Last month Fandango Groovers celebrated its second birthday. When I started writing the blog I didn’t actually expect people to read it, but just two years later I have just had my one millionth hit. A lot of my hits have come from people finding me via search engines, I have also been lucky enough to make it onto the IMBD homepage a few times thanks their “Hit List” but the majority of readers are other like minded bloggers who have come together in a sort of informal community. So here they are, a few of the blogs I read and whose writers have read and commented on my posts:
The List: One of the most fun movie blogs that has entertained and inspired me for over a year.
The Dark of the Matinee: The most eloquent and intelligent of movie bloggers.
The Stories That Really Mattered: Unfortunately Katie doesn’t have time to do much blogging these days; as the first other movie blog I came across I still enjoy seeing what she has to say.
Let’s Go To The Movies: Starting her blog at around the same time as me Caz has been a constant source of support over the last two years.
M. Carter at the Movies: A movie reviewer who is better than most professional writers.
Ross v Ross: The Ross’ are the funniest movie bloggers you are likely to read, I hate to admit it but they also know what they are talking about and make a lot of sense.
Movie Mobsters: Heather has taken the community idea of blogging to the extreme with the mighty Movie mobsters blog, she even lets me contribute from time to time!
Blog Cabins: If this little blogging community we have were to have a leader it would be Dylan aka Fletch.
FlixChatter: The perfect combination of enthusiasm and intelligence make Ruth’s work always worth reading.
Anomalous Material: Anything the rest of us have ever considered doing on our blogs, chances are Castor has already done it bigger and better than we planned.
Cut The Crap Movie Reviews: All you need to know is in the title, Aiden writes great movie that cut the crap usually associated with movie reviews.
GoSeeTalk: Three guys talking about movies, and doing a great job. They even have their own unique rating system.
Andrew at the Cinema: Andrew is truly passionate about movies, this really comes across in his writing.
Top 10 Films: There is a lot more to Dan and his teams blog than just Top Ten lists, but it is worth reading for the lists alone.
My Inspiration:
Ramblings of a Recessionista: Not a movie blog, but Faith is the first person I know to start a blog provid how simple it was to get started. Without her I wouldn’t have started blogging
Sunset Gun: My inspiration to write about movies came from this site that I started reading a few months before I started blogging. Unlike the other bloggers listed, Kim Morgan is a professional writer/critic, she has great taste in movies and an engaging wring style. I first came across her work whist looking for information on Two-Lane Blacktop and have been reading her blog ever since.
The LAMB: The LAMB (the Large Association of Movie Blogs) is truly the home of movie bloggs with over 800 members and counting. I am LAMB #359.
Sorry to all the great blogs I haven’t mentioned, I intended to do a top five that turned into ten then fourteen, I had to draw the line somewhere.
Congrats Andy! 1 Million hits, wow that’s really something. Thanks for mentioning me and your kind words. I really enjoy reading your blog too, and will continue to do so. Keep up the great work, man!
Huge milestone, Andy – many congrats. And it’s no surprise that you’ve listed several of my favorite blogs on here as well. But surely you need to give some traffic credit to all of the myriad people searching for information about a certain Kevin Costner flick. 😉
Congrats on 1M sir…and thank you so very much for your kind words. Such encouragement helps me keep the bullshit flowing…and passing it off as eloquence. 🙂
Congratulations on a cool million Andy, and thanks for the kind words! I really should stop by here more often…
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
I had no idea I was the first other movie blog you came across. I feel special now 😛
I’m working on writing for the blog more often, but you’re right I am struggling to find the time.
You’ve had some great posts, I can always find something good to read. Look forward to celebrating your next million hits with you 🙂
Congratulations on this fantastic milestone Andy! Proud of you sir 🙂 Honored to even make your list of readers. Keep on being awesome.
Congratulations on the 1 millionth hit!
Can’t believe we have been doing all this for over 2 years now, pretty crazy as doesn’t seem too long ago we first started out.
Enjoy reading your blog, keep it up! 🙂