short rant: Yesterday I was listening to the Iron Man 3 soundtrack (songs inspired by the movie) and was saddened by the lack of inspiration on the songs. Looks like the bands did not see the movie. This is an action movie, but the songs don’t take me there. I mean really? Imagine Dragons Radioactive…
Yesterday I was listening to the Iron Man 3 soundtrack (songs inspired by the movie) and was saddened by the lack of inspiration on the songs. Looks like the bands did not see the movie. This is an action movie, but the songs don’t take me there. I am hoping that these songs are…
With #BatmanvsSuperman out I thought it would be good to offer some tips for turning media into messages, for those who like to preach the movies. I did a video on the subject and added a few more below. 1. Choose the right movie Not every movie is going to offer something useful…
I saw Avengers: The Age of Ultron last night and the most interesting character in the movie was Ultron. Ultron’s smugness is perfectly voiced by James Spader (Blacklist, Stargate) and his performance was so good I almost wanted him to win. The Apocalyptic Death-Bot had a few other great lines throughout the movie; which give…
Have you ever sat at the end of a movie a didn’t know what to feel about? Did I like it? Did I hate it? I wound up in the messy middle about Interstellar. The story is solid but has some problems with the narrative as some dots in the plot did not connect…
I went and saw Iron Man 3 on Thursday of last week. I was deeply troubled that I had to see it at 9:00 p.m. instead of at midnight as I usually do. I was afraid something would be lost with a potentially uncommitted audience (Midnight = Committed). I was disappointed that this…
I attended the TRIBE conference a few months ago and one of the speakers, Alli Worthington I believe, spoke about happiness and defining what happiness looks like to us. I would say that I’m, generally, a happy person, but traditionally unhappy when thinking about where I am in life. This is a running theme though…
Civil War is everything I hoped it would be. The fights and the match ups were magic. Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) was a breakout hero and made me excited to see the Black Panther movie. I really liked the new Spiderman (Tom Holland) and his story line. Soooo much better than Andrew Garfield. This movie…
I celebrated a birthday on Sunday and it was like every other birthday filled with family and birthday wishes from friends on FB.. As I march toward the big 50 I thought I’d share a few things I’ve learned. If you’re older than me you probably learned these things already but you are welcome to…
This is completely off topic and a personal rant of sorts but, if you are a youth worker, you might be able to glean a few things to bring back WOW to your youth ministry. I was listening to the news this morning at how the movie industry ate it big time for the eighth…
