Extraordinary Faith for Everyday Life
I came through the door, sat down to watch the rest of house and now sitting down to tell all you lovely people that this movie was worth my NINE dollars to see it. It was great, fabulous, wonderful, touching, beautiful, romantic, sweet, amazing, unique, heartwarming, heartwrenching, breathtaking…should I stop now? Do you get it? You need to go see this!
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We watched Conversations with God last night and I was a little hesitant to be honest. Any movie out in Blockbuster with the word God in it has to leave you a little skeptical I guess.
The movie was dull at times as we listened to the man basically give motivational speeches. But the words he was saying..you wanted to listen very carefully to what he said and weigh them against what you believe to be true. The movie had a sometimes slow plot and was almost boring and many times depressing but they tried to keep it interesting by switching the scenes between timeframes. I can’t say I was wowed by the movie but it definitely had its moments. Many that kept you thinking long after the movie was over. I especially like how it brought out the issue of the poor and homeless and how we view them. I think this would be a great conversation starter on many topics in youth groups or any number of bible study groups. I’m interested to read the books. And of course part of me is suspect about the authenticity of what he claims and yet, I am drawn in to think all these things are truth. If God really said them, I want to know what He said. I feel like in some ways, the movie was a big advertisement for the books and in others, gave you a great rags to riches movie that actually had a lasting impression.
If anyone has seen this movie or read the books I’d be interested in any thoughts you have.
**After a cursory google/amazon search, it doesn’t appear the book has been accepted by the general Christian crowd but who knows…
Mark Gungor is a speaker/singer/former pastor who speaks on marriages. Somehow my parents found him on Life TV or something like that. It was an hour or so show. It was so funny my mom went straight to his web site and bought the 4 disc DVD set. I’ve watched two of four of the discs and let me just say, this is HILARIOUS. It was the kind where you clap your hands, slap your knee and nudge your partner kind of laughing. You should watch it whether or not you have marriage issues, it is just extremely entertaining and even eye-opening. Simple things you thought only you and your partner goes through seems to be a universal issue. He talks in one about the “Tale of two brains”, talking about the differences between men in women in things like communication and s-e-x drive. In the second disk it is called “Yo Momma” giving the top 5 list of ways to have the best s-e-x you’ve ever had. Yes, it’s very entertaining and I highly recommend it…
I’m sorry folks if I’m the only one, but I did NOT enjoy High School Musical 2. Too many rip offs from Grease and Dirty Dancing and not enough action. It wasn’t until about an hour and half into it that anything actually good happened. I do have to say I think Kenny Ortega did decent on the group dancing but what was with the producing of the songs? They sounded like all electronic or something. I’m not music expert so I don’t know how to describe it. And the only song I actually would listen to is the one Troy and Gabriella sang right before she left. I don’t know, maybe I’m finally too old to enjoy movies like that but I’m glad I didn’t pay $9 for it. Although, I do have to say Mr. Troy was lookin’ awfully cute. Made it easier to sit through all two hours. And Troy and Gabriella were cute together through the first part of the movie. They should have broken up earlier and created more drama!
Yes, I liked High School Musical and yes, I’m excited for High School Musical 2. Sh is having a birthday party for her 8 year old a little early and doing it as a viewing party. Our Y is having a viewing party as well. I don’t think I’ll be attending either of those but I will definitely be watching it on Saturday Friday night. I really don’t understand why they don’t put this movie in theaters. I’m not complaining but I wonder how many DVRs are set to record??
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I’m a Sandra Bullock fan so instead of heeding a warning not to watch this movie, I picked it up. Sandra was good in it as well as the guy from Nip/Tuck. The movie was thought-provoking as far as trying to figure out what in the heck was going on. But there wasn’t a big enough pay off at the end.
After watching Deja Vu this weekend, you kind of hoped by the time Wednesday got there, she could save him. And then she didn’t and then it didn’t really make sense because what was the point of the premonition if what she ended up doing killed him anyway? And does that even make sense that she knew about it before hand and then what she does causes his death? Her having a baby of her dead husband and realizing what really mattered certainly wasn’t payoff enough for that craziness she went through. They were supposed to end up together. It’s the movies and that’s what’s supposed to happen darnit.
Keeping busy this weekend but nothing extremely exciting to report. Almost all our spare time is spent in the pool. It has been so nice this week with the temp over 100.
Last night after we dropped the kids at ILs to spend the night, we went out to eat at Rafferty’s for our we-didn’t-get-to-go-out-for-our-anniversary dinner. When we got home we I (Scott fell asleep within minutes) watched Deja Vu. That was an excellent. movie. That might be a good one to buy. And I don’t do that often.
This morning I stayed in bed until about 10 and then cleaned, cleaned and cleaned some more until dinner time. Then Scott and I made dinner for us and Mom, Dad and Heather. We made our “famous” Tilapia dinner including sweet potato casserole, corn on the cob, yeast rolls and brownies and banana pudding for dessert. Yum. So now Emma is watching some recorded LazyTown and Lexi fell asleep literally in the pool while Heather was holding her.
I need to get something together for Sunday School in the morning. I skipped a few lessons through the year so now I’m left with nothing these next few weeks.
We also have Disturbia for us me to watch tonight. I heard it might be hard to sleep after that so maybe I’ll get to make some more updates to my theme later on…
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I have never seen a version of this movie..whether the original movie, on Broadway or even a high school play. Honestly, I was a little skeptical. But my sister who had seen it on Broadway this year insisted it would be great. I walked out of the theater saying, “I <em>love </em>that movie. That was a <em>great </em>movie.”
Nikki Blonsky was perfect for the role and she did a fabulous job. She hardly quit smiling or dancing the entire time and she just did such a great job.
John Travolta was hilarious as her mother. And hearing him say tired as “tard” or iron “ern” made me crack up every time.
One might have hardly recognized Zac Efron with the suits and slicked back hair. His blue eyes and inate charm pulled off the Elvis type role of Link to a tee.
Amanda Bynes was cute as could be and her physical humor always entertains me. Although my sister tells me Diana DeGarmo fulfilled the role better on Broadway.
Veterans Christopher Walken and Michelle Pfeiffer did a great job. Michelle had a very Cruella Deville vibe about her that went over well.
The storyline was great. The fluff of the dance show seemed to be grounded with the deep-rooted integration issues they dealt with.
My only issue with this movie was that there were SO MANY songs. Yes, it was a musical but every time they turned around they were singing. And according to my sister, there were songs in it that were not in the original. The songs weren’t bad, in fact I enjoyed them. Just be prepared to hear a lot of singing. If you enjoyed movies like Grease or High School Musical, you will definitely like this. And even if you didn’t, give this one a try. You might be surprised.