Thank God for Movies

by Tim Hart | Mar 8, 2021 3:09:00 PM

A Great Way to Bring Folks Together

I’m not a professional film critic, but I do like watching movies. Who doesn’t? Movies are a great way to spend time with friends and family, and they used to be something we did as a community. As great as getting all these films and show on our devices at home may be, don’t you kind of miss going to a dark theater and seeing something for the first time, knowing you couldn’t find that movie anywhere else — unless you were willing to break the law, I guess, which would be missing the point.

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My love of movies is what got me going on Timdango reviews (#TimDango). You can Google that and my thoughts find some of the films I’ve watched. I do a write-up and talk about things I notice, especially things that you might need to be a fan to catch. For example, if you didn’t notice that “The New Mutants” has more in common with “Game of Thrones” than just its actors, I point out the similarities. From “Cobra Kai” to “Peanut Butter Falcon,” I’ve reviewed a fair number of movies and TV shows on there. Sometimes I’ll do a video format and have a guest, like my buddy Travis who did Facebook live broadcasts with me. I enjoy writing those reviews a lot. They’re never very long, because I’d rather you go see the movie yourself and form your own opinions.

Apparently, my friend Eric Raddatz, a film festival and Florida Weekly editor who I helped with his mortgage loan in the past, saw my reviews because he asked if I wanted to be a “celebrity judge” for his weekly film viewings. “I’m not a professional critic,” I told him. “I don’t even know what to say about movies.” He told me to say what I’d been saying in my web reviews, and everything would be great.

The event is called Thank God for Indie Mondays (TGIM), and it’s a response to not being able to do the Fort Myers Film Festival because of the pandemic. That’s been a tough break. It was a really cool red-carpet event done up like the Oscars and it brought the community together, especially the many awesome filmmakers in our area. TGIM is much smaller, but it’s a cool event where people pay 10 bucks to get in and Eric shows them five indie movies that are 3–10 minutes long. After each one, the judges say what they think. That was a little trickier for me. I’m usually pretty positive about the movies I review, but these were all films I had to watch. On the other hand, when I make Timdango reviews, the filmmaker isn’t usually there staring at me while I type or talk!

Afterwards, a bunch of us headed over to Blu Sushi for dinner and drinks. It was a great end to the night, and I got meet a lot of new people in my community and see some familiar faces (like Kimberly from my office and her husband.) If you haven’t checked out TGIM yet, you really need to. You can find them on Facebook and get info on their next gathering. Believe me, it’s worth the money.



Born and raised in Southwest Florida, I have been in the Mortgage business since 2001 I'm a grizzly, battle tested mortgage veteran. I am also the Host of Rates & Reels, which is the most popular fishing show in Southwest Florida, hosted by a guy named Tim. In my spare time I love spending time with my family, coaching baseball, and anything else my kids or wife want me to do. I would be happy to help you or someone you know with any of your Mortgage needs.

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