http://youtu.be/Jv-h6ynv9BA

Showed this off recently to the parents.  I'd like to note English has some difficulty describing how many levels this movie fails on.

Rifftrax does a wonderful job with it and all its agony-inducing, but my parents, well, they seemed offended somehow this movie existed. :)

Saw this tonight (quiet theater on a weekday), the latest Ghibli piece.

( Review based on the classic 'Borrowers' novel below cut. )

Got into star wars beta last weekend, and the NDA is up  So - got through a little Sith Warrior and I was pleased.  They said it was story-driven and they're not kidding.  Lots of interaction with NPCs all the time, strong developed, I thought the quest structure was well played.  I didn't get far enough for insights into character growth ( Read more... )

( Hitler is punched out, not once, not twice but over two hundred times! You have to like that! )

Gave a sermon today, several people asked to have it posted.

( This is pretty long, listed below cut. )

But wanted to note - one of my best friends set his wedding date.  Congratulations, you know who you are!

Also, if you liked Iron Man and especially Iron Man 2, go see Thor.

Happy holidays, one and all, and hope you can be close to your loved ones!

I caught, between the in-theater version and two on DVD, the entire Back to the Future trilogy last week.  I was impressed with the plotting, and our difficulty in coming up with any fridge logic (barring the whole 'how did Doc, Marty, and the De Lorean stick around after Biff brought the Almanac to 1955' thing) in the movies.

Also, how good the ( Read more... )

First, ignore the meaningless poster, ignore the bad first weekend returns:  go see Scott Pilgrim.  It's crazy, has good coreography, and puts emotional baggage through the lens of videogame style boss fights ( Read more... )

First, go check squid314.livejournal.com/275614.html out.  Marvel at the shoddy storytelling the Universe gets away with.

Second, go see Toy Story 3 - I don't even want to spoil it, though the ending probably qualifies as a good test if your friends and loved ones have been replaced by Pod People if they aren't at least misty-eyed at the ending (it' ( Read more... )