I have always been fascinated with the movie industry. From how so many covers have a template to them, to spotting all the product placements to how we have surpassed more than a million terrible movies having been created.
It’s worth pausing a moment to consider the quality of movies released.
Movies that basically received negative points in Rotten Tomatoes and other movies that weren’t good enough to deserve an ounce of criticism.
Yet, the movie was still made, still hit the theater, still watched by people like us (even if we turned it off after 20 minutes).
Despite the fact there are middlemen, early critics and gatekeepers, terrible films were shown.
It has to make you wonder about how the relationship between people who are supposed to know (know what will be a hit and what won’t) and people who merely show up with the best work they can make at that time. The gatekeepers don’t have as much control as we often tell ourselves they have (or they act like they have).
No doubt the filmmaker learned lessons from their ill-received film, but so to were lessons learned by the audience, by other filmmakers. Even when a movie maker fails, they make a positive impact on the industry.
That’s why it’s not fair to let the thought “this isn’t going to work” stop you from shipping the best version of your work you can make right now. The only time your work is guaranteed not to hit the big screen is when you hesitate and hold back.
If you keep pushing it forward, no intermediary, critic or gatekeeper can stop you.
Proof is at the movie theater.
Stay Positive & Keep Pushing, Keep Shipping
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