christmas 07 highlights

First off, I’ve been dark for a week now, its been nice but I’m back… So a big Merry Christmas to everybody (better late than never right).

- Seeing Bella’s reaction to every single gift (it was so much fun)
- Getting a HD DVD player… oh yea
- Getting wireless headphones for my HD Player (for late night movies… Bella’s a light sleeper)
- Gift cards! (whats up with having to always have the exact balance on Visa gift cards to use it)
- Hangin with my girls
- Time off
- Bella calling a old rather large man in Wal-Mart HO HO… that was fun

Have a great New Years!

ministry of movies

Here is a very cool article with Denzel Washington about his faith and how he walks it out in Hollywood.  Definitely check it out. I love that I get to categorize this as both faith and film… thats cool.

christmas traditions

Last night we had an event called Fusion Christmas which was a Christmas party for our fusion groups and an unveiling of our new types of groups that are beginning in January.  (Shannon’s got a breakdown if you want to find out more) It was a lot of fun and lots of great food, but the best thing that went down last night was our traditional Christmas Carol Karaoke, or as we call it Caroloke.  Which is awesome.  I started this several years back when I was college pastor and its stuck and now all the ministries are doing it.  We do them along with a really cheesy video (from ace karaoke) that has the bouncing ball prompter and everything, that is as funny as the people singing due to all the cheesiness.  It’s a lot of fun, especially if you get the right people up there.  Just thought I’d pass the idea along.

movies: ruining the book since 1920

I’ve been wanting this shirt for awhile, so I went ahead and ordered me an early Christmas present.  Threadless just reprinted it but they probably won’t last long if you want a really cool tee. 

this is marketing

Manhattan is getting simpsonized today in celebration of The Simpson’s DVD release.  Check out the details here. This is pretty amazing.

cloverfield interview

Here’s an interview with the star of Cloverfield, on who he is and how he got such a sweet part.  Here’s another one with Matt Reeves the director.

cool design

This was the iStock design of the week from a couple of weeks ago, and its pretty cool.  Turns out this is by a church thats only about 25 miles from me.  Small world.  

a quick review

I got to see I Am Legend last night, and let me just say first off that this movie is awesome and you’ve got to see it in the theater.  I love Will Smith and he doesn’t disappoint at all, he’s as good as usual. He plays Robert Neville, the last survivor in NYC of a virus that has wiped out most of the earth’s population and he’s the one guy that won’t give up on humanity.  Even though its 3 years later and the odds are ridiculously stacked against him he fights on to find a cure for KV.  The abandoned streets of New York play one of the characters in the movie, in the opening sequence Neville and his dog Sam are driving through the deserted streets hunting deer, and through this sequence you get a view of NY that you’d never expect, it’s breathtaking and painful at the same time. Legend is truly a great thriller that’s not too jam packed with scare tactics and “dark seekers”, its controlled and has room to breath.

Ultimately Legend is about a guy who’s lost his faith, who believes that God has died along with the billions of people infected.  It’s about a guy finding the faith he’s lost and continuing on with hope that the world can be saved.   

Last note: The final voice over is beautiful, I wish I could remember it better, but if you go see it, really listen to the final moments and let them sink in.