Mirkwood Reflections

I haven't made a habit of watching the Oscars in recent years, but Hugh Jackman hosting was a draw I couldn't ignore. So, here are some of my thoughts thus far. LOVED Hugh's opening number. The man can sing AND dance. What an intimate seating arrangement this year too - the front row is just a step from the stage! Anne Hathaway was delightful in her cameo. I turned off the acceptance speech from Milk 's screenwriter because my children were still in the room and he was going on about gay marriage. I did understand his heartfelt comments, however, and I read somewhere that he stated, rightly, that God loves everyone - gay or straight. True enough. Because I hadn't yet turned it back on, I missed Wall-E winning Best Animated Film. I had really hoped Bolt might come out of left field and win. I enjoyed that film so MUCH more than Wall-E , but David was pulling for Wall-E . I enjoyed the romance montage, other than the now apparently obligatory homosexual kiss. Got a ...

Here is a list of movies I saw in the theater in 2008. Not a long list (eleven), but perhaps more than an average year? I guess I am going to the theater about once a month. Not too shabby. I still need to write reviews on several of them, but I've given you my 10 second recommendations instead. The Day the Earth Stood Still (PG-13) (2008) (Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly) - Do you like Keanu or sci-fi? Then see it. If not, don't bother. Bolt (PG) (2008) (voices of John Travolta, Miley Cyrus) - I didn't review this, but it was one of my favorite movies this year! GREAT FUN! Way better than Wall-E. Twilight (PG-13) (2008) (Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson) - My review The Dark Knight (PG-13) (2008) (Christian Bale, Heath Ledger) - My review Mamma Mia! (PG-13) (2008) (Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan) - My review WALL·E (G) (2008) (voices of Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight) - Worth a viewing. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (PG) (2008) (Ben Barnes, William Moseley) - Read the...

A GREAT Christian perspective on The Dark Knight is available at pluggedinonline.com . (Lots of spoilers though!)

I've never really been a comic book kind of girl. Oh , of course, I watched the Superman movies with Christopher Reeve back in the day - didn't everybody? But I resisted pretty much all other comic books and related media. Then I had sons. Suddenly I was part of the Star Wars craze, the Spiderman hoopla, and the Batman buzz. And you know what? I liked it! Yeah, the woman who would prefer a romantic comedy above almost everything else (except Lord of the Rings !) was sucked into the comic book world. So, I've racked up viewings of Spiderman 1 , 2 and 3 , of Ironman , of Batman Begins , of Superman Returns , The Rocketeer , even Constantine (although that was a movie I saw on my own - hehe), and several others. And tonight, I added The Dark Knight to my list. Lots of people LOVED The Dark Knight . The reviews are great! Heath Ledger's untimely death only added to the hype surrounding it. What did I think? Did I like it? Well, I'm still not quite sure. We attend...

I wrote this post for an email list and then - DING - a lightbulb moment! I can post this to my sadly neglected media review blog! So here you go..... ~~~~~ I saw Prince Caspian with my kids a couple weeks ago. Liked it. First one was better. (NOTE - Yeah, I know I owe y'all a review!) Wanted to take them to see Nim's Island , but wanted to read the book to them first. Now have read the book; need to make time to see the movie IF I can still find it showing somewhere. No plans to see Indiana Jones in the theatres, although I may be persuaded at some point if there is time (short supply here, except at 2 am). DVD will be good enough for me. I think. Ironman is on the list to see, since my oldest (David is THIRTEEN now) wants to see it VERY BADLY. I guess I can suffer through Robert Downey, Jr. (Very Big Grin) Let's see.... what else? For some odd reason I REALLY want to see Speed Racer . It tanked and got terrible reviews. But I still wanna see it. No tangible reason why e...

Looks like someone has had time to play around with scenes from the 1989 Batman . See more funny videos at CollegeHumor :::shivers::: I can't wait for some HOT July day to go see The Dark Knight .