A few quick notes:
We've pretty much stuck to our schedule with work, volleyball, and Wednesday night church. There have been a few UK games: up and down as par for the course this year, a few wins a few losses. Unfortunately, the losses have put us in jeopardy of not making the tournament this year. We are in the delicate position of needing to win our next two games to get a chance at the Big dance.
We haven't seen many movies, what with American Idol, basketball, Amazing Race and Survivor. This season is more stay at home than anything. We do plan on watching Witch Mountain soon, but other than that, not much is interesting us.
Ellice's team won District in Governor's Cup! That's like UK football beating Florida or Tennessee, it has been so long for her school. I'm very proud of my wife and all the time and energy she has put into this team. She's very proud of her kids.
We have recently started the Love Dare, the marriage devotional featured in the Kirk Cameron movie Fireproof. It is fun, and sometimes a little work, but in the long run, if you don't actively focus on your marriage, you won't get as much out of it.
Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Yes, this is the original, and it is quite different than film portrayals. Very enjoyable if a little dated in terms of treatments of race. The story is pretty much the opening chapter of the legend that we already know of from films, with some interesting other elements. I greatly enjoyed Tarzan's rise to power among the apes and the dangers of Africa. This is an excellent tale of the struggle and ultimate triumph of man versus nature. A bit of a surprise when the characters ended up in the United States. The ending is largely unresolved; logical as this story was part of a very long series. ***
Fireproof (DVD)
This movie was hyped to us as a landmark in Christian film. While I don't think it was all that and certainly not a wonderful cinematic achievement, it was an enjoyable and enlightening movie. It is about a firefighter and his wife on the edge of divorce. Kirk Cameron's father asks him to hold off for forty days while completing "The Love Dare." The Love Dare journey leads Cameron to the Lord and ultimately saves their marriage. The story is good but the acting is very wooden (aside from Cameron perhaps.) However, the strength of the movie is its message. The film features mondo material from Christian relationship books such as His Needs Her Needs, Financial Peace, and Love and Respect. I really enjoyed seeing elements of these works acted out. I recommend this movie for any couple, purely on the strength of its message and on entertainment value. **1/2
Blood of Amber by Roger Zelazny
Book 7 of the Chronicles of Amber--will it ever end? First five books were fantastic. The next two have been just interesting enough to keep me reading; I have to find out how this series ends, even if the story is dragging and a bit on the confusing side. In this one, Merle actually has to team up with the guy who has been trying to kill him for years, and finds out that there is a greater conspiracy afoot. He's trying to figure all this out, and the reader is ever trying to figure out what he's figured out. Yes, it is that confusing. But I'm invested at this point. Not much is resolved in this one. **
2 comments:
I agree about Fireproof, jsut don't say that at Church, they might linch you :)
Christian movies are often poorly acted, which is a shame. A friend of mine is out there trying to get that changed (may have been involved in FP, I think). His name is Dallas Jenkins.
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