Tonight my friend, Laura, and I went to see the Sandra Bullock/Ryan Reynolds romantic comedy, The Proposal. It was actually a pretty good movie. Even though you can see what's coming from 47 football fields away. For me, two of the best parts of this movie were the gorgeous Alaskan landscape and the hilarious Betty White. All through the movie I was dying to know what lipstick Sandra Bullock was wearing. It was some creamy light pink without a lot of shine ... but not overly matte.
The pre-Proposal trailers included this upcoming Bruce Willis movie, Surrogates, which releases September 25. Looks to be very Minority Report/Gattica/Brave New World.
Did you know "they" were making a Where The Wild Things Are movie?!?! I didn't either! Now that I know...I. AM. SO. EXCITED. ! ! ! ! I can't even begin to count the number of times I checked that book out from the public or school library when I was a kid. I found the illustrations fascinating. That book always transported me.
I know how I'll be celebrating my 36th birthday...
Who is your pick for the best actress in a leading roll? Thanks to all who voted!
THE OUTCOME Richard Jenkins (The Visitor) - 0 votes Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon)- 0 votes Sean Penn (Milk) - 2 votes Brad Pitt (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) - 2 votes Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) - 3 votes
Did you have a favorite lead actor performance that wasn't nominated? Leave a comment and tell us about it.
Please take part in the poll above by choosing which Academy Award Best Picture Nominee was your favorite. I'll post more Oscar polls in the coming days.
THE OUTCOME The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - 3 votes Frost/Nixon - 0 votes Milk - 1 vote The Reader - 0 votes Slumdog Millionaire - 1 vote
Thanks to everyone who voted. I'll post another poll soon.
I’ve found that while I’m not working and while I’m taking it easy trying to heal up I easily lose track of time. I sometimes have to stop and really think about what day of the week it is. My church has had a lot of wonderful things going on this Advent season and I had intended to share some thoughts about them here. And the next thing I know tomorrow is the third Sunday in Advent! I really need to play catch-up!
First, for an Advent devotional this year several church members have shared some thoughts that are posted on our website. You can also have them emailed to you Monday through Friday. When the fourth week of advent rolls around keep a look out for some thoughts on Joy by yours truly. Click here for Advent Devotions.
Our current sermon series is Christmas at the Movies. We’re taking a look at the messages inside the movies A Christmas Carol, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Miracle on 34th Street, and It’s a Wonderful Life. I plan to share some thoughts on each sermon…if I can keep up with what day it is.
A few years ago, during a time when I did not have cable television, I was drawn into a movie on TBN called Flywheel. Yes, I know. A movie on TBN…I know. Sometimes movies produced in the Christian community are not exactly, um, spectacular. I mean, did you see The Omega Code? Well, it’s just frustrating really. But this movie, Flywheel, was different. You could tell it was low budget. But it had this simplicity that was endearing. It wasn’t cheesy. There were no bad special effects. Heck , there were no special effects. It was just a simple movie with a good story about redemption and transformation through Jesus Christ.
I would later learn that Flywheel was created by the same people who went on to make the unexpected hit film, Facing The Giants…the people of Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Georgia. Yes, a church making movies! This is an amazing story. Two brothers on staff at this church had a desire to make movies. A pastor at their church asked why they couldn’t fulfill that dream while on the church staff. With ONE camera they have now made THREE movies. Facing the Giants turned out to be a great success that was picked up by major distributors.
Their most recently movie, Fireproof, released this weekend and stars Kirk Cameron. He is basically the only well known name in the whole project. But after seeing Facing the Giants, and as a Christ Follower, he wanted to be part of what the people of Sherwood Baptist Church were doing. The majority of the cast and crew are volunteers from the church. They relied heavily on God to take their loaves and fishes and make a movie.
If you’d like to see more *good* faith-based movies be made please go see Fireproof this weekend. Even if you can’t go to the theater and see the movie this weekend go here and purchase a ticket. Or buy a ticket (or twelve) for someone else to see this movie. Opening weekends are big for a movie and can influence their further distribution in more theaters. You can be part of the dream of two brothers on the staff of a church in Albany Georgia who wanted to make movies.
I generally do not cry easily at movies. So this is saying something.
10. It’s a Wonderful Life – almost every time 9. Cold Mountain – That movie takes you down. Then brings you back up high. Just to drop you hard and kick you in the gut. 8. When a Man Loves a Woman – “My wife is an alcoholic. Best person I ever met. She has 600 different smiles.” Oh Andy Garcia. 7. Mr. Holland’s Opus – The end with the symphony… 6. Beaches – “…and let your poor heart break a little…” 5. The Notebook – Nicolas Sparks knows how to get me right in the crier. 4. The Outsiders – “Let’s do it for Johnny!” 3. Steel Magnolias – “Here, punch Ouiser!” 2. ET – We saw this on a rare family outing to the movies when I was but a wee lass. And I cried my eyes out. It’s the first movie I can remember crying over. 1. The Color Purple – I cried my way through almost the entire movie. Especially when Shug walks into her dad’s church singing. And at the end, “Mama. Mama!”
I'm tagging Christy and Katie and my dadto complete this meme on their blogs. ************************************************************* So...Christy did this and she reminded me of several other movies that make me cry. And they are really good ones so I have to include them. Dead Poet's Society - Oh young Robert Sean Leonard. Life is Beautiful - I mean, how can you not? *sigh* *tear* I Am Sam - "OK, remember when Paul McCarthney wrote the song "Michelle" and then he only wrote the first part, Annie said. And then he gave that part to John Lennon, and he wrote the part that said, "I love you, I love you, I love you." And Annie said that it wouldn't have been the same song without that... and that's why the whole world cried when the Beatles broke up on April 10, 1970."
Tonight my friend, Laura, and I went to see the Sandra Bullock/Ryan Reynolds romantic comedy, The Proposal. It was actually a pretty good movie. Even though you can see what's coming from 47 football fields away. For me, two of the best parts of this movie were the gorgeous Alaskan landscape and the hilarious Betty White. All through the movie I was dying to know what lipstick Sandra Bullock was wearing. It was some creamy light pink without a lot of shine ... but not overly matte.
Thanks to all who voted!
