My brain is fried and my creative juices are low.
Have you seen any good films lately? What are your favorite TV shows? And, as always, I want to know if there are any must read books out there that I don't know of...?
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- Josh Graves
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Let's see, good stuff.
Movies:
--Lady in the Water is stellar. Lots of implications for church, and the role of narrative/story in forming identity.
--Pan's Labyrinth, also, great. Some interesting stuff about the role obedience and fantasy.
TV:
--Firefly. It's just funny. And Joss Whedon is great. It's easier to get into than Buffy because -1-there's less than one season, -2-it's not as campy as the first few seasons of Buffy.
--Joan of Arcadia. Fantastic. Funny. Some good stuff about God, identity, calling, identity, theodicy, etc.
Books:
--Eragon. I make no claims about Eldest (the sequel) but Eragon is pretty good. Impressive, considering the fact that it was written by a 16 year old. It's got a lot to say about the power of language and naming. My real advice: Never, ever watch the movie. Doesn't even pretend to do the book justice.
That's what I've been watching/reading lately.
Lady in the Water is great.
I've not seen Pan's but I've heard it is interesting (from Greg Stevenson).
Joan of Arcadia? Are you watching the re-runs? I was mad when they took it off the air.
Movie Recommendation: Across the Universe.
It's that trippy looking one with all of the Beatles music. I saw it last night and left ... Well, it was that feeling you get when you've experienced something (artistic) wonderful. The way the music tied in to the story and characters is perfect. The only, I guess, "warning" I have is that you may need to be a Beatles fan (knowing more than a few of their most popular tracks) and and need to understand the politics, life and culture that existed during the early 1960's.
Definitely see this movie.
That last sentence should read: The only, I guess, "warning" I have is that you may need to be a Beatles fan (knowing more than a few of their most popular tracks) and need to understand the politics, life and culture that existed during the early 1960's in order to have a good grasp on this film. Someone could go in w/o any of that and still enjoy it, but I think it helps make the cathartic experience that much more enjoyable.
Favorite website:
www.fleebabylon.com.
Check out the quick but must read article there titled "American Idol".
-Jim
Courtney,
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll check it out.
Anonymous. "fleebabylon" is an interesting title choice for a website. I'll check it out.
I'm really enjoying "Chuck" on Monday nights. K'ville is a big disappointment. I'm still into "House" and the last two episodes of "The Unit" were outstanding.
Books: I'm kind of into a Melungeon research thing right now and am halfway through an eight book stack from Mercer University Press. It would bore 99.99% of everyone else but I am fascinated.
I agree with Patrick, K'Ville should have been a lot better
I have enjoyed "Friday Night Lights"
PMiddy:
You should write a book with all of the research you've been doing. You are, without question, an excellent writer.
Maybe, we'll do something together one day.
And, I love "House"--brilliant show, amen!
Kyle--is "Friday Night Lights" on Friday nights? Was that a dumb question?
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