Movies?

What have been your favorite movies of the last year, either on DVD or in the theater?

We haven't seen many at all, and the ones I have seen were not that great. Take, for example, "The Fantastic Four", which we watched last night. Very glossy and shiny and superheroey, but not juch substance. Spiderman is so much better. Then again, it's easier to develop one character than four.

So, suggestions needed!

Another movie cashes in on Jesus

No, I'm not talking about Narnia. But listen to this voiceover from a movie preview I just saw:

“Even though you have been raised as a human being, you are not one of them. They could be a great people…they wish to be. They only lack the light to show the way. For this reason above all, their capacity for good, I have sent them you, my only son.”

No, it's not Jesus Christ we are talking about here. It's Superman.

And I don't for one second think that this kind of language is accidental. I mean, the idea of a supreme being sending a savior to earth to care for inept human beings, someone who is both human and super-human... These are ideas ripped right out of the New Testament and repackaged in a shiny blue jump-suit with a red S on the front.

I'm not suggesting this is something new with this particular movie incarnation of the Superman character, but the preview really rubs me the wrong way.

Kids say the funniest things

Like my 3 year old's rendition of that holiday classic about Rudolph. As far as she is concerned, the lyrics are:

"Dew-drops the reindeer red-nose..."

As my friend DAT says, "killer cute"

:-)

(My goal this year is to end every blog entry with a smiley face)

;-)

Still haven't seen Narnia

I'm sure the 3 people who read this blog have all already seen Narnia. And, I'm guessing you all enjoyed it. We haven't seen it yet. Mostly because we have been away, and we have two young kids, and trying to see any movie is hard. But. I also have some mixed feelings about seeing a movie version of a book that I resonated so deeply with as a child. I am hesitant to let a movie supplant the Narnia I have already created in my own imagination.

Anyways, along these lines, this article was recommended to me by a friend. Interesting perspective. Let me know what you think. I haven't seen the movie yet, but he raises some interesting points.

A Tale of Two Kitties

I am too tired right now to offer my own commentary :-)