movies on social media, particularly facebook-either in posts, or in the notes section.  I see this blog as a natural extension of this desire.
Even if you're not a person of faith, or a person from a different faith tradition, I think you'll appreciate what I have to say. 
Lastly, I welcome your (constructive) comments and suggestions.  Thanks for reading!