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| I just finished watching The Story of the Weeping Camel last night and loved it. It's a Mongolian documentary about nomads in the Gobi desert and their camels. The landscapes are beautiful and the camera is handled in such a way that you barely know that there even is a camera at all. It's a great contemplative film.
You can watch the preview here and read more about the film here.
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| So Halo 3 came out yesterday (9/25). I had a lot of stuff going on today, so I managed to mess around with it a little bit a few hours ago. I didn't play it enough to review it or anything yet, but there are some really interesting changes to the game.
Speaking of Halo, M.I.T. geeks decided to pay homage to Master Chief.
Source: Clicky!
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| 1. Because of Blockbuster raising the prices for their online services (at least $7 more for the plan I was on), I recently switched over to NetFlix. The first three films that I received were Krzysztof Kieslowski's Three Colors trilogy. The three films (Blue, White, and Red) are based on the colors of the French flag, and are about the themes that the different colors represent. The first is about liberty, the second is about equality, and the third and last is about fraternity. Blue (5/5 Stars) is by far my favorite of the three, followed by Red (4/5 Stars) and then White (3.5/5 Stars).
2. Tonight in my Introduction to Film class we got to watch a classic Charlie Chaplain film called Modern Times, which I thought was really good. It's amazing how it can still entertain and enlighten us today, more than 70 years after it was first showed. (4.5/5 Stars)
3. Michael Curtiz is a prolific director who's name isn't known widely today. Over the years I've seen and loved many of his films, not knowing his name.
(Brief) Filmography:
The Charge of the Light Brigade
The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Sea Hawk
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Casablanca
Jim Thorpe: All American
White Christmas
We're No Angels
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
(And that's only a handful of his 172 films...)
4. The poster for The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian was just released recently:
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| Chapel Rant #1:
I'm all for setting apart times of quiet meditation, etc. during chapel services. In fact, I find those times to be quite rewarding. What I do not like is when the worship team attempts to create a personal spiritual experience for everyone in the auditorium. And performing music during those times, at least for me, is more of a distraction than a help. But chapel wasn't all that bad; we did have some great singing today.
3:10 to Yuma
On Saturday I went to Chattanooga with Phillip and Colton to watch the new film 3:10 to Yuma, which is a remake of an older film that I haven't seen. It's a Western film that stars Russell Crowe and Christian Bale, who were very good in this. It was also great seeing Alan Tudyk of Firefly/Serenity and A Knight's Tale fame as the doctor in this.
Near the end of the film, which was full of on-the-edge-of-your-seat excitement and suspense, an older lady a few rows behind us was really getting into the film. Her quiet comments ranged from "oh no" to "shoot the bloody bastard". While the emotional impact and overall experience of the final scene was lessened due to the comments, it was interesting to say the least. 
4/5 Stars.
I also (finally) finished reading Through a Screen Darkly by Jeffrey Overstreet. It's a really good book; highly recommended if you're interested in learning more about the ideas that exist in film. I'm not sure if I'll ever get around to writing a more extensive review of the book, but I will probably quote a few passages from time-to-time.
Indiana Jones
And here's the moment we've all been waiting for: The new title for the next film in the Indiana Jones series is...
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| Apparently Apple just dropped the price of the iPhone from $600 to $400, and is also offering an in-store credit refund of $100 to people who bought the iPhone prior to the price drop.
Source: Clicky!
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Had a movie night last night, which asurprising number of guys on the hall came to. Surprising because we started the 2-hour film (Hot Fuzz) at 11:30 PM. It's definitely something that we will be doing again...but hopefully at an earlier time.
Matt (roommate) and I got some casting decisions out of the way already for a film that we've been wanting to work on. The basic concept is a series of video diaries, etc. with 2 freshman and 2 seniors at Bryan College. They'll talk about what it's like to start school, what it feels like to be going away, and all that fun stuff in between as well. We've got some great guys that are interested in working on this.
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