Well, it finally happened...and she said yes:) I am proud to announce that I am now engaged to be married to Ms. Lacey Rockett. We are hoping for an early summer wedding, and we would very much appreciate your prayers for both the present and future as we seek God's will for our lives.
I've been a very apathetic blogger lately. I think the reason is that I just don't care that much about it. I still enjoy it from time to time, but I have decided that reading others' blogs is better, since I don't have a whole lot interesting to say on blog. That being said, here a couple tidbits.
This is the busiest/most expensive time of the year for me, CD and DVD-wise. Just to name a few, there is Coldplay's Live CD/DVD, Tenacious D DVD, Pearl Jam rarities and live DVD, Dave Matthews Band live CD/DVD, U2 live DVD, Two Towers extended version, Return of the King Soundtrack, and others. Sheesh! Unfortunately, I don't have the money for everything, so I have had to pick and choose. Oh to be single again! Just kidding:)
A bunch of us saw Elf last weekend. It was delightful. I laughed the whole time, and Will Ferrell made the movie. Did I mention Will Ferrell was great? It was of course cheesy in parts, but man, it was nice to watch a movie that made me feel warm. A good, well-made, hilarious, CLEAN, well-acted, witty, entertaining movie. Nice change of pace.
Instead of a trap door, what about a trap window? The guy looks out it, and if he leans too far, he falls out. Wait. I guess that's like a regular window.
What can I say about the Matrix Revolutions? That is the question I have been pondering since Lacey and I went to see it last night. First of all, the trailers kind of worried me, as did the reviews. I know I shouldn’t listen, but I do. Anyways, my expectations were down, because of those reasons, and since Reloaded didn’t live up to them initially (even though I loved the movie). And my gut reaction after 99% of this film was: “WOW…fantastic!” I mean, it was just brilliant. And then came the last five minutes. I had high hopes for the ending. I thought maybe there would be some Usual Suspects magic, or some cool Sixth sense-ish twist…only on a much grander, play-with-your-mind, Matrix, trilogy scale. That is what I have come to expect from the Matrix…I wanted to be both happy and shocked. I was neither. I won’t give away the ending, but let me just say that I have decided (sort of) what to say about the movie, bottom line: The Matrix Revolutions is a fabulous movie, with an intensely unsatisfying and cheeseball ending.
I have never been very good at explaining movies. So I will let others do that for me. I am very curious to hear y’alls’ thoughts on the ending, the conversations in the movie, the underlying imagery and meaning, etc., etc. So please weigh in. What I am good at is analyzing a movie, purely from a “technical”/enjoyment standpoint, and comparing it to what I have seen before (which is quite a bit). So I’m gonna do that.
Aside from the last five minutes, I loved the movie. Whether or not, however, it can still be redeemed, is still in question. Can a bad ending ruin a movie? I’m still not sure (I’m curious to hear your thoughts). Regardless, the imagery, dialogue, story, special effects, soundtrack, cinematography, and even acting were top notch. I think the critics (for the most part) are nuts. I loved the differing plotlines, the dialogue that made you think (who cares if it’s pretentious and confusing?) and that everything is a metaphor or an homage (either to the first Matrix or some other movie). Sure they borrowed from other movies…but what movie doesn’t? And yes, they mix up a bunch of different philosophies and religions…GET OVER IT! Can’t we still get our own meaning from it? As for the special effects, they were numerous. But I didn’t think they overwhelmed the story. There was a good mix of storytelling and flat-out testosterone. Anyways, I really enjoyed the movie, I thought they did a great job with it, right up until the end, where I was extraordinarily disappointed. I could expound upon this, reveal the conversation between Lacey and I where she brought up some good points that made me reconsider (somewhat), and discuss everything under the sun, but I can’t do that without putting in some major spoilers. And I don’t want to do that. So let’s hear it. What did everyone else think?
WARNING!
If you read the comments to this post, and have not seen the movie, be very careful. Major Spoiler Alert!