A couple days ago, I went with my family to see Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Without giving spoilers, I will say that the movie was absolutely incredible. From the fight scenes to the beautiful landscapes they show. It was also a very different Marvel movie and it was a movie I didn’t know I needed until I saw it.
For the last few months, even years, I’ve known I wanted to get into filmmaking. I want to write my own films. I want to make them. That’s my dream…or it was. After watching Shang-Chi I realized that my real goal is something different.
I don’t just want to write and make movies for a living. I want to work for Marvel. I want to be a part of the movies they make. Even if the movie isn’t mine, I would be happy just to work on it in some way. So much of what Marvel does amazes me. So much of what I see inspires me.
I feel like working for Marvel would be the ultimate goal. If I get lucky, I might even get to make my own movie for them one day. But as long as I got to work on a movie that Marvel puts out, I think that I’d be happy. So much of what they’ve done has impacted me positively. It would just be nice to be a part of that one day.
Matt Jaku 