I watched Jumper today.  It is the story of a guy who can transport himself anywhere in the world instantly and a group of religious zealots led by Samuel L. Jackson who wants to kill people with this special ability.  The reason for killing "jumpers" is that only God should have the ability to be everywhere.  The jumpers are not quite everywhere at once. This reasoning does seem to put God in a sort of box, where something is taking place that He couldn’t take care of on His own. Then again, was the movie really just a pot shot at religious followers? I liked the movie and enjoyed the premise. It would be pretty cool to jump around the world whenever you wanted.

      Over the weekend I watched the Radiohead DVD The Astoria London Live. It was filmed around the time of The Bends album.  It was crazy to think that it was filmed in 1994, while I was still in High School.  I picked up my first Radiohead album that year.  Johnny Greenwood was rocking the lead electric on the DVD. I have put several other concert DVDs on my Netflix cue. The one that I am looking most forward to is the latest Neil Young DVD.  Neil though that he was about to die within months and wanted to do one last DVD. It looks amazing. I have the latest Pearl Jam DVD on the player but haven’t had a chance to watch it yet.

      Sydnie and I watched Fool’s Gold on Saturday night. It was OK, but not great. The scene where Kate stumbles over the headstone is way overacted and hokey. Our small group is currently going through a study based on In A Pit With A Lion on a Snowy Day by Mark Batterson and it speaks a lot about going on adventures with God.  Fool’s Gold delivers on the adventure and really has me wanting to go to the Caribbean.

      Wall-E comes out on Friday and I am looking forward to going to the movies. It looks really fun and is a break from all the dramas and action films that I have been watching.

So what have you been watching in the last couples of weeks?

      Monday night I went to the local movie theatre to watch The Happening and Iron Man.  I have not seen Iron Man and have heard amazing things about it.  Iron Man was incredible.  One of the best movies that I have seen in awhile.  The story line worked.  The acting was top notch.  I was enthralled.  Gwyneth Paltrow was great as Pepper.  This is a must see movie and action packed.  Watch the trailer.

      The Happening was probably the worst movie that I have seen in years.  I can not stress to you how much you should avoid this movie.  Nothing about this movie works.  I can’t understand why this didn’t go straight to DVD.  The acting seemed forcibly poor, the dialogue was atrocious, and the story was very weak.  The Happening is an environmental piece wrapped inside of a terd.  Something is attacking the east coast and causing people to take their own lives.  I had to force myself to finish the movie.  I have been a big fan of M. Night’s films in the past and think that Signs is one of my favorite films, but there can be no excuse for The Happening.  I think that M. Night has run out of material and needs to regroup until he has something worth our time.

I am going to the movies this afternoon and want your opinion.  Should I go and see The Hulk or The Happening.  The Hulk gets better reviews, but I am still hoping that M. Night will do something interesting again, thought The Happening reviews seem to be low to fair.

      I have the afternoon off today.  This almost never happens and I am excited.  I will be watching one of my favorite movies, Die Hard.  Sydnie bought me the box set last year and I plan on watching the whole series this week.  So who is tougher John McClane or Jack Bauer?  John is more funny for sure.  I want to get your opinion on the matter. 

      I got home last night and started to relax.  I popped some popcorn, poured some Diet Dr. Pepper, and turned on the TV.  I watched the Bourne Identity and The Hunted.  I love the Jason Bourne movies.  Do you have a favorite?  The action and cinematography is just do great.  Around midnight The Hunted with Tommy Lee Jones and Benecio Del Torro came on.  I hadn’t seen it before and really enjoyed it, although I would have shot Torro’s character with my gun about five times before the movie was over.  I guess it is easy to be a back seat gun owner though.  The knife fights in this film are really great.  What did you watch this weekend.