Either I'm really fickle or God is doing some vast changing in my life. I've decided to pretty much drop this blog and focus on the joint blog with Brandi as well as the blog I created that focuses on my creative writing. The former blog will be about us as a family as well as ministry related things with some Rock Hill related posts thrown in as well. The later blog is new and is a place where I can post various writings and get feedback and hopefully start conversations.
www.thejourneyahead09.blogspot.com
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Thursday, December 30, 2010
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Thursday, December 23, 2010
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The first time I read The Chronicles of Narnia was right before the first movie came out. I was blown away by both the books and the movie. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, though it differed some from the book, kept the feel and theme of the book which I've come to realize is more important than getting the book on film word for word.
The second time I read through the chronicles was right before the second movie came out. Again, the books were fantastic, but something was lacking from the movie. I've finally decided that as a sequel to the first movie, Prince Caspian is not bad, but as an adaptation of the book, it's not very good. Additional scenes and kisses aside, it didn't have the same feel that the book had.
Some of the things I'd heard and seen that were related to the newest movie, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, made me question whether this movie would go the way of Caspian rather than LWW, but after seeing a couple of trailers for the movie, my excitement was resurrected. And I wasn't disappointed. Again, the movie didn't follow the book to the letter, but the magic that made LWW great was there. If you haven't seen it yet, you really need to for two reasons: 1) It's a great movie and 2) If this movie doesn't make enough profit, there may not be any more Narnia movies. I can sit here and tell you the things that I would have done differently if I had made the movie (I would have kept the Dufflepods original back-story for example) but why focus on what they should have done instead of focusing on what they did, which was make a great movie based on a great book.
Have you seen it yet? What did you think?
The second time I read through the chronicles was right before the second movie came out. Again, the books were fantastic, but something was lacking from the movie. I've finally decided that as a sequel to the first movie, Prince Caspian is not bad, but as an adaptation of the book, it's not very good. Additional scenes and kisses aside, it didn't have the same feel that the book had.
Some of the things I'd heard and seen that were related to the newest movie, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, made me question whether this movie would go the way of Caspian rather than LWW, but after seeing a couple of trailers for the movie, my excitement was resurrected. And I wasn't disappointed. Again, the movie didn't follow the book to the letter, but the magic that made LWW great was there. If you haven't seen it yet, you really need to for two reasons: 1) It's a great movie and 2) If this movie doesn't make enough profit, there may not be any more Narnia movies. I can sit here and tell you the things that I would have done differently if I had made the movie (I would have kept the Dufflepods original back-story for example) but why focus on what they should have done instead of focusing on what they did, which was make a great movie based on a great book.
Have you seen it yet? What did you think?
Thursday, December 9, 2010
What to do when there's nothing to do
My wife and I try to go on a date once a week. Many times this consists of dinner and a movie. But we'd been doing that a lot lately and, to be honest, there isn't anything playing right now in either the main theater or the $2 theater that interested us. I had supper planned out, we went to Nishie G's which is always fantastic, but I didn't know what we would do after supper. I checked Rock Hill website to see what was happening, but there wasn't anything for us to attend. I started thinking about various places around the Thrill that we hadn't been to in a while and the Galleria came to mind.
Being that Rock Hill is quickly becoming a suburb of Charlotte most people, including myself, don't give the Galleria a second thought as there are larger malls just a little farther north. But I remembered seeing on the news that a new frozen yogurt place had just opened up in the food court and I figured that would be a good place for dessert.
So that's where we went and I must say, neither of us were disappointed. The yogurt was delicious (you really should go check it out) but more than that, it was nice the just walk around the mall. I kind of wish that we would give this place a little more credit. Maybe then, there would be less empty stores and more places to check out.
As a side note, I'm serious about the yogurt place Yo-Yo's Frozen Yogurt - check it out.
Being that Rock Hill is quickly becoming a suburb of Charlotte most people, including myself, don't give the Galleria a second thought as there are larger malls just a little farther north. But I remembered seeing on the news that a new frozen yogurt place had just opened up in the food court and I figured that would be a good place for dessert.
So that's where we went and I must say, neither of us were disappointed. The yogurt was delicious (you really should go check it out) but more than that, it was nice the just walk around the mall. I kind of wish that we would give this place a little more credit. Maybe then, there would be less empty stores and more places to check out.
As a side note, I'm serious about the yogurt place Yo-Yo's Frozen Yogurt - check it out.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Relient K and more Christmas Carol Misunderstanding
I haven't been to a Relient K concert in a few years so when I found out that not only would they been in Columbia, but in Columbia on my birthday, I decided my Relient K concert drought was over. Brandi and I went down to Cola last night and, despite that fact that we were probably the only people over the age of 20 that weren't chaperons, employees of the tavern or part of the band, it was fantastic!
They spent the first part of the concert playing their regular songs and the second part playing their Christmas songs. When they played "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" I remembered another misunderstanding that I used to have. Two years ago, I wrote about how I don't always understand the lyrics that we sing during Christmas (update: I finally learned what "laud" means). This new misunderstanding, however, was completely my own doing. The lines
From God our Heavenly Father
I used to think the line was "brought tidings of dismay" possibly because the word "dismay" is used earlier in the song, possibly because I didn't know what "dismay" meant...who knows? Either way, it happened but I now know and knowing is half the battle....or something.
They spent the first part of the concert playing their regular songs and the second part playing their Christmas songs. When they played "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" I remembered another misunderstanding that I used to have. Two years ago, I wrote about how I don't always understand the lyrics that we sing during Christmas (update: I finally learned what "laud" means). This new misunderstanding, however, was completely my own doing. The lines
From God our Heavenly Father
A blessed Angel came;
And unto certain Shepherds
Brought tidings of the same:
I used to think the line was "brought tidings of dismay" possibly because the word "dismay" is used earlier in the song, possibly because I didn't know what "dismay" meant...who knows? Either way, it happened but I now know and knowing is half the battle....or something.
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