Whole Lotta Stuff... In One Post

My apologies if the changes to the layout and name of the blog got to you... I think it's for good this time. :-P

Anyway, saw a lot of movies, so many that I'll probably leave out a few, but I'm just gonna run down the list of which ones I do remember and give a short take on each one.

Casino Royale- Honestly, I think Craig pulled off the best Bond yet. His performance, coupled with a wonderfully done emotional approach to the Bond films that is unique to the series' previous installments earns Casino Royale a high position on my favorite movies list.

Quantum of Solace- More of the same emotional material from Craig, with some more action than Casino Royale. However, it is simply not done nearly as well Craig's first success as Bond.

The Departed- What can I say, but wow. The Departed features a dream cast, heck, even Mark Walburg was good, and I pretty much hate every movie he's ever acted in. All it's leads, Nicholson, Damon, and DiCaprio deliver incredible performances. I can't say it's Scorsese's best, because unfortunately I haven't seen as much of his films as I've liked, but I can honestly say this is now one of my new favorite films.


I know there's a few more that I'm not remembering, but I can't right now, even though I've tried remembering for a while. lol But here's my list to see next:

- I'm Not There <-- I've procrastinated far too long on seeing this one
- The Godfather films <-- I know, I'm terrible for not having seen these, but I honestly can't wait until I do
- Inglorious Bastards <-- Heard good and bad things about this movie, but I love Tarrantino, so I wanna find out for myself

Any other suggestions?

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Summer Playlist: coming along. Got a rough draft of it one day, and haven't touched it since. haha I'm currently looking for stuff outside my iTunes library. Hopefully have an update/somewhat finalized songlist soon.

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Me: Been pretty busy with school lately. When it's due, which will probably be in like two weeks or so, I'll post my final term paper, written on the subject of joy. I'm rather proud of it. : ) Also, gotten back into photography again. It's sorta taking up the extra time that tennis used to fill. I still kinda suck, but I'd like to think I'm getting better. Might be posting some of my recent stuff on here.

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In the news:

-- Noah's art found?

The original FOX Article (of course, they're the main source covering this story)

But even FOX has big doubts about the claim that Chinese and Turkish evangelist explorers made-- See this article
Honestly, judging by the recent actions of some people claiming to be Christians, I don't think it's for real. It really is sad when an evangelist claiming to be from your religion makes such a bold assertion and you can't even trust them. Perhaps I'm being unrealistic, or perhaps it is just the significance of the discovering of Noah's ark that sheds the most doubt on the evangelists' claim. Any thoughts?



--ChrisB

Summer Playlist-- suggestions?

I'm currently working on a summer playlist for... um.. the summer? I know it's Spring, but it feels like summer, especially after a blistering cold winter with record low temperatures. Anyway, I'm still working on it, but if you have any suggestions, please comment. I'm mostly going for classic rock (CCR, The Beatles, and The Stones are just a few examples), just because it captures the persona of summer well, I think, but there's also a decent amount of newer stuff (MGMT, The Killers, Kasbian) that I plan on putting on. Please just lemme know whatever you think would fit. : )