To my faithful followers (John) I apologize for my absence of blogs. Since we last met I had an auditions in Seattle with a big acting agency. Just as you thought they said no. I also have watched Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, which was one that blew my mind. However, that is not what I am going to talk about. Side note, I also apologize for various spelling and grammar errors.
Kids Camp is upon me. I leave tommorow at 9 am. We are taking 28 kids! Awesome right. What is not awesome is that the most kids I have ever been in charge of is 5. Now I'm taking these kids out of town. So if parents you are worried... you should be. Your kids are only semi safe. Rest assure though, if one is left behind it is either because he was acting up or they failed to know what the movie Topgun is. (If you bring your kids to Club 180, be sure to educate them on great movies so they can laugh at my references to movies like Topgun and Dances With Wolves).
Anyway, I will write again to tell you about my adventures. I am shooting for a 90 percent return rate. Thats an A, right.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Sunday, July 5, 2009
4th of July
For the Fourth, our youth ministry went to the west side of the mountains to sell fireworks to make money for our ministry. We got there Friday sold fireworks and hung out. On Saturday the plan was to sell until midnight, light fireworks off, and then drive home.
We finished our business in Spanaway at about 1 in the morning. Then I took my death defying mission to drive our summer interns home on this 3 hour trip. I drank an energy drink hoping to increase my chances of living, then we were off. My friend had one task, talk to me and keep me awake. An hour past... he fell asleep. I found myself singing every song I knew out loud, white knuckle driving, trying not to close my eyes. We pulled into town at 4 in the morning with out any stops. Impressive, I know.
Sunday, I slept for an hour, went to the morning service where I played guitar. Then our Pastor put on a video that was slow at first, but regardless of the content the room was dark and I fought to try and not fall asleep. I succeeded. Then I taught our coffee shop lesson, about a confident warrior, which I kept their attention... Kabang! Then I decided to teach our children where I jumped around as much as I could until church was over where I went to sleep for a few hours.
Moral of the story, even though this was extremely hard to do, it was awesome and I don't regret it at all or think about what could have happened if I fell asleep. I just finished Stranger Than Fiction which reminded me to live my life. Afterward, I can confidently say I am.
We finished our business in Spanaway at about 1 in the morning. Then I took my death defying mission to drive our summer interns home on this 3 hour trip. I drank an energy drink hoping to increase my chances of living, then we were off. My friend had one task, talk to me and keep me awake. An hour past... he fell asleep. I found myself singing every song I knew out loud, white knuckle driving, trying not to close my eyes. We pulled into town at 4 in the morning with out any stops. Impressive, I know.
Sunday, I slept for an hour, went to the morning service where I played guitar. Then our Pastor put on a video that was slow at first, but regardless of the content the room was dark and I fought to try and not fall asleep. I succeeded. Then I taught our coffee shop lesson, about a confident warrior, which I kept their attention... Kabang! Then I decided to teach our children where I jumped around as much as I could until church was over where I went to sleep for a few hours.
Moral of the story, even though this was extremely hard to do, it was awesome and I don't regret it at all or think about what could have happened if I fell asleep. I just finished Stranger Than Fiction which reminded me to live my life. Afterward, I can confidently say I am.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Public Enemies
Public Enemies was great! It truly brought you into the story line and got you interested in all the characters. Michael Mann (Director/Writer) did a terrific job with the screen play, giving foreshadowing, humor, and intensity in this clever film. Mann has created great blockbusters in the past (Heat, 1995 and Miami Vice, 2006) but has out done himself in Public Enemies.
Johnny Depp plays an outstanding anti-hero in the form of bank robber John Dillinger. With his odd style of public relational robber, you fall in love with Dillinger, a straight to the point kind of guy that never lets his friends down, and he didn’t let us down either. Depp delivers an amazing performance giving us memorable lines like, “I like baseball, movies, fast cars, whiskey, and you.”
Christian Bale plays a FBI agent assigned to hunt down Dillinger and as the “Hero” Bale delivers a stone cold performance as just the right agent for the job in the young Federal Bureau of Investigation. Even though as good Christian Americans we are suppose to root for Bale and the FBI, Mann turns it around and you root for the bank robbers.
The things I didn’t like about this film are that a few parts were slow where it seemed the story line had a hard time moving forward. In these situations the dialogue was not clever enough to keep you interested, however there are not too many of these situations.
The rating I would give this movie as a drama is 9 out of 10 and as an overall film 9 out of 10. I would have no trouble watching this movie again and very well could have earned a spot on Jesse’s top 20.
(If you don’t like the movie, it’s not my fault; you just have a bad taste in movies.)
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Transformers 2 Revenge of the Fallen
Transformers 2 was Awesome. I made my way to a midnight showing to watch the much hyped Transformers 2. Needless to say, I was not disappointed. I believe Michael Bay is becoming one of my favorite directors. The camera work that he does is awesome, it keeps you watching, and there is nothing annoying about it like in Hancock.
The film had just the right amount of fight scenes that blew my mind. (This film will win best special effects/computer animation.) The detail that they put into each Transformer was mind blowing. On top of all this action, the film had just the right amount of comedy relief thanks to a John Tuturro, Shia Lebouf, and newby Ramon Rodriguez. The kept the same essence of the first so I was very pleased.
Things I didn’t like about the movie, you see John Tuturro’s butt, Megan Fox is alive, and they try and put a “love” story in there that I could have done without. The way they did it just seemed corny.
If you are looking to be inspired, Optimus Prime has it covered. “Fate rarely calls upon us at a moment of our choosing.” Automatic goose bumps when you hear that. I would like to rate this movie in the kids section however they pulled it into a teenager/adult movie. I wouldn't suggest taking anyone under ten. (Unless you are the Looney parent that wasted money on your kids at the midnight showing! Stupid.) So I have to rate it as an action/adventure 9 out of 10. As a overall film 8.5 out of 10. Very, very entertaining.
The film had just the right amount of fight scenes that blew my mind. (This film will win best special effects/computer animation.) The detail that they put into each Transformer was mind blowing. On top of all this action, the film had just the right amount of comedy relief thanks to a John Tuturro, Shia Lebouf, and newby Ramon Rodriguez. The kept the same essence of the first so I was very pleased.
Things I didn’t like about the movie, you see John Tuturro’s butt, Megan Fox is alive, and they try and put a “love” story in there that I could have done without. The way they did it just seemed corny.
If you are looking to be inspired, Optimus Prime has it covered. “Fate rarely calls upon us at a moment of our choosing.” Automatic goose bumps when you hear that. I would like to rate this movie in the kids section however they pulled it into a teenager/adult movie. I wouldn't suggest taking anyone under ten. (Unless you are the Looney parent that wasted money on your kids at the midnight showing! Stupid.) So I have to rate it as an action/adventure 9 out of 10. As a overall film 8.5 out of 10. Very, very entertaining.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Night at the Museum 2
The Night at the Museum 2, sorry it took so long, was pretty good. It had its funny parts, had some suspense, and a little love story. This movie is great for kids(except for the one behind me in the movie theatre who claimed "I'm never watching this again!"). But what does he know, he was four and didn't even know who Ben Stiller was. Idiot.
The acting was excactly what it needed to be. No, it won't win an oscar but it was fitting. I felt the directing could have been a little bit better but overall it was good. On the other hand, the screen write decided to take some of the jokes a little far and when we needed comic relief there was none.
The thing I loved most was the unexpected star power throughout the movie. Yeah Night at the Museum hand Ben Stiller and Amy Adams but they weren't the best part. This movie was helped along with stars such as Jonah Hill, Bill Hader, Christopher Guest, and yes the Jonas Brothers. Not to mention all the other star power from the first one. There is something that happens when a star steps into a cameo. Its just better that way.
Overall, Night at the Museum 2 had its funny moments, I thought a stroy line that fits children, and even some romance. (Actually, there was like 2 kissing scenes) Igive the movie a solid 8 out of 10 for a childrens movie and a 7.7 out of ten for a daily watcher.
The acting was excactly what it needed to be. No, it won't win an oscar but it was fitting. I felt the directing could have been a little bit better but overall it was good. On the other hand, the screen write decided to take some of the jokes a little far and when we needed comic relief there was none.
The thing I loved most was the unexpected star power throughout the movie. Yeah Night at the Museum hand Ben Stiller and Amy Adams but they weren't the best part. This movie was helped along with stars such as Jonah Hill, Bill Hader, Christopher Guest, and yes the Jonas Brothers. Not to mention all the other star power from the first one. There is something that happens when a star steps into a cameo. Its just better that way.
Overall, Night at the Museum 2 had its funny moments, I thought a stroy line that fits children, and even some romance. (Actually, there was like 2 kissing scenes) Igive the movie a solid 8 out of 10 for a childrens movie and a 7.7 out of ten for a daily watcher.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Up!
This movie was, in one word, AMAZING. You will laugh, you'll hold back tears, you'll leaved satisfied. The old man is lovable and hillarious from his grumpiness. The little boy Russell is great, hillarious, and when the movie is over you'll say goodbye to the crew with a teardrop in your eye. As an animated film I give this movie a 4.8. A few more funny parts would have been nice. As a movie, 4.5. They were kind of predictible in what they did. A kid would have no idea though and thats their audience so it worked.
On a negative side, the 3-D sucked. I pay 2 bucks extra to get these glasses so I would like to see a ligit 3-D movie. Nothing popped out at my face, i didn't feel like I was "there" and to top it off I think my face is sensitive because they hurt after awhile. This movie, along with the other 3-D movies I've seen pixar do, would be bettter not in 3-D. After watching 3-D movies in Universal and crapping my pants when a Terminator pops out to what seems 2 inches away from my face, I might have too high of expectations. So a word to the wise (AKA Pixar) don't do 3-D unless you're going to go all out. Make it special and something we long for. Not common trash. You'll run out of the neeed within the next year. But I'm sure you already thought of that.
On a negative side, the 3-D sucked. I pay 2 bucks extra to get these glasses so I would like to see a ligit 3-D movie. Nothing popped out at my face, i didn't feel like I was "there" and to top it off I think my face is sensitive because they hurt after awhile. This movie, along with the other 3-D movies I've seen pixar do, would be bettter not in 3-D. After watching 3-D movies in Universal and crapping my pants when a Terminator pops out to what seems 2 inches away from my face, I might have too high of expectations. So a word to the wise (AKA Pixar) don't do 3-D unless you're going to go all out. Make it special and something we long for. Not common trash. You'll run out of the neeed within the next year. But I'm sure you already thought of that.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Movie Store
I go to the movie store often. It is ridiculously hard to find a good movie that is morally okay and I haven't scene. New Releases either suck or I saw them in theatres so I usually waltz down the comedy or drama section. At first it wasn't bad but a hundred movies later on my account since 18 years old it is hard.
I tried a new section, action/adventure. This is a tough section because they're are some good movies (Shooter, Rambo, Super Hero movies). I saw one called Rescue Dawn with Christian Bale and Steve Zauhn. After watching Terminator I am on a Christian Bale kick so I thought it had a great chance of being good. Killer cover, great actors, great plot... suckfest. I would rather watch Fireproof.
Netflix on the other hand is there for me. I rate movies I've seen and after rating 200 or 300 they know me quite well. They'll tell me what movies I'll love and which ones I won't. So I won't ever waste my time with another Rescue Dawn.
I tried a new section, action/adventure. This is a tough section because they're are some good movies (Shooter, Rambo, Super Hero movies). I saw one called Rescue Dawn with Christian Bale and Steve Zauhn. After watching Terminator I am on a Christian Bale kick so I thought it had a great chance of being good. Killer cover, great actors, great plot... suckfest. I would rather watch Fireproof.
Netflix on the other hand is there for me. I rate movies I've seen and after rating 200 or 300 they know me quite well. They'll tell me what movies I'll love and which ones I won't. So I won't ever waste my time with another Rescue Dawn.
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